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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1914
Page
8
A noisy OCR snippet references weaving and performance ideas with stray phrases about signals, work, and shares. The text lacks coherent facts, names, dates, or locations to extract a clear news item or event for a proper card.
Boston audiences heard Zenatello as Otello with Lucille Weingartner Desdemona and Antonio Scotti Iago under Felix Weingartner. The performance impressed despite a small audience and featured precise pacing, vibrant orchestral response, and strong dramatic shaping, marking a superb conductor and a standout cast.
Mayor Curley ordered reductions in nine city law department salaries, reversing a January raise granted by ex-Mayor Fitzgerald totaling 2500 pounds. The lawyers will have their pay restored to the earlier amounts.
J Parker Whetney of Placer County and San Francisco club circles was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts under the Mann Act. He is charged with bringing Genevieve Hannan from Seattle to San Francisco for immoral purposes.
At a lively Roxbury Latin School fundraiser meeting at the Trarvard Club, organizers announced the campaign has already secured 17 0 thousand toward a 20 thousand goal for building and grounds. Plans include class drives and a progress report dinner set for Young's on March 19.
Promote cheap rail fares to the Northwest and West in a breezy sales pitch. Highlights include chair cars with large windows and good lighting, no extra charge for these seats, and an invitation to travel freely. Mentions Washington and Ragland with a casual promotional tone.
At Symphony Hall yesterday the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Mack performed Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor. The work drew letters requesting a repeat, and the encore applause lingered as musicians acknowledged the audience. A brief Wagner Siegfried Idyll followed, given in admirable fashion.
A Red Cross liner Morwenna towed the stranded coal ship Lingan 190 miles to harbor after eight days adrift. Five Newfoundland Catholic dignitaries on a Rome pilgrimage led prayers aboard, praising the crew for saving nearly fifty seamen.
Geologists view Dr. Douglas Mawson's Antarctic coal discovery as scientifically notable yet unlikely to hold commercial value soon. Experts cite abundant global coal, cold conditions, and access limits as reasons it won’t impact prices or supply, with speculation on coal type and origins of ancient tropical warmth.
After walking four miles from Boston toward Worcester, Harry D Fisher of Water street Worcester collapsed unconscious on a Brookline sidewalk near the corner of Norfolk road and Boylston street yesterday afternoon.
Secretary Daniels announced that the keel of battleship No. 89 to be built at the New York navy yard will be laid down next Monday. The unnamed dreadnought was authorized by the last Congress.
Samuel Capelowitz a seven year old boy was found bound to a chair at his home at 8 Summer Street Chelsea by two robbers who had ransacked the apartments and stolen five dollars and sixty five cents. The incident occurred about 3 yesterday morning as police investigate the break in and search for the suspects. The boy was uninjured but frightened by the ordeal and neighbors reported hearing noises during the night.
Giuseppe Caretti, valet to the late Cardinal Rampolla, was seized by order of the crown prosecutor and jailed in Rome. He is charged with stealing several Rampolla items including an expensive cope and is linked to the missing cardinals last will box. Police say he bought lottery tickets and spent funds beyond his earnings.
Washington February 27 The Senate approved a bill to implement Jan 1 1915 fishing regulations urged by the Joint Fishing Commission of the United States and Canada for boundary waters The bill goes to the House for action The Canadian government warned it would not be bound if the US did not act by March 1 Canada had approved the regulations about three years ago The Senate amendment makes the regulations apply to Saginaw Bay which was previously exempt
Secretary Garrison revoked yesterday's order opening the trial of Major Benjamin M Koehler for immoral conduct at Plum Island New York leaving court to decide whether the proceedings will be public or closed.
Oscar Story tried to stop a runaway horse on the Fellsway Boulevard in Medford last night. He was dragged a quarter mile as the sleigh and animal careened into the roadway, fatally injuring 62 year old Ellen Berritt.
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