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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
12
A gray granite memorial chapel is being built as an extension to Emmanuel Church on Newberry Street Back Bay. Work has progressed for several months and when finished is expected to be among the finest chapels in the area. The donor asks that details of the erection remain secret. The facade features handsome carvings.
Patrick Collins remembered as wreath placed at his grave in Folhyhood Cemetery Toncane. W T A Fitzgerald of the Suffolk registry of deeds laid the wreath. City Clerk James Donovan usually joins but was ill and did not participate this year.
Worcester Hospital officials report a radium tube valued at 10000 dollars has disappeared from the Worcester City Hospital. Dr. Charles A. Drew and Dr. Philip M. Cook confirm the loss and say it was borrowed for cancer treatment but refuse to disclose the source or other details.
Edward Semprini of Lexington pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Cambridge Superior Court before Judge Flynn. He is charged with the murder of Angelo Pempino at a June Lexington christening after an argument and was remanded without bail.
Three Boston veterans Earl C. Deland John J. Wallace and Samuel Sklar launch the Cambridge Home News a daily paper with its own brick and concrete building at 110 Austin Street The founders bring decades of newsroom experience from Boston papers.
William A. Burns of Pittsfield was nominated by Governor Cox to be judge of the Superior Court replacing Lloyd Kk. White of Taunton. Burns, a special judge of probate for Berkshire county, was born January 9 1875 in Thompsonville Connecticut and is a Williams College and Harvard Law School alumnus. He served in the Massachusetts House in 193 and 1904 and in the Senate in 1905 and was a constitutional convention member.
Supreme Judicial Court sits at Pemberton square for a brief consultation. Two cases loom large the Christian Science matter and the Tufts Middlesex District Attorney case both awaiting decisions. Court officials guard deliberations to prevent leaks.
Winthrop Newman, 29, broker of 480 Park Avenue, seeks arrest of his mother Jane Warner formerly Mrs Clarence Newman now at 68 West List Street. He accuses her of annoyance and false accusations about gifts and his marriage to Dorothy Redfield. Magistrate Corrigan dismissed the summons and warned her to stay away, noting Newman is over 21 and able to care for himself.
Captain Daniel J. Canty of Roxbury promoted to division quartermaster of the First Division regulars at Camp Dix New Jersey by Major-General David Shanks. A World War II veteran, Canty served overseas with the Second Division and earned meritorious service citations during a 14 month tour before recently visiting Boston.
The note identifies a man as the brother of George R. Canty, who serves as secretary to Mayor Peters, linking the pair to official city affairs in the Hawaiian Islands context.
Arthur R. Brown, whose license was revoked for low flying over Lynn, was served a summons by Patrolman Guy Barrett to appear at Brockton District Court for operating an airplane without a license.
Police believe John Bickford a porter in an office building at 19 Congress Street was decapitated while trying to start an elevator. His head lay several feet away as his body was found at the bottom of the shaft.
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy plans to reuse the pumps from old steam fire engines and integrate them into fireboat engines. He aims to equip vessels with pumps of 0 gallons per minute and find a use for obsolete old chemical engines.
A bronze and marble memorial tablet honoring former members of the 101st Engineers will be unveiled by the 1st Corps Cadets 101st Engineers Veteran Association at the Cadet Armory on Columbus Avenue. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday September 24.
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