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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
6
Colonel Cyrus Barton Adams, superintendent of the Concord Reformatory, is appointed director of prisons by Governor McCall and confirmed by the Governor's Council to succeed Frank L. Randall who resigns for health reasons.
Colonel Adams born July 4 1864 in Midway Ohio son of a Methodist minister. He taught military science at Ohio Wesleyan after graduation and later worked in railroads and county government before rising through militia ranks to colonel. He served in the Spanish War and held a provost marshal post in Porto Rico. He led the Lancaster Industrial School from 1902 to 1909 and later headed the St Charles Illinois school for boys and Concord Reformatory from 1915.
A state approved course for girls planning marriage will be offered with evening classes at the Trade School for Girls. The program includes housekeeping cooking millinery dressmaking and home making skills. Applications should be made to Charles R Allen at the State Board of Education in the State House.
The White Star liner Cretic with 1700 passengers from Italy Greece Spain and the Azores arrived at the lower harbor last night and will dock at Commonwealth pier at 7 80 this morning Public Health Service doctors boarded the steamer for quarantine examination of all aboard amid fears of several epidemics in southern Europe Officials expect about one third of the passengers to be detained by immigration or health authorities The vessel carried no first class passengers only second class and steerage passengers.
Peter Lisanti, 30, was sentenced to four to six years in state prison by Judge OConnell after a jury found him guilty of mistreating Carmela Busselli, 16. Lisanti cross examined witnesses in Italian, including the girl and her step father, while the mother testified against him and later faced a separate trial for an earlier razor injury to Lisanti.
New York, Sept 20. Merchants at the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention urged state legislatures to end the returned goods problem. They said many returns are unsellable and some women hold gowns for four to six weeks before deciding, causing style and price changes.
Mrs Herbert I Perry marries after being Miss Edna I Teele of Somerville. The ceremony occurred last evening and the bride is identified by her prior name.
Miss Edna F Teele daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank A Teele 33 Wallace Street West Somerville married at 7 last night to Herbert L Perry 70 Cedar Street cashier of the Boston Transcript The Rev William FWilson pastor of the West Somerville Baptist Church performed the ceremony
A warning against the white pine blister rust and a request for a 500 dollar appropriation to complete a Massachusetts timber survey were referred by the Governor's Council to the supervisor of administration yesterday.
Captain Garnsey arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes on unlawfully bringing opium and diamond jewelry into the port. He is held in East Cambridge jail in default of 2500 bail awaiting Sept 25 hearing.
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