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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
8
Miss Mary Reed, leading eleven English Ballet Girls at Keith's, says Boston has the worst street mashers among cities she has visited. After they endured passes near the stage door, she barred leaving without police protection.
A police escort with twelve ballet girls enters through a crowd during a baseball bulletin as officers try to quiet jeers. Miss Reed notes stage door johnnies exist worldwide, calling Boston the worst place she has played due to persistent harassment and insults from masher types.
In Columbus Avenue games the senior team shut out Randolphs 6 0 and Marcella Street 5 0. Marcella Street blanked Randolphs 2 0. Intermediate results include Marcella Street 2 Columbus Avenue 1 and later Randolphs 3 Marcella Street 2. Randolphs beat Marcella Street 4 3 and 3 2 while Columbus Avenue defeated Randolphs 16 6 in juniors. Columbus Avenue leads four of five games. Marcella Street and Randolphs sit at two wins each.
The Post Magazine will feature another installment of the unusual serial Mark with a Boston heroine. The Inro is described as one of the most remarkable types in recent literature.
A six hour riot in the Haverhill shoe district erupted when strike breakers from New York arrived at the Bay State Leather Remnant Company. Police mobilized all reserves and special officers to clear Washington street as strikers tried to reach the workers inside by climbing fire escapes.
Employers and strikers converge at Social ist Hall as fear of strike breakers sparks a clash through Merrimack street. Police guard the Bay State Company plant and an electric car carries workers as talks lead to a 54 hour week and Saturday half holiday with a 10 percent wage rise. Strikers drop demand for I W W recognition, signaling a employer victory despite initial concessions.
Six year old Daniel DiFarsea son of Mr and Mrs Gaetano DiFarsea of 31 Horace street Somerville fell from a moving freight car on the Boston and Maine near Union Square Somerville last night as the car passed over his legs He died at Somerville Hospital about two hours later.
Raymond Hitchcock stars in a witty feature on his stage legend and the humor behind a comedian’s life in a forthcoming Post Magazine piece.
A meeting at 6 Beacon Street between Progressive Republicans and the machine faction led by Charles E. Hatfield sought harmony in Massachusetts. Talks touched on recognizing progressive principles in the fall platform, U.S. senatorship, and tariff ideas, with Crane’s absence delaying concrete decisions.
At a meeting, Mr. Baxter of the Progressives urged a place for him on the resolutions committee of the Republican State committee. Louis A. Frothingham was named chairman potential, with Elder considered for the state convention chair. The bloc favors internal party reform, backing Taft while opposing Roosevelt and the Bull Moose wing.
Miss Catherine E. McManus of Boston wed J. Montgomery Sears in St Marys Church Cambridgeport. She earned the title prettiest girl in Boston from European artists. Sears, a traveling salesman, lives at 115 Otis Street Cambridge. Rev Father Brown officiated. Attendant was Miss Ella F. McManus. Ostie Sears, best man. They plan a honeymoon to Washington DC and Maine, then reside in Cambridge.
Leach Cross defeated Young Jack O'Brien in New York with a fast 10 round win. O'Brien used jab and footwork to avoid punishment but Cross outfought him and forced coverage. Johnny Dundee easily defeated Patsy Kline in the semi finals with weight advantage and head blows.
Newport Rhode Island reports the Red fleet comprising sub groups attacked under harbor conditions and surfaced within 1000 yards of the Blue battleships. The Blue crews were caught at work aboard their ships in the third day of the naval war game.
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth announces he may accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Sixteenth District. He pledges independence if nominated, support for Woodrow Wilson, and adherence to equal rights, tariff reform, and a broad view of local interests. He cites past irregularities in 1910 and recalls his Cape Cod roots and textile experience.
May Fitzgerald praised Governor Wilson's letter of acceptance calling it characteristic of the man. She said he lays his soul bare to the people and asks them to join with him in righting present wrongs without clamor or injury to legitimate interests. She predicted a landslide win in November.
Witnesses, including Rose and Bridgie Webber, testify to protection money totaling over 2.4 million dollars in a year tied to gambling graft. District Attorney Whitman plans to present 20 witnesses to the Grand Jury to indict Lefty Louie Gib the Blood Dago Frank Cirofici and Whitey Lewis while Becker seeks a venue change amid calls of biased public opinion.
District Attorney Whitman investigates Becker graft network naming Willie Shea, once Rothstein partner, as a beneficiary of protection money. Shea and Jack Rose claim cash was returned after a raid, while other gamblers corroborate Rose’s tale of monthly payments to inspectors.
Six hurt as a Franklin Street car and a Meeting House Hill car collide near Upham’s Corner. Passengers, including Miss Charlotte Currie and Miss Gertrude Currie, are shaken with several treated at Dr. Walton and Dr. Sullivan’s offices. Motorman errors blamed for derailment and collision.
James Thorpe the Carlisle Indian famed as the world’s greatest all around athlete arrives from Europe on the Oceanic with F W Kelley of Orange California winner of the 110 metre hurdle and A W Richards of Brigham Young Utah who set a high jump Olympic record. They head to Boston to join a meet after a modest departure from the pier.
Walter Campbell of Newton, president of Breslin & Campbell Cigar Co., died Monday. Funeral services were held at Forest Hills Cemetery chapel at 2:30 PM attended by tobacco tradesmen, Masons, and others. Rev. Murray Dewart of St. John's Episcopal Church officiated. burial followed in Forest Hills Cemetery.
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a simple painless corn cure that shrivels corns warts and bunions without harming healthy flesh. It promises quick relief and feet feeling barefoot again. Sold at drug stores for 25 cents or by E Lawrence & Co Chicago and Riker-Jayne stores in Boston.
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