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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1913
Page
5
The Industrial Accident Board reports six months of operation under the compensation act to Governor Foss. It says $1 paid in wages covers $492.88 in accident costs and justifies a 25 percent insurance rate cut by Commissioner Hardison. The board notes costs here are several times higher than in Germany.
In Natchez Mississippi on February 23 T E Hoggart of Oma Mississippi married Miss Etta Lee Brehm at 4 AM to fulfill the brides whim. At 8 30 AM the couple went to the Jefferson Street Methodist Church manse and woke pastor H B Watkins for the ceremony.
London reports a long term decline with 1901 to 1911 loss of 550,800 and 20 year drop of 860,000, according to figures presented to the London County Council. The note describes a centuries of growth reversing in recent decades.
An Old Mary Ann Dollinger tale unfolds as a farmer sues for a spelling out marriage in a village scene. The narrator recalls conversations about her ambitions and a tense proposal moment where Jake resists social pressure and asserts his stubborn independence.
Martin Leary aged 42 a boiler maker from Keene New Hampshire was found dead from illuminating gas at the home of Cornelius Duggan 765 Cambridge street East Cambridge yesterday morning Leary lived at 63 Ralston street Keene and worked at the Boston and Maine shops authorities report accidental suffocation by gas with no indication of foul play.
Three men burst into a busy Broadway cigar shop in daylight and bound the clerk with a revolver at the point of a pistol. They rifled the safe and emptied the cash register, stealing about 300 dollars. Clerk Albert Jacobson, tied and gagged, crawled to the door and tapped for help with his manacled hands as police chase suspects.
Poughkeepsie N Y February 23 The privilege of attending moving picture shows has been withdrawn from Vassar students The prohibitory order posted on college bulletin boards brings a pang to the 300 young women who daily attend the film exhibitions.
Miss Melanie Brand a New York college girl last night became the bride of John Swartz of Boston in a simple college town ceremony. The couple announced plans to reside in Boston after a honeymoon.
John Swartz of Boston, active in the Elks and fraternal circles, marries Miss Melanie Brand in New York. A wedding dinner hosted 3800 relatives and friends at Demonico's. The couple honeymoon in Palm Beach and will return to live on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston where Swartz pursues business interests.
Testimonials from nearly 200 sympathizers marked Ford Hall fifth birthday at Ford Hall last night. Leaders from religion and academia lauded the forum as a democratic, nonsectarian, social religious movement fostering rational debate and national social progress.
Verse by Walt Mason laments Canada’s boastful growth and industrial spread. It laments trees felled, waters diverted, forests fading, air polluted, and Arctic land altered by granger farming and factory power. The author contrasts old Canada with current development and loss of natural beauty.
Miss Freda Rogolsky of 115 Chambers Street said Ford Hall could be a melting pot and that time is coming when we recognize we are all brothers despite differing religions. The remark reflects a call for open dialogue in a place offering freedom to talk back.
Residents of the Roxbury district are invited to attend the meeting, with organizers urging community participation and noting agenda topics to be announced.
Brainerd Minnesota February 23 Judge Mal D Clark recently appointed assistant municipal judge by Governor A O Eberhart is believed to be the youngest judge on the Minnesota bench at age twenty one.
In Marlboro on Feb 23 8 a 13 year old Milton B Bancroft son of William Bancroft of Hudson shot himself rather than chop wood. He wrote a suicide note after his father asked him to work and was found wounded in nearby woods. He died today at Marlboro Hospital.
Michael Rizzutti, an East Douglas contractor, files a $10,000 suit in Worcester Superior Court against Brocklehurst & Potter Company of Philadelphia. The action stems from a Grand Trunk Railway line building suspension, with Rizzutti alleging a subcontract to construct a Palmer to Southbridge segment.
The barge Herndon struck an obstruction near Pollock Rip Slue while being towed from Philadelphia to Boston. Brought to Vineyard Haven for anchorage, it leaked badly and required both steam pumps continuously to prevent sinking.
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