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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
4
Cardinal O Connell attended the fifth annual entertainment for the Catholic Chinese Mission of Boston. The event featured an attractive program of English instruction, orchestral selections, vocal renditions, and readings with frequent encores.
A photograph mailed to Miss May Murphey of Salina six years ago at Tescott is finally received in Salina. The package’s journey remains a mystery with a worn wrapper but little evidence of frequent handling.
Storm delayed the sale but Millinery Muslin Underwear Corsets Misses Suits Coats Dresses and many more items remain discounted. Shoppers can save on gowns table linens towels sheets pillow cases blankets comforts silks and furs among others.
A sale listing offers multiple lots of women's garments including suits dresses coats and waists. Prices show substantial discounts from regulars with coats and overcoats reduced and gowns and lingerie waists offered at lower figures.
A newspaper ad lists women's handkerchiefs and imported fabrics with discounts. Items include 1200 dozen hemstitched linen handkerchiefs at 1.50 per dozen, silk covered duvets and petticoats marked down from higher prices, and corsets in spring models. wash fabrics and domestic prints offered at reduced yard prices.
Fine Furs & Cloth Coats advertised double faced fur garments lined to the waist with sable and cashmere. Prices drop from 76.00 to 48.00 for ladies coats and black pony coats from 345.00 to 28.00. Muffs and raccoon items offered at reduced prices with sale notes.
A catalog of night dresses in 33 styles with values from $1.50 to $3.50. Chemises priced at $1.75, skirts up to $3.59, and drawers in cambric or naviar fabrics with embroidered faces. Items described with varying trims and sizes offering multiples at discounted values.
Morrison I. Swift, addressing the Humanist Forum at Franklin Union, argues women are semi children and worship surface over substance. He asserts most women favor dolllike externals and toys over noble human qualities, leaving the average man able to treat his wife as a child rather than an equal.
Mr Swift argues against women's superficiality and a childlike mindset, blaming men for domestic drudgery. He calls for separating love from housework and child rearing, freeing women to become independent specialists and true intellectual peers to men.
In Pensacola Florida two former Havana Royal Bank of Canada staff members accused of stealing about $6500 are believed aboard the American schooner Doris. Authorities expect to board Doris on arrival to take the suspects into custody.
Malden police plan to surround the Linden Congregational Church at midnight to solve why its steeple bell rings exactly four times each hour. If unsolved, authorities may seek a cure for the bell’s disturbing midnight toll. The mystery began with suspicions of pranksters and drew amateur sleuths before the regular force takes charge.
Lieutenant E. M. Harrison wed Miss Bertha Turner in Los Angeles after his prior suicide attempt inspired by devotion to her. News notes the couple married Thursday at the Church of the Angels following a quarrel that left him despairing.
Maynard residents report the Holy Name Society of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church voted to engage rooms for its new club. More than 100 men have signified their intention to join the organization, indicating strong early interest.
More than 350 prisoners at the Charles street jail were treated to a two hour program of operatic selections by a score of young men and women from the Copley School of Music. The event was held in the jail rotunda with 40 women prisoners seated nearby and over 300 men watching from their cell tiers behind steel bars.
In the jail a quiet hush dominates during selections while the audience of inmates shows approval for musical performances. Professor Frank M. Davis conducts the orchestra and introduces each piece with a short note on its character and history. Female assistants include Ruth Hunter Frances Hobart Ethel Ryan Esther Charak Edith Hunter Cecile Bornstein Ethel Hobart Villa West Margaret Ryan Muriel Pease Edith M Herter and J J Belyea.
A Sunday morning fire at 130 Silver Street South Boston started when an oil stove overturned in the tenement of Mrs. Josephine A Buckley. Fire was extinguished quickly. James O Connor was taken to City Hospital with slight burns to his body and hands.
A $3000 blaze last night damaged the fifth floor of a brick house at 1832 Washington Street owned by Rose M. McCusker and occupied by D. W. Rose. No injuries reported. The fire caused significant smoke and heat damage to upper rooms.
The American branch of the Association for International Conciliation will lead a party of school teachers on a summer tour of South America to foster intellectual and social ties with Latin American peoples. The plan, supported by the Carnegie Peace Foundation, aligns with Robert Bacon’s recent visits to major South American capitals.
The New York World announced it sent a Christmas message of universal peace to nations through their sovereigns. It invites the American committee to join in celebrating the centennial peace among English speaking peoples, a goal supported by eminent men.
John A. Stewart aided the effort as five eminent Americans affixed their names to a round the world peace message. Signers include Alton B. Parker Cardinal Gibbons David H. Greer Nicholas Murray Butler and Andrew Carnegie. President Butler drafted the text and others approved it before dispatch. The first response came from Canada’s Premier R L Borden with Christmas greetings, followed by acknowledgments from royalty and heads of state.
The Carnegie Institution of Washington reports two thirds of its eight year magnetic survey completed after the non-magnetic yacht Carnegie finishes a three year voyage ending December 19 in Brooklyn. Data from nearly 150000 miles of travel is held by hydrographers and used by shipmasters worldwide.
Professor L A Bauer director of terrestrial magnetism presents 1913 report detailing Carnegie voyage and Galilee predecessor. The study tracks wanderings across oceans, notes compass readings every 200 miles, and tests instrument accuracy by swinging the ship. It offers masters true readings to check their own compasses and magnetic error aboard steel vessels.
Joshua Trimble aged 76 of 89 Myrtle street died suddenly Sunday afternoon after being stricken at the intersection of Blossom and Cambridge streets.
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