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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
16
Four Newton youths who recently rode through Newtons at night and fired at electric lights on Commonwealth Avenue will appear in Dedham court this morning on the charge of interfering with fire alarm apparatus. Summons issued by the Wellesley police.
Mrs. Marshall P. Wilder, wife of author and entertainer Marshall P. Wilder, died Saturday in a New York hospital. She was 35 and had collaborated with her husband on many writings.
A Santa Claus appeal urges readers to supply gifts for poor children before Christmas. Post workers move bundles to help families described in letters from Cambridge and Roxbury, detailing shoes, sweaters, clothing, and a prosthetic leg request amid hardship.
The Post Santa mobilizes aid to deliver 8000 to 10000 gift bundles before Thursday. Calls for donated cars go to Main 1383 while fund contributions from readers and local businesses total 2821.98 with many small gifts listed from across New England.
Alberto Todesco age 22 of Roxbury and Giuseppiana Capo bianco age 19 of Clarendon Avenue were brought back from Washington by Boston police. Todesco faces an enticing for abduction charge and Capo bianco a larceny charge for $135 from her father's store. Giuseppiana remained calm, informing her father she was in police custody. Alberto denied marriage unless a $1000 dowry is provided.
A 19 year old man identified as Solomon Furst was chased by about 100 passengers through seven Brooklyn subway cars. He leaped from the eighth car as officers closed in and was crushed against a tunnel pillar. The body was recovered at the next station after the train halted. Furst had previously served time in a city reformatory for a petty crime.
Theresa Malkiel author sociologist socialist strike leader told Franklin Union Hall yesterday that child labor is tolerated in Boston just as in Georgia and North Carolina. She spoke over two hours answering questions and is writing Woman's Place in Industrial History after The Diary of a Shirtwaist Maker.
In Blairsville Penn a suspected assassination attempt on Rev Dr R E McClure pastor of the United Presbyterian Church and Indiana County Anti Saloon League president failed when a bullet pierced his Bible under his arm and left a minor abrasion on his left side Police search for two men one of whom fired twice and dropped his hat while fleeing
State police and Malden Inspector Greenleaf will investigate the cause of a late night blaze in a six apartment house at 61 Henry Street Malden. Fire damaged the owner Louis Geselinsky’s apartment with damages not exceeding 1000 dollars.
Dr. McClure, returning home from church, confronted two men near Stuart street. A revolver fired twice, grazing Bible and clothing as he fought back with a stone. The assailants fled after a fall and renewed shot, then disappeared. American leaguers plan welcome for Charley Comiskey in New York on March 7 with colleagues from Chicago and Boston involved.
Miss Malkiel, a noted organizer from New York, denounces Boston for permitting child labor. She cites government findings that links early work to juvenile crime, argues the problem spans cities and regions, and urges reform beyond immigrant blame. She notes strike leadership in 1909 in New York.
Chicago obituary notes the death of George W. Gray founder of the Forward Settlement and longtime sociological worker. Gray previously served as field secretary for Freedman Aid Work of the Methodist Church and as general secretary of the American University.
Jeff Tesreau and Chief Myers of the Giants play for the San Diego winter league club. Tex Russell of the White Sox also joins San Diego. Fred Snodgrass of the Giants manages Oxnard Cal club and seeks Mathewson to pitch for him now.
The Mabel I Meyers a lone survivor of Sears Port Maine deep water fleet arrives at Charlestown loading lumber for South America The ship the last sailing vessel built at Sears Port and a rare square rig inventory remains among Mystic wharf mariners The vessel has sailed for 22 years with only one other close trip to Stockton Springs Maine last year to load lumber for Italy
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