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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
4
At a Public Library briefing, Miss Bernice Cannon and Miss Margaret Murray from Filene's urged 250 girls aged 14 to 16 to pursue schooling, noting higher wages for educated workers. They described department stores as training grounds offering paths from washroom work to purchasing roles, stressing full study and fair pay as keys to success.
Pierre Dec 2 The Indians of this vicinity predict no winter this season due to unusual December warmth. Frigid weather prevails across the Dakotas with warm rains and thermometers well above freezing.
More than 40 members gathered in Boston for the Delta Kappa Epsilon 67th national convention at the Hotel Somerset. The opening smoker drew undergraduates and grads from colleges including Dartmouth McGill and Amherst, with delegates from California Texas Toronto and Maine. Tracy Drake led a Western delegation of about 40 in, and 45 chapters were represented. The oldest attendee was Rev Richard Fisk of Aver Massachusetts.
About 300 members and guests of the Reovenine Club of Boston heard W. Morgan Shuster call the Monroe Doctrine a bluff and unworkable while professors Hart, Bingham, and Blakeslee debated replacing it with a Pan American approach. The discussion covered U S power, Latin American development, and European influence, with Hart defending some policy while others urged broader continental cooperation.
Miss Mararet Wilson eldest daughter of the President became chairman of the Spugs at a mass meeting in New York. More than 14 women attended as a society for the Prevention of Useless Jiving was organized under the local branch of the National Civic Federation. The meeting was presided over by Mrs Archibald Hopkins and Mrs August Belmont among others who have carried the movement forward in New York.
On Sunday afternoon in Simpson Hall, Wreisler will perform various pieces including his Caprice Viennois, captivating the audience with his virtuosity and program breadth.
From Donaueschingen the German war minister Erich von Falkenhayn urged defense of the Zabern garrison in Alsace. Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and other leaders faced continuous interruptions as Conservatives opposed the government stance. A vote on Thursday is expected to pass by a large margin with broad party support aside from the Conservatives.
The Harvard sophomore class failed to win the right to wear class buttons after a student council vote last night. Earlier the sophomores sought a button similar to the seniors but the motion was referred and subsequently defeated, barring any class below senior from wearing the emblem.
Pain relief touted for rheumatism and related aches with claims of immediate action. Advertisement credits St Jacobs Oil as harmless, skin friendly, and suitable for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swellings, urging readers to get a trial bottle today.
Harvard's Widener Memorial Library nears completion with exterior brick and stone rising to third floor. Interior work advances, including Corinthian capitals carved in place and fireproofing begun. A 1.7 million volume capacity exists in the southern wing. Heat is supplied via a new concrete tunnel and temporary steam lines for winter work.
President Wilson has improved somewhat but remains confined to his room for another day. Doctor’s orders call for a full rest, and Secretary Tumulty canceled all engagements for tomorrow.
The Maverick Congregational Church opened its annual fair in East Boston and runs through Saturday. Newton Methodist Episcopal and Central Congregational churches held sales and suppers. St Pauls Universalist Jamaica Plain hosts a fair with a chicken dinner tonight. Cambridge Circuit Epworth League marks its first anniversary with an evening address by Bishop Mughes. Union Congregational Winthrop hosts a Friday Saturday fair. Tufts College glee and mandolin clubs perform with Phillips Congregational Church South Boston also hosting a concert. Harvard Street Unitarian hosts Nat Brigham on The National Parks of the United States. St Pauls Cathedral noon services discuss The Church and Child Labor. Grace Church Lawrence to host Social Service and the Foreigner speaker. St Thomas Union Square Somerville welcomes Rev Edgar Jones as rector in January.
New York December reports Miss Lillian Duryea of Nyack will wed Wilbur Baldwin, a New York broker, after Baldwin divorced his wife Reno to marry Duryea. Baldwin’s wife receives financial provision, and local ministers reportedly refuse to perform the ceremony. Duryea’s fiancé and a prior fiancé, Lt. Edmund Benchley, died in Cuba, with his sword and legacy tied to Duryea.
Mrs Deborah VanNess, aged %, sought $36400 in alimony from the estate of her ex husband Cornelius H. VanNess, who died in 1911. The couple divorced 46 years ago and she was awarded $600 yearly. the court ruled the lapse of time released the husband or estate from obligation.
Watertown Tufts graduate Joseph B Sando filed a libel for divorce against his wife Mrs Gertrude Sando and a $25 000 suit in Suffolk Superior Court against Robert F Guild Harvard graduate for alienating his wife affections The case names Fred W Moore as trustee and notes a hearing where Mrs Sando claimed her husband threatened her with a revolver under liquor The judge granted Mrs Sando $20 weekly alimony and the case continues through Equity motions and alimony petitions.
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a safe remedy to flush the kidneys, claim it removes urinary waste, neutralizes urine acids, and ends bladder weakness. It urges heavy water intake and daily use of four ounces of salts before breakfast for a few days, stating kidneys will act fine.
A Columbus Ohio company promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative and liver toner. The Sugar coated tablets claim to avoid after effects of calomel and spare users from harsh salts or castor oil. Available 10c and 25c per box through druggists.
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