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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
3
Vermon t Industrial School barn at the state facility in Vergennes burned today causing about 20000 in losses. A herd of 80 registered cattle was saved and officials began an incendiary fire probe after the blaze followed an earlier executive building fire.
Thousands to select from cassimere worsted and cheviot pants all priced at 1.98. See windows for the $1.98 offer from S. H. Harrison Co. at 12 672 Washington St. advt
One thousand two hundred Harvard students at Memorial Hall enjoyed a cabaret in the dining room last night as the Harvard Varsity Glee Club sang ragtime to classical selections from the balcony. The undergraduates applauded, demanded encores, and the glee club members were later treated to a dinner in Memorial Hall’s tower.
Representative John L. Donovan attacked Mayor Curley and Boston reformers during a debate on a bill for an annual two week paid vacation for city laborers. The measure passed to third reading 163 to 42 after a referendum amendment was added, with opponents arguing city finances cannot bear the cost.
Mayor James M. Curley at the eighth annual Home Furnishers Association banquet at the Copley Square Hotel urged members to back the Boom Boston movement and to push nationwide labor laws like those in effect in Massachusetts. Victor A. Heath presided as toastmaster and Charles Smith spoke as association president. Other speakers included Guy A. Ham and Benjamin F. Haines.
Stock half retail prices with hundreds of suits. Silk mixtures with pencil stripes at $7.50. Advertisement for 5. H. Harrison Co. located at 662 672 Washington. adut.
John Dennis Lewis, who calls himself the only real son of the revolution in the United States, celebrated his 78th birthday at his Philadelphia home. Born in 1841 in Accomac county Virginia, he notes his father was 82 when Lewis was born and that his father enlisted in the continental army in 1778. Lewis is a Civil War veteran.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a universal skin remedy for eczema pimples rashes and itching. It promises overnight relief from redness and clear complexions while claiming safety for all ages and conditions with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
John P. St. John veteran, Indian fighter and 1884 Prohibition presidential candidate, addressed 200 at Park Street Church predicting no saloons in the United States within five to ten years. He helped shape state and national prohibition movements as Kansas grew from territory to statehood.
Massachusetts advocates and Kansas ties highlighted a St. John attendance as he praised temperance. The speaker recalled Kansas’ long prohibition era, noting early railway expansion and bold critics who challenged the term, while warnings about political risk and historical opposition framed his address.
The speaker warned of falsehoods while predicting California and Washington would swing to prohibition this year. Welcoming addresses were given by Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson and others including William Shaw and Professor John A. Nicholls. J Oren served as toastmaster and State Prohibition committee chairman.
About 40 couples attended the eighth annual concert and dance of the Jordan Marsh Company Mutual Aid Association at Horticultural Hall. The venue featured flags and emblems while tango and similar dances were forbidden. Walter London, leather goods buyer, acted as censor.
Washington February 19 Secretary Bryan announced the American legation in Argentina will be raised to an embassy. Argentina’s representative here will become ambassador, marking Argentina’s first embassy anywhere. The United States will have its 12th embassy in Argentina, with Mexico and Brazil the other western hemisphere nations holding embassies in the U.S.
Wholesale and surplus dealer Harrison Co. advertises men’s suits at 20 dollars with 9.75 dollar prices cited. The copy lists blue serges black bibets and Scotch patterned designs as available at 662 672 Washington St.
Final preparations were made for the habeas corpus hearing and bail request for Harry K Thaw before Judge Edgar Aldrich in federal court. The case raises the issue of bail and may go to the U S Supreme Court. Stone Chase and Morris led Thaw’s NH counsel as William A Stone likely argued. Mrs Thaw arrived from Pittsburgh as New York’s counsel were expected to participate.
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