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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
6
Advertising bulletin promises savings on summer goods with hats for boys 6 to 14 and tots 2 to 6, available in the Boys' Store and Children's Department at eight cents while supplies last. Also lists women’s apparel discounts from regular prices to sale prices across sizes and items.
Mayor J Edward Barry activated a corner light switch at Massachusetts Avenue and Roseland Street last night setting 53 arc lights aglow, marking a bright new landmark on Cambridge North End's Great White Way.
Ornamental luminous flaming arc lights extend along Massachusetts avenue through North Cambridge business section. They were lit at 7:50 PM, with stores staying open late for the occasion. The North Cambridge Business Men's Association and district residents contributed $1000 toward the cost, the city covering the rest. Twenty arc lights will burn all night, the others off at midnight.
Attorney General Mc Reynolds expressed optimism after talks with Secretaries Garrison and Lane on dissolving the Union Pacific merger. A plan to be submitted to the U S court by July 1 is anticipated, with details possibly disclosed only when presented to the court and reviewed by President Wilson.
London June 26 public interest grows as developments emerge in the fight for the will of Sir John Murray Scott who left nearly 5 million dollars to Lady Sackville.
Frederick E. Smith testifies of a claimed secret visit by Lady Sackville to Sir John Scott's library. Major Arbuthnot recalls seeing Lady Sackville and Miss Sackville near a desk drawer. the pair left abruptly. Scott collapses emotionally at the revelation, unaware Lady Sackville was elsewhere, while nicknames for the Sackvilles circulate in the household.
Lewis G. Coburn of 30 Chestnut Street Malden marked fifty years as a Mason with the Wyoming Lodge of Free Masons yesterday. On Evacuation Day March 17 he also observed his ninth birthday by the odd coincidence. Friends honored him with memorials and greetings throughout the day.
June 26 an employee of General Electric caused a fire on the east branch of the Housatonic River in Pittsfield by tossing a lighted cigarette into the water. Flames rose from the surface and enveloped him before he escaped to safety.
Flames towered about 20 feet along the river threatening a General Electric plant. Pittsfield Lenox and Lee fire crews fought the blaze by spraying water to push flames toward grass and extinguish it, though lives were at risk. An oil tank at GE leaked into drains feeding the river, igniting from a cigarette. Mills recovered thousands of pickerel and land locked salmon killed by heat. Two thousand Berkshire autoists watched, some cars scorched by the heat.
The Massachusetts conference of the Seventh Day Adventists opened its annual camp meeting at Lowell at Middlesex and Burnside streets. The ten day event features a 1000-seat electric lit pavilion, tents for families and youth, a large vegetarian dining tent, and daily services from 6 AM to 9 PM led by ministers and gospel workers.
An advertisement touts a simple beauty bath for hands and arms. Cleanse and dry, then soak for a few minutes in warm water with a scant teaspoonful pulverized camel, dry slowly on the skin. Claims include reduced redness roughness and a virgin tint not achievable with creams. Camel powder sold in 4-ounce packages at drug stores. avoid bulk to ensure purity.
Geoffrey B. Lehy, 58, president of The W. S. Quinby Company, received Holy Cross College's honorary master of arts degree at the annual commencement. He has led Boston business and civic roles, including ex-president of the Boston City Club and trustee positions with the Boston Chamber of Commerce and related bodies.
Berries of the swamp suimach mistaken for edible fruit caused the death of Catherine Moran aged 6 in Brooklyn Connecticut. Her brother Edward 9 and sister Lillie 4 suffered serious illness after ingesting the berries.
Prices range from 1.50 to 20.00 for Pure Worsted Shaker knit coats and sweaters. Sweaters feature two pockets and shawl styles. cone 5.00 and 3 other sweaters priced 4.50 to 20.00.
James R. Garfield, former commissioner, testified for U S Steel in the government suit against United States Steel Corp. over the Tennessee Coal and Iron purchase. He said Roosevelt approved the deal, no illegal practices found, no rebates or pools discovered, and that Gary cooperated by providing requested records.
Mr Garfield described starting an investigation at President Roosevelt's request in 1905 and reporting in 1906 that nothing found warranted prosecution. He noted the President had consulted him again after that initial report.
More than 1500 people attended the dedicatory exercises at the new Town Hall with Governor Foss and ex-Governor John D. Long as principal speakers. A. C. Drinkwater presided, Charles C. Mellen presented the keys, and Herbert Woodsum accepted for the Board of Selectmen. The day featured musical entertainment, ball games, hose laying and ladder raising contests by local firemen on the Common, and a banquet at 6 o'clock.
Wilbur C. Jordan treasurer of a Portland sporting goods and hardware firm died at a hospital after shooting himself at the Park Avenue entrance to Deering Park last night. Officials said no inquest will be held as no evidence of foul play was found and it remained unclear whether the act was suicide or accident.
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