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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1914

Page

9

Carmania Arrival Expected This Week at Port

The steamship Carmania of the Cunard line is due in by Wednesday morning or Tuesday night. Among her saloon passengers are Miss Katherine P. Loring and Miss L. P. Loring of Beverly, Miss Isley Wetmore, Miss A. Wetmore, Miss E. W. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft C. Davis and daughters of Boston, George Lee Thompson, Charles G. Gibson, Miss Winifred Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. BE Charles Drourt.

Carmania Cunard Line Katherine P. Loring L. P. Loring Beverly Isley Wetmore A. Wetmore E. W. Perkins Bancroft C. Davis Daughters Boston George Lee Thompson Charles G. Gibson Winifred Rogers BE. Charles Drourt

Poslam Soap Safe for Baby Bath and Skin Care

Poslam Soap is advertised as non irritant and pure for babies. It soothes protects from infection and disease and is described as a great healing remedy containing Poslam. The ad claims it tones improves complexion removes roughness and is unsurpassed for shampooing with prices 25 and 15 cents.

Padlocked Doors Spark Milford Fire Tragedy

Milford June 21 padlocked doors on rooms in Peter Topolian’s lodging house are blamed for deaths in Tuesday morning fire. Chief Engineer Elbert M. Crockett says lodgers could have saved themselves or reached firefighters if doors were unlocked. He cites shared responsibility with selectmen and police.

Milford Peter Topolian Elbert M. Crockett

Town Chief Vows Tightening Inspection of Lodging Houses

Chief Crockett tours lodging houses to ensure permits and common victualers licenses are filed. He blasts lax oversight, vows to reform the department by May, and teams with State police to enforce fire protection and escape rules after a recent fire.

Beekeast Attack Sends Auto Party to Doctor

In Lafayette Indiana three members of an auto party were attacked by a swarm of bees west of the city this morning. Hundreds of bees settled on the automobile. The swarm forced a half hour battle before the bees were driven away. All three were stung several times and required medical attention on arrival.

Lafayette Ind

American midshipmen visit Gibraltar for naval inspection

British authorities grant the American midshipmen from the Annapolis Naval Academy full facilities for inspecting Gibraltar defences. The visiting group aboard the battleships Missouri Idaho and Illinois will tour sites of interest and enjoy ordered entertainments in their honor.

Gibraltar Annapolis Naval Academy Missouri Idaho Illinois

Potatoes and onions seen to drop with new shipments

Prices for potatoes and onions are expected to decline this week as large shipments from the South arrive. Recent high prices were driven by lateness and poor quality in the Southern crop, though early rains improved conditions last week.

Potatoes and Onions Prices Jump Amid Shortage Across Regions

South potato shipments are small driving Maine prices up to 1.50 to 1.75 a bushel with wholesale barrels at 2.00. buyers expect relief as South crops recover. Maine farmers shipped 1000 carloads in June while Egypt onions suffer a poor year and Texas onions rise to 4.25 to 4.50 per crate and 7 to 8 per bag.

South Maine Boston Texas

Wounded bear hurls hunter into Feather River

Antone Girari of Oakland shot a 125 pound bear seen in a tree at Belden on a fishing trip. The wounded animal wedged between rocks as Girari grabbed its hind feet and the bear kicked him into the Feather River, forcing him to swim to shore.

Grovilule Feather River Antone Girari Oakland Belden Girari

Boston's historic Copps Hill Burying Ground Elm

The article recalls Copps Hill Burying Ground set aside in 1659 where only one tree remains. In 1833 Boston funded 50 toward ornamenting the grounds, replacing 180 elms with a new canopy. The sole surviving elm near Charter street is deteriorating and may soon disappear, previewed with Boston's Washington Elm.

Copps Hill Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter Street

Zionist Delegate to Be Honored Before Departure

Moritz Stroyman, a well known Zionist of this city, will be honored at a banquet by the Tifereth Zion Association of Greater Boston on Wednesday evening before leaving for Rochester to represent the organization at the fifth annual Federation of American Zionists convention. The convention runs from June 8 to June 30, with Louis D. Brandeis among the speakers.

Moritz Stroyman Tifereth Zion Association Greater Boston Rochester Vth Federation of American Zionists Louis D. Brandeis

Roses Worn For Fathers In Boston Mother Day Contrast

In Boston on Father’s Day many wore red roses for living fathers and white roses for deceased dads. The city showed far fewer red roses and only a few white ones visible on buttonholes as people marked the day.

Boston

Father’s Day rises from Mother’s in global observances

The article notes that Saturday florists' sales lag Mother's Day and the idea that father is often overlooked. It credits Mrs. John Bruce Todd of Spokane Washington with initiating Father’s Day about five years ago, now observed in several countries. Congress later officially recognized the day.

Father Mother John Bruce Todd Spokane Wash Germany Sweden Korea India Japan Canada Mexico Congress

Minister Marries in Self-Defence in Ohio Church

In Zanesville Ohio on June 21 the Rev C S Holden aged 60 pastor of Market Street Baptist Church said he wed a second time within a year of his first wife's death to defend himself against pressure from women in his congregation. He said unmarried ministers face awkward advances as some women squeezed his hand whispered endearments and one proposed marriage.

Zanesville C. S. Holden Market Street Baptist Church

Socialism Attacked by Boston Common Rally Leader

Daniel J. Dwyer denounced socialism as old and rotten to about 2000 listeners at the Common Cause Society on Charles Street Mall Boston Common. He blamed atheism and anti church sentiment on socialist leaders like Victor Berger and cited Debs’s alleged debt payoff to claim motive and deceit.

Daniel J. Dwyer Common Cause Society Charles Street Mall Boston Common Crete Europe Victor Berger Dwyer Massachusetts Eugene V. Debs

Quote on venom and denial of a supreme authority

A speaker warns against venom and denial, likening weak logic to a rattlesnake and urging caution against its poisonous influence. The passage emphasizes guarding against such denial and its dangerous implications.

Dying Dog Delivers Note to Mistress

A St Charles spaniel named Colonel Bunch dragged into the house in Greeley Colorado and died from poison after delivering a note from Mr Redman clerk of the County Court to Mrs. John Fr Redman. The note concerned home affairs according to the report.

Greeley Col John Fr. Redman Colonel Bunch

Graduation at St John s Parochial School Roxbury

Diplomas were awarded to St John s Parochial School Roxbury graduates after a 7 am mass at St John s Church. The Rt Rev Mer P J Supple celebrated the service with deacons J T O Brien and J McCafferty. Supple delivered the sermon and presented diplomas to the graduates named in the list.

St. John’s Parochial School Roxbury St. John's Church Mer P. J. Supple D. D J. T. O’brien J. McCafferty Mer. Supple Mary D. Killion Frederick EB Masquire Marguerite C. Barry John J. O'Connell Margaret I. Mulhearn Walter B. Downey Thomas J. O’grady Thomas J. Watson Mary R. Coyne Edward T Kenney Olive M. Ranger Sara F. McGann Mary A. O'Reilley Joseph M. Gately Dorothy I. Madden Helen R. O'Connell Grace A. Coughlin John P. Crehan Josephine C. McGlone Mary W. Kenney Marion C. Cannon Lillian I. Grover Marguerite J. Galer Margaret D. Thomas Catherine V. O’connell

Half Dozen Coffins For Recluse Ashes

Bridgeport Conn June 21 Half a dozen coffins will be required to bury the ashes of Edward Spring in the Westport cemetery Monday. The aged recluse lived in a colonial house 200 years old at Southport. He is believed to have been incinerated in the burned residence on the night of June 43, charred bones being found in the ruins. His heirs ordered the burial of all the ashes of the house.

Bridgeport Conn Edward Spring Westport Spring Southport

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