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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
3
Boston merchants led by W Stanwood Field endorse the four hours weekly school requirement for workers under 16. Major employers including Plant's Shoe, Western Union, candy factories, and department stores pledge cooperation and will provide four hours of schooling without pay loss.
Boston merchants support a planned continuation school at 2% Lagrange Street opening Sept 8 to educate and place about 2500 working boys and girls. Mr Field will run the program, pairing four hours weekly with employer work, while guiding students toward suitable trades and improving spelling, arithmetic, and general training.
A stirring instalment of The Screen will be printed in the next Sunday Post Magazine, promising engaging features and industry insights for readers. The teaser hints at interviews, reviews, and a preview of upcoming cinema and television trends.
The annual Newport Horticultural Society and Newport Garden Association exhibit opened on the estate grounds of ex Senator George Peabody Wetmore on Bellevue avenue. The three acre lawn was arranged by landscape gardeners with displays from sweet peas to palms and hydrangeas.
Exhibits from many external gardens appeared at Newport events with residents dominating the prize lists. Judges for the garden association included Miss Edith Wetmore and Henry S. Redmond, while horticultural judges were Bruce Buterton and Andrew J. Dorward. Winners featured prominent figures such as Vincent Astor, August Belmont, Mrs. J. J. Van Alen, William Waldorf Astor, and Mrs. Theodore M. Davis.
Amherst College awarded former president William H. Taft the degree of LL D at the 93rd annual commencement in College Hall. Maurice F. Childs won the $100 bond prize for an oration on Edward Hitchcock. A Clyde Fitch portrait was presented and several honorary degrees conferred. Alumni dinner featured Taft and Colorado College’s president as speakers. reunion trophy awarded to the Sixties club with 70 percent turnout.
An ad touts Pinklets as a sweet sugar coated pill for constipation that avoids stomach upset and gripes. It claims digestion aid and post meal usefulness, urging purchase from Dr Williams Medicine Co at 25 cents per bottle with mail delivery and a pamphlet.
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