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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
20
Alberta Hultgren of Augusta aged 14 allegedly took her own life by drowning in the Kennebec river. The death is attributed to insanity from overstudy and ill health. the body remains unfound.
John Chizenski told Quincy police he killed his wife in Hardwick VI and appeared in court in Quincy for drunkenness, fined 14 dollars. Police later found Mrs. Chizenski alive in Hardwick and supporting her family while he wandered the country.
Boston Post appeals for donations as the Post Santa Claus program seeks unprecedented support to deliver Christmas joy to thousands of poor children. A Boston 84 year old donor sent handmade elephants, and Roslindale women host a matinee to benefit the drive while letters from families in need outline their hardships and hopes for Christmas.
George Rogers an electrical engineer suffered a 13800 volt shock while working for Edison Electric Co on Commonwealth avenue. The current stripped his clothing but left him only superficial burns and he survived with swift recovery after fellow workers rescued him. He lives at 1761 Washington Street South End and had served in the coast artillery.
Muffled in bandages at City Hospital an engineer recalls harrowing accidents from his service in the Spanish war and prior disasters. He believes life is charmed and jokes that a disease like chickenpox could end him, recounting the 1911 Federal Express tragedy where his wife and baby daughter died.
Mrs. Wilfred O White reported that the Thanksgiving Fund from Massachusetts school children to Belgian kids, received by treasurer Joseph H O Neil, totals 2 dollars to date with regular contributions. Fall River and Melrose led with 400 and 106 respectively while Plymouth and many others added smaller sums.
Ex President William Howard Taft denounced the Bay State anti injunction law at the Boston City Club dinner. He called the measure unjust un American and a step away from the Constitution, arguing it harms legal uniformity and liberty.
The speaker argues unions sit in a privileged class due to law and cites the Pennsylvania coal strike and lax injunctions. He criticizes Massachusetts for enabling this, calls for reversal, and recalls a former president denying another run for office while remarking on a party’s demise.
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