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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
15
A brisk moral urging labor over laziness. The speaker extols real work as superior to wind and idle talk, warning that idleness breeds poverty and crime while an hour of effort cannot be reclaimed. The piece quotes Walt Mason praising industriousness and condemning sloth.
A tormented husband returns to his deserted home after seven years and rediscovers his late son Robbie’s room and a pair of little brown shoes. His wife Margaret arrives, recognizes him, and forgiveness and reunion follow as they embrace in relief and reclaimed love.
A Boston front platform incident in which an elderly woman delayed a streetcar with a witty remark about her companion still dressing. The column also notes political figures, social mischief on trains, and local civic happenings including redistricting plans and a pastor’s resignation dilemma.
A solitary tombstone designed to mark a relative of Captain Morrison is aboard the British packet Otis Miller headed for Parrsboro. The stone, not cargo for sale, rests as property of Morrison and required a manifest as if exported freight despite its somber purpose.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on December 14 a naval yard commandant ordered hundreds of workers to enter and leave only through the main gate after metal thefts were found in local junk shops. Sentries now check dinner buckets and marine guards set new posts to guard government property.
The defense for Clarence V. Richeson fails to gain access to government exhibits as Chief Justice Aiken rules the request improper for now. Lawyers for the defense argue lack of disclosure about their plan and deny rumors of a cyanide sale or a Richeson marriage, while seeking clarity ahead of trial.
District Attorney Charles S. Miller questioned Miss Edith Winebrenner now Mrs Andrew J. Hull as bookkeeper for the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Grand jury examined five years of association check stubs and account records to locate money sources for explosives used in more than 100 blasts.
Philadelphia report shows Winfred T. Denison arguing against phone-hunting and coal hod politics as vote losers. He cites Hughes Cleveland Bryan Roosevelt LaFollette Stimson Hearst and Blankenburg victories as proof, urging full civil service regulation and removal of patronage from politics. President Eliot notes 230000 competitive posts with 100000 still patronage filled and warns office holders’ machines shape conventions and nominations.
Ortie F McManigal admits to dynamiting for John J McNamara and being often with James B McNamara. He says he earned about 200 for each job and that checks were sometimes shorted. Mentions payments at Greenville Hoboken Milwaukee Omaha Worcester Los Angeles and other sites.
Mayor Fitzgerald voiced dissatisfaction with suburban street conditions to Commissioner Rourke. He ordered the South Boston cleaning force moved to Dorchester to thoroughly clean its streets.
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