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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
5
New Bedford reports silk stockings as a cooling, comfortable alternative for baseball players. Despite high cost and durability concerns from slides into bases, the idea gains attention as the New England league weighs adopting silk hosiery for players.
A foreigner with leprosy arrived in Philadelphia from Cleveland and will be deported tomorrow to England on the Dominion. Dahab Hassen, 19, traveled via Merion to Cleveland after arriving May 14, 1912, and securing work. The railroad car will be burned and the government will cover the cost.
In Cashing Oklahoma Two men robbed the Edmund Diamond drug store just before midnight. A misfire from the pistol sparked return fire from a hurt employee behind a prescription case. The cash register thief died from a lung wound. the other bandit was overpowered and jailed. The robbers remain unidentified.
The Cape anti-suffragette campaign closed with a July meeting in Wareham Town Hall. Mrs. James M. Codman presided as Massachusetts State Association president. county and publicity chairwomen spoke, followed by Mrs. A J. George.
Mrs George critiques socialist views on marriage and suffrage. She argues divorce would be easier under socialism and marriage may become a simple civil declaration. She warns that many women may follow leaders, and that intelligent voting is essential to prevent socialist influence.
The Gideons of the Christian Commercial Travellers Association hosted an international convention in Toronto and were guests of the city at a luncheon in Exhibition Park with several city officials acting as hosts.
Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company objects to Albert S. Bigelow's adjudication in bankruptcy, arguing he is not insolvent and the Columbia Knickerbocker Trust Company is not a creditor. It notes a general assignment to New England Trust in 1910 and cites a Massachusetts decree for $2,182,839.46 with 6 percent interest, totaling over $2.6 million against Bigelow.
Brazil ends its own meridian stance and adopts Greenwich meridian for official time. The country is divided into time zones and uses standard time akin to the United States. This change aligns Brazil with major world powers in time calculation.
Post master general Burleson announced final orders to cut parcel post rates and allow larger packages, after Senate post office committee scrutiny. The moves, despite criticism, take effect August 15.
William Banaghan a Worcester real estate agent filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court listing 967? liabilities of 96 997 and assets of 10 072 Most of the assets are real estate valued at 10 000 and 74 542 52 of the debt is unsecured There are 200 claims scheduled
More than four thousand names are secured in Massachusetts mill towns for the suffrage petition to Washington. The Boston Equal Suffrage Association car has circulated it and outdoor meetings have drawn thousands, with three meetings a day on average. Mrs Maud Wood Park reports hopeful progress.
Mrs Glendower Evans and companions tour Stockbridge Great Barrington Lee Lenox and Pittsfield with Sunday park gatherings. Mrs Park notes eager support while Miss Foley speaks as crowds sign petitions. Discussion covers 1916 vote timing and California Oregon Washington reforms on disorderly houses and initiative petitions.
Edward J. Williams, disbursing officer of the Panama Canal Commission since November 1909, resigns his post to take effect August 15. His successor will be John H. McLean of Texas, an employee of the disbursing office on the Isthmus for the last eight years.
Pawtucket Rhode Island July 25 A petition from the Civic Theatre Association asks film manufacturers to make educational patriotic films for foreigners to educate and instill patriotism. Endorsed by Governor Aram J Pothier President W H P Faunce of Brown University and other notable figures. The association runs a free theatre in Pawtucket.
The Cambridge Ice Company was fined 20 dollars in Cambridge court for delivering short weight ice to Mrs. William F McKenna of 14 Valentine Street Cambridge Sealer of Weights and Measures Healey filed the complaint claiming 5 pounds paid for but 18 pounds short. In Malden Court Thomas B Daw was fined 10 dollars for selling 300 pounds of ice that was 67 pounds short.
Clinton Missouri July 25 H H Mitchell editor of the Boonville Republican died on a railway train while traveling from St Louis to Boonville He formerly served as Clinton postmaster for eight years and was a leader of the Republican Party in the state
Joseph Monahan 30 claimed New York as home after a subway chase from Park Street to Washington Street. He robbed a telephone booth cash box of $8.35 and fled, pursued by Detective-Sergeant Anderson Special Officer Burns and a New England Telephone agent, with bystanders helping recover several silver coins.
Washington July 25. A conference of the National Council of Women Voters will set plans for a broad campaign for votes for women to penetrate states lacking suffrage. Delegates will attend from Wyoming Kansas Utah Idaho Colorado Washington California Oregon and Arizona.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the 1913 budget by 450 to 69 after 13 months of discussion. Minor changes remain before both houses finalize, notably Breton s amendment to apply 1913 budget provisions to 1914, shortening 1914 budget deliberations by about a third.
Beginning next Tuesday and ending August 1, the Fourth Annual Conference of Rural Community Leaders will be held at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst bringing together prominent figures in education to discuss rural problems.
An elaborate programme has been mapped out with speakers from across the country and delegates addressing topics on agriculture poultry rural sanitation civic betterment library work education women’s work town administration recreation and Y M C A Y W A systems athletics animal diseases and more. A poultry convention will be a special feature with a large exhibit in the college drill hall showcasing work in community betterment. Arrangements have been made to care for visitors to Amherst for the conference and new ideas on eugenics and modern thought are anticipated.
Washington July 25 Discovery that the torpedo boat flotillas would be useless after discharging 700 torpedoes has drawn Rep Britten of Illinois a Naval Affairs Committee member to seek action. He says 700 is current stock and factories produce few yearly. He plans a bill for 400000 to double Newport torpedo plant capacity.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain arrived in Paris incognito en route to the Cowes regatta. They received an enthusiastic welcome as they shopped, and were hosted by President Poincare for luncheon at the Elysee Palace.
Dr. Leonard H. Pote of Somerville told Judge Riley that Police officer Callahan’s street stop request came during a night drive with no lights and he thought the officer might be a highwayman. He was fined five dollars. The same night Pete, a physician, ran a lone figure and sped away. he received ten dollar fines on two counts but the judge reduced one to three percent after learning his profession.
Political opponents to Fionolulu July 25 report opponents to Pinkham appointed by President Wilson as Governor of Hawaii have begun a campaign against his confirmation. They sent numerous cablegrams and lengthy protests were forwarded by mail to bar Senate approval.
New York reports Robert Schroeder a rich retired stock broker ended his life by inhaling gas today in the same room where his wife killed herself a year earlier. He had been despondent since her death.
Abby Sage, daughter of Lowell weaver Nathan Sage born 1838, became embroiled with Daniel McFarland a restless sojourner who roped her into a life of hardship across New York and New Jersey. She endured abuse at his hands, sought help from friends like Mrs Calhoun and Mrs Sinclair, and pursued writing and teaching while he drifted through government posts before Richardson murder. The drama centers on her courage and the toxic marriage that culminated in fatal violence.
Alfred Henry Lewis chronicles a dramatic chase of Mrs McFarland as Lu and allies push her onto the stage. Richardson’s ascent and Calhoun Sinclair circles frame a romance with rich social networks. Letters from Mrs Calhoun celebrate triumph and hint at theater engagements for a hopeful star.
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