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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
3
Manchester N H April 22 floods on the Merrimac and nearby streams swelled river banks flooded basements and threatened streets. The Dundee mills at Hookset were closed and about 30 workers were idle as water blocked the weave rooms.
The American Red Cross approved a 5000 appropriation for relief of families of victims from the Newfoundland sealing disaster. The loss included 170 crew members from the steamship Southern Cross and 77 crew from the steamship Newfoundland perishing in the incident.
The sectarian school resolve failed 87 to 134 in the Massachusetts House. Debate centered on church-state funding with critics calling the measure anti Catholic and proponents arguing it fulfills a Supreme Court directive and protects religious freedom amid public education funding.
George Pearl Webster speaking for the resolve faced Republican Amos Little who walked out in protest after the chair ruled an amendment beyond the petition. The exchange followed debate on funding Catholic and other institutions, with Bates defending separation of church and state and Lomasney pressing the religious bigotry charge. The House then moved to taxation and adjutant general removal amid other measures and a Cabot drug bill.
Mrs P W Rogers of Strafford Virginia and Harry Bingham of Bernardston Massachusetts report relief from stomach distress after using Dyspeptlets. The ad promotes ten cent boxes or a dollar Mammoth box and urges readers to get a box today.
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