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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1915
Page
11
In a Southern New Hampshire country town Marjorie Whitney gets stuck in a freshly shellacked upstairs window alcove while awaiting a passer-by to lower her from the wall. Jack arrives with a ladder and the pair go to the orchard to talk, while the family returns home.
Augusta Maine February 15 Boyden Bearce the livestock sanitary commissioner of Maine announced an embargo on all horses entering the state for two weeks due to foot and mouth disease outbreaks in nearby states His order also bars shipments of horses sheep swine and poultry from the New England states and New York and now extends to Canada.
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column shares homemaking guidance on managing finances, marriage, and family life. Letters discuss pocketbook control, weekly allowances, and practical budgeting, with responses from readers urging compromise, respect, and shared duties.
A speaker laments urban life and toil and longs to return to riverside youth. He critiques wealth and city pretense, envies simple, childlike joy, and desires a dreamer’s permanence over a fleeting life. The poem contrasts crowded streets with quiet woods and riverbank visions.
Mayor Blakeley of Malden returned to City Hall yesterday after a pneumonia illness. He worked through the day but remains far from fully recovered, marking his first office presence in several weeks.
A two act musical review titled In Laughland and Loveland directed by John J. Caddigan was staged in Jordan Hall by Jordan Marsh Mutual Aid Association. A cast of over 100 sang danced and delivered snappy jokes drawing loud laughter and multiple encores led by Ollie Ahearn J F Ahern Zara Levy and Callahan and Burke. The show repeats tonight with similar acclaim.
London mourns Helen Baroness Abinger widow of the third baron Abinger and claimed first British peeress born in America She was daughter of Commodore George Allan Magruder U S N and wed Baron Abinger in 1863 The baron died in 1892.
Adjutant General Charles I. Cole urged women to aid militia recruitment during a ladies night dinner and dance at the Roxbury Horse Guards armory on Washington Street. He noted recruiting in the state as a weak point and said he had appealed to business leaders before calling on women to bolster the ranks.
The Adjutant General questioned the state’s militiamen amid inadequate facilities. Speeches by Brigadier General Rogers Major Schmitz and Captain Calder preceded Captain Ferguson’s leadership as Roxbury Horse Guards hosted a ladies night. Mrs. Ferguson attended, troopers wore dress uniforms, and Lt. Stanchfield with Sgt. Lewis organized the event ending in late dancing. It marked likely the last big social in the old armory.
Clara Gordon aged 11 of 103 Union Park Street South End married Antonio Massaro 20 of 44 Green Street West End. Police at Joy Street arrested Massaro on an abduction warrant. The bride and groom were turned over to East Dedham Street Station. Attorney Frank Zottali of 240 Hanover Street represents the groom’s parents.
Alice S. Sylvester aged 66 died at Deaconess Hospital Concord February 15. Funeral services held at A. A. Marshall's undertaking rooms in Lexington on Wednesday February 17 at 1 o'clock.
The Rev. George Washburn D D LL D former president of Roberts College Constantinople and an authority on Far East affairs died of pneumonia at 377 Marlboro Street He was born March 1 1833 in Middleboro and served as Towall Institute lecturer He was trustee of the Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute and aided Bulgaria’s independence earning the Order of St Alexander He authored Kitty Years in Constantinople and contributed to Contemporary Review He is survived by his wife and a son Dr George H Washburn)
Dr Washburn prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy and graduated Amherst College in 1855. He studied at Andover Theological Seminary, went to Constantinople as treasurer of the American Board, and later served as vice-president and president of Roberts College from 1875 to 1904 before resigning and returning to the United States.
The Clover Club of Boston held its annual ladies night at the Copley Plaza Hotel with about 100 members and as many guests. The program featured a poetry reading by Joseph A. Campbell, performances by the club’s choir and orchestra, a Wieg club concert, dancing until 1 AM, and a suite of musical numbers including selections by Bullard Nevin Premier Clark Geibel and pieces by Chabrier and Grieg.
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