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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1915
Page
8
Congressman Gardner telegrams from Hamilton arguing Germany must yield or Congress should be convened to recommend a declaration of war. He criticizes weak handling of nations and asserts President Wilson cannot change course now. He calls breaking off diplomatic relations pitiable.
Worcester May 31 around one hundred men gathered near a cocking main in the woods between Leicester and Spencer when a squad of officers arrested eight sportsmen. Police seized 35 live birds four dead ones and about 100 hats and coats while the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent and local deputies led the operation.
In Brow England on May 31 600 women already work at Vickers Sons and Maxim munitions plants and the firm will hire 1000 more. Additional buildings are being prepared to accommodate the workers. The move signals a wider adoption of women labor in war material manufacture across firms.
Dr George F Hutchins, among Woburn's oldest residents, died of heart failure yesterday. He is survived by his wife and one son, Dr J Henry Hutchins. The funeral will be held Thursday.
Panic swept the Nantasket steamer last night as two men were arrested on pickpocket charges and three others fled. Arrested suspects named William H. Madden, 32, of 228 Commercial Street, and Frank McNabb, 29, of 21 Perkins Street, Somerville. McNab reportedly has a criminal record and Madden is under suspended sentence.
Roxbury man John Nagle, 50, last seen May 19 after leaving home to find work. Longshoremen and freight handlers at Charlestown’s freight house, along with any locals who know him, are asked to contact his wife Mrs. Margaret Neagle of 114 Heath Street Roxbury. He is a freight handlers union member, without steady work since Christmas, last seen wearing khaki trousers a black striped shirt and coat slate cap and carrying a blue jumper.
Memorial Hall Dedham hosted Memorial Day ceremonies by Charles W Carroll Post 144 G A R with schoolchildren singing town officials and clergy speeches and Lincoln Gettysburg address and General Order No 11. Afterward veterans women’s relief corps children and citizens escorted by Avery School Cadets Boy Scouts and Sons of Veterans marched to Village Cemetery for services.
Pollyanna, visiting Mrs. Carew in Boston, gets lost with a street urchin guiding her home. She learns the dangers of stranger talk, returns to the Public Garden, and finds a wheelchair boy who shares quiet kindness. She vows to thank him when they meet again.
Mrs Susie M Edson of 71 Bessom Street Lynn Massachusetts describes a year and a half of intense itching burning and swollen hands. She says Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieved the pain within a month and restored her ability to work. Ad requests a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept T Boston.
Pollyanna enjoys escorted outings with Mrs. Carew and Mary including concerts matinees the Public Library and the Art Museum. She expresses love for the trolley car noting its cost five cents a person while the auto is free. Mary observes Pollyanna’s effortless charm that wins over people without effort.
Dr. Rocha Vaz, a renowned alienist from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil’s medical congress delegate for the Panama Pacific exposition, arrived in Boston with his wife. He will inspect Boston hospitals before heading to San Francisco after already reviewing New York facilities. They stay at the Hotel Touraine.
A promotional note outlines the self improvement book Supreme Personality by Dr Delmer Eugene Croft. It claims the work transfers ideas into plans and builds confidence, health, and magnetism while selling 50 000 copies. Dealers listed as New England News Co with mail orders from New Haven Connecticut.
Prominent citizens discuss President Wilson’s handling of the German note. Speakers vow strong support for Wilson, defend American honor, and urge careful, non bellicose action including international law and possible non intercourse as a coercive measure.
Senator Lodge declines comment on the German reply. He stated in a Lynn speech his purpose to support the President under any circumstances. He believes no definite conclusion can be drawn from the note exchange between the American and German governments.
June 1 early morning report from the Official Press Bureau notes sightings of Zeppelins near New Ramsgate on the Kentish coast and Beckwood east of London, with fires reported but not yet confirmed as linked. Additional details promised as information is gathered.
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