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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1914
Page
2
George W. Peckham renowned as educator author and entomologist died at his Milwaukee Wisconsin home today after a brief illness at age 68. He was nationally known for work in insect studies and teaching.
The Chicago club announced it has received the signed 194 contract of catcher Ray Schalk. He becomes the second Chicago player to sign, following catcher Red Kuhn who was the first.
The Boston & Maine cuts through running times on Fitchburg Portland and Southern divisions as many local stops are now made by through trains under the new schedule effective yesterday at noon.
A broad timetable revision shifts many through trains to include more stops, lengthening travel times by minutes to up to an hour. About 15 Sunday changes, 70 weekday adjustments, and multiple branch cuts follow, with key impacts on the Boston Marblehead and Portland divisions and several local lines.
Police inspectors investigated a persistent rumor linking Annie Welch murder aboard the barge Snipe to a Friday night party of men and women who allegedly tried to draw Captain Charles Matrony into a slim flam game.
Marcesse M. Giroux of Somerville, tied to the State Insane Hospital inquiry, died at Worcester State Hospital. Medical Examiner Dr. Frederick Baker ruled death from pneumonia and tuberculosis after an autopsy at the request of District Attorney James A. Stiles and Superintendent Ernest E. Scribner.
A 20 year old woman remains in custody on idle and disorderly conduct charges to ensure her availability as a witness in the murder investigation of Mrs Welch. Her detention is tied to the ongoing case and police seek other leads.
Victor H. Pinsenault aged 60 died at City Hospital after being found unconscious in a Franklin House booth from suspected poison. Autopsy failed to reveal cause. stomach sent to Harvard Medical for analysis. Police detain two men Walter Casavant and Eugene Brigham who admit involvement and drug use. an inquest is set for next Thursday.
Madrid dispatch reports a Canadian construction crew at Lerida Catalonia placing dynamite before a fire to dry it. The blast killed four workers and wounded sixteen, with injuries described as serious.
Miss Margaret Slattery of Fitchburg appealed at Ford Hall for welfare workers in every school. She urged supervision of after school and Sunday programs and guidance to keep youths in school when parents seek work. Mrs. Richard Y. FitzGerald called for broader use of schools and more democratic oversight.
Miss Slattery argued welfare teaching in Fitchburg and urged public schools to act as social centers. Mrs. FitzGerald said Boston schools lack social and political democracy and urged extended hours, safe activities, parent-teacher collaboration, and broader school committees with women.
Police say professionals staged a daylight theft at the Lloyd Company Cambridge store in the Stearns and Dow building Harvard Square. A car waited in front while loot including jewel studded opera glasses and expensive cameras was loaded and driven away, with losses described as very heavy.
Police suspect a skilled break in where attackers searched the store thoroughly without damage. One member may have posed as a customer to case the premises beforehand, suggesting inside familiarity with the location and methods.
Society crowds promise to attend the premiere of Mrs. Jazz Andersons fairy moral play Everyboy at the Bijou Theatre Boston and Washingtons 400 will fill the moving picture venue. Mrs Anderson herself will not be present.
On Friday she will arrive from Washington with her husband the former ambassador to Japan and minister to Belgium to witness a performance. Carl Wilmore, composer of several one act operettas and music for Boston's First Corps Cadets, collaborated with Mrs. Anderson on six songs and incidental dances praised as very taking and clever.
Mrs. Hannah Sullivan of 144 Peak Street Malden fell down a basement stairs when visiting the police station with another woman to complain about neighborhood hens. She sustained a fractured shoulder from the mishap.
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