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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1912
Page
3
Early last evening two battalions of the Ninth Infantry from Massachusetts returned to the South station. They declared that the Blues had been defeated. Detachments of the Fifth Regiment followed in special trains between 7 and 9 o'clock.
Colonel Logan and Lieutenant Colonel Stover praised the Ninth and Fifth brigades for disciplined performance during maneuvers. Soldiers, though food scarce at times, were healthy and relaxed, viewing the week as a pleasant excursion. Officers gained insight into handling troops under pressure and applied tactical knowledge, while the victory result remains unpublished.
The Austrian State Radium Institution has begun selling radium emanation solutions for inhalation drinking or baths. Prices range from 10 cents for a small bottle with 10 000 units to a dollar for a large bottle containing 300 000 units.
A heavy turnout attended the United States Fat Men's Club midsummer outing at Bass Point despite rainy weather.
A large New England club with twelve members weighing over two tons held a beach outing. Weather halted planned field sports, but a banquet and Bull Moose style speech by John M. Keyes followed by cabaret entertained. Evening fixtures promise boxing, races, and more events for stout members.
Charles H. Riley 44 of 17 Camden Place was struck at the Washington Street Massachusetts Avenue corner by a taxi owned by George Reed and operated by F E King. Riley was taken to City Hospital with abrasions to his right leg and left arm after failing to see the auto.
Rain pours as about 50 citizens and schoolchildren led by John Hays Hammond attend dedication ceremonies for the John Hays Hammond burial lot at Beech Brook cemetery. Hon. John N. Cole of Andover inspires the crowd praising fishermen's bravery before a program of scripture prayers songs and a roll call for the departed.
Miss Marion Lasell daughter of noted racehorse breeder Chester Whitin Lasell of Whitinsville will marry Mintura de Luzzara Verdi of New York City on Saturday afternoon September 14 at the Lasell estate Oakhurst Whitinsville. Verdi Harvard graduate and lawyer will reside at 5615 Fifth Avenue New York after a honeymoon abroad.
Windsor Conn Aug 18 The gray-haired old gentleman whose car overturned on the Milford road last Thursday causing the death of Miss Ann Carelli of New Haven was identified as Hon Walter S Hastings ex Assemblyman and grain dealer The disclosure follows the crash report from the scene and confirms the principal involved in the auto accident
The Windsor case centers on Mr Hastings and his chauffeur Howard Halsey who picked up Miss Carelli and her sister Rhea at Savin Rock New Haven. A high speed Milford road dash led to Miss Carelli's death with the others sustaining minor injuries. The Carelli family physician's daughters were involved and Hastings a married man declined to discuss the matter.
New York reports the American Bar Association will decide if colored attorneys may join. The executive committee released a special report on the rescinded election of three Black lawyers, including William H. Lewis, and submits the issue for the Milwaukee annual meeting.
The eighty second birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph was celebrated nationwide. Dr Pfluger suffragan bishop of Vienna was stabbed in the shoulder while en route to St Stephen's Church for mass. The attacker Prinz, once confined in a lunatic asylum, was arrested and confessed intent to stab Cardinal Nagl but Pfluger arrived first.
The 25th anniversary of Fr. Aloysius Warol’s ordination into the priesthood was celebrated yesterday afternoon at the Polish church in South Boston. Attending were Rev. Fr. Thomas I. Gasson Fr. Mahoney of South Boston and Fr. Alexander Lyski of Haverhill, who delivered a sermon.
Three sailors believed lost after a burned sloop drifted at sea. Lifebelts kept them afloat as they rode out heavy seas for over an hour until a nearby sailboat spotted their cries and rescued them near midnight at Beachmont.
Three men rescued from the motor yacht Spry of the Bunker Hill Yacht Club after its power failed near Revere Beach. Life Guards John Flaherty and John J. Bray brought ashore Thomas O Nell Everett. John Sargent and William Smithers Everett. Three other unnamed men swam to shore. yacht moved to breakwater by Richard Holt Beachmont.
A fall sale advertises coats at half price at S. H. Harison Co. located at 666 to 672 Washington St Beach. The notice urges buyers to act today to save on Fall and Winter stock carried over from last season.
The quartermaster’s department of the army will hold examinations for hat inspectors on August 21 in Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Applicants must be men who can judge a hat by sight evaluating its material quality and other details. Hat salesmen are barred.
Fall suits from S. H. Harrison Co. wholesale stock are on sale at exactly half price. The sale applies to men’s suits displayed on the street floor at 666 to 672 Washington Street.
Rose Pitonof, world champion swimmer from Boston, trains daily off Dover as she prepares to swim the English Channel later this month. She has acclimated to the Channel’s weather and is in steady practice for the challenging feat.
The Rev. Clifton D. Gray opposed women entering business and politics. He argued women belong at home to raise families and cautioned that career independence complicates marriage and childrearing. He cited Proverbs chapter 30 as an ideal, urging adherence to traditional roles.
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