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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
7
New Bedford reports a splashy fashion debut with rubber corsets worn under bathing suits to preserve shape while swimming. Whalebones sourced from local whaling wharves are encased in rubber and sold for 5 dollars. Demand exceeds supply as department stores stock these odd garments, marking a peculiar trend from the whaling city.
Cardinal Gibbons, age 79 next Monday, to celebrant at pontifical mass in Milwaukee marking the twelfth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. Archbishop J. Keane of Dubuque will preach. Also notes parish and church activities across Massachusetts and Connecticut with clergy retreats and new church plans.
Philadelphia July 13 Miss Mignon Hopkins recounts her long dispute with William Sulzer once governor of New York. She details a 1901 engagement and a 1908 return of her letters and gifts, a $2000 settlement, and a belief they were secretly married.
A Chicago demonstration suggests seven cent beef stew can feed a family of five on about 20 cents a day using onions carrots potatoes bay leaf and garlic, challenging Boston cooks relying on Miss Farmer’s recipes.
Morrison I. Swift delivers a Franklin Union talk condemning parasitism and dividend capitalism. He brands the rich as loafers supported by dividends, calls for social ownership and labor discipline to curb wealth without work. He urges wage reform, manager salaries and end to private dividends.
The high standing committee of the M C O F outlines plans for development and reports results from the year to June 30. It lists membership figures from January 1 1918 through June 30 1961, with deaths, suspensions, and resignations. The mortuary fund shows balances and receipts and benefits paid up to mid 1913.
Walter S. Merriam aged 53 of 158 First Street Melrose died of apoplexy Saturday morning at Barta Press where he worked as a compositor. He had no prior illness and was unexpectedly dead. Merriam was known in Dorchester and Springfield where he formerly conducted business. He is survived by a wife and a 9 year old son.
The Rev. Paul Drake of Wollaston was arrested in Quincy square after police warnings to stop his free speech talk to about 200 citizens on Socialism. He had sought a permit refused on Saturday and was later arrested after continuing his address before the Unitarian Church. Bail set at $100 supplied by G. Beauregard Retes, socialist.
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