07 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
1
Barehanded and barefooted periwinkle fishing drew scores of children to the swan boat pond in the Public Gardens yesterday. Hundreds of spectators watched the simple seaside pastime provide amusement for all ages nearby.
Boston youth discover a quirky pastime as periwinkles become a popular catch in the pond. Children and townsfolk explain periwinkles are snails with sharp shells that can cut hands, yet about a thousand were hauled to North or West End holling pots, signaling a growing craze.
Mrs Cerise Carman Jack from East Walpole argues for reform in contraceptive information law. She praises recent editorials and notes tragedies and martyrdoms shape opinion, urging justice over scapegoats and challenging strict enforcement.
John Zarinka of Water Street is hospitalized at Anna Jaques with multiple knife wounds after a stranger asked his nationality and then stabbed him on his doorstep. Neighbors heard shouts, the assailant fled, police seek suspect.
The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association supports soldiers dependents with emergency funds and payrolls. Medford and Cambridge hold events to boost relief while appeals for donations rise and a new postcard fundraiser, Lag Defenders, debuts in Malden.
Henry Ford plans a land based pilgrimage with one of his gasoline plows and a Hawaiian quartet. A party of 22 mechanics from his tractor plant will accompany him to Fremont Nebraska to demonstrate the tractor to local farmers in the wheat belt.
Laurence A. Bevan of Concord High School's agricultural department resigns to take a position in Walpole Massachusetts. Albert W. Doolittle heads the department and has not announced Bevan's successor.
Rev Ralph M Harper urged greater U S aid for Europe at an open air St Johns Episcopal Church meeting in Winthrop. The gathering launched a summer series to continue through the season.
Sunset tonight marks the start of the Tisha B Ab fast observed in Boston area synagogues and temples. The fast recalls the destructions of Jerusalem in 580 B C and later sieges by Babylon, Rome, and Hadrian.
Dr. Vincent A. Gookin urged introducing religion in public schools in a Boston Common address to the Common Cause Society. The Back Bay dentist from Dorchester spoke to several hundred attendees on the topic Education, True and False.
Pittsburg club announces the purchase of William J. Evans from Morgantown Western North Carolina league and B. H. Grimes from Birmingham Southern Association. Both players are pitchers joining the National League team.
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