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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
2
Washington reports the 6th Congress starts its second session with a formal Proclamation by the Vice President and Speaker. President Wilson will address joint houses at 1 PM to deliver the annual message. The routine remains similar to the adjourned period as annual federal estimates are presented.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on November 30 Miss Helen Francis and Raymond Fowler wed before Magistrate Hay. The bride admitted she bought her husband from her bridesmaid for a gold bracelet. Attending were Guy F Lepper and Miss Ruby Henderson, the original bride choice.
The Boston Post Santa invites volunteers to 265 Washington Street to assemble Christmas aid for needy children. About 1000 letters have arrived. up to 10 000 may request gifts for 1 to 6 children each. Children’s pleas describe dire home conditions and hospital stays as the holiday season nears.
The unprotected cruiser Uratlets ran aground on a reef near Pestchanaia Bay, Sevastopol. The crew were landed. two seamen drowned and three are missing after a boat sent to assist capsized.
The Natick barn of J. M. Adams at North Natick burned yesterday. Twenty three cows and four horses perished, fourteen tons of hay and farm tools were lost. Estimated damage reached $10,000 as firefighters limited the blaze to the barn and saved nearby buildings.
Spectacular blaze in West Hingham consumes Peter B. Bradley’s barn. Over 100 tons of hay and valuable farming equipment burn, with losses pegged at about 15000 dollars. Fire reported visible for miles by land and sea.
Members vote to petition Governor Baldwin of Connecticut to commute Mrs Wakefield’s death sentence to life in prison. Angela Morgan’s poem Shall She Pay With Her Life prompts urging action, calling the law barbarous and hateful and urging mercy for Wakefield.
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