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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
6
A speech rally condemns the money power and trusts as threats to liberty. It links rising corporate influence to political manipulation and calls for referendum and recall as checks on tyranny, urging unity and justice across the nation.
The Old North bell ringers mark a return to the city’s first full chime, sounding the bells for the first time in 63 years. The event drew members of the bell tower group and local residents eager to hear the historic tones again.
Boston Fourth programs in Franklin Park Castle Island and Roxbury reported no injuries amid large family friendly events. Water sports at Atlantic staged multiple youth and open races with winners listed. A 5040 bell peal by Boston Guild Change Ringers marked Independence Day. The Metropolitan Hill district held a district wide parade and a fireworks show with 300 plus children, Punch and Judy shows, and mayoral visit.
More than 5000 children of all nationalities trudged from Boston Common with a geranium and flowers, an American flag over their shoulder and smiles. The Boston Floral Emblem Society organized a safe Fourth of July celebration without firecrackers or burns.
The society completed the 15th annual distribution of flowers and flags aided by private donations. About 5000 tickets were given to city children entitling each holder to a plant, flag, or flowers, with many youngsters collecting multiples. The event featured a big tent and included officers and volunteers from the Boston Emblem Society, highlighting community involvement and a lasting memorial to Mrs. Hett.
Large crowds witnessed running and swimming events at the North End Fourth of July celebration. About 5000 children received ice cream. refreshments ran short. Evening band concert drew many residents. Various youth track and swim finals listed with winners and seconds including Campana, Quarino, Santo, badar, Ryan, and Me Nabb among others.
The new U S ambassador in London hosted his first Fourth of July reception at Claridge's Hotel. The ground floor was transformed to welcome about 4000 visiting and resident Americans along with leading British officials and social figures.
A Boston Fourth of July celebration drew hundreds for band music athletic events and fireworks at historic sites. Grenville S MacFarland gave the keynote urging initiative and referendum to repair the Ship of State while Montague read the Declaration from the balcony. coast artillery corps were hosted at City Club after the parade.
Grenville S. MacFarland argues in Boston that concentrated wealth and political power threaten a government of the people. He cites the money trust findings and warns of internal power eroding liberty, urging reform and citizen initiative.
Walter Hines aged man arrives at a London hotel on July 4, drawing attention in a brief society notice. Local report records his stay and potential meetings with prominent guests.
The July celebration drew twelve hundred in the morning parade with ten times as many spectators. Athletic events at Merrymount included sprints, dashes, and handicapped races won by W. Wyman Ted Keohane Allen Connor Fred Kingsbury J Linden J Whelan and Domenica Fasci among others with multiple clubs and schools named such as Atlantic A A Quincy High School and North Weymouth A C.
Woburn held two parades with police officials Rough Riders and brass bands. At 10 30 a procession and races were followed by a Maine battleship memorial dedication to a cowl erected by Spanish War Veterans with Congressman John Jacob Rogers giving the oration. Frank G Thompson of Malden unveiled the cowl.
Two thousand Ipswich workers and residents took part in a flag parade and a Soldiers' Monument program. The event honored holiday patriotism and highlighted a dispute over 1000 striking Ipswich mill workers who did not join the march. Chief speakers Congressman A P Gardner and State Senator George Schofield condemned socialism and I W W red flag marchers.
John J. Thatcher his wife and daughter Emily four Miss Ellen Bullock and Miss Annie were in a wreck along Lonsdale avenue Lonsdale when a broken spring sent the car crashing into a telegraph pole. Miss Bullock suffered a fractured rib while Mrs Thatcher dislocated a right thumb and all occupants were shaken up.
More than 4000 schoolchildren from the South End and Castle Island areas joined festive events in Franklin Park and nearby venues. The gatherings featured folklore dances, flag processions, athletic games, and performances by Miss Gladys Work and others. Roxbury marked Day with 12,000 children enjoying movies, field sports, band concerts, and fireworks across seven playgrounds.
Mayor Fitzgerald praises the diverse folk dance and song celebration at Boston Common Frog Pond last night. Multinational groups including Chinese and Filipino participants joined a Spirit of Liberty procession as fireworks lit the sky.
Mayor Fitzgerald spent a long day visiting public and private celebrations in the Hub. He spoke at over twenty events, urged safe conduct, and toured the town with his family aboard an auto, highlighting a vibrant, active civic day.
Hospitals and ambulances saw little action on the holiday with only four cases treated. A Charlestown child suffered a minor hand burn from a premature firecracker while Henry Paslee required eye care at the Eye and Ear Infirmary after powder blinded him briefly. Officials called it the quietest Fourth in memory.
The Boston Fire Department logged 62 bell alarms from midnight to last night with only Dorchester district showing notable fires. One three alarm blaze occurred yesterday along with a one two alarm fire, excluding Dorchester street fires the year’s losses run about 1400 dollars versus 6000 last year. West End alerts stayed sparse, drawing comment on response patterns.
Theresa Healey, a middle aged Cambridge resident, fell from an outward bound Harvard square car at Putnam Square last night and sustained serious head cuts. She was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital and placed on the dangerous list.
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