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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
8
Keenay Delaware December 18 Mrs Laura Chandler Smith who has been deaf and dumb all her life with the exception of 18 months observed her 92nd birthday by calling on her friend Mary Souther and spinning on an old fashioned wheel a hank of yarn
The Boston travel promotion advertises affordable California tours by rail with a dedicated conductor, clean sleeping cars, and attention to every detail. Alex Stocks, New England Pass Agent for the Boston and Quincy Railroad, offers further explanation and ticketing assistance.
Mrs Ida B Cros of Cambridge sues Archibald McLellan and daughter Frances of Brookline over a dog bite. The civil suit against the owners of the dog was settled out of court, an entry in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday shows.
In a dispute filed by Mrs. Crosby alleging her injury after a dog bite on Kenwood Street last November 11 1912 she claimed damages including wage loss. McLellan and daughter denied the accusations and the court docket shows Judgment for neither party with no further suit on the same cause of action.
Kenneth C. Withrow a Penn freshman totalled 1700 kilograms in university strength tests aiming to beat the 1774 kilogram mark held by Michael Dorzias He surpassed Dorzias in neck test arm pull arm push and both arm grip but trailed in leg and back lifts He plans another attempt soon and was a guard on the freshman football team at the time of the test.
Luisa Tetrazzini discusses her La Traviata engagement at Boston Opera House and her home cinema in Lugano Switzerland. She praises moving pictures and invites friends to enjoy screenings together, sharing her love of films and poultry farming.
Mme Tetrazzini weighs singing options for the season, naming works like Rigoletto and Traviata while noting she may choose roles she personally likes. She jokes about a poultry farm anecdote and declares plans to perform tonight as the consumptive heroine in Verdi’s famous opera.
Filippo Gorgone, keeper of a boarding house at 30 Border Street, West Newton, was fined $60 after Newton Court found liquor on the premises during a raid. He claimed free drinks for lodgers justified possession, but Judge Kennedy ordered the penalty under liquor laws.
Fire threatened the Brookline Country Club basement for about thirty minutes last night as flames broke out in the golf locker house just before 9 o clock. A dozen club members dining late acted quickly to save the historic clubhouse.
Fire at Brookline golf club clubhouse gutted the locker house and destroyed many outfits worth thousands. Members led by Herbert Jacques and Frank Ware, aided by Brookline fire apparatus headed by Chief Johnson, contained the fire before the department's arrival. Cause remains unknown. steward Joseph Riley discovered the blaze.
Mayor Charles Schumaker, reelected, directs all Malden city departments to pay all bills at once by the start of the new term and avoid drawing any of next year’s appropriation before that time.
Newton police prepare for a court appearance as several district youths charged with a joy ride shooting spree are to be tried. Prominent locals are summoned to testify while police keep identities tightly guarded until the last evening.
Police identify Louis F Curtis as the main suspect in a night terror spree in Newton Highlands and Weston using a six-cylinder auto and a 22-caliber rifle. He and companions are charged after a high speed chase that ended with a ditching incident. Fingerprint evidence ties suspect Prindle to a series of daytime home break-ins across Greater Boston, with Bertha Eldridge arrested as his companion.
Captain Louis Lane of the Polar Bear, stranded frozen near Flaxman Island in the Arctic, arrived from Valdez by steamer. He traveled with Eben Draper of Boston son of ex Governor Draper of Massachusetts Dunbar Lockwood of Boston and Will T. Hudson a newspaper photographer.
The party includes George Silsby John Heard Samuel Max ter W Sprague Brooks and Joseph Dixon who stayed aboard while seeking polar bears and musk ox. Captain R D Pederson of Elvira arrived after walking from Arctic Ocean to Valdez. Stefansson ship Karluk and Captain Bartlett remain in grave peril as ice drifts.
At Ford Hall the Massachusetts Sealers Association urged district sealer appointments and a state plan to codify weights and measures laws. Members called for consumer protections, stricter butter weighments, new shingle laws, and comprehensive standard weighing procedures.
Boston residents push for stronger laws to require all butter and ice sales by weight. The group weighs in on shingle sizing, district sealers, and a statewide district system. Banquet highlights included A B Wee and Senator elect Eldredge. New officers sworn in: Hanson president, Woolley first VP, Bousseault second VP, Holmberg third VP, Brogan fourth VP, Clark secretary-treasurer.
A dense catalog of fur sets including medium, full sized fancy, furs, lynx, imported mole, heavy, clear, and chinchilla options with assorted prices ranging from 33 to 525. The fragmented OCR reads like a shop or ad page listing many item types and costs without connecting context.
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