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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
6
In a thoughtful review Amanda Coomaraswamy highlights Ellen Key’s new book War Peace and the Future. The Swedish educator argues for nonwar solutions to national rivalries and weighs women’s future role including voting. The piece also notes other new works on history and politics and surveys cultural debates.
The May issue of Pearson's Magazine titled Magazine H iscellany attacks moral delinquency and calls for reform while critiquing farmers' relief credit. Charles Edward Russell is highlighted for advocating aid to Northwest farmers, presenting a sympathetic two reel scene aimed at stirring federal reserve support and broader relief measures.
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission named 52 acts of heroism nationwide at its spring meeting in Pittsburgh. Four Massachusetts rescues were honored, with six awards in New England including one in Maine and one in Connecticut.
George R. Call of Salem died saving a play mate on March 2, 1914. John J. Hutt of Cherry Valley earned a bronze for saving Louise Champoux on January 21, 1915. Patrick J. Moran of Clinton won bronze for saving Henry Kittredge on January 16. Daniel J. Doherty of Woburn attempted to save Catharine Trainor and J. Henry Rooney in a canoe accident on August 10, 1912, and received a silver medal.
Mrs. Lucy P. Hartwell of Elm Street Bedford, the town’s oldest woman, was taken by ambulance to Deaconess Hospital in Concord after a fall Thursday while entering a neighbor’s house. She is reported to suffer injuries to an arm, side and leg.
City officials ordered a stop to cleaning in Revere Street as workers faced an enormous pile of rubbish. Despite cleanup week not officially starting until tomorrow, local volunteers and schoolchildren pressed on, with photographers capturing the scene for the Spotless Town movement.
Superintendent George M Bemis allows students to attend afternoon classes or join the cleanup. Gardens prize incentives encourage participation with Massachusetts Agricultural College students supervising. Mayor Curtis declares tomorrow the start ofCleanup Week with city departments cooperating.
Mrs. Frothingham sought no alimony citing a $10 000 annual income. Details emerged of her elopement style pursuit with a broker, detectives tracing her husband to Broadway cabarets and a Forty first street hotel, and a court decree granting divorce without alimony.
New York April 28 Harper's Weekly has been acquired by the Independent Corporation and will be incorporated into The Independent. The Independent is 68 years old and Harper's Weekly 69.
Miss Ethel Martin killed in automobile crash in Santa Barbara. Funeral held at her parents’ home in Haverhill with only family present. She worked as a stenographer for American Film Company. her brother Howard also worked there. Nathan P. Oakes, a scenario writer, survived with minor injuries. The car veered off a narrow road and plunged down a steep embankment.
San Francisco reports the death on April 15 of A D Carmichael a Boston printer and Charlestown native. A Charlestown High School graduate he learned the trade at Wright Potter's and worked for the Advertiser and Herald before moving to New York then California for health reasons. He was 52 and survived by his wife and three children.
Salem April 28 No evidence of foul play was found in the death of William Lenay 29 a shoe worker of 235 Washington Street discovered unconscious at the foot of the stairs this morning He died this afternoon at Salem Hospital the death was due to a fracture at the base of the skull
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