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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1914
Page
6
Dwight Baldwin an Allston real estate man testified for his wife in a petition to modify a decree granting her seven dollars weekly for separate support. He admitted weekends with a woman friend and that he kept his first car at a Lawrence garage.
A satirical headline and dialogue mock a family misadventure with a stray dog purchase. The piece uses a blunt tone to scold an “easy mark” and warns against foolish buying choices.
The defense questioned Baldwin about buying a $3 phonograph for Miss May Williamson and admitted the purchase. He acknowledged a summer trip to Hampton Beach with five companions and a stay at The Wigwam. Miss Knox testified Baldwin earned about $7000 gross, which he denied, claiming net income around $1700. The bookkeeper noted a $525 auto purchase. A broker testified Baldwin made stock investments and lost $4 in the market over a year. The case adjourned to March 1% with proceedings unfinished.
Minnie White said a friend of Ralph Hutchins urged her to lie on the stand denying that Estelle Abbot performed an illegal operation. Assistant District Attorney Lavelle questioned her as Judge Chase postponed the case until Tuesday for final arguments. The man warned that admitting an operation would send Abbot, Hutchins, and herself to jail.
Seven year old John Hogan of Medford was blinded by snowballs in a Tufts square snowball battle and rushed into a touring car, suffering a broken arm and internal injuries. He is at Massachusetts General Hospital.
An old Boston Post subscription notice urges readers to order The Post while on winter vacation. Rates are listed for daily, Sunday, and foreign editions with prices in dollars and cents. Circulation department contact given.
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange members lauded Mayor James M Curley for Boston industrial and commercial development plans at a City Club dinner. A three member committee was formed to advise on locating industries in Boston and to aid the industrial movement.
Charles Judkins W W Stall and Edward Taylor named by President Martin to assist in securing location sites for twelve new industrial applicants in Boston. Mayor Curley urged cooperation to end agency system and improve rail sidings and accommodations while citing cost-saving actions in recent weeks and skepticism about tax increases.
Secret Service agent Harry Barker recovered two worn counterfeit half dollars from a downtown department store till. The coins were involved in a short sale and are believed linked to a gang recently rounded up on Hale Street in the West End.
Travel promo from Alex Stocks offering cheap rate tickets to the Pacific Coast. Learn about sleeping car savings and free sightseeing options with maps and pictures provided at no charge. Contact to arrange, no obligation, Bur lington Route promotional notice.
Under patronage of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and other dignitaries, Boston hosted the sixth annual Britishers event. A military pageant portraying 18th century English life opened the evening, directed by Colonel John Smith. Flags, a Massachusetts Militia band salute, and a parade of uniformed units highlighted a grand display of Anglo American camaraderie and pageantry.
Judge Morton of the United States District Court has approved a $27,000 fee in the Gloucester case, granting compensation for legal services. The ruling confirms the fee amount and endorses the billing as proper under the court’s review.
A surprise birthday party was hosted yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morton Agate of Washington Street Brighton at Pertig Bungalow Oak Square Brighton. Mrs Jank Corley Dorchester Mrs Thomas Stuart Roxbury and Mrs Eaton Brighton assisted as matrons and many local youths attended.
Boston dinner at the Harvard Club honored Dr J B Tomkies as he prepares to depart for a westward post. Long Island Hospital officials and many Boston medical figures attended the toast and future plans were discussed. Philadelphia witnesses in the Nantucket Monroe collision case testified that Captain Johnson left the Monroe in a lifeboat with eight or nine people and that two lifeboats saved more than 50 passengers, with the hearing adjourned to next Tuesday.
Boston University freshmen staged a white elephant social in Jacob Sleeper Hall with old shoes hats and broken dishes for sale. Miss Emily Glidden chaired the committee as guards kept out upper classmen while some faculty and upper class officers were invited.
The estate of the late Thomas Minns who died at 14 Louisburg Square totals about 989,000 dollars in personal property and 7,500 dollars in real estate, a half interest in the Louisburg Square home. It passes to his sister Miss Susan Minns, sole heir, who resides at the old homestead on Louisburg Square.
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