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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
7
Mrs. Whitney sues former Representative Brown in an 80 000 breach of promise case claiming he promised marriage for years while hiding he was still married. She alleges letters signed Donkey and trips to Washington Saratoga Buffalo and New York. Brown denies all, calling the allegations fabrications.
Former Everett representative George A. Brown, once a mayoral candidate, is defendant in a breach of promise suit brought by dressmaker Mrs. Cornelia A. Whitney of 107 St Botolph Street. Whitney seeks $50,000 in damages.
London reports King George and Queen Mary will attend the August wedding of Katharine Page daughter of Walter Hines Page American ambassador to Britain and Charles G. Loring of Boston. Royal presents are noted. The 1908 Reid Ward nuptials are recalled with Whitelaw Reid then serving as ambassador.
Resolutions passed unanimously at a Socialist gathering urging the United States stay out of any war with Europe or Mexico. Speakers George E. Roewer Jr and James Oneal argued for socialist control of industry and government to force peace while criticizing capitalist power. The vacation committee of the National Civic Federation then led 350 department store girls on a picnic to Bumpkin's Island with dancing and a luncheon.
A boat trip for the New England vacation committee and guests began at Otis Wharf at 10 and returned at 4 after a day of festivities. Miss Elizabeth Porter chaired the event with Mrs. H. B. Richardson Miss Mary O. Porter and others from Jordan Marsh and the national federation. A colored man carried the ice cream and a delayed soft drink delivery was the only drawback.
The Franklin Park Zoo baby llama has been christened Dorothy after letters to the zoo assistant curator. The name carries public support and echoes Mayor Curley’s daughter, shaping the choice in a community influenced naming.
A near mutiny arose at a meeting of the International Brotherhood Welfare Association and the Brotherhood of Daily Life led by Dr. James Eads How. Mrs. Cora D. Harvey of Hinton Oklahoma treasurer threatened to sever ties if the president’s plan for a peace conference entertainment with ticket sales went ahead. She called the scheme panhandling and said she would resign rather than support it. How suggested delaying the issue, while Mrs. Harvey opposed any hob o entertainment arguing it would undermine the conference’s seriousness.
Boston plans a novel free outdoor program in city parks and playgrounds starting in July and running through the summer. Several organizations will present five evenings weekly of educational and humorous motion pictures plus current news films. A featured series titled Seeing Boston First will depict city life for residents and visitors.
Governor Whitman traveled by car to Amherst Massachusetts to deliver an address at his alma mater's college exercises. He was accompanied by Erwin Duffey the state highway commissioner and Amherst graduate who joins him on the trip.
Frederick S. Deitrick, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will headline Boston’s first National Prohibition rally under the Social Settlement Houses tonight at Cabot and Ruggles streets. Also speaking are Mr. and Mrs. William H. Tilton. A second rally in Fast Cambridge is planned under Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw's Cambridge settlement with Mayor Good asked to preside.
William W Graff known as Happy Bill tours New England thanking supporters after 15 years in a wheelchair He credits Varnesis for his recovery and plans to meet rheumatic sufferers at Riker Jaynes drug store in Boston offering the remedy through W A Varney Lynn Mass
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