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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
18
A blaze in the rear of the top floor at George D. Emerson Co. wholesale grocery, 229 South Street, sent 18 employees to the roof while two others reached a shed then descended with ladders provided by firemen. Fire hydrants were blocked by snow. Loss estimated at 340 dollars. cause unknown.
Walter Gilman of the Boston Art Club has been named by Robert W. de Forrest to chair a national committee seeking creation of a federal department or bureau of art. The group aims for a government department with powers similar to European models, where the fine arts are officially recognized and prominent.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, widow of the Scottish novelist, died at her Montecito home after a stroke. She had married Stevenson in 1879 at Monterey in a notable double wedding with her former husband Sam Osbourne. Her life intertwined with Stevenson’s writing and travel, aiding him on works including The Dynamiter.
The body of Mrs. Stevenson remains in Santa Barbara awaiting her son Lloyd Osbourne from New York. Funeral plans are on hold until his arrival, with a wish to bury her beside the authors of Treasure Island on a mountain top near Apia, Samoa. Attempts to contact her daughter Mrs. Isobel Strong in Honolulu failed today as she reportedly sailed toward Samoa.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals calls residents to feed starving birds after heavy storms. They warn pest-eating species like quail and meadowlarks suffer most, and urge shoveling ground for sand or gravel and spreading cracked corn and grain on snow.
Boston marketmen report beef prices set to rise as supplies tighten and weather adds transport costs. Meat and fish prices show broad increases with eggs, butter, poultry, shellfish, and produce listing varied quotations. Fresh fruit and vegetables remain plentiful with citrus and cranberries priced per quart or per head.
A meeting of the public mass fire protection committee convened yesterday afternoon at 41 Milk Street New England Insurance Exchange. Attendees included Chamber of Commerce Master Builders Pilgrim Publicity Association Consumers' League Boy Scouts and civic groups. Robert B. Kohn and Colonel Louis T. Bryant are slated as speakers for next Tuesday evening at Faneuil Hall.
A Memorial Building Melrose concert by Evelyn Scotney Henry Eichheim and Buchanan Charles drew about 1000 despite bad weather. Charles impressed with piano selections. Proceeds go to reduce Trinity Church debt.
President Wilson held talks with Senators and Representatives on expired treaties and the Panama canal tolls issue. He was told leaders would vote to repeal the exemption for American ships after treaties are ratified, noting European view that the United States violated the Hay Pauncefote treaty.
Newburyport February 19 funeral processions cannot reach Highland Fellville and St Marys cemeteries due to deep snow drifts. City undertakers report impassable avenues and receiving vaults are becoming a necessity.
The American Coal Company of 376 Albany street South End was convicted by Judge Wentworth in Police Court on three counts of selling coal with insufficient weight to Boston College. Driver Thomas Ward was found guilty of fraud for altering delivery slips. Fines were $50 per count for the firm and Ward. Evidence showed slips overstatized loads from City Fuel Company. Both sides appealed and cases move to the March Superior Court term.
Advertisement for Pure Lard 121-2e 1b Fresh Creatin ery Butter 29¢ per lb Eggs 34¢ per dozen 200 cases Sweet Navel Oranges 121-2c per dozen at Cobb's Big Grocery House Hanover Street corner Union urging customers to stock up.
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