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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
2
The Clyde line steamer Seminole, from San Domingo, reached New York bearing a splintered side and canvas repairs after a hurricane. The vessel was struck by a tremendous sea Christmas night, heaved to, listed on her beam ends, then righted herself as 17 hours of heavy labor passed and the storm subsided.
Mr and Mrs Simon Lewis of 39 Munroe Street Roxbury celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home yesterday. Nearly 200 friends visited and about a dozen who attended their 1863 Boston wedding were present.
Messages of goodwill from leaders of many nations arrived in Washington on December 28 for Woodrow Wilson on his 57th birthday. The greetings were sent to Pass Christian Mississippi where the president and his family are spending a vacation and were not released to the public.
Copenhagen reports the new steamship Frederik VIII will begin her maiden voyage to New York on February 5. An official banquet aboard the vessel featured guests including American Minister Dr. Maurice F. Egan and envoys from Scandinavian nations.
The Rev Dr Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple offered a science based cure for church drowsiness. He urged listeners to lift the right foot and hold it aloft as a wakefulness test amid laughter. He praised awake gallery patrons and criticized those attending for the music rather than the gospel.
Parisians awoke to find the city wrapped in snow after a heavy rainstorm. Streetcar and railroad services were delayed and telegraphic and telephonic links with foreign and provincial centers were disrupted.
Adelaide M. Brance vanished from the Monticello jail under cover of darkness between 1 and 6 am. Sheriff Kinnie and assistants spirited her away, likely to the West where her brother H. O. Brance awaited. The plan coordinated last night with the agreement she would leave Monticello and meet him.
Reporters crowded the Monticello jail as Miss Brance allegedly left with a livery driver at 2:30 am for Fallsburgh and a westbound train. Sheriff Kinnie offered no comment while mortgages remained unsold and a $504 weekly theater offer was refused in her pursuit of anonymity.
The St. Louis and San Francisco railroad will suspend telegraphic railroad communication if a telegraphers strike occurs. Tonight 4000 Frisco telegraphers were dismissed and telegraph instruments removed along the main line. Dismissals and removal orders take effect at midnight.
Paul Waitt notes that famous men like Champ Clark, speaker of the U.S. House, are seen as distinct from ordinary people after recent publicity and a Boston visit.
The article depicts Champ Clark, former Speaker from Washington, relaxing at the Hotel Bellevue before a lecture. He explains lecturing for money, answers questions on currency, tariff, and politics, and predicts Democratic gains if business improves. He favors a steady navy and downplays Mexico and foreign war concerns.
Washington officials will mail copies of the Federal Reserve Act the membership resolution and the application blank to all 7500 national banks within 60 days of the law’s enactment. The 35,000 state and private banks will be notified after the national bank list is completed. Treasury rush continues as telegrams from applicant banks pour in.
Special services and Chanukah parties across Greater Boston yesterday celebrated the festival. Hundreds of presents were distributed to poor children at various synagogues and temples marking the feast of the Maccabees.
Belgrade reports an imminent cabinet crisis as War Minister resigns after the cabinet balks at approving the war budget. The resignation follows a dispute over funding for ongoing military operations in Servia.
Washington reports coal production in 1918 rose by 30.9 to 40 million tons from 1912 levels despite strikes in Colorado floods in Ohio and labor shortages. Edward W. Parker of the Geological Survey estimates total output for the year will reach 565 to 575 million tons, signaling strong industrial activity.
Mildred Champagne editor of Love and Sentiment will open a serial on The Making of A Home at Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple tomorrow night at 8 15. She will discuss home makinggetting acquainted needs of men and women duties of spouses dangers to homes and happiness including equal suffrage. A reception follows.
The Rev M J Twomey, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Portland for eight years, submitted his resignation this morning and asked to be relieved February 1 to accept a call at the First Baptist Church of Newark New Jersey.
In Kentucky near Pineville and Elys, Hendrickson members besieged by 35 militiamen and 10 deputy sheriffs negotiate terms. Adjutant General Ellis reports provisions running low and requests terms. Governor McCreary to be updated tonight.
F W C Hersey spoke at the Public Library on The Art of the Theatre tracing Shakespearean stage evolution to the modern picture stage. He praised Joseph Urban of the Boston Opera House as a leader in the shift toward impressionistic scenic design.
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