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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1914
Page
4
Clemson College textile department opens an exhibit of Mexican cotton at the Textile Show in Mechanics’ Building. Attendees will see the finest cotton from south of the Rio Grande and the boll cotton grown in Arlington hot houses.
Textile manufacturers begin arriving in Boston for a major exposition. Southern Textile Association members lead the advance with several hundred more expected, three days of National Cotton Manufacturers sessions follow, and woolen and worsted overseers attend Saturday. Textile schools from Lowell, New Bedford and Clemson will showcase student instruction.
Exhibitors may enter horses for the Work Horse Relief Association Memorial Day parade through May 1. Entries can be delivered or mailed to 15 Beacon Street room 27 Boston. No entry fee. Horses from within 15 miles of Boston eligible with classes for various horse types. The free horse hospital on 78 Northampton Street received Minnie Maddern Fiske. Association assists Massachusetts militia officers on artillery horse purchases.
White washable silk waist with colored stripes, features hemstitched collars and organdie front. Priced at $2.95, offering a neat, fresh look with practical wear.
Paris, April 26. The tango and shorter skirts spark a new fashion shoe with an inset medallion portrait of the wearer’s fiancé on the instep. This novelty surpasses last year’s rattlesnake skin shoes in popularity.
George Henry Dodge of West Somerville and Miss Anna K Ray of Woburn marry at the bride’s home with Rev. Dr. Williams officiating. Best man is Herbert A Dodge. bridesmaid Miss Eva Louise Ray. The couple plan a month long West tour and will reside at 94 Bromfield Road West Somerville after July 1.
In Winchester Indiana on April 26 Roscoe L Regar son of Mr and Mrs William R Regar and Miss Hazel Grace Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Wright were married by Rev N H Thornburg in the presence of 75 interurban passengers. The ceremony occurred aboard the car after papers were prepared and fares collected as they awaited the minister at the station.
Princeton April 26. Horsing the traditional hazing of freshmen during the first weeks of term has been abolished.
The Rev. Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton of Madison Avenue Baptist Church preached on Our Mission in Mexico. He said he favored peace but supported war if national honor demanded it.
A speaker argues the U S is at war with Mexico and warns of war unless Wilson mediates with honor He condemns recognizing Villa and Huerta as leaders saying peace at any price is unacceptable and asserts some battles require fighting and shooting to kill.
M Kawada of Tokyo University arrived in Lenox after touring the United States. He told a reporter Japan would be absolutely neutral in the Mexican crisis and that the U S is in the right, noting he plans to visit Harvard and other institutions.
Rome reports a predicted large rise in Italian emigration to the United States due to strikes threats wage demands and unemployment amid Italy's industrial depression and funds limits.
The earthquakes at Panama show Gatun Dam’s stability and its gentle artificial-hill design. The piece discusses the dam’s role, the canal’s future look, and notes Frederic J. Haskin’s book The Panama Canal. The ad mentions Riker Jaynes Drug Stores offering it for 50 cents.
Trustees at Dartmouth College in Hanover accepted a $10,000 gift from Mrs. Abigail Bartlett to establish a named fund. Arthur L. Livermore donated portraits of George Washington and poet Richard Hovey. A tuition increase sets $5 per extra credit hour for required or accelerated study, while Professor Sidney Fay reportedly resigns to join Smith College as history professor.
Dartmouth College seniors of the class of 1914 will vote tomorrow in an all day meeting to fill a long ballot of popularities. They will select the most popular and laziest, busiest man, best all around man, most respected, and other similar categories for the secretary’s book.
An 11 year old in Kenosha visited a bank seeking 10 dollars in nickels for change. A clerk error led to the boy receiving a bag containing 80 new five dollar gold pieces. The incident followed a day of gold search by the boy.
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