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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
5
Dr. Dyer reports 58 Roxbury students who failed to graduate are enrolled in the Hugh O'Brien School summer review. They focus on grammar and arithmetic to earn diplomas and enter high school with their peers. The plan centers on intensive morning sessions with top instructors and ample afternoon for play.
Neck to neck duel of two South Shore editors Miss Vining of the Hull Beacon and Mrs Sirovich of the East Wind reveals sharp contrasts. They clash on politics dress and marriage while hosting a reporter at their seaside offices.
Henry H. Folsom, chairman of the Somerville school committee, was mourned at a Congregational Church service in Newmarket. A special train carried hundreds from Somerville including Mayor Cliff and officials from the Board of Aldermen and school committee. The shooting incident remained unmentioned by speakers.
An editorial takes aim at railroad policy arguing whether the administration seeks to punish a New York banking house, reduce New England railroad securities, or pave the way for government ownership. The piece contends the motive is less important than its effect on public opinion and future legislation.
The commission argues Sherman anti trust principles would hit the New Haven railroads hardest, urging limited federal ownership. It praises consolidation as public benefit for fixed rates and efficiency, and urges uniform New England securities laws while allowing railroads to run essentially as before federal interference.
The 600th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn commemorated by 27 000 Scots in Boston. The Massachusetts Highland Guard, a new Scottish group under 30, led a moonlight harbor excursion to Nahant with a Relay House pavilion dance. Figures include Councillor Walter Ballantyne Grand Chief Stewart W Miller and Chieftain Alfred C Stewart.
The Boston Scots honor Bannockburn with an account by Alfred C. Stewart, reading at Clan McKinley events. Peter Kerr presides with Nellie Ferguson to perform. John Daniels to sing at the Caledonian Club. The celebration runs through the week into next, with New York City’s Scots marking the occasion Saturday.
The Colby varsity baseball team lost 4 to 2 to the alumni in the annual commencement game held in Taterville.
The article previews a tender tale of mother love in the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine, highlighting themes of family warmth and personal fulfillment.
At East Boston Cunard docks a messenger boy cried Mary Smith of Omaha Nebraska aboard the liner Laconia just as it prepared to sail for England. A nervous, rosy cheeked girl identified herself as Miss Smith of Nebraska and drew a crowd of onlookers.
A lone girl, heir to a $25 000 fortune from a dying cousin in her homeland, refuses a first cabin and stays in the steerage as the liner sails from harbor. She tears at the telegram while abroad aliens are being sent home, dreaming of America’s gold streets.
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