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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
12
Timothy E. Byrnes, vice president of the New York New Haven Hartford and formerly of the Boston and Maine, will lead the New Haven steamship properties. The units will operate independently of New Haven's administrative control.
The arrangement places the same position as the Boston and Maine with a separate head but under Howard Elliott as chairman of the New Haven directors. Mr Byrnes will be aided by three vice presidents covering traffic operating and accounting.
Cambridge officials removed General Edgar Kk Champlin from the city’s voter list. A longtime resident at 5 Dana Street, he splits summers at Rye Beach New Hampshire and winters at the Hotel Somerset in Cambridge. He was not recorded as living at 6 Dana Street and thus was not assessed this spring.
The Boston Telephone Operators Union postponed a special meeting to elect delegates to the international electrical workers and State branch conventions. The election will be held at the regular meeting next Friday.
Chicago mayor announces ten police women will be appointed under a city council order. They will be assigned to duty at public bathing beaches and dance halls. Uniforms have not yet been decided.
Edward Smith a bartender at the Relay House Nahant and formerly of Chicago died yesterday after diving from a float near the Bay Side Motor Club and failing to reappear. Friends searched the water and found his body. Heart disease was the cause.
Frederic W. Mayhew general manager of C D Cobb & Bros lists weekly specials for Hanover and Union streets. Cream Sugar Corn 6c can Macaroni or Spaghetti 6c pkg Alaska Pink Salmon 7c Can Cantaloupes 5c each. Send postal for magazine price list. Distribute all over New England. adrt
Governor Foss invited Progressive candidate Charles Sumner Bird to witness war maneuvers at Middlesex County today. Bird refused due to polling prep for the November 3 election. Carew accuses Middlesex ring supporters of packing a Progressives meeting and blocking credentials.
Friends of Mr. Bird discuss why he declined to witness a militia clash as Governor Foss hosts social calls from Republicans and Democratic leaders. Dudley Field Malone travels to Dublin to meet Sir Cecil Spring Rice while Brandeis denies backing Bird for Governor. A Cambridge Progressive dispute stirs within the party.
Rep Murray of Massachusetts introduced a resolution calling the Commerce and Labor Departments and the Interstate Commerce Commission to report on ownership of anthracite lands by railroads and on cost and production prices. He argued the departments hold facts showing a vast monopoly.
The Arctic expedition aboard the Erik departed from St John’s after transferring stores from the damaged Diana. A new commander Captain Kehoe takes charge and the crew includes many not on the Diana. Favorable conditions aid the voyage toward Crocker Land as explorers hope for a swift northward run.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Federal District Court in New York. She lists liabilities of 8054 dollars and assets of 250 dollars, mainly household furniture, with creditors including a women’s tailoring shop for 3864 dollars and a silver smith firm which obtained a 2569 dollar judgment.
At a Middlesex county Democratic meeting in the state committee office, delegates voted unanimously to ask Hon. Thomas P. Riley of Malden to accept the Democratic nomination for district attorney. A three member committee—James J. Irwin Everett John J. O Connor Melrose and Thomas Kearns Waltham—was formed to secure his consent.
The Continental at Washington cor Boylston St announces a sale of Outing Suits at 6 50 from 10 12 and 15 dollars. Get one to wear on your vacation.
PRIDES CROSSING Aug 1 The arrival of Colonel Robert S. Scott of the Royal Engineers stirs society with rumors that Margaret Thomas daughter of Washington B. Thomas may soon announce an engagement to the officer formerly with His Majesty's Indian service.
In fall 1912 Miss Thomas left the social season to travel with her ailing father around the world. A year later she recovered in India where Colonel Scott cared for her during small pox. Rumors of an engagement persist as they are seen together at Netherfield and in public outings at Pride's.
Newburyport Aug. 1 William H Knight of Knight Grain Company lost his left hand when a fireworks device found by his boy exploded in his hand at the beach. He is hospitalized in serious condition. The incident occurred after the Knight family visited the shore and the father tried to set off the firework for the child.
Mayor Fitzgerald denounces the City Council for blocking a $215 000 Mattapan hospital expansion while approving $599 000 for street work he would veto. He cites a state committee report alleging 200 white plague sufferers dying without aid and argues funds should not be diverted from needed hospital care to street construction.
In Mattapin the Constormatives' Hospital hosts a waiting list with names of residents awaiting admission. Details on the list and related procedures were reported but not fully disclosed in the article.
A local official argues funding for enlarging the hospital to aid tubercular victims must come within the debt limit, while street improvements can be funded by other means.
Lena Castagna 23 was stabbed twice in the hip at her Hartford home. Police seek her husband Tony Castagna, alleged abuser who forced her to earn money on the streets. Her condition is not serious. They moved from Worcester, Mass. to Hartford around June 1.
In our Auto Department we show a very large assortment of Dusters in chambray, poplin, linen and mohair, especially adapted for travelling and motoring, $2.00 to $10.00.
Commissioner Rourke of the Public Works Department granted the Rising Sun Company a provisional six months extension to its city street lighting contract. The extension hinges on prior approval from the City Council and may end earlier if a new contract is approved.
Readers who correctly solve both the Question Rebus today and the Answer Rebus on Sunday can win prizes. Open to all readers. no coupons required. See details published Sunday.
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