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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
3
Massachusetts Board of Education urges the Legislature to deny Suffolk Law School's petition to grant the bachelor of laws degree by evening instruction. The board finds the institution does not meet required conditions and recommends denial of the request.
A blockade in the East Boston tunnel halted traffic for over half an hour between 5 and 6 last evening. Hundreds of passengers were diverted to Battery Street on the elevated line and then ferried to East Boston where cars carried them to their destinations.
Crowds gathered at Court street and Devonshire street stations as a span wire broke near the East Boston tunnel entrance and the trolley wire detached. Outbound cars halted, passengers walked through passages to State street and North stations, then to the North South line. About 500 people at each station were told to take surface cars to North station after walking to Scollay square. Passengers received their tunnel pennies back upon transfer, avoiding extra charges but enduring a roundabout journey. Some demanded five cents back at State street, citing plans to return via the Narrow Gauge and Orient Heights residents sought to finish evening engagements. A special officer refused to take names when asked.
Washington Jan 21 The federal government moves to define pure water with a government commission. Secretary MacVeagh acting on Surgeon General Blue’s recommendation appoints scientists to set a water purity standard. The standard will guide forthcoming regulations banning impure drinking water on interstate trains and other carriers.
Residents of the Back Bay are invited to a 3 30 p m lecture by Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske at 211 Commonwealth avenue home of Miss Fannie B Mason. The talk, under the auspices of the M S P Co A, will cover humane work.
A short testimonial asserts that one bottle of Adamson's Cough Balm can cure almost any cold. The brief note appears as a defunct ad line and invites skeptical scrutiny about efficacy and safety.
George B. Caswell, a Plaistow farmer, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife last May. His 13 year old son Bertram testified that Caswell sent him to arrange a meeting at the Plaistow cross roads, after the couple had lived apart.
In court Caswell, injured and bandaged, listened to his son’s testimony after he consumed part of a public safety item and attempted self harm and harm to his wife. Defense claimed lack of premeditation. prosecution argued premeditated use to cause fatal harm to a horse, seeking second degree serious injury.
Miss Hannah Draper Osgood, daughter of the late Edward L. Osgood, married Henry Hotchkiss Townshend yesterday at her Beacon Street home. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham in the Arlington Street Church. Members of both families and a few guests attended.
The Sun day Post Magazine carries serial installments of Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers, delighting readers who enjoy engaging fiction and continuing adventures.
Mrs Helen F Walker testified at Suffolk Divorce Court that Mrs Lucy Miner offered Raymond J Hudson $50 for custody of 10 year old Lucy Hudson. Mrs Miner slammed out after threats and Mrs Hudson cried on the stairs, describing the custody dispute involving the father and other relatives.
Judge Dubuque requires the child to testify in court before the case ends while parties and lawyers observe. Hudson recounts household duties and disputes with his first wife and claims he never spanked the child, while others describe abuse and troubling noises.
Daniel F. Fitzgerald, once a Worcester Massachusetts merchant and former chief ranger of the Foresters of America, died in a Cle Elum Washington hospital today at about 50 years old.
Salem January 21 A committee of telegraphers from the Boston & Maine and General Superintendent Ray remains at odds over wages after days of talks. Operators seek 10 percent, nine hour shifts for station men, 11 hours for others, meals included, and a week of paid vacation. The company offered 12 percent and then 5 percent, which the men rejected. The dispute now goes to Vice President Horne.
Renowned humorist Mike Flannery contributes another engaging article for next Sunday's Post. The piece promises lighthearted satire and lively observations reflecting the era’s social Scene and humor trends.
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