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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1914
Page
16
Sir Horace Plunkett, famed for agricultural co operation and technical education, outlines in the Daily Mail a novel plan to settle the Ulster problem. His views carry weight with all parties.
A proposed set of three conditions sought by Ulster Unionists to support the home rule bill. They call for a plebiscite after years to decide Ulster’s status, invitation to all Irish leaders to suggest amendments by consent, and a plan to form an Ulster territorial force to defend liberties and preserve a safeguard for Unionists.
London report says William Marconi succeeded in lighting an electric bulb six miles away using a wireless current from a 100 horsepower engine. The Daily Mail notes the experiment as a potential for future wireless power for lighting and heating houses.
Mrs L J Gould of Detroit moves to force William E English secretary of the Massachusetts Hospital Reform Society to reveal the location of Miss Eleanor Arlin the missing Brookline girl. English claims he knows where she is and proposes to take Gould to the institution to confirm the girl's status.
Dr. William J. Rogers in Brookline discusses channels for Arlin family information while Mrs. Gould flies in from Colebrook to meet Mr. English. She reveals Mrs. Arlin’s agent role and hints English may be withholding Myrtie’s location. she contemplates prosecuting if he refuses to disclose. A forenoon meeting is expected, with intensified efforts to locate Myrtie amid family life or death concerns.
James A. Watson told the City Council meeting that soon he would let Sheriff Quinn test his threat to arrest him if he visits the Charles street jail, aiming to force compliance with the authority.
Mr. Watson ridicules Sheriff Quinn for mismanagement and incivilities while asserting city councilors and county commissioners have full powers to investigate the jail under state law. He admits he is a disturber, claiming his attention will benefit the city council and county jail. Continued on Page 2-Second col.
Edwin Pike a Wellington farmer was imprisoned for three days and nights inside a windmill of his own invention in Harmony Me. due to not inventing a shutoff for the machinery. Neighbors gathered and prayed as his exhausted face appeared at openings while the mill stood idle after the wind ceased.
A Wellington man, Pike, built a novel wind driven saw mill on a summit. A tower with sails powered a central shaft that ran the saws. Imprisoned by surging wind, he endured four days without food or sleep before neighbors freed him. He will recover after the harrowing ordeal.
Attorney William H. Coolidge, counsel for the New Haven, stirred a Public Service Commission session by asking Commissioner Anderson to bar reporters from printing questions about possible concealment of yellow dog funds in railroads’ accounting as outlined by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He called yellow dog a headline word and warned newspapers would frame Anderson’s questions as a charge of such a fund in New Haven’s books.
News of the death of J Franklin Baker’s twin daughters reached Philadelphia tonight. The loss was reported in a letter replying to Eddie Collins’s congratulatory message. The twins were born a few days ago at Baker’s home in Trappe Maryland.
A compact daily record lists sunrise and sunset times for Portland, Gloucester and Newport, plus moon phase and planetary positions. It notes the 41st day of the year with 38 days until spring, day length, and evening lighting. Anniversary items include the 1862 Elizabeth City naval battle, Victoria’s 1840 marriage, last year’s Cleveland preston nuptials, and Captain Scott’s death news.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Moderate westerly to northerly winds. In broader New England the outlook includes partly cloudy skies turning warmer with Tuesday and Wednesday fair. Southern New England shares the fair and warmer trend with moderate west winds.
Temperature readings from Thompson's Spa show a range with 46 noted in the sequence and multiple stray marks. The record also lists an average yesterday around 20 and an average from a year prior near 24, though the text is garbled.
August Kaufman known as the gentleman burglar was sentenced to four to seven years in State prison for prior crimes. He allegedly confessed to blowing 10 safes to Detectives Irwin and Anderson and will be resentenced in Suffolk Superior Court with expectations of a longer term by Judge Chase. He claimed he had never before committed any crime.
Judge Morton in the United States District Court yesterday dismissed the bankruptcy petition against the Essex Hosiery Company after creditors petitioned last August. Referee William C. Perry found no violation of the bankruptcy act and recommended dismissal of the proceedings.
Early today a blaze leveled the Second Universalist Church at Columbus Avenue and Clarendon Street. Sexton Silas Lane attributed the fire to incendiary origin as four alarms sent heavy equipment to the scene. Adjacent property was evacuated amid fears of a spreading conflagration and collapsing walls.
John Jay McDevitt known as Butch gave away his statue at Turngemeinde Hall before 2500 guests of the Ancient Order of Libertians of Philadelphia County. He presented the statue to Patrick McCann for display with a counterpart to be placed on a high pedestal. The statue, now in Wilkesbarre for repairs, had its knuckles damaged on return from Washington. It will be shipped on Thursday.
Father John's Medicine claims to heal throat and lung ailments. The ad praises use for coughing and related symptoms, presenting a brief 強 testimonial style note without medical certification.
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