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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
6
Modern travel is accessible to factory workers and millionaires alike. Improvements in railroads goods and services plus affordable gear and books by seasoned travelers have made distance comfortable. The article urges visitors to CROSS to learn how to travel and be at home abroad.
The body of Ralph G. Whitney of Harvard Massachusetts was found in a room at Hurlburt's Hotel formerly the Boston Tavern. He had escaped from a private sanitarium and shot himself through the forehead about a day earlier.
Whitney fled the sanitarium Tuesday morning and registered at a city hotel under the names C. L. Smith or Swift. He then bought a revolver and locked himself in his room, where his body was found after 24 hours. Papers on his person and his initials revealed his identity. his father H. F. Whitney of Harvard cited a recent illness and an appendectomy as factors in a sudden crisis.
Hartford April 1 Dr. G P Davis longtime city physician died at his home aged 63 He graduated from Yale in 1865 and served as president of the State Medical Society and the Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars
John McCool a 50 year old public works worker of 22 Tufts Street Charlestown was jolted from his ash cart in front of 96 Commerce Street and is dying at Haymarket Square Relief Hospital from injuries suffered yesterday.
Advertisement quotes Miss Blanche Rose discussing a home mix to darken gray hair. The recipe uses bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound with water and promises glossy hair and a look twenty years younger, plus benefits for scalp and hair growth.
Three boys unlocked an inscribed silver communion set from the Second Universalist Church vestry on Columbus Avenue and Clarendon Street. Captain Driscoll of East Dedham Street station said the burglars opened the vestry safe, took the entire set, and distributed pieces to girl playmates before returning the rest. The mothers later brought the silver to the East Dedham station for recovery.
After a brief effort the youths were rounded up and described entering the church ruins after the February 10 fire. They examined the damage and reported playing with the safe handle until the door opened.
Boston praised by Professor Franz Oppenheimer of Berlin University and founder of Merchavia Palestine as he leaves for New York after a week in Boston. He was hosted by leading Hebrews of Greater Boston and heads to continue engagements in New York.
James B. Connolly, candidate for Congress in the 12th district, canvassed Dorchester with eight street rallies assisted by Henry Clay Peters. He attacked opponents over the Panama Canal bill and Mexican policy, interspersing humor while urging focus on real congressional duties and Boston’s maritime needs. He noted a recent opponent rally and a grand entourage in South Boston as distractions from important issues. He commented on President Wilson and the Panama plank in the Baltimore platform, suggesting changes he might favor.
A speaker argues that a current campaign for Congress is a protest against a former pledge broken by a sitting President. The speaker claims the candidate would not have dared to seek office previously and frames the run as enforcing the people’s treaty with the government.
Carpenters machinists painters and other mechanics totaling 625 workers had their jobs restored at the Readville passenger car department yesterday morning. The revival follows New Haven management vows to reopen the unit after it was shut down nearly three weeks ago for economy measures.
Robert Lansing was sworn in as the new counsellor of the State Department succeeding John Bassett Moore. He will rank beside Secretary Bryan and act as secretary when the head is absent, starting his duties today in Washington.
Washington April 1 Major General William W Wotherspoon will succeed Major General Leonard Wood as chief of staff at the end of Wood's term. Brigadier General Hugh L Scott will become assistant chief of staff and Wood moves to command of the eastern department at Governors Island New York.
A C F Hovey & Co employee on Summer street found a silk hand bag containing 300. The bag and its contents were turned over to the police and later returned to Miss E M Tower of Lexington who lost it while shopping. The bag was found after Miss Tower reported its loss to police.
Harvard clubs and student groups seek ground space in the Harvard Yard during commencement week to avoid standing room only crowds. Applications are filed with William P. Willets of the class day committee, with a final deadline of April 15 for spreads on the college yard lawn.
The Harvard Dramatic Club presents a second showing in Brattle Hall Cambridge this evening at 8 15 featuring The Bank Account by Howard F Brock The Fourflushers by Cleves Kinkead and The Clob by Emmet S Beach all from Professor George P Bakers dramatic composition course The final spring performance is set for tomorrow in Copley Hall
An advertisement touts Sargol tablets as a fat producing tonic to help very thin people gain ten to twenty five pounds in a month. It claims the product converts sugars and starches to nourishment, is natural and harmless, and offers a money back guarantee.
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