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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
9
Morrison I. Swift told Franklin Union's Humanist Forum that marriage is barbaric and a relic from savagery. He predicted civilization will trigger a radical revolution in marriage as society reconsiders its fundamentals and future role.
Mr Swift argues marriage is inefficient and a relic of antiquity shaped by male dominance. He claims it confines women and fuels male aggression, linking wealth and social status to control of women from bracelets to luxury necklaces.
A critique argues that the male dominated family is inefficient for child rearing and that women’s push for ballot emancipation won’t fix the system until marriage subservience ends. It condemns commercial pirates and bankers as driven by family interests and warns of entrenched family superstition preserving power.
Boston investigators link the New York death to an apparent dual personality case involving a man using the name E. 8 Cummings Fitchburg. He blocked at several hotels November 12 to 23 claiming wealth and ties to Fitchburg’s Cummings Theatre and Governor elect Walsh. Fitchburg Cummings family denies any missing relative. initial doubts centered on Fred E. Cummings allegedly deceased.
The First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain formally opened its new parish house after a dedication service by Rev. Walter Calley. Governor Foss did not attend the pledge controversy and four church members spoke on planned weekly use for men women and youth activities.
A dead man’s effects include a Company of Boston item and letters to Elizabeth Holland of 426 Boylston Street. A man calling himself Cummings stayed at Boston hotels and wore a Leopold Morse Company suit, but neither hotel confirmed the theatre owner’s claim.
A listing for E. 8S. Cummings, piano tuner at 620 Tremont Street, could not be located last night. Joseph E. Gendron of Somerville National Bank said police already asked for information from him and that the bank will review records to identify the dead New York man described as 26 to 80 years old, about six feet tall, with two missing molar teeth.
Fitchburg police wired New York authorities a detailed description of Claude Trent of Fitchburg who has been missing since November 10. The description matches that of E S Cummings of Fitchburg who died of morphine overdose in Times Square Hotel New York on Wednesday. Trent is accused of stealing about $400 from his partner Alfred Illingsworth. they co owned a private detective agency and a warrant for Trent’s arrest has been issued.
The diocese collects for Catholic University and higher education with preface by pastors. Rev Michael J Scanlan begins Advent sermons at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. A mission night and vespers follow on St. Francis Xavier feast. Laymen retreat at Blessed Gabriel Monastery runs Friday to Monday with Rev Gaudentius Hayden. St Vincent de Paul plans lecture by Rt Rev P J Supple to benefit the Castes.
Monsignor Patrick Supple speaks at Franklin Union on Galileo and the Roman Catholic Church. He defends the church stance, critiques individual liberty, and argues Galileo was cautioned rather than tortured. Audience erupts with applause and hostility as supporters and opponents clash. Next week David Goldstein, a converted socialist, speaks on socialism.
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