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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
18
Chief Patrick Butler of Weymouth police said Patrolman John D. Walsh has resigned after serious unbecoming conduct charges were reviewed by the Weymouth Board of Selectmen last month. The board plans action at their meeting next Monday.
London obituary notes Sir John Tenniel aged 94 or 95, creator of Lewis Carrolls Alice characters and famed Punch caricaturist. It highlights his fifty year career, impact on nations and emperors, and his legacy in American Civil War cartoons and Dropping the Pilot. It recounts his entry to Punch, work routine, and blindness in later years.
Verses by Tom Taylor on Lincoln accompany Tenniel's final American cartoon in Panch. The piece mocks the British sneer and praises Lincoln as a tree born King of men while condemning the jester who tainted the death scene. It questions the place for a self important caricaturist beside Lincoln's bier.
Mayor Curley announces Holtzer Cabot Company will move to Jamaica Plain as part of the Boost Boston effort after losing its Brookline plant to fire. The firm originally eyed Newton before the city assistance encouraged Jamaica Plain site. The mayor plans to push a spur track on West First Street to aid transit and spur expansion by Standard Sanitary Manufacturing of Pittsburgh, creating hundreds of new jobs. The Boost Boston committee meets today to decide how to spend the fund.
James F. Mitchell of 177 Winthrop Road Brookline will resign Saturday after 81 years as an officer of the Suffolk County Municipal Court. Appointed Sept 18 1882 by Chief Justice Parmenter he retires on pension under a Legislature special act with best wishes from justices and attorneys.
Pure lard 12 1-2c per pound canned pink salmon 7 1-2c call creamery butter 239c per pound strictly fresh eggs 54e per dozen Corbin Hanover Union Station section store ad listing prices and items.
Becker, once NYPD lieutenant, was returned to a Tombs cell after his Sing Sing release order was posted. He spoke of regret at not saying farewell to inmates, denied intent to rejoin the force, and commented on District Attorney Whitman’s plan for a new trial within six weeks. Wife Mrs Becker accompanied him.
John R. Murphy started as Finance Commission chairman and Patrick O'Hearn became Boston building commissioner. Murphy visited the mayor, pledged full cooperation to maximize city value, and the two discussed the upcoming work in a cordial exchange.
Felix Weingartner and his wife reached Boston last night for the annual season at the Boston Opera House. He, a world renowned conductor, will lead the season starting with Otello tonight, while Mme. Weingartner, formerly Lucille Marcel, will sing Desdemona in her favorite role.
DIRECT FROM VIENNA They arrived in Boston last evening and expressed happiness at returning but showed fatigue and declined to speak. They traveled from Vienna and will go to Darmstadt after the season ends at the Boston Opera House. Mr. Weingartner will premiere Cain and Abel with Mme Weingartner in the lead role under the Grand Duke of Hesse.
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