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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
2
John J. Noon of 504 Medford Street Malden was ordered to pay for a large plate glass window after a shadow boxing session on the sidewalk led him to hurl a plank through the Union Drug Company window on Highland Avenue Malden Sunday afternoon.
Noon testified to Judge Bruce that a man inside the window insulted him and wanted a fight. Patrolman Cass witnessed Noon making faces and dancing as if sparring before he smashed the glass. The case is continued to April 24 with Noon to cover the damage.
Melon France February 2 Corporal Robillot a military aviator crashed during a landing near Melon today but escaped with only slight injuries despite the hard impact
Submasters will share duties with masters in school administration under a School Board order passed last evening. The board also voted to close the evening schools on March 30.
The new School Board led by Dr. David D. Scannell succeeds Dr. Thomas F. Leen. George E. Brock is reelected chairman and Michael H. Corcoran treasurer. Debates focus on submaster development, assistant superintendent authority, and improving conditions for anemic children. Pension fund totals and staff leave cases are also reported amid ongoing tensions.
John Gately head of John Gately Company furniture firm died at his home 5606 Sheridan Road Chicago He was born in Worcester Massachusetts January 8 1857 and educated at Williston Seminary Boston University School of Law He married Katharine J Donovan in Lynn in 1886 He moved to Chicago in 1883 and started the firm later running 23 branch stores in Chicago Saginaw Calumet Mich Minneapolis and Seattle Wash
A handbag containing $60, valuable papers and a gold neck chain was snatched from Mrs. Margaret F. Wejat on Chandler Street near Park Avenue at about 6 o clock last night in West Somerville.
Mrs Wejat, recently moved to 69 Chandler Street from Newport Rhode Island, struggled to protect a handbag as a thief seized a suitcase and muff while she and her five year old daughter walked home. The thief fled after breaking the bag’s straps and police began a search immediately.
Following the removal of Tax Assessors Stocker and Mitchell by Mayor Miller Quincy filled vacancies by appointing Thomas Swithin and Eric G Bergfors. The new board will be completed with Gustav Bates as chairman and an entirely new board of health to assume duties. Appointees include John C Murray John T Reynolds and Thomas L A Musgrave. Joseph B Grossman named registrar of voters for three years and engaged to Esther Loitman. Ezekiel C Sargent retained as City Engineer. fire district chiefs reappointed with captains listed.
Chauncy Hall School alumni plan a grand gathering this evening at the Harvard clubhouse. Speakers include ex Governor Curtis Guild Hon Robert O Harris J Randolph Coolidge Chamber of Commerce president Joseph H Beal and Odlin Roberts as toastmaster. Officers listed: President Andrew Gray Weeks vice president William C Drouet secretary Frederick B Hall treasurer Clarence H Poor and Walter N Buffum on the executive committee.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Falvey of Roxbury were held yesterday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Widow of John M Falvey and sister of James M Prendergast she died Friday aged. The Cathedral was crowded as Rev James N Supple presided and Cardinal O Connell gave the absolution. Burial followed at Calvary.
The Tree-No Club of Tremont Number operators held their annual dance last evening at Catholic Union Hall in the South End. Nearly all day operators and many night operators attended, with Chief Operator Nellie Cunningham and Day Supervisor Annie O'Brien as guests of honor.
Lois Burnett Rantoul granddaughter of poet James Russell Lowell and figure in the February divorce suit, praised as a model mother for the care and training of her children in Master Henry F. Hurlburt’s report filed at the East Cambridge courthouse.
Master Hurlburt reports on Edward L. Rantoul Beverly Farms care of children Mabel and Harriet amid disputes with wife over diet and discipline The nurse Miss Charlotte Richardson was told to call a doctor in illness, Rantoul discharged her and warned of ejectment The court plans to reopen the divorce docket in East Cambridge after Feb 16.
Charles O. Niles of Rochester New York attempted a loop the loop upside down at Hempstead Plains Long Island. Gasoline failed in his monoplane causing a tail first plunge but he steadied the craft and landed after a series of spiral dives.
A new collar called the Looscarf claims a toned collar with a pocket and a tie that slides within the collar without strain. It is offered in 14 sizes at 2 for 25 cents, sold by Talbot Co at multiple Boston-area locations.
Mrs John Otto formerly Beatrice Farnham, an impressionistic artist cowgirl from South Weymouth, was granted a divorce from her husband on grounds of desertion. The decree follows a period since August 1911 of the couple living apart and Mrs Otto raising chickens in South Weymouth.
Miss Farnham, an artist from the West, traveled annually to the Southwest to paint Navajo and Apache life living in tepees and cliff houses. In 1910 she met John Otto in Colorado and they wed atop a massive Rocky Mountain monolith, a ceremony publicized nationwide. She said her husband’s desire to be different drew much notoriety before she left the arrangement.
Boston painters and sculptors unhappy with the Boston Art Club exhibition have formed a secessionist salon to be named the Guild of Boston Artists. The move caused a sensation in local art circles and may bring trouble for the club. Several initiators are club members who feel personally slighted and act on behalf of fellow artists.
Mrs Leila Cabot Perry leads a new guild in Marlboro Street with insurgent names such as Edmund C Tarbell Frank Benson William Churchill Ignace Jangengigl Bela Pratt and Charles H Woodbury among its members The group plans a first gallery soon aiming for a representative Boston exhibition and challenges the Boston Art Club as they seek self maintenance despite opposition.
A person stole a gold watch valued at 100 dollars and a diamond pendant worth 75 dollars from Dr. Martin Edwards at 30 Pickney Street West End yesterday afternoon. The thief entered while Mrs Edwards was briefly away and ransacked the house, tossing the bedroom dresser contents and rifling pockets in the doctor’s clothes.
Lincoln Wilson, a driver for J. B. and W. A. Lampher hay and grain dealers of Lynn, confessed to police to setting fire to all storehouses owned by his employers on Sunday night.
Wilson claimed intoxication and urge for excitement for the fire that ruined a large hay stock valued about $6000. Fire crews fought for two hours before saving the storehouse on the marshes after Wilson crawled under the building and sparked hay through a hole. He then alerted the box and the flames slowly died as shovels cleared smoldering hay onto the marshes.
The schooners Jane Palmer and Frontenac chewed bow on off Handkerchief Shoal. Jane Palmer lost her head gear and jib-boom while Frontenac suffered damage. The Frontenac continued to Boston while the Jane Palmer paused toward Portland for repairs with Captain Glaeser ashore after tow was arranged.
London crowds packed Covent Garden for the first English performance of Wagner's Parsifal. A brilliant audience including the Queen Mother Alexandra filled the house, which sold out a month earlier except for 500 gallery seats in a long dawn queue.
Washington authorities face charges from Representatives Witherspoon and Hensley that Navy Department experts manipulated the 1913 navy year book to lower the U S ranking behind Germany. The claim alleges deliberate statistical juggling to reduce U S status from second to third among naval powers.
Secretary Daniels faced two opposing Congressmen who challenged omissions and faulty comparisons in the annual naval yearbook. They argued that three US battleships were omitted and that US count of 36 battleships should be 89 in heavier tonnage, with Germany at 39. They also claimed misclassification of dreadnoughts and gun armament shifting.
New York police seek three men after 18 year old Ethel Commons also known as Daisy Belmont and Mrs Delaquair was found unconscious in her home. Her jaw was broken her skull possibly fractured and valuables were stolen. She faced probable death as she recovered in hospital.
Listing describes rugs in oriental patterns with sizes 9x12 and 8.3x10.6 and prices 32.50 and 30.00. Includes LS 24.25 and 22.50 as additional figures. Items appear as sale price notes for decorative mats and rugs.
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