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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
2
New York Jan 8 The Simplified Pa Board reports two new recruits Charles Henry Davis of South Yarmouth Mass and Fred J Miller of New York both distinguished engineers. Also the New York State Teachers Association convention endorses spelling reform.
A corps of suffragists aims to collect signatures on woman suffrage cards during the noon hour today. More than 380 prominent women including Mrs. Pitman and Mrs. Garrison join at the new votes for women shop 26 Tremont street at 10:80. Teresa Crowley and others will instruct and assign signers to precincts in two wards.
Elizabeth Timmins a 60 year old Roxbury resident fell on Dorchester avenue in South Boston while returning home from Creighton street yesterday afternoon. She sustained a fractured hip and internal injuries and City Hospital physicians fear she will not recover due to her age.
Prince Paul Troubetskoy, a Russian noble who prefers to be called an animal who speaks, spoke at the Millennium Guild in New York and performed a dime bite to prove his 25 years on a vegetarian diet. He argues meat eating fuels cruelty and war and that vegetables foster compassion.
A DC suffrage group led by Mrs. George A. Armes will petition President Wilson at the White House to support a federal constitutional amendment for women's voting rights. The delegation includes wives of Congress members and supporters from New York, Tennessee, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, with an automobile parade preceding the call.
London reports a hint of conscription for boosting Britain’s armed forces was dismissed by Thomas J. MacNamara, parliamentary secretary to the admiralty. He noted many able young men in the UK had not answered the colors and warned against living off others. Meanwhile recruiting surged after holidays with six Cardiff meetings featuring wounded soldiers driving a rush to enlist and an audience of 64,000 at one event when national anthems played.
The death of Mrs. Sarah Abbie Woodman, 72, at 121 N Street South Boston, yesterday, reveals her son George H. Woodman a Boston Elevated motorman fought bravely to save her life on Saturday morning.
Woodman awakens to his mother on fire in the dining room with clothing ablaze. He saves her to the kitchen sink but sustains burns to his bandaged hand. Neighbors Mrs Sullivan and Herbert Smith aid, helping smother the flames and extinguish the fire.
Harvard University resumes operations in all departments today as returning undergraduates flood campus. The influx began yesterday morning and will conclude by nightfall with full campus reactivation across faculties.
William J. Grimshaw gunner's mate on the torpedo boat Ammen at Charlestown Navy Yard married Gertrude M daughter of Mr and Mrs George Ramos at the Chapel of the Holy Cross Cathedral last evening. The ceremony was followed by a reception and supper at 267 Shawmut avenue home of the Ramos family.
An automobile alleged stolen six months ago in Wallingford Connecticut was recovered yesterday afternoon in Back Bay. George Dickinson aged 39 was arrested by Special Officer Lyons on a charge of larceny.
Nearly 1000 members and families enjoyed the organ recital last night at the Harvard Club under the New Haven chapter of the American Guild of Organists. W. Lynnwood Farnam of Emmanuel Church was the soloist.
Heavy damage was caused by smoke and water early yesterday morning in a fire on Summer Street. Fire crews battled flames and smoke, with initial reports noting significant structural damage and property loss. No injuries were immediately reported.
A stubborn blaze in the Liggett Company druggists building at 139 Summer Street began in the basement. Dense smoke filled the structure and damaged contents in the apartments occupied by other tenants.
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