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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1914
Page
6
In central France frenzied wolves kill a little girl returning from school at La Coquille near Perigueux. Search parties recover a torn pinafore and bones as hunts are organized. Paris enjoys a brief warm spell amid ongoing extreme cold.
Hearings start tomorrow before the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider the 5 percent freight rate hike proposed by 62 Eastern railroads. Shippers split over the increase with some opposing it and others arguing it deserved amid improving business conditions. Louis D. Brandeis of Boston will lead the commission's side in presenting evidence against the increases.
Former Congressman Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts reflects on states rights, constitutional restraint, and the shift toward stronger federal power. He discusses Spain 1898, imperial policy, taxation and commerce, recall of judicial decisions, and the dangers of overcentralization under the new freedom.
Paris on January 25 reports Madeleine Lechat crafting coquettish turbans from tagal straw in colors to match suits. Trimmings vary from feather pompoms to flowers to loops of wired straw placed at the brim tips or corners to create piquant, effective effects.
Brigadier General Frederick Funston relieved from command of the Department of Hawaii sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco aboard the Ventura. He is expected to proceed to San Antonio Texas to assume command of the army's second division under orders received last week.
Charles Fleischer of the Sunday Commons warns against the American bargain habit urging buyers to resist temptations to purchase goods not truly needed. He argues bargains mask poor wages, bad factory conditions, and store bankruptcies, urging market choices be based on supply and demand rather than flashy advertising.
A religious upheaval sweeps Malden after a spate of vice convictions. Churches report larger congregations, schools plan hygiene and religious instruction, and parents clubs form across churches.
Massachusetts Bible Society agents visit Malden to distribute Bibles. hundreds given daily when homes lack them. Churches stock pews with extras as one minister notes remarkable religious activity reflecting a citywide response to vice concerns. F M Robbins cites orders from Malden church and other congregations amid broader investigations into local vice factors.
Michael Riordan, an elderly British navy veteran from Malden, visited the Copley Plaza Hotel seeking Lord Kintore’s help to obtain an old age pension. He carried a medal, explained 22 years service, and urged the lord to petition the king for a special pension. Lord Kintore had not yet responded.
A Central Falls mother praises Father John’s Medicine in a letter, saying her grip illness cured and her baby rested after nightly coughs. She notes the product is safe for children, alcohol free, and acts as a wholesome food medicine building strength.
Several hundred members of the Boston Typographical Union heard Professor Lewis Johnson of Harvard speak on The Single Tax. The address at Faneuil Hall was enthusiastically praised, especially for the claim that the idea originated with a typographical union member Henry George.
The speaker notes Henry George as a leading figure since 1860 in the single tax idea and cites Samuel Gompers as an early convert. He argues the movement could gain wider acceptance within five years, using Boston as an example where vacant land and decaying buildings show the need for reform and criticizes the federal income tax as a harmful direct levy.
About 30 boats including high speed motor craft power cruisers yachts sloops and launches were lost in a 25000 fire that gutted the Stationary Marines Engine and Motor and Supply Company plant in Port Washington Long Island Only two boats in the yard near the blaze were saved and the fire raced through the yard.
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