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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1913
Page
18
Mrs Helen S Babson of 9 Keswick Street Back Bay widow of former city corporation counsel Thomas M Babson has been sued for 500 by Herbert N Linen of New York who claims she owes him for a steel engraving of her husband.
In Washington on April 28 the House debated the Democratic tariff bill with Democrats praising the measure while Republicans and Progressives attacked it. The chamber was sparsely attended, but Representative Payne of New York, ranking Republican on Ways and Means and author of the current tariff law, attracted a large audience for his denunciation of the bill.
Linen says on November 22 1912 Mrs Babson contracted to hire him to create a full page steel portrait of Mr Babson for the American Biographical Cyclopedia. He states he supplied materials and delivered a proof but she did not pay the $250 or any amount.
Brookline selectmen heard druggists seeking sixth class licenses with the matter held over to next Monday as licenses lapse at midnight April 30. Ministers objected, but Dr W W Iliffe allowed brief testimony from Rev Dr Lyons and Dr Willis P Odell. Lyons defended preserving some licensing while Odell warned of industry ruin under the Underwood bill.
A head on collision on New York New Haven and Hartford tracks near Braintree injured about fifty people. Officials cite possible signal miscommunication between engineers of the passenger and work trains. The accident occurred in fog as both trains slid on wet rails. crews escaped before impact.
A passenger train bound for Braintree and a work train carrying 50 section hands from Braintree collided in dense fog. Engineers strained to avert the crash. Injured include Miss Elizabeth Conway, 42 Bunker Hill Avenue, West Quincy with bruises. hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ex-rebel troops under General Jose Inez Salazar mutinied at Casas Grandes and refused to advance against the constitutionalists of Chihuahua. Salazar and his staff were reported held prisoner by their own men.
Brookline rodmen in the engineering department threaten a strike after discovering pay inequities. McKenzie, earning double what other rodmen and transit men receive, prompted a petition to the Board of Selectmen. The petition was initially shown to Town Engineer Alexis French, who refused to forward it. The group then raised the issue at a board meeting, bypassing French to present their demands.
Edmund B Cowles senior member of Field and Cowles, a leading New England insurance firm, died at his Brookline home at 12 30 yesterday after a week with pneumonia. He is survived by his widow active in local women’s clubs.
Announced engagement of Muriel Wingate of Brookline to W. Lloyd Allen of Boston. Miss Wingate a graduate of Miss Chamberlayne's and the Garland School. Allen graduated from Yale in 1909 and Boston University Law School, where he is an instructor.
J Augustus Duggan of 289 E street South Boston once head of the Children Health Fund says he is absolutely penniless except for 50 cents. He has been sued for four years wages by his housekeeper Annie M Bell for 1220 dollars after seven years of work without pay.
The United States district attorney’s office investigated a society for misuse of corporate privileges. It found Duggan had no funds involvement and served as figurehead president while the treasurer Foley and John M. Sullivan were named in the matter.
New York April 28 Dr Friederich Franz Friedmann announced signing a contract to dispose of his tuberculosis vaccine through institutes to be established in every state. The agreement reportedly covers free treatment for the poor but details of the financial terms were not released.
The Wakefield Universalist Church marks its centennial with 3 PM services led by Deacon N E Cutler. Speakers include Dr W H Rider and reverends W H Morrison L L Green S G Dunham and C Guy Robbins. A 6 PM social hour follows, then an illustrated historical lecture by Mr Cutler in the evening.
This notice celebrates growing business at Shuman store as it supplies right goods in right quantities at the right time. Reports from all departments show substantial increases due to organization discipline and strong worker spirit, transforming the store into the Service Store of New England.
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