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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1913
Page
4
Circulating fliers under the banner Down With the Gag Rule, youth groups and the School Voters League pushed for the school committee to abolish the gag rule. They announced a public hearing at Mason Street headquarters on petition to amend Section 240, despite police not intervening.
Miss Louise Hall and Miss Elizabeth Matchett led a downtown drive distributing handbills about the gag rule to garment workers and other crowds. They visited Ford Hall Tremont Temple and 724 Washington street, canvassing lodge rooms Carmen’s Union halls and more with newsboys aiding the distribution late into the night.
St John’s Episcopal Church on North Third street suffered about five thousand dollars in fire damage. The interior was completely burned out, and the building, erected in 1820, will take weeks to be usable for services. The church has long attracted visitors from across the country.
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Cough Drops with a claim of soothing throat irritation. The copy targets a general audience, highlighting a small price point of five cents and presenting the product as a quick remedy for throat discomfort.
Almon King proprietor of a Bowdoin square pool room was robbed of about $20 and his watch after a morning street attack by two highwaymen on Howard street. A short stout man struck him in the head while a tall muscular man fought him face to face. His watch and chain were torn from his pocket. he chased one assailant through the area as abrasions and a bite marked the fray.
Protestant ministers in Everett urged congregations to uplift the city as a model of morality. They criticized dance halls and movie houses as corrupting youth, called for Sunday labor curbs in factories, and objected to open groceries, restaurants, and soda fountains on Sundays.
In Prattville two frightened horses left in front of a parochial residence on Tudor street bolted through Chelsea and Washington avenues. Police Sergeant Gaillac pursued in a car, the animals reaching two steps at the door of William A Perkins’s residence at the corner of Washington and Lambert. John B Ford and family had arrived for a christening. the driver left the horses unmetched due to cold, and they fled during the ceremony.
Vaudeville actress Marie Fenton rushed between Boston and New York to visit her sick fiancé E. J. Riley a New York attorney. She is Riley’s fiancée and niece of Brooklyn Senator Foley. Despite emergencies she planned a spring wedding as she continued stage engagements in Lynn Lowell and Boston and will debut tomorrow at the National Theatre.
The Rebecca J. Moulton from New London went ashore on Two Bush Ledge in Penobscot Bay yesterday. Tug Hugh Ross of Bangor floated her and towed the vessel to Rockland. She carried 12 feet of water in the hold but stayed afloat with pumps operating.
Five Chinese men will appear before U S Commissioner Cross forenoon tomorrow on a smuggling charge following four raids last night that netted about 12000 dollars in opium. Edward G Graves led the operation with customs inspectors and secret service men, seizing smoking outfits manufacturing gear and other contraband.
Edward G Whitney a druggist and Henry White colored face federal hearings before United States Commissioner Alexander Mc Goodsstep after their arrest by federal officers. Whitney owned a drug store where a large quantity of opium in powder and gum form was seized. White is charged with conspiring with Whitney to manufacture opium for sale.
Salvador Head Dead By Bullet reports President Manuel E. Araujo of El Salvador died from wounds inflicted by an assassin on Feb. 4. Don Carlos Melendez to succeed as chief executive. Araujo was attacked last Tuesday night by several men, including a Guatemalan suspect Virgilio Mulatillo, arrested and confessing the plot originated in Guatemala City.
Officials of the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company used a pulmotor for three hours to revive Arthur G. Parker of 176 Mt. Vernon Street Malden who was overcome by ether and chloroform fumes while trying to thaw his automobile engine on Saturday afternoon.
Rev William A Brett Bis professor of political economy at Boston College told 80 men at St Marys Hall Cambridge that Lawrence strike leaders held pagan principles and that socialism is a fiction of the mind This lecture began a series in political economy for Cambridge men.
The Rev Leonard K Storrs withdrawn his bid for Brookline selectman at the urging of leading townspeople. Storrs, who has been in Europe, was unaware a slate had been prepared for town offices by Brookline citizens.
Thousands enjoyed the first skating day on Ell Pond Melrose Crystal Quannapowitt Lakes and nearby Stoneham area. Spot Pond remained unfrozen keeping police concerned about open water risks.
Sergeants King and Barry of the Lagrange street station raided 10 Dix Place yesterday afternoon seizing about four gallons of mixed liquors and taking into custody Angelo Lima, 36, and four other Italians for gaming on the Lord's Day.
Daniel G. Ruby of Charlestown was arrested at a Back Bay hotel on a manslaughter warrant tied to Frank R. Horton of Watertown. Horton died days after an assault on Tremont street, and James J. Egan testified Ruby was not the assailant, with Ruby to be released after court appearance.
Police swooped on Pierce's Field in Roslindale yesterday noon to break up a lively ice craps game. Sergeants Kilham and Daniels of West Roxbury arrested four young men after blending with skaters in costume to avoid recognition.
Charles Major author of When Knighthood Was in Flower has been unconscious since today and death is hourly expected. Doctors say he cannot live longer than 48 hours. His only family are his wife and a brother Edward Major in Indianapolis.
Francis Lundy, 22, of 5 Sherman Street Charlestown, was severely burned about the face and hands last night in an explosion of kerosene oil. He was at Whittley’s laundry Charlestown boiler room trying to start a fire.
Mrs. Mary Nilasiewicz a 45 year old widow from East Cambridge slipped while crossing Dizzy bridge over Broad canal yesterday. Vertigo caused her to fall into the water and be rescued by Thomas Higgins who threw a rope and pulled her to safety. She was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital suffering from the cold exposure.
Aroostook county towns report the coldest of the winter with readings between 35 and 40 below zero at 8 am. By noon Houlton was 12 below, Caribou 14 below, and Presque Isle 18 below, a cold spell hindering freight for small towns served by the Canadian Pacific line since the Bangor & Aroostook strike began.
Funeral services for Dr. M. Garcia Monteiro, noted for aiding Portuguese residents in Cambridge and Greater Boston, were held yesterday at 2 p.m. from his residence at 1433 Cambridge Street Cambridge. The Unitarian Church of Waltham pastor Rev. Wilson officiated a simple service with many medical colleagues and friends from Gloucester Cohasset New Bedford and various Greater Boston areas in attendance.
Lyme Conn February reports a possible summer stay for President elect Wilson and family at the Florence Griswold home. Residents recall Wilson's prior visit and believe he may use the colonial house as a summer residence for the coming season.
The Griswold residence, a Connecticut colonial with lofty pillars and a grand garden, hosts artists who set up bun galows and decorate dining panels with oil and pencil sketches. Nearby Lieutenant River and the Connecticut offer boating, two miles away, but no country club or golf links and minimal social life.
John Youngbird a Cedaredge area farmer was kicked to death by a horse that had been bitten by a pet dog. He was en route to Delta to claim a $35,000 fortune when the fatal incident occurred.
Hutchinson Kan Feb 9 After a 90 mile night ride Misg vanne Ladtad nearly frozen arrived to be at bed side of Claude Chesbro her fiance who was ill with fever He died 9 minutes later
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