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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
10
A 24 year old man S Cruso asked Judge Ewing Bland of the South Side Municipal Court for three years in a prison cell so he could study an unabridged dictionary and learn the spelling and definitions of the world.
Amelia Woodward Truesdale, longtime national secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died in Oakland at age 74. She was noted last summer as the oldest co ed registered at the University of California.
The Crest and nine other vessels arrived at T wharf with haddock and cod prices down. Thomas Comfort, crew of the Regina, is missing after a dory accident off the Cape Shore. Burke survived. Lobster and eel shipments from Boston and plant line boats arrive, while the Corinthian sails to Glasgow with many passengers for Christmas at sea. A northwest gale, fog, and storm warnings affect arrivals. Itasca cruiser deploys. Pisа bound for New York, lumber cargoes reach Hilton-Dodge and Navy cutter changes.
The seaport reports sunrise 7 10 a m sunset 4 14 p m daylight 69 hours 4 minutes high water 7 45 a m 8 10 p m tide rises 9 feet 3 inches. Arrived steamers Calvin Austin Mitchell St John N B Simms Yarmouth N S Wacousta Olsen Louisburg C B Aranmore Br Hearn Halifax N S Chippewa Ma guire Jacksonville Charleston Belfast Curtis Bangor City of Gloucester Linneken Gloucester Bay State Strout Portland Grecian Briggs Norfolk May Archer Archibald Beverly Mass tugs Western Lennon Metacomet David Wallace Pilgrim from Cornwall Vesta Kemp Lynn arrived Wednesday. James Woolley Pierce Plymouth towing barge Eagle Hill for Philadelphia arrived Wednesday Neponset Sears Vineyard Haven Perth Amboy Farnham Gloucester towing barge 782 for New York schooners Ella L Davenport Dunton Bruns wick Ga Richard W Clark Cory Wiggins S C Cleared Esparza Br Mader Port Simon schooner Percival S Parks Br Schrader Halifax N B Sailed United States revenue cutter Itasca Michigan Br Liverpool Indiana Br New York Edison Light Sewalls Point Va from quarantine Corinthian Br Glasgow James Whitney New York Lexington Philadelphia Gloucester Norfolk H F Dimock New York Bay State Newport News Joseph W Fordney Baltimore last two steamers ready to leave yesterday afternoon tugs Orion towing barge R R L Co No 7 for Sears port sailed Wednesday evening.
Firemen found a sailor in the smoke filled basement at 299 North street. He helped operate the hose like a fireman but was jailed for drunkenness after being taken into the building by Officer Anderson.
A Boston produce broker outlines a plan aimed at reducing living costs for households in Greater Boston. Back Bay women including Mrs Page endorse it, endorsing neighborhood clubs in Allston Malden Melrose and Melrose Highlands. The plan offers low egg and staple prices and mobilizes 3000 dozen eggs via mobile delivery to poorer city districts.
Fred W. Gerry proposes a plan led by his company to form neighborhood clubs of at least ten members to buy essentials in bulk. Women like Mrs. Frank W. Page and Mrs. Stanley P. Clements help mobilize influence to press the plan in Greater Boston. Sub stations would take orders citywide to reduce egg prices and ultimately lower butter, beans, flour, vegetables, canned goods, rice and fruit products.
New York tonight Johnny Dun Dee the local featherweight outpointed Eddie Morgan of England in a 10 round bout. He is slated to meet Johnny Kilbane the champion for the title in Los Angeles in April.
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