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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
8
Boston marketmen expect beef and lamb to drop about two cents a pound by Saturday as trade thins for Lent. Eggs hover around 27 to 30 cents, butter 30 to 36, greens remain high, and a wide range of fruits and vegetables show varied prices with citrus and berries listed among many items.
The cathedral mission lists sermons from April 3 to 5 on Christ’s redemption, Marian devotion, and marriage and divorce. Rev. Father Paulinus preaches. Very Rev. Mgr. Hugh Benson returns April 15 for a lecture at Cathedral School Hall. Various retreats and talks are scheduled by Catholic groups across Boston venues through Sunday.
In Brooklyn on April 2 a wall collapse at the Flatbush Theatre construction killed three foreign laborers and buried a fourth. One worker was seriously injured and another is missing in the debris.
Cardinal O Connell urged the Maison du Sacre Coeur convent pupils to visit the Museum of Fine Arts weekly to gain appreciation for art. Mrs Colin McDonald of Jamaica Plain was appointed chaperone by the cardinal, linking the cloistered students with the city’s art world. The Pet photo features Master Walter Roberts of Brooks Maine and his clever dog, with readers invited to submit pet stories and photos.
General Charles Kelley, once leader of an unemployed army that swelled to 1800, was found guilty of vagrancy by a Sacramento jury after 80 minutes of deliberation. He faces sentencing Saturday. A detachment of his marchers toward Washington, D. C., travels eastward from the Midwest.
Munich report states Lieutenant Lankmeyer of the German army air service died when his aircraft propeller broke during a low flight over the aerodrome. Lieutenant Ruciff, his passenger, was seriously injured as the machine collapsed after the propeller shattered the rigging.
David Williams a 24 year old Australian mess boy confessed to postal inspectors that he stole drafts money orders and naval paymasters checks totaling about 4000 from the Oceanic Steamship Ventura's mail room in San Francisco. The ship had arrived March 26 and was three days from port. No cash was found and inspectors suspect an organized mail robbing scheme though Williams denies accomplices.
In Denver on April 2 a report says Mother Jones, jailed in Huerfano County, sent an appeal to General Francisco Villa through Horace N. Hawkins UMWA attorney. The letter accuses the US of pressuring Villa and describes her confinement as clandestine and degrading.
Robert Hirschfeld, noted composer and director of the Mozarteum School of Music in Salzburg, Austria, died today. The report states he was a leading figure in the city’s musical life and education.
Cairo Illinois April 2 six prisoners escaped from the county jail early today. Among them was W M Wilson sentenced to be hanged April 24 for the murder of Thomas C Logan a special officer of the Mobile Ohio railroad. Before murdering Logan Wilson escaped from the Ohio penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence.
The gymnasium at St Josephs College in Rensselaer Ind burned today causing about 75000 dollars in damages. The loss includes gym equipment seven pianos the college pipe organ and band instruments.
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