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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
7
A fragment from a 1910s page shows Fit Loney Outfitters inviting women children and men to Friday shopping and noting no Saturday shopping this week. The notice promises better service on other days and mentions excursions for readers.
A shop promotes its specialization, noting no duty on unmade parcels if any and inviting customers to pay promptly. It recounts a man buying thread for his wife and boasts being the largest specialty house in Boston with world embracing scope and constant stock at desired prices.
A travel bureau advertises up to date city and surrounding area information. It promotes booklets to help decide on trips to Lexington or Provincetown and offers to arrange every detail of the journey for visitors.
Charles Francis Horne of Roxbury narrowly escaped drowning at Brown's bathing beach Provincetown after a round trip on the Dorothy Bradford. He sank while swimming. Joseph Jason on a fifth floor lookout and Adams of the Worcester Cadets pulled him from the water and brought him ashore.
Inspector Walter O. Scott and Deputy Inspector Baylies R. Chase of the Providence milk inspection department were suspended by the City Council after an inquiry into negligence and malfeasance. Chase faces allegations of taking money from milk producers for protection from prosecution, while Scott is accused of negligence and political influence in his duties.
A promotion for a cheerful California journey with a knowledgeable conductor guiding a small party. The tour passes through Colorado and Salt Lake City in a clean Pullman Tourist Sleeping car at a notably low price, inviting readers to call or write for details.
In New York on July 8, 100000 railroad conductors and trainmen members of the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, after talks with railroad managers, announced 94 percent voted to strike for higher wages. Final action rests with a 1000-member general committee with a Saturday meeting planned. Industry observers expect ratification unless raises or arbitration are offered.
Negotiations collapse as the Erie system and its two subsidiaries withdraw from talks with 42 roads remaining in conference. The Erie claims a proposed increase costs three roads 1.2 million dollars and endangers safety appliances. A management committee will meet next Monday to decide the workers' general strike stance. Officials say the Erdman act was not invoked during sessions though unions warn of possible appeal.
The article notes that both sides in the controversy fear the Erdman act mediation gives too much power to a single deciding vote when two of three arbitrators disagree. Congress ponders amending the act to add arbitrators. Railroads resisted arbitration in a wage dispute with conductors and trainmen.
Bessie Sheinkraut of Boston sues Lotti Cohen for ten thousand dollars claiming a ceiling fell on her head after she warned Cohen of danger, Cohen a tenant with the landlord status in the house. Sheinkraut says the ceiling collapse caused lacerations and lasting nervous shock.
In Geneva Switzerland the Union of International Automobile Constructors debated every nation’s response to a surge of low priced American cars. Delegates from Britain France Germany Austria and Belgium discussed possible checks but agreed that European quality would best answer the invasion.
Secretary McAdoo reassures markets after the First Second National Bank closure in Pittsburgh. J. S. Kuhn resigns as president. W. J. Jones becomes president and A. N. Weegtly secretary treasurer. Bank holds about 5 million in cash and 6 million in quick assets. Aliens withdraw deposits as $40 million liabilities loom. Authorities weigh possible criminal liability investigations.
The First National of McKeesport was closed with receivership appointed for J. S. & W. S. Kuhn Inc and the American Water Works & Guarantee Co. The Pittsburg Bank for Savings faced a run, deposits and withdrawals fluctuating as crowds gathered and small depositors received $50 on demand.
Comrade William Warner of Monterey returns from a Gettysburg celebration in better health after decades of insomnia. He credits the battlefield experience and reunions with restoring his sleep, saying the first night back he slept soundly and feels like a new man.
Friends say the Boston businessman's relatives drove the romance to ruin after his refusal to wed. Agnes Firth McDuff, once Cambridge resident and aviatrix, drank poison in Paris following a letter in which the Boston man chose his family over her. Her despair lingered as she sought marriage despite opposition and prior cash offers.
A Boston businessman long attentive to a Cambridge woman at 355 Massachusetts Avenue faced family interference aimed at preventing marriage. Relatives, via an attorney, warned Miss McDuff against marrying him and urged institutional care. Despite pressure, she resisted and sought a specialist's opinion.
Judge Wentworth of the Municipal Court rules the boat was water tight with a seam near the gunwale and overloaded. He finds no negligence by others, aside from two boys who took eighty people aboard. Drowning victims include John J. Cooney Patrick Burgess Frank Murphy Flora Silva Mary Shaw and Catherine Canney.
Norman I. Adams Jr of Lexington earns multiple town scholarships. He finished high school at 17 after completing four years in three. He won the Charles Edward French scholarship medal the Robert P. Clapp prize for best essay and another for perfect attendance.
Five residents were overcome by heat yesterday despite 80s humidity and warm forecast for today. John Wilson 64 of Lowell and Alice Cortell 36 Malden were treated at City Hospital after collapsing near streets. William McCormack 46 Burton Griffin 39 and George Evans 39 were also affected and hospitalized or treated at home. Boston reached 68 at 8 a m with a forecast of another hot wave ahead.
Florence Welcome, 17, drank corrosive liquid while awaiting transfer to Boston as a government witness in the Arthur Richards case. Detected by Police Superintendent Redmond Welch, she survived. Richards is charged with keeping a disorderly house and held on bail.
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