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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
2
Samuel N. Webber, known in pool and billiard circles, told Judge Hitchcock in East Cambridge Divorce Court that his wife Gertrude F. Webber was the aggressor and the cause of all his troubles.
Webber contests his wife’s suit and files a libel claim, alleging misconduct with Allan Adams of Somerville. He says detectives traced the pair to a city hotel and cites liquor as a domestic trouble cause while denying threats and detailing his wife’s alleged violence. Case resumes today.
Humorist Mike Flannery discusses the Mexican issue in a discourse to Rudolph, slated for next Sunday's Post. The piece blends satire with political commentary, reflecting on regional tensions and public sentiment.
Dr Charles W Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, told 500 students in the new lecture hall yesterday afternoon that a successful profit sharing method had been found after years of search. The factory using the method is in Cambridge less than two miles from his home. The lecture was the third in a series on vital social problems and attended only by Harvard students.
Dr. Eliot discusses profit sharing as a solution to labor conflict noting its motivational basis and success in a Cambridge factory with 500 workers. He explains annual listing of long service employees and distributions from net profits without disclosing the exact percentage.
The first meeting of Chel Sea Board of License Commissioners discussed liquor license grants for the year. Dealers predict some licenses will be denied while officials eye several applicants closely. Forty four licenses are to be granted, with over a hundred people ready to file when forms are available.
A Sunday Post feature argues vocational training is vital to empower girls as breadwinners. The article highlights pathways through practical courses and career readiness, backed by photographs illustrating success stories.
Henry V. Macksey has filed a comprehensive proposal with the Port Directors outlining a long term scheme to develop the East Boston waterfront. Former Boston resident now based in New York, Macksey was engaged last December to study the area and present a plan that accommodates maximum future growth.
The plan, drawn for a multi unit system, envisions 28 piers but may build fewer in 20 years. A $100 million expenditure would be spread over a century, with 50 acres of Commonwealth land off Maverick Street slated for filling and a long east line of piers from Jeffries Point. Plans include dredging, railroad connections, and a potential Belt Line tunnel under the harbor.
Duluth Minnesota March 4 Mr and Mrs H P Biorge learn their son Guy N Bjorge is safe after an earlier report he and William Leslie Taylor were captured by Indians in the Venezuelan jungles.
Dr Richard Cabot spoke on four laws of mental hygiene before the Malden Old and New Club. He said many women suffer nerves by following others like sheep, gossiping, worrying, or over self focus, and urged perspective.
A speaker outlines four rules individuality concentration reserve and perspective as keys to mental and physical well being. He warns against following others, urges single minded focus, warns about talk behind backs, and stresses quiet reflection to strengthen health and judgment.
Concord New Hampshire March 4 Judge John M Mitchell a NH Superior Court judge since 1910 died at his home after a weeklong pneumonia illness He was born in Plymouth on July 6 1849 admitted to the bar in 1872 He held prominence in financial circles and Democratic politics and was the first president of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections.
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad announces a new steel bridge over the Thames in New London. Plans include four tracks in two parallel spans, 140 feet above the river, with five fixed spans and one main draw span. The project replaces a 23 year old structure offered to New London and then Connecticut. a state bill on acceptance is pending.
In New York on March 4, twenty four stowaways were dragged from the Cedric’s hold. The foreigners, bound for Italy, could not obtain space and were charged with trespassing. The crew noted this as the ship’s heaviest stowaway list.
Jack Downes a sailor from the U S S Maryland toured Harvard clubs last evening collecting funds for his performance. He folded into rope and escaped in under five minutes and then boxed a club member if the hat passed. He also performed dialect songs and feats before leaving with 50 dollars in real coins.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Lotion as softening hands improving complexion soothing inflamed irritated and broken skin with a suggestion to try it for 50 cents.
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