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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
9
A visitor asks if a tree is in the acanthus family while the park keeper asserts it belongs to the Town Council. The exchange frames a local property or oversight question rather than botanical identification.
Medical advertisement explains indigestion results from fermentation in the stomach contents causing wind and heartburn. It promotes bisulated magnesia as an antacid to stop fermentation and neutralize acid after meals, available in powder or tablet form from any druggist.
Some men from a clothes standpoint vary in figure from regular to short stout. Designers tailor models to fit all shapes, and we make clothes to fit. Find your size at our dealer’s store. Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers sold in Boston by The Continental Boston's Greatest Clothing House Washington Cor Boylston St.
A motion by Senator Bazeley to reconsider the mashed masher's bill will be acted on to attempt favorable action. The bill makes offensive language between sexes a crime punishable by imprisonment. The hospital for the insane in the metropolitan district was killed in the Senate 19 to 15.
A Senate vote of 34 to 3 approved a bill that places railroad penalties and enforcement before the people of Massachusetts. The House also passed a repeal of last year's western trolleys act tied to a New Haven merger and noted cost disclosures. Moody Boynton’s plan to guarantee up to 5 million for his bicycle railway bonds advanced, while an AG opinion allows the gas and electric commission to set gas prices without a state contract. A $1.6 million West Wing construction for the State House was re ported by Ways and Means amid dissent.
Police officers attended the funeral of Patrolman Silas F. Kingsley of Roxbury Station 9 who died from injuries suffered seven years earlier during an arrest on Fellows street playground. Captain Herbert Goodwin and the Police Association sent wreaths, with many friends sending flowers. The service was at 87 Bird Street Dorchester and burial at East Hampton.
Massachusetts railroad unions press for Joseph P. McArdle of Worcester to be named as successor to George W. Bishop on the Public Service Board before his term ends July 1. The plea reflects the unions demand for a labor representative on the state board.
Walter L. McMenimen, chairman of Massachusetts Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, urges McArdle’s appointment to the state board, noting broad labor endorsements and a history of service on rail labor boards. Endorsements come from conductors and trainmen on several lines and from related unions.
A fire gutted a 55 Hudson Street three and a half story wooden building around 2 A M causing estimated $1500 damage and threatening nearby structures. The fire began on a first floor stairway and spread to the roof. the ground floor housed a grocery run by David Krotin while the upper floors were vacant. Nearby residents George Maloof and family and the Clifford sisters and their niece fled the adjacent four story brick building at 59 Hudson Street due to water flooding from firefighting efforts.
Mary Josephine Amory, daughter of Francis I. Amory of Boston, married Fulton Cutting of New York at St. Peter's Church Beverly in a ceremony attended by prominent guests from along the north shore New York and Newport. The couple will reside in New York at Tuxedo Park after a large reception at the bride’s Cove home.
The altar and chancel glowed with gladiolas Easter lilies and pink rambler roses as the rite was led by Bishop Lawrence with Rev Eugene A V Huiginn assisting. The bride entered with her father Francis I Amory, and Suydam Cutting of New York served as sole attendant amid a guest list including many Amory and Cutting kin and civic figures.
Ten blind and semi blind boys raced through Watertown streets for the Perkins Institute field day. James Fulton, 15, led with multiple firsts including 100 yards in 12 seconds and a broad jump win. Elysius James, a 16-year-old from Colon Panama, claimed the intermediate broad jump, while Basil Dow scored top placements despite late gear issues. A new 2 1/12 mile race added to the program, judged by Joseph Morang.
The White Star Liner Cretic docked after noon with 1107 passengers: 54 saloon, 166 second class, 887 steerage. The ship left Naples June 9, called at Palermo and the Azores, with few weather issues apart from a distant iceberg and fog on two days. Notable travelers include Miss Caroline Jacques, Miss Effie V. Miss Joon, Mrs. Adelaide Patten, Miss Ingalls, and Miss Elizabeth Deyo who recently climbed Mount Fuji. Consul Gaetano Poccardi is mentioned.
Miss Frances A Cabot of 297 Marlboro Street plans a June 30 wedding to Maurice M Osborne of Cambridge after taking out a marriage license. The couple will wed at St John s Church Beverly Farms. Cabot, 19, is daughter of Charles Mills Cabot. her family is prominent in Back Bay society and U S Steel.
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