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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1914
Page
18
A two day sale at 367 Boylston Street runs 9 to 6 today and tomorrow to benefit the Frances Willard Settlement. The event features Liensac Lodge products such as hand woven linens rugs and preserves. A settlement model is on display in the window.
Harvard undergraduates, led by the Phillips Brooks House, will collect cast-off garments from dorm residents and athletes alike. The rounds will gather clothing to be sorted and sent to mission houses and sailors' homes in Boston and New York.
Burton L. Read, financial journalist and author, gave the first of three lectures on Elements of Finance at the Young Men’s Christian Union last evening.
Former President William Howard Taft told Boston University law students to join public life, arguing lawyers are best suited for public service. He urged readiness to sacrifice, knowledge of primaries, party principles, and unselfish work for the nation, stressing lawyers must understand religion, industry, trades, and human nature.
A crepe on the Broadway police station door in South Boston marks the death of Old Josh the faithful patrol horse. After more than 20 years of service hauling wagons, he collapsed in his stall following the death of his driver, and officers say every effort was made to save him.
A new interclass relay feature debuts at the Tech spring meet using field day relay plans. Each team will have 12 runners, with each man running 220 yards. The sophomores, who set a mile and a half record last year in 4 minutes 5 2-5 seconds, aim to repeat and capture first place.
At the Allan Line pier in Charlestown, a mistaken identity scare erupted as authorities awaited Mrs J S Brown, linked to a Siegel divorce case, aboard the Grampian for Glasgow. A Chicago train mix up delayed her arrival, and a Mrs Diana Eddy Brown sparked a crowd before turning out to be a routine departure with her child Master Russell Brown bound for Glasgow.
The five story brick building at the southern corner of Washington and Avery streets sold for 210 dollars at public auction in Boston, with removal required by May 1. Bids for whole Avery street buildings ranged from 15 to 200 dollars, halves from 5 to 13, as part of street widening. Pastime Theatre at 583 Washington Street drew no bidders and was deferred. Clark's Hotel fronting Avery street rear projection to Tremont will go on sale next Monday at 11 o'clock.
Fr S Brennan of Salem asserts his son H C Brennan handled most North Reading milk amid dispute. He says farmers priced high for thin fat milk and failed to meet standard. He claims farmers sold milk through him to Salem and Boston distributors, after warnings, with inspectors and records substantiating the claim.
Charles H. Miller, 64, a Boston merchant, living with his wife at 109 Pinkney Street, Dedham, killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas yesterday morning at his Dedham home 365 High Street. He was despondent over the Dedham Board of Selectmen denying purchase of his property for a high school site. The Voice in the Fog by Harold McGrath starts next Sunday in the Post Magazine.
Paris, April 7. The Court of Cassation upheld a ruling denying French women the right to vote. The Women's Rights League of France sought voter registration for the upcoming election and appealed after the lower court ruled against them.
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