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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1914
Page
4
Retail coal prices in Boston will not drop today as the first summer scale usually begins then. Dealers say the initial reduction likely starts next week when barges with lower priced coal from the mines are expected to arrive.
Wholesalers may trim coal prices by up to 75 cents per ton this spring as a long running 2 cent advance and freight increases have been folded into costs. Retailers are unsure how much, if any, reduction they will pass on and anticipate further curtailment of the practice of letting customers order coal in low price months as prices fall this summer.
Robert Reed of 6 Wayne Street Roxbury was found guilty by Judge Joseph R Churchill in Dorchester District Court of assault and battery on Matapan route motorman Ernest Verrill. Reed pleaded not guilty but was judged guilty, fined $20, and appealed with bail posted. Mazie's Bachelor Girls Club meets with disaster at the start. See Paul West color comic in the next Sunday Post.
Suffrage supporters march on horseback to announce a Tremont Temple rally in Boston. Mrs Claiborne Catlin of Baltimore and University of Pennsylvania leads the equestrienne appearance, followed by a press entourage urging suffrage literature and buttons. The morning plan includes a courtesy call on Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley.
Mrs. Mary V. Perrone of 77 Webster Street East Boston tells a Post reporter she wants to adopt a girl aged two to three years and raise her as her own. She has a 16 year old son away from home and desires a permanent home for a daughter.
Reports from the March primary show Senator James P. Clarke defeating Judge William F. Kirby for the U.S. Senate. Poinsett County and statewide tallies place Clarke ahead by 1181 in the county and 700 overall.
New York March 31 H 8 Hollis and Co bankers and brokers who failed last fall filed schedules in bankruptcy showing liabilities of 5 834 643 with nominal assets of 6 829 128 Much of the assets are stocks that are practically worthless Secured creditors include William K Vanderbilt 546 596 and the Duchess of Manchester 263 341
Very Rev Robert Hugh Benson of London denounces modern philanthropy and socialism in an address at Holy Cross Cathedral School Hall. He argues the Catholic Church is the proper dispenser of charity and criticizes Haware VI and Elizabethan poverty policies, claiming true charity existed before the Reformation.
A speaker argues that charity and philanthropy relying on secularism erode religious duty. He criticizes liberal philanthropy, praises Catholic schooling as a defense against sin, and condemns eugenics as incompatible with Christian duty, insisting true brotherhood rests on the fatherhood of God.
Charles Hopkins known as the tattooed bandit was surprised and arrested early today at Van Horn on the Upper Skagit River by Marshal Joseph Glover of Concrete and a citizen posse. He was asleep when caught after killing Anton Olsen and wounding John Freeman at McMurray last Saturday night for a few cents.
A lighthearted piece titled Pa Van Loon is a boy again appears in the Doings of the Van Loons page in the Sunday Post feature section, offering a playful look at the family.
More than 4600 Harvard freshmen attended the first annual Harvard Union banquet last night. L. B. Day of Brookline chaired the after dinner speaking program with speakers including Oran G. Kirkpatrick of San Antonio on The Class Homer L. Sweetser on Football J. E. P. Morgan on Hockey A. G. Paine on Debating C Hodgey Jr on The Music Clubs C Higginson on The Crew Edward A. Teschner on Track R Harte on Baseball G C Caner on Tennis I H Cabot Jr on The Red Book and Westmore Wilcox Jr on Finance.
Turin Italy March 31 An Italian army aviator Lieutenant Griffa was killed today attempting a somersault with an airplane.
The Boston Industrial Development Board under Hon. John N. Cole of Andover plans to begin operations within days. The motto Bring Big Business to Boston reflects aims to attract major firms, with Cole awaiting hearings before resigning as Economy and Efficiency Board chair. Governor Walsh will defer selecting a successor until legislative hearings on centralizing state institutions conclude.
Mrs Cornelia Minton of 11 Warren Avenue was released on bond from Charles Street jail. The woman sleuth, arrested on perjury charges, will appear in Roxbury District Court this morning with bonds furnished by Lynn friends.
Governor Glynn refused to commute the four gunmen’s sentences for the Rosenthal murder. He sought the opinions of District Attorney Whitman and Supreme Court Justice Goff on delaying respite until after Becker's second trial.
An advertisement touts Poslam Soap as non-irritating and absolutely pure for nursery use. It claims skin soothing healing properties, protection from infection, and suitability for shampooing, urging druggists and jobbers to stock the product nationwide.
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