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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
5
Henry C. Merwin of the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association writes to the editor blaming police negligence for horse abuse in city streets. He cites jerking, overloading, and fights over hot weather rules, urging police action and better enforcement.
A banana dispute in Milner Georgia on Sunday led to a gunfight in which two men were killed. A third man is under arrest on murder charges.
John Thomas Joyce eldest son of John G Joyce of Joyce Brothers Co died at 29 Esmond Street Dorchester after a serious operation last Thursday. Born in 188 and a Dorchester High and Boston High School of Commerce graduate he worked with the family firm for three years. He organized the Joyce Brothers Benevolent Society serving as president twice and was treasurer at death. He leaves a wife Helene O Meara and a yearold son. Funeral at St Angela s Church Blue Hill Avenue Wednesday morning.
In Hartford the 10th day of Elizabeth A C Holman v Brenton, et al, the court adjourned to Thursday after reading 12 letters and related items from Frederick Ernest Holman’s love correspondence. Drs Oliver C. Smith and Paul Waterman testified as co defendants. Holman accuses a trio of coercion and a Brattleboro asylum confinement in 1912.
A desert of personal letters and verses confesses affection and longing. Ernest writes to Bess about love, separation, and moral ethics, referencing future reunion, travel imagery, and vows of devotion across years and distance.
The Middlesex grand jury opened the Cambridge subway probe in East Cambridge with two witnesses, Boston Elevated chief William A. Bancroft and VP Charles S. Sargeant. District Attorney William J. Corcoran grilled them through the morning session. Sargeant testified briefly and Bancroft faced questioning for over an hour and three quarters, remarking that his long session was his own fault.
The city planning board suggests placing the high pressure pumping station on an island in the Charles River Basin. After several locations were rejected, the Charlesbank site in the est End was ruled out because an act of the Legislature would be required. The Mayor and Commissioner Rourke face a difficult problem.
A Sunday Post appeal for a lost dog helped restore 4-year-old John Linardy of 34 Jay Street West Somerville to health and happiness. The dog Prince, his dearest companion since memory, had been missing and caused him to become physically sick.
Boston will light its biggest bonfire at Sullivan Square Playground at 10 p m. Councillor Daniel J McDonald, head of the Bunker Hill Day committee, will touch off the blaze. The structure uses 3000 railroad ties and tar barrels, rising 80 feet high with a 50 foot base.
American soprano Alma Gluck and Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist wed today before a registrar in London. The couple announced their engagement last February.
In New York on June 15 Captain William S. Dennis may resign as skipper of the Vanitie, Cochran’s America’s Cup defence candidate, ahead of next trial race off Greenwich Connecticut. Cochran and Dennis were not reachable as the news broke. Dennis remained aboard City of Stamford while Cochran was on Mohican.
Critics fault Captain Dennis for Vanitie’s poor showing in trials off Sandy Hook last week. Reports say the three defeats to Resolute stemmed from ill fitting head sails rather than a lack of skill. Rumors mention amateur skipper potential. Addison G. Hanan named as a possible choice, though he has publicly said he will not race this summer despite his reputation.
Red Bluff California June 15 Mount Lassen the worlds newest active volcano spluttered all day Its two new cones may emerge from its activity while a third cone grows since May Its steam clouds increased to a 2000 foot burst yesterday morning and a pillar of fire was seen 100 miles down the Sacramento valley.
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