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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
9
Consumers can purchase directly by applying through the A. W. Jones Co. wholesalers located at 20 Chauncy Street, easing access to goods without the retail storefront steps.
Harvard psychologist Professor Hugo Munsterberg is urged as an expert for the defense in the Roper murder case in Cambridge. In court all day, he and Dr. Joseph W. Courtney and Dr. Edward R. Utley reviewed testimony from Mark Roper, elder brother of Albert J. Roper, held for killing his father on March 1.
Deputy District Attorney Crowley offered a $10 gold piece as evidence in the Mark Roper murder trial, but the witness said the coin was not the father's pocket piece. Testimony revealed Albert J. Roper gave a pocketpiece to Mrs. Jessie Fox, and the father’s habit of carrying cash. Mark described family tension over Albert, noted no money on the dead man, and identified the bloodied iron pipe as the murder weapon, with prior use of the pipe before the crime.
A Post survey of 26 Boston leaders finds 19 oppose moving clocks forward to gain daylight. Critics warn of nationwide coordination needed, potential disruption to schedules, and minimal personal benefit. Only one unnamed leader favored the idea, noting potential morning advantage if universally adopted.
Ithaca N Y Sept 21 Announcement by Comptroller E L Williams that Cornell University will open Oct 9 follows a two week postponement caused by an outbreak of infantile paralysis.
In Fort Wayne and Richmond notes attributed to President Wilson and his envoy in Mexico during Huerta's regime were used by Charles F. Hughes to argue that the administration did not intend to treat small states as equals to large states.
The speaker attacks U S policy toward Mexico under Huerta and the 1913 14 era, arguing domestic means are preferred to remove Huerta and condemning the destruction in Mexico. He cites campaign placards about jobs and notes Adamson law criticisms amid wartime strains.
M Eugene Rice, longtime Chelsea dry goods store owner and prominent local businessman, died yesterday afternoon at his South Sudbury home after a six week illness. Born 89 years ago in Brookfield, Vermont, he moved to Massachusetts early and began in retail with Hogg Brown Taylor in Boston before founding Rice & Miller in Chelsea in 1880.
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