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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
6
Boston employees in department stores wholesale houses large restaurants and state and city offices will enjoy a half week vacation over July 4 to mark the 50th anniversary of Gettysburg. Stores plan all day Saturday closings while banking and some offices consider closures.
Mayor Fitzgerald orders department heads to excuse staff, city Hall closed from sundown Thursday to 9 am Monday except treasurer and a few offices. Governor Foss may authorize statewide closure while stores announce Independence Day closings. Some employees still must work.
Two memorial tablets will be set in Boston’s North Church this week honoring Commodore Samuel Nicholson and Thomas Johnston. The church will stay open all summer for visitors to view the belfry and Paul Revere signal, with services in July and August conducted by Rev. Arthur H. Wright and Rev. Robert Walker.
William R. Smith, driver of the automobile that overturned on Commonwealth avenue near Warren street, Brighton, on Saturday, killed Harry Wasserman. Smith was held yesterday in $2000 for the grand jury and arraigned in Brighton on the charge of manslaughter.
A forest and cranberry bog blaze in North Harwich and Pleasant Lake, started by a dropped match, devastates over a thousand acres. Fire Warden John Condon and volunteers, including women and boys, battled through flames while rescuing three caught in the smoke. Wind shifting dangers amplified the crisis.
A false alarm rang out at the Commonwealth Trust Company on Devonshire Street when police found wires crossed, not a burglar, causing near midnight commotion before officers arrived.
Somerville court hears Mrs. Sarah E. Lee accused of assaulting Miss Elizabeth Murphy after a St. Ann's parish barn dance. The case centers on a dispute following the Thursday night event and the alleged conduct on the sidewalk.
Mrs. Sarah Lee and sister-in-law families clash after a parish dance. Mabel Huckins and Elizabeth Murphy accuse one another amid rough dancing and injuries. a church-backed inquiry follows as neighbors defend decorum and warn about cellars and boarders.
Charles Deming Sias of Wenham a noted coffee merchant and senior partner of Chase and San born was buried yesterday afternoon in his Mt. Auburn family lot. Funeral services were held at Mt. Auburn chapel conducted by Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann with several prominent attendees including Samuel J. Elder General T R R Mathews General Charles H. Taylor Jacob Bates Cobb Bates Yerxa Jeremiah J. McCarthy former port surveyor Thomas Cunningham and Judge James R. Dunbar.
Seven lodgers died when a blaze swept Tilling's Hotel at 66 Greenwich Street in New York. Bodies recovered from the top floor include a woman and a three year old child identified as Jane. About a dozen people were injured and sent to hospitals.
London reports that efforts to avert fraternal war among Balkan allies failed as fighting broke out along the Bulgarian Serb and Greek fronts. Greek officials claim Bulgarian attacks stretched across a 140 mile front, marking the outbreak of hostilities.
An official statement declares forced advance by a division. Both sides accuse the other of initiating the offensive. Bulgarian envoys in Athens and Belgrade protest Greek and Servian attacks. Servia counters that Bulgarians attack and reject responsibility. Sofia blames the Servian Military League for provoking war to block arbitration, aiming to split Bulgaria at its center.
The Greek government orders Bulgarian troops at Saloniki to surrender their arms immediately. The move follows Bulgarian attacks along the front, signaling a grave step in the conflict.
A Times dispatch reports that Greek forces positioned two machine guns in the White Tower and bombarded Bulgarian quarters after Bulgarians refused surrender. After two hours of heavy fire the Bulgarians surrendered and order was restored in the town.
Boston based I W W Bartners Union 185 explains sabotage as actions harming the employer but benefiting the public or customers. They contrast the term with sensational myth, noting sabotage originated from saboter and involves using resources to aid customers rather than harm.
The Old Colony Trust Company buys part of the Magrane Houston property at Temple Place and Washington Street. Congress Street Associates sells Hornblower and Weeks building at Congress and Water Streets to a real estate trust financed by Hornblower Weeks.
The Old Colony Trust Company buys the Ashton building at 965 267 Washington Street adjoining its Temple Place site. The 6750 square foot parcel has access rights through Jackson Place to Winter Street and Washington frontage over 40 feet. Grantors are Charles P. Curtis and Charles P. Greenough under Elisha V. Aston's will. The purchase doubles the Temple Place area, allows Winter Street entrances, and funds a rebuilt complex after current lease with Magrane Houston ends.
Uncle Sam and Treasury officials seek volunteers to accept about twenty columns from the old custom house. The columns weigh several tons each and measure a couple of score feet long. The architects say they are unsuited for the new building, so McAdoo asks the city or a society to take them as a gift. The mayor urged newspapers to announce that 12 columns are available for anyone willing to haul and house them.
The Office of the Listing Board at Police Headquarters 29 Pemberton Square will be open for supplementary listings of male residents. Hours: July and August 9 AM to 5 PM. Sept 2 to Oct 4 6 AM to 10 PM. Oct 6 last listing day 6 AM to midnight.
The notice sets listing hours for the city election from November 5 to November 20 daily 9 AM to 5 PM. It specifies December 1 to December 13 daily 6 AM to 10 PM and December 15 as the last listing day, from 6 AM to midnight.
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