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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1914
Page
2
The Katharine Park bound from New I leans to Hamburg ran ashore in a snowstorm at the Mouth of Chesapeake Bay near Cape Charles. Life savers from Smith’s Island Station aided rescue but the crew refused to abandon the vessel. The steamer’s capacity is listed as WH tons.
The Py House Mount Freezer Company plant, partly rebuilt after November 2 and occupied for the past month, was destroyed by fire early this morning in Nashua New Hampshire. Estimated loss stands at $1000.
Mrs Samuel Silverman of 67 Granville Avenue Malden testified in Malden District Court how her husband picked her up bodily after an argument and threw her down stairs. Silverman said she first hit him with an iron fire shovel. He was brought into court by his wife for assault. He had been found guilty of non support and ordered to pay his wife weekly. Judge Bruce continued the case until June 27.
Grasse France February 14 John L Harjes a partner in Morgan Harjes and Co is very ill here Family members arrived from Paris today and will remain with him.
Feb 13 A force of Marines was landed from the cruiser to protect foreigners and their property at Cape Haitien Hat Captain Harrison reported to the Navy Department he expected the crisis to worsen tomorrow and was prepared to land more men if needed.
Kingstown news reports a WalKill Valley freight train struck a large sleigh carrying dancers from a Binne watdr dance five miles south of Kingston New York injuring fifty and killing one. Three injured suffered fractured skulls while others sustained minor injuries.
Two days of subzero weather froze slips and docks along the Boston waterfront. The T wharf motor boat fleet could not sail, with tugs breaking ice in the Charles and Mystic rivers and at terminals. The Halizones plowed to National docks, and South Bay ice was packed solid, requiring a thaw to loosen.
Fragmentary OCR item notes pricing for merchandised items at 50c 19c and a dollar seventy five cents. The readable bits show distinct prices likely advertising a sale or clearance. No clear event names or organizations identified in the readable text.
Mrs. Joseph Swikerwich was cleared of bigamy yesterday after a photo produced by the man who claimed to be her husband convinced Judge Ely in Municipal Court. She testified she never knew Vincent Davidowsky, denied the four year old Jewett City marriage claim, and ejected him from her home when he pressed his claim.
Davidowsky insisted she was his wife and produced a photo to prove marriage. Judge Ely ruled it a case of mistaken identity, freeing the woman after a tense appearance and lengthy feature comparison. The man, claiming four years earlier marriage in Connecticut, pursued further arrest efforts despite her release.
Snow storm in St Louis causes heavy drifting and delays on February 13. Weather halted rail and road traffic for a 24 hour period, with snow depth reaching inches before the storm ended this afternoon.
Massachusetts avenue front will house the Pratt School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering funded by a $750 000 gift from the late C H Pratt. The school trains naval constructors and includes a basement towing tank for testing small ships. Prof Cecil H H Peabody leads the program with Lt Jerome Hunsaker introducing aeronautics.
Dr. Walter B. Cannon of Harvard Medical School explains that excitement and intense emotion halt digestion, urging pleasant surroundings at meals. He notes adrenaline boosts energy while suppressing digestive juices, and even extreme joy can trigger similar digestive disruption, leading to indigestion as bacteria thrive if gastric acid is not activated.
New York February 13 The Aero Club of America cabled to the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain an entrance fee of 1 pound and formal entry for the Daily Mall competition offering 55000 dollars for the first nonstop Atlantic flight in an aircraft for Rodman Wanamaker. The Wanamaker hydro aeroplane is described with an Eight foot span and 80 foot length, a 200 horsepower motor, and a 40 gallon fuel capacity. Formal entry blanks were mailed today.
Ad fragment mentions a product Grove claiming to cure a cold in one day. Includes promotion for Bromo Quinine with reference to BW signs and a call for full name Laxa Ytlve Bromo Quinine.
A Detroit woman identified as Mrs Walter H Bird is named in a divorce filing by Alma White Bird of Revere against Walter H Bird. Mrs Bird seeks alimony and custody of their 4 year old daughter Dorothy amid allegations of adultery.
Sherman L. Whipple will address Harvard Law School students in Phillips Brooks House Cambridge tomorrow at 7 50 p m The talk titled The Reform of Legal Procedure reflects ideas that faced criticism from Professor William Howard Taft of Yale, with origins in New London Conn where the address debuted.
Edward J. MacMulkin a Boylston street florist famed for the Lawson pink filed for voluntary bankruptcy in U S District Court. He disclosed liabilities of 83 987 27 with assets listed as uncertain.
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