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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1914
Page
5
Grafton is stirred as William Houle, a traveling salesman, finds his mother after 39 years. The reunion, prompted by his arrival in town, unsettles Mrs Houle who suffers a nervous shock and her doctors say her life is endangered.
In a custom past practice, he inquired upon hotel check in whether anyone bore his name locally. He was given his mother's address and proceeded to call on her.
Thomas McNab and Mrs. Alice Clark delay their marriage amid media scrutiny in Northampton. McNab plans to return to Weymouth, shave his beard, and settle housing arrangements before reuniting for a future ceremony. Catholic rite possible with Rev. Trottier. Clark, long tied to Hampton Avenue, Weathered by publicity.
About 2000 attended the reception for the Massachusetts Trust Company with Governor Walsh and ex Governor Curtis Guild among dignitaries. General Edgar R. Champlin led the event and announced the bank will begin business with assets likely exceeding initial capital and surplus of 500000 and 250000 respectively. Officers include Champlin as president and Elmer A. Stevens as vice president, along with Charles J. Buckner and Arnold Whittaker in key posts.
Rabbi Aaron Wolkin and Rabbi Meyer Hildesheimer left Boston for Montreal after organizing a local branch of Agudath Israel, the World Federation of Orthodox Jews. They addressed over five thousand Hebrew worshippers in Greater Boston since arriving last Friday, highlighting rapid support for the new federation chapter.
Italo Montemezzi's opera in three acts received complete success in Boston with a strong cast led by Lucrezia Bori and Pasquale Amato. The performance praised the libretto, musical balance, orchestration, and dramatic synthesis, noting Loren Ferrar-Fontana, Archibaldo, and the chorus, with Moranzoni conducting. The opera repeats next Saturday afternoon.
In Italy's middle ages a band of barbarians led by Archibaldo takes Fiora and Avita. To secure peace Fiora marries Manfredo, Archibaldo’s son. Archibaldo, blind and wary, suspects Fiora's guilt and confronts her as she and Avita face a torn choice. The husband departs, vows, and the tower scarf scene seals a tragic dilemma.
Mrs. Mary H. Moran of the New England kitchen and lunch room leads a conference condemning mince pies as extravagant. She says a lunch room should promote ideals and direct public taste away from mince pies, while noting low average checks and widespread offerings from the Union. Roxana H. Vivian reports strong management and Simmons College auditor Charles F. Rittenhouse cites growing demand for young women in administrative roles and accounting.
Dr Jose Vincente Concha, the Conservative party candidate, has been elected president of Colombia in Bogota. The announcement confirms his victory and marks a political shift for the nation.
In Lawrence, at Lawrence General Hospital, brave nursing staff led by Matron Mary E Barr Acting Nurse Supervisor Anna Olive and Nurse Elizabeth Sangster prevented a hospital panic during a serious fire on the second floor at 9 20 pm. The blaze started in a bureau in Wardmaster George Wises room while he was off duty and was detected when Miss Sangs ter smelled smoke guiding swift evacuation and control.
Miss Sangster calmly notified Miss Olive who sounded the alarm from Box 221 in the hospital corridor. Barr awakened with two nurses and Police Officer John S Wright removed two convalescents from a room adjoining the fire. Three infant babies and their mothers were saved from the maternity ward. Firemen arrived after a long uphill run and confined the flames to the origin room. Cause unknown but thought to be a bureau drawer.
Henry Lane Wilson and Senator Albert Fall urged U S intervention in Mexico before European complications arise. Fall warned Japan may send a battleship to Mexican waters and warned US action is needed to protect borders and prevent further crises. Wilson criticized the president as idealistic and called for practical, decisive policy amid Mexican turmoil.
Washington reports that on February 9 the Senate passed a new code of the articles of war. It outlines updated military legal standards and procedures for disciplinary actions within the armed forces. The measure awaits president approval to become law.
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