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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1914

Page

4

St Louis Feds Edge Indianapolis In Extra Innings

In St Louis at Robison Field the St Louis Federals beat Indianapolis 5 to 4 after eleven innings. Simon singled to drive Ward Miller home for the decisive run. Indianapolis led with three in the fifth before St Louis tied it late. Mosely and Rariden worked for St Louis with Willet and Simon behind Indianapolis.

ST. Louis Federals Indianapolis Simon Ward Miller Booe Bridwell Kauft McKechnie Laporte R.H.E. St. Louis Mosely and Rariden Willett and Simon

Five Fewer Saloons in Boston

The Boston Licensing Board will award 1914 liquor licenses by May first. In recent weeks about twenty saloon firms have relinquished operations and had their licenses sanctioned by the board, marking notable changes in local liquor trade.

Saloons Face License Freeze as City Builds Up

City records project under 980 licenses on May 1 as five operators lose locations due to street widening. Several venerable venues including DeFriest and Tate & Co cafes and the Bell-In-Hand lunch room face displacement. Union Hotel also to close. Licensing Board remains firm against new licenses amid financial and legal hurdles. A fund drive raises money from Mayor Fitzgerald, Cardinal O’Connell, and local dignitaries to assist displaced dealers and workers.

Avery Street William T. DeFriest Thomas H. Tate & Co Williams Court Pie Alley Newspaper Row Niles Union Hotel Eliot Street Licensing Board

Maine Potatoes Placed Under Quarantine

Federal Department of Agriculture takes charge of a quarantine on Maine potatoes affected by powdery scab at the request of state officials and Aroostook county growers. A hearing is set for April 21 in Washington.

Washington Secretary of Agriculture of Maine Aroostook County Federal Department of Agriculture

Aid for Sealers Families Fund Receives Donations

A fund for families of sealers lost on the Southern Cross and Newfoundland grew by 188.05 to reach 1179.55. The executive committee was formed at Paine Memorial Hall with John F. Powers named vice chairman Simon Hogan secretary and William Somerville treasurer.

Southern Cross Newfoundland Paine Memorial Hall John F. Powers Simon Hogan William Somerville

Tribute List Totals 1179.55 From Emergency Fund

The clipping lists names and sums donated or owed by individuals and groups including Frederick W. Mansfield and Miss F A Crosby. Notable entries include the crew of Steamer Billow with Captain Herbert Greene and amounts ranging from 50 cents to five dollars, totaling 80.50 on a grand total of 1179.55.

Frederick W. Mansfield F. A. Crosby Heebeet Erein John A Ladensack Co N, Rb, Boll Wees c James J. McAuliffe Billow Herbert Greene Agusta Briand Michael Norcott Patrick Bowen Martin Dwyer Leslie Trott Bryan Nickerson John Armstrong David Landry Percy Brown Simon Bona Winslow Kokle Timothy Miller John Norcott A. J. Coffin Forman Gs Cp AIBC WSN William Hudson WMWOS Das Father Troy Father Coppinger Corin Ogden Benedict Wyse Werkplait B. Dwyer Riewislnatsy John J. Dunphy Fannie Linehan Minnie Carroll W. H. Benners Minet Linehan William A. Vett Dr. Thomson W. J. Boyle Hynes James Maher al Ski Frances Doherty

Noted Astronomer Dr George W Hill Dies at 76

Dr George W Hill world renowned astronomer died of heart disease at his West Nyack home. Born in New York 76 years ago he graduated from Rutgers in 1859 and earned honors from Cambridge Princeton Columbia and Rutgers. He led the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac later lectured at Columbia and won the Royal Astronomical Society gold medal in 1887 and the Damoiscan prize in 1898. He held memberships in NAS and AAS and served as American Mathematical Society president 1894 1896.

New York George W. Hill West Nyack N. Y Hill Rutgers College Cambridge Princeton Columbia Rutgers Royal Astronomical Society of London Paris Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences Astronomical and Astrophys Society of America American Mathematical Society Academy of Sciences Institute of France Royal Society of London Royal Astronomical Society American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Philosophical Society

Pleaded Guilty in Perjury Case In West Roxbury

Mrs. Cornelia Minton pleaded guilty to perjury in Superior Criminal Court and testified for the State. Alfred Fisher and Clarence Kimball were indicted alongside her for false testimony about a Jamaica Plain residence and a keyhole sighting of Mrs. Fisher with Edmund Long.

Cornelia Minton Warren Avenue Superior Criminal Court Alfred C. Fisher Lamartine Street Clarence G. Kimball Columbus Avenue Minton Perrin West Roxbury Fisher Edmund Long Court House Long Mrs. Fisher

Mayor Appeals for Cranberry Growers

Mayor Curley urged Hon. William A. Ashbrook to push for cranberry exemption from the proposed standard barrel for fruits and vegetables. The mayor, a former member of the congressional committee on coinage weights and measures, appealed in a letter dated yesterday.

Curley William A. Ashbrook Congressional Committee On

Beacons Hill Petition Shortage Affects Tobacco and ICS

Members of the mercantile affairs committee met with House and Senate clerks to discuss lost petitions. They could not find petitions for regulation of the International Correspondence Schools and tobacco coupon regulation, noting four petitions have been missing for weeks.

Committee On Mercantile Affairs House Senate Clarence Barnes Bagley

Massachusetts News Digest Briefed on Petitions and Officials

Governor Walsh approves habeas corpus relief for Harry ing Hong or Kin Foo detained in Charles street jail awaiting Chicago murder case. Governor travels, dedicates Orange library, speaks at Adams armory Pittsfield Board of Trade and Voters League in Faneuil Hall, then returns home. Harbor and Land Commission urges funds for Massachusetts waterways and Panama Canal benefits. Mayor Curley backs abolition of the parental school and a disciplinary day school with authority to sell the current site. schoolhouse commissioners would authorize new facilities.

Walsh Harrying Hong Kin Foo Charles Street Chicago Hep Sing Tong Hong Or Foo Orange Adams Armory Pittsfield Curley Boston

Mass Meeting Planned for Orthodox Hebrew Seminary

Arrangements were completed yesterday for a mass meeting to promote the construction of the first Orthodox Hebrew Seminary in this city. The proposed seminary would cost between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars and will be held tomorrow night at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodal on North Russell Street in the West End.

Hebrew Seminary Beth Hamedrosh Hagodal Russell Street West End

Revere Police Relief Ball Draws 800 Attendees

The eighth annual Crescent Gardens dance in Revere Beach was filed last night by the Revere Police Relief Association. Eight hundred members and friends attended the event.

Crescent Gardens Revere Beach Revere Police Relief Association

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