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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
9
A cablegram was handed to Charles Gale as he stepped ashore from the White Star liner Arabic with a woman listed as his wife. The scene at the dock included a shouted taunt about “the children,” described by witnesses as a cowardly remark during the confrontation.
Charles Gale and a woman claimed marriage but admitted they were not wed after a year together and facing a special immigration board. Gale will be sent back to England to confront two children and his wife whose detective work stalled his elopement in Boston. Gale and the woman used aliases and carried money as they charmed passengers aboard.
Jamey O'Brien, arrested for intoxication, made an attempt to commit death by his own action by hanging in a Dudley Street police station cell last night.
A vintage advertisement claims kidneys cannot cause backache and promotes St Jacobs Oil as fast, harmless relief for lumbago sciatica neuralgia rheumatism sprains and strains. It urges customers to rub on a small trial bottle from their druggist and feel the pain vanish quickly.
Adams and Miss Louise Fisher Adams will wed this afternoon at 4 in Old South Church with Rev. George Gordon officiating. Yale athletes and classmates attend as ushers and bridesmaids. engagement announced last May. Adams, a prominent Brookline wool merchant and former wrestler and oarsman, is the groom.
Pittsfield February 25 large Berkshire Hills landslide reported by Road Commissioner Navin near October Mountain on the Lee road. Part of Harry Paine Whitney's game preserve may be involved. Frank C. Chapel found the slide on his first Lee visit since the blizzard. Lee residents estimate snow depth over 20 feet, complicating assessment of damage and future movement.
Miss Rebecca Warren Brown’s will filed yesterday leaves Harvard University 10000 and bequests 2000 each to Miss Maggie Buckley and Miss Margie Dowd. Domestic Miss Minnie J. McCarthy faces whether to stay or move, as the rest goes to the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children and the Perkins Institution for the Blind. The estate honors her ancestor General Joseph Warren of Bunker Hill.
The Rev Charles W Lyons S J newly named president of Boston College will preach Wednesday evenings at Church of Our Lady Newton during Lent. A novena for St Anne begins Sunday at Church of Our Lady of Cedars Mt Lebanon Syriac Maronite 66 Tyler St at 8 PM, English readings by Rev Joseph K Yazbek rector. Cardinal O Connell will take part in Fridays 8 PM stations of the cross at Cathedral Holy Cross.
In Champaign Illinois on February today a nurse Miss Ona Reno of Rushville died from scarlet fever she volunteered in the isolation ward of a local hospital treating University of Illinois students. She is believed to have contracted the disease from a student who died.
A majority of the committee on constitutional amendments favors a resolve for woman suffrage while another panel votes against Governor Walsh on the constitutional convention. Six of 11 members on the same committee favor the suffrage measure. The labor and election law committees show mixed stances, shaping momentum for amending the state constitution to strike the word male.
The article outlines opposition to the straw vote bill and to a constitutional convention, noting a two thirds House and Senate majority needed and possible voter referral. It lists eight men polled on suffrage and convention positions, with most against the convention, and reports on Governor Walsh’s stance on clerks of court, trial justices, and a Finance Commission appointment.
The obituary style text notes Murphy, born 1856 in Charles Town, Boston University Law School graduate, served in the Legislature 1883-1886, fire commissioner 1886-1891 and 1894-1895, then water commissioner 1896-1899, with frequent discussions of mayoralty. The piece shifts to trustees named for Massachusetts General Hospital and other institutions, listing Mrs Mabel Hunt Slater among first female trustees, and several other appointees and positions across state hospitals and boards. It closes with a note on numerous State House hearings and a cough remedy advertisement featuring Pinex and sugar syrup instructions.
Harvey W. Shepard of Boston University Law School denounced the Boston city charter at the Dorchester Women's Club on Canstree Street. He declared it violates constitutional principles and faulted the framers for not being chosen by the people of Ross-ton, saying it was imposed without a popular vote.
A Family Supply advertises a limited offer promising customers a two dollar discount and a full guarantee on selected items. The deal targets budget shoppers seeking dependable products with confidence in savings and quality.
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