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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1915
Page
2
Police investigate two fires set within an hour on Tear 132 Fourth Street South Boston. The first fire involved a rubbish pile in the yard and the second fire occurred at the rear of Scota Lintry’s drug store on the first floor of 132 Fourth Street.
A Sunday Post Magazine excerpt titled The King's Test explores loyalty in politics through a witty tale. Annie Hinrichsen crafts a sharp portrait of power and allegiance in a modern political setting.
Mrs. Alfie Cordner Wetherby Rogers seeks divorce from Leo L. Rogers after a five month marriage and one hour courtship begun at the Crawford House. They wed Sept. 30 after a special Municipal Court license and later lived on Riverway Brookline amid brief separations and court actions.
The article notes Mrs. Rogers filed a libel for divorce alleging cruel treatment and asks to resume the name Wetherby. The couple reportedly living together in happiness, part of a feature series on Famous American Duels with painting by Sidney H. Riesenberg and writing by Edgar Allen Forbes for the next Sunday Post Magazine.
Ticket Agent George Gray of Hyde Park station and Conductor A. W. Tripp of Readville, both with 20 years at the New Haven railroad, have been suspended after a discovery of ticket losses at the station.
Lowell reporter Fred Flynn of Lawrence says the Memorial building blaze was caused by crossed wires between second floor partitions. The fire gutted the building, costing about 150000 dollars and destroying historic relics and paintings. The northeast corner of the second floor card room used by the G A R is identified as the fire’s origin.
The Wakefield board of selectmen elected Monday announced appointments for town counsel M. E. S. Clemons, streets chief O. H. Starkweather, janitor Harvey S. Parker, fire chief William E. Cade, animal inspector Palmer Corbett, building inspector Hoyt B. Parker. J. J. Round becomes chairman with Frank H. Hackett secretary and H. A. Simonds clerk.
Jack Curley wired from Havana saying Johnson was misled by promoters about the March 6 bout in Juarez Mexico and that the fighter was not convinced the match was safe. Willard continues light training at his El Paso camp.
John Henry Lawson aged 56, brother of Thomas W. Lawson, died suddenly yesterday at his daughter's home in Melrose Highlands after a period of illness from grippe and stomach trouble.
Kenyon Cox of New York renowned mural painter sculptor and illustrator will give a talk on The Golden Age of Venetian Painting in the Fogg Museum lecture room at Hartford this evening at 8 oclock. The lecture is open to the public.
The German government will not grant further safe conducts for American relief ships to touch English ports for coal on homeward voyages. Returns to the United States will be allowed only for vessels traveling north of the Shetland Islands.
Influential Dutch circles warn that the American Commission of Relief risks failure if relief ships cannot sail to and from Rotterdam, the sole feasible Belgian feedport. Ambassador Henry Van Dyke expresses deep disappointment, noting no satisfactory Berlin reply and pleading for sacred status of humanitarian ships.
Walter Hines Page the American ambassador in London sent a letter to Chairman Hoover of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. He explained the diplomatic conditions under which the commission must operate to continue relief shipments under the British blockade.
A British note to Belgian relief correspondents outlines four rules for relief food: it must be the commission’s property, acquired from donations, at the port of departure, shipped on commission controlled vessels, and distributed in Belgium under commission control. Compliance is urged as essential for safe delivery and government guarantees.
In Fitchburg on March 2 Evarice Vachon aged five and Eulalie Mercier aged three fell through Baker Pond ice and drowned. William Moran eighteen nearly died while attempting a rescue and was saved by Clarence Ward. Moran was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Read the synopsis with the third instalment of Flower of the Gorse by Louis Tracy in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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