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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
7
Moran and O Mara patrol Dover Street in wet silence when a doorway figure lifts a mysterious object resembling a corked large quart. The scene is hushed, rain pattering, as a peculiar gesture draws noting in the nocturnal watch.
A survey of recent spiritualism publications notes W. J. Crawford’s Experiments in Psychical Science and Johan Liljencrants Spiritism and Religion, with praise from church figures yet skepticism from others. Other works reviewed include Arthur Hill's Spiritualism History and Doctrine and How to Speak with the Dead, reflecting broad debate. The piece also mentions fiction by Mrs. Clifford and Mr. Benson, illustrating spiritualism’s influence on contemporary literature.
Chief Post Office Inspector Hal B. Mosby reports the arrest in New Philadelphia Ohio of Theodore Warfax alias for swindling hundreds of chicken fanciers across New England June and July by selling fancy fowl never delivered. Inspector Dakin of the New Hampshire district heads to Ohio to return Warfax to Boston for trial.
The Class of 200 at Harvard Summer School of Physical Education under Dr Dudley A Sargent will stage a gymnastic exhibition at 8 pm next Wednesday in Hemenway Gymnasium near Harvard Square. The group includes many students who have studied at Harvard for six weeks.
Cheaper coffee grades will cost two to three cents more per pound at retail. One famous laundry soap brand raises its price by two cents per cake this week. Prunes hit a new high at 42 cents per pound, with the quoted price not for the highest grade.
Wholesale butter is rising ahead of retail but retail stays steady. Fresh and canned goods show wide price ranges from 12 to 65 cents a pound for fish and shellfish, with lobsters up to 40 cents and soft shell crabs at 1.25 a dozen. Pork and beef levels vary, with hams 41 to 45 cents a pound and sirloin steaks around 60 to 65 cents. Veal, fowl, berries, and fruits list a spectrum of daily market prices across multiple vendors.
Miss Ida May Spanaw of West Somerville attracts attention for her beautiful hands and arms and graceful dancing. A pupil of Madame Marie Paparello, she is praised for her handsome face and is listed among honors by friends. Her home is 30 Hall Avenue, Somerville.
Mrs. Caroline MacDonald of Avon sues John D. MacDonald for divorce in Norfolk County Court Dedham after a marriage of 27 years and nine children. She cites cruel and abusive treatment at Holbrook on Aug 1 1903 Dec 23 1915 and other days.
Amsterdam was proposed today as the seat of the new Internationale to be organized by the International Trades Union Congress now in session. A commission proposed Amsterdam as headquarters while German delegates urged Berlin. Leon Jouhaux suggested Paris as the central office location.
The Boston fish trade shows a sagging week with under 1800 pounds of fresh groundfish landed at the pier as strikes bite. Steamers from Maine and Canada moved 1.2 million pounds to wholesalers while 43 vessels last year beat this total. Also noted are tinkers and halibut from distant sources and unrest among Italian fishermen signaling a possible end to the strike.
A Boston area auto collision with a moving train kills two women, Miss Mary Horrigan and Miss Curley, injures Edward J. O'Brien and others, with the crossing unguarded and signals disputed. Fire and medical crews assist, prayers said at the scene.
A notice from Alfred Douglass owner of the College House in Harvard Square states the old Cambridge building will be torn down and tenants must seek new locations before month end. The site may host a theatre, though no new plans were released.
At 9 a.m. the Boston Record hosts a free outing for children down the harbor. 10 a.m. reunions and outings begin for Sacred Heart parish East Boston Wood Island, Scotch picnic at Caledonian Grove West Roxbury, and Victory picnic for 8 1 Bartholomew's Cambridge Wellesley area. 1 p.m. procession forms in Pemberton square by Houghton & Dutton to Nantasket boat outing, 1 30 p.m. Aleppo Temple Shriners Fratee Day at Fenway Park.
Two hundred Presbyterian clergymen in Stony Brook New York heard Elder George Nicholson of Kingston Penn urge that poor preaching and weak pastors hinder church growth. He urged turning preachers into teachers and prompting lay participation in services.
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