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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1914
Page
4
Harvard officials decreed no sending of flowers to dates at the junior prom to curb expenses. The same notice announced cheaper limousine service through taxicab firms for the event, easing costs for attendees.
New Bedford school officials end the ban on tango and new one steps for the high school. Superintendent Allen P. Keith says dancing will resume next Friday. The move is seen as a win for students who boycotted the bi monthly hops over the ban.
Representative Stanley of Kentucky after a White House conference introduces a bill to make monopolization or restraint of trade illegal in any degree and to grant circuit courts jurisdiction to enforce the act without AG action. The plan expands sections two and four and aims to curb the rule of reason in the Standard Oil decision.
At the annual trustees meeting the Museum of Fine Arts announced nearly 220000 visitors last year and total subscriptions at 37487 dollars, slightly down from the prior year. The Robert Dawson Evans galleries are planned to open in early November with expenses rising about 16000 dollars.
Gardiner Martin Lane was re elected president and Francis Lee Higginson treasurer for the ensuing year. Dr Reisner leads Egypt excavations as the museum secures highly valued objects. The paintings curator purchased 21 paintings and over 300 watercolors and drawings in three years amid a small income and strong priority on first rank objects. Cataloguing has progressed, and the museum aims to exhibit and interpret its growing collection with labor and care.
John C Johnson of Boston drove a hooded touring car through Main Street Stoneham early yesterday as flames enveloped the vehicle. He attempted to reach Stoneham central fire station before destruction. Firemen arrived to find only twisted iron and smoldering ruins. machine valued at 2000 dollars.
The sudden disappearance of Professor Carl L. Swenson formerly head of the mechanical drawing department at Tufts College from his Medford home is explained by a Reno Nevada divorce suit filed against his wife Miss Ethel D. Bostock.
Swenson filed for divorce claiming desertion two months after their June 20 1912 wedding in Newton Centre. He says he was a dutiful husband while Mrs Swenson left for her parents home and returned to Warren Massachusetts earlier. Her father says excessive mother in law caused the dispute while she lived with her parents at 21 Summer street Newton Centre.
District Attorney W J Corcoran of Northern District writes to the Post to say his office will not accept future pleas of note in automobile cases. He says the policy was misread and applies only to automobile cases. Cambridge statement clarifies the intended scope.
Carl Browne longtime lieutenant to General Coxy in the Massillon 1894 march collapsed from acute indigestion in Washington and died soon after in a hospital. He was a familiar California figure active in labor issues and led an unemployed march to Sacramento last winter.
Radcliffe College graduates staged The Ladies Battle a French Scribe translation at the college hall for the student body. The performance showcased the students acting and the school's cultural engagement.
The 41 Stearns heirs in New England failed to claim the 7 million dollar estate of Arcadia de Baker after Los Angeles probate ruled she ceased to be Abel Stearns widow upon her second marriage. The decision directs the estate to relatives of de Baker, with the Stearns heirs planning to take the case to the California Supreme Court.
Disappointment in Chelsea as Secretary Daniels reverses his stance on selling about 13 acres of Naval Hospital land. Congressman Ernest W. Roberts reports the bill to authorize the sale will not be favorably reported by the naval affairs committee due to Daniels opposition.
Albert Horswill, who claimed to command the last lifeboat from the Titanic, testified he cannot support his wife and deserted a year-old marriage. He said he works in a warehouse but cannot provide for one or two people. Judge Uhler ordered the couple separated and to support his wife.
Eimer and Amend advertise 2861 as relief for rheumatic sufferers supported by grateful letters. The ad urges readers to obtain the remedy from reliable druggists.
Frank A Day senior member of the banking house R L Day of Congress street died Thursday night in St Augustine Florida of Brights disease. He was 62 and long prominent in Boston finance noted for public spirit and philanthropy with wide charitable interests.
Charles E. Quirk sub master of Frothingham School sues landlady Mrs. Rose Mallock of 53 Farragut Road South Boston for 8000 claiming injuries from a November 26 1913 accident caused by an obstruction on the rear walkway. The suit names Mallock or her agents as negligent.
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