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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
6
In Putnam Connecticut an actor told a matinee crowd of a small fire nearby and urged immediate evacuation. The Branley block fire destroyed two stores and offices, started by a defective flue. Firemen faced frozen hydrants. losses reach thirty thousand dollars. The theatre lobby was water damaged.
Advertising copy notes a product valued by medicine takers for staining teeth. Indorsed by dentists it whitens and cleanses teeth leaving the mouth clean sweet and refreshed. Sold at 25 cents in powder form in large bottles or paste form in tubes.
Grace Parnell Ayres the 19 year old known as the Indian bride was ruled sane by Psycopathic Hospital officials and sent to Massachusetts General Hospital for health treatment after a mercury tablet overdose. Judge Grant ordered her observed at the Psychopathic Hospital on petition by husband John H Ayres who says she believes herself wealthy and threatened by divorce. She had notched her name in a divorce suit against Gerard F Griffith.
The $2d ball of the Somerville Police Relief Association drew about 2000 attendees last night in the High School auditorium. Chief Kendall led the grand march with Mrs Kendall followed by Lt Carter and his daughter Mildred, and Patrolman Charles W Stevens with Mrs Stevens as aids. Charles W Allen served as floor director with all department members acting as aids.
Miss Angelina Marcotte and Frank Hennessy face trial in Lowell Police Court before Judge Enright a week from today after an arrest stemming from a dance hall incident.
The case was continued to March 4 at defense request. The couple pleaded not guilty as prosecutors prepare a bill of particulars naming alleged lewd acts. Judge Enright ordered the specifications due by next Saturday. A defense plan calls for the arresting officer to demonstrate dancing as seen, while the accused claim they were doing a proper five step schottische and were wrongly identified.
The report quotes officials defending dances while critiquing rowdy behavior. A police superintendent stresses dancing is allowed if done properly, but immoral flirting is prohibited. The dialogue notes confusion over what to call certain dances and mentions five step schottische.
Horace B. Emmons a 15 year old of Malden and his 11 year old sweetheart Gertrude T Powers also of Malden ran off to Worcester where they faced police custody. The boy was returned home by his father Benjamin C Emmons and ordered to stay away from his companion. A search of the Emmons home found no marriage certificate.
William Smyrle, a water works employee, was run over and killed on the Dover street bridge yesterday by a wagon driven by Juin J. Larkin of Brookline who was arrested on a manslaughter charge. A separate Everett case identified the victim as Timothy Reardon of 2 Hidmester street, killed near the Second street crossing of the Boston and Main railroad last Saturday evening.
Miss Daisy Hight complains to the Herpicide Co about difficulty obtaining Herpicide from local druggists who push substitutes. The ad urges insistence on the original Newbro’s Herpicide, promises refunds, and offers a free sample and care booklet with a 10 cent post-paid request from Detroit MI.
Miss Rose Livingston known as The Angel of Chinatown arrives in Boston to investigate white slavery in Chinatown and address a Ford Hall meeting. She reports five Boston girls found in New York Chinatown and returned home, cites ongoing cadet activity, and recalls an assault by cadet Michael Carboli.
Phyllis Brady, a 24 year old militant suffragette, received 18 months hard labor in London Sessions after being found guilty of arson. The jury urged mercy, saying she was led astray by older militants. She helped set fire to Lady White’s residence at Englefield Green in Surrey on March 26, 1914.
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