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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
9
Five thousand mothers from across Boston will be taken to Franklin Park for a free day of outing and entertainment. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald conceived the event to give mothers without summer vacations a chance to enjoy the parks.
An all day program runs from 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m at Franklin Park with 6000 mothers and children receiving free transport to the park and lunch. An estimated 15000 people may attend if weather is fair and a rain date is set for tomorrow.
A large bear broke from a stunt at the Colonial Theatre in Haverhill to chase performers and threaten the audience. Keeper, speaking in broken English, calmed the bear and led it away as chaos sent spectators rushing for exits. No one was hurt beyond frightened feelings.
Albany August 27. Lieutenant Governor Martin H Glynn was formally recognized as acting governor by the Assembly after a bitter debate. The vote favored recognition 48 to 29.
The Tariff Reform Committee of the Reform Club of New York condemns the Senate bill's higher duty on gloves compared with the House rate. It urges Senators to adopt the House rate to keep costs down for cheap gloves that are essentials of life.
The House and Senate clash over glove tariffs with rates for women's and children's leather gloves rising to 2.50 per dozen, up from 2, affecting gloves not over 14 inches and adjustments for longer lengths. The debate argues the Senate maintains a Payne Aldrich level while reducing glove leather and other materials, claiming consumer benefit though critics say it hurts wearers of cheap gloves.
Mary Strong was sentenced by Chief Justice Bolster of the Municipal Court to four months in the House of Correction after refusing to divulge details about herself. She was charged with stealing $19 from John Cassidy of the South End.
Kansas chemist D. J. Lane offers a home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He sent samples to long‑time sufferers who reported cures. A one dollar bottle can be sent by express with the tester paying only if it works. Send name and address on a postal card.
More than 200 children from Prince Perkins playground in Fenway, with mothers and teachers, visited J. W. Hayden Jr. of Lexington who lent his 50 acre Lexington Centre estate for the day with horses and carriages. Miss Mildred Brown and Miss Anna Johnson supervised the group.
A visiting group from Boston arrived in Lexington at 10 30 in special cars and toured historic sites escorted by a guide. Children were served roast corn, entertained by an orchestra, then rode to Lexington Park. They played games, received flags, had watermelons, ice cream, cake, and fruit, and enjoyed folk dancing before rain ended the day.
Police officer William E. Muldoon of Malden was injured when his motorcycle slipped on Pleasant street in the West End. He was taken home with bruises and a badly sprained right ankle. no broken bones were reported.
In the Postegasic section next Sunday Hank the Hermit offers a scream ingly funny experience that readers should not miss.
The American Hospital Association sessions split into two groups with larger hospitals at Massachusetts General Hospital forenoon conference and smaller hospitals meeting at Copley Plaza across morning afternoon and night.
at Copley Plaza E P Haworth urged AHA to publish, hire subscription staff, create a permanent HQ and paid secretary, form subsidiary lecture groups, and standardize supplies with a central purchasing bureau. He called for reorganization to hospitals only and more nursing training. Round table sessions followed with debates on typhoid serum mandates and hospital admission abuses by physicians.
Hyde Park strikers held a special mass meeting at French's Opera House yesterday to vote against returning to work under old terms. Governor Foss will seek to settle grievances individually after Mayor Fitzgerald's push, following talks with the Governor. About 300 attended, far fewer than Sundays, as many members found work elsewhere.
A bold claim from 1879 HUB PUNCH asserts unmatched status. The speaker urges readers to prove it themselves at the deal venue, framing a challenge to contest the long standing claim.
Jude Brunce of Maldencourt ordered two Wakefield boys Calvin Batchelor and Hayward Ceting to repair damage to the Greenwood Wakefield school house. Chief Pollard brought them to court while Kirk Titus was found nearly innocent. Judge Bruce ordered them to deepen the carved initials and fill with putty and paint.
A vintage advert proclaims GETS-IT cures corns fast with no pain or plasters. It promises safe relief for warts callouses and bunions and notes availability at 25 cents a bottle in Chicago Boston drugstores.
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