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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
4
Barehanded and barefooted periwinkle fishing drew scores of children and hundreds of spectators to the Swan Boat Pond in the Public Gardens yesterday. About 1000 periwinkles were captured as the new sport entertained Boston youth and promised to continue, despite shells that can cut hands and feet.
A letter to the editor from Mrs. Cerise Carman Jack of East Walpole argues for reform and broader discussion on birth control. She cites Mexico coverage, lauds Stanwood Henderson, and contends laws against contraceptive information are routinely violated, urging shared responsibility rather than scapegoats. The piece links historical guardian ship rights and public opinion to eventual legislation.
John Zarinka of Water Street was stabbed multiple times by an unknown man as he sat on his doorstep in Newburyport early today. The assailant asked about nationality, claimed to be a German Pole, and fled as neighbors arrived. Zarinka is hospitalized with serious knife wounds and police hunt the suspect.
Sunset marks the start of the Tisha B Ab fast, observing the destruction of Jerusalem in 580 B C and later devastations by Babylonians Romans and Hadrian. Special services will be held in all Boston synagogues and temples.
Dr. Vincent A. Gookin of Back Bay urged religion be taught in public schools during a Common Cause Society address on Boston Common. He spoke on Education True and False before several hundred attendees.
Pittsburg club announces the purchase of William J. Evans from Morgantown of the Western North Carolina league and B. H. Grimes from Birmingham of the Southern Association. Both players are pitchers.
The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association funds relief for soldiers dependents as wartime need grows. Immediate help was provided for a young soldier’s family and payroll support set up, while local drives in Medford Cambridge Winthrop Malden prepare more fundraising events and a new postcard sale to bolster the fund.
Detroit August 6 Henry Ford plans a land voyage atop one of his own plows to Fremont Nebraska where locals will witness a tractor plowing accompanied by a Hawaiian quartet. Ford and his mechanics will plow wide furrows while the quartet provides soft music during the event.
A group of 22 mechanics from the tractor plant left today to demonstrate the tractor to farmers in the wheat belt, aiming to showcase new machinery and boost adoption.
Laurence A. Bevan of Concord High School’s agricultural department resigns to take a job in Walpole Massachusetts. Albert W. Doolittle heads the department and has not announced Bevan's successor yet.
Rev. Ralph M. Harper told an open air audience at St. John's Episcopal Church Winthrop that America has not done half enough to aid Europe’s suffering peoples. The meeting launched a summer series of talks.
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