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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
4
Dr Morton Prince announced a 3000 member committee formed by the Boston Charter Association executive group to oppose the Lomasney charter bill. The plan calls for an aggressive summer campaign to defend the current nine member City Council and reject district based election.
A Boston committee of thousands organizers plans a citywide campaign to defeat the Lomasney charter bill that would shift the City Council from nine at large members to 17 district representatives. The group cites tax equity, warns against undoing five years of home rule, and urges voters to keep the current charter.
Miss Mary Carbury daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John M Carbury of England married Wilbur B Negus of Kittery Point yesterday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Lawrence Massachusetts The Rev Father Merrell officiated The couple noted Negus has lived in Seattle for the past year and a half He is a grandson of Captain Oliver Bowden famed on Boston's waterfront.
Dartmouth Hanover N H June 2 The faculty announced prizes for scholarship and Tirrell Powers prizes for athletics The Grimes prizes for English composition rewards to M J Files and R P Dewitt Lockwood prizes go to C W Sargent and E B Merrill Modern language prize to L K Little Thayer prizes to I G Wolff and others Spaulding drawing prizes to R F Evans and E H Gumgart Jr Pickering historical prize shared by E C Mabie and W S Currier Woodbury law prizes to F P Cranston and J A Hanna Bennett political science prize to L D White Grimes general improvement prize to E H Chase Warren prize to W H Loveland Archibald athletic prize to P W Loudon Tirrell medal to R A Sawyer Powers medals to F S Wilson and W T King.
The Dartmouth College trustees met in Hanover to organize the 1914-1915 faculty. Professor S. B. Fay resigned to join Smith College. Frank N. Anderson was named professor of history. New appointments include Louis Knipffel French, Ralph D. Beetle mathematics, Max O. Mueller German, Wilbur P. Calhoun economics, Jesse W. Stillman chemistry, and Louis C. Mathewson mathematics. Professors Hazen Colby and Goldthwait received leaves of absence for the second semester.
The article notes old English elms once within Edward Everett’s boyhood yard near his birthplace and now near the monument in Edward Everett Square. The trees, planted by his father and possibly imported as saplings, show disease and fragile vitality with only about ten years left.
In Greenwich Village Aly Hillside graduation exercises at Pinewood Auditorium drew many townspeople. Franklin P. Shumway reported 27 boys completed 89 weeks of schooling plus farm work, noting farm outputs of 85 tons ensilage 22 tons hay 540 potatoes 140 pints berries and more. He cited $1000 gift from Mrs. Munsell for cottages and said finances were solvent with debt reduced.
The funeral of Frank J. Tyler was held at 2 PM yesterday from his Sidlaw road home. Rev. Harris G. Hale of Leyden Congregational Church conducted the service. J H MacAlman, Boston Automobile Dealers' Association president, represented the car industry. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
A Pere Marquette train struck an automobile near Greenville Michigan today killing three occupants and injuring a fourth. The deceased are Mrs. Joy Beardslee, her 2 year old son, and Mrs. C C Merritt.
Portsmouth N H June 23 Mrs Mary Folsom who shot and killed her husband Henry H Folsom chairman of the Somerville school committee near Exeter last Saturday was today committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at Concord by the court for observation of her mental condition.
In Cumberland on June 23 an four month old child, An na Louise Clark, daughter of Fred Clark, was killed when a baby carriage rolled down an embankment near the Clark residence and overturned. The infant’s neck was broken.
In Steubenville Ohio on June 23 Sheriff Huscroft and deputies guarded Dillonvale court where IWW leader Joseph Ettor faced incitement to riot and assault charges. Striking miners from across the area gathered to attend the hearing.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap are advertised as free from harsh additives and safe for babies skin troubles including eczema teething rash and chafing. The ads claim instant itch relief and rapid healing with 19 years of doctor recommended use and offer free trial by writing Dept 19 R Resinol Baltimore MD.
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