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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1914
Page
8
Mayor Curley announced plans for a large convalescent hospital in Dorchester for City Hospital patients. The project would use 13 acres of city owned Ashmont land and be funded by a $200,000 bequest expected in about two years for hospital purposes.
The Mayor ordered the Board of Health to secure hospital space for infectious disease cases as scarlet fever inundates City Hospital. He noted lengthy convalescences clog the system and discussed collaboration with hospital trustees to ease the strain within available finances.
William D. McCrackan spoke at the First Church of Christ Scientist on miracles in scripture. He argued miracles are authenticated and arise from the law of God not a special power, noting Jesus and early Christians taught healing and preaching together.
John J. Martin was unanimously re elected president of the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange at the board's first meeting of the year held at Young's Hotel. The executive committee includes Charles S. Judkins William J. McDonald Willard Welsh and Herbert S. Frost. Plans for spring work were discussed with 28 directors present.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims to regulate the stomach remove sour foods and bile, and purge wastes without gripe. It cites headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion and constipation as conditions helped by nightly use.
George W Vanderbilt of New York died in Washington from complications after an appendicitis operation performed several days earlier. His death was unexpected as officials had previously reported improving conditions and no alarm for recovery. Details were scarce from his residence and physicians.
George Vanderbilt born November 14 1862 in Staten Island built a vast 19040 acre estate on the French Broad River near Asheville North Carolina He created a model town named Biltmore with farms stock and forests conserved He preferred estate life over Wall Street work and was married in 1898 to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser leaving a daughter Carmelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt as survivor
New York March 6 John D Rockefeller plans a Florida trip to Daytona for golf after heavy snow blocked practice at Pocantico Hills. He announced the move earlier and said it is a fine day to leave New York. A valet accompanied him with golf sticks.
New York March 6 Frank Tannenbaum 21 an industrial worker and leader of unemployed invaders of churches was held for the grand jury over the raid on St Alphonsus Church. He faced inciting a riot charges after entering the building without permission alongside 190 followers.
Two members of his army of unemployed were earlier sentenced to 80 days at hard labor. Tannenbaum did not testify in his defense. Evidence included speeches in Rutgers square recorded by a police stenographer and testimony from police officials and Fathers Schneider and Kessler of St. Alphonsus' Church. Detective Gildea testified that Tannenbaum urged the crowd to go to the church.
At a Tufts College freshman class meeting in Goddard Chapel 26 athletes received numerals. Football led with 15 awards, followed by basketball six, track five, and baseball ten.
Masterful yet divisive Boston Opera House premiere of Die Meistersinger under Weingartner draws mixed reactions. Eva sung by Mme Weingartner impresses with humble maiden portrayal. Laffitte as Walther praised for fresh, romantic tones. Beckmesser and Sachs delivered with nuanced detail. Weingartner steers orchestra with deep understanding and expressive climaxes.
The article credits Caplet with enthusiastic painstaking labor in preparing a great work, noting his sincerity and musicianship. The description emphasizes his efforts and the resulting credit reflected upon him.
The conductor displayed quick mastery of the performance, with Mr Wein gartner’s experience and musicianship noted as exemplary. The audience reacted warmly, with sizable attendance and repeated calls for the singers after each act.
In Springfield on March 6 and March 19, official United States Revolver League scores list Pittsburg and multiple teams. Pittsburg totalled 1131 on March 19, with many close matches against Springfield, Seattle, Portland, Manhattan and others. several entries show unofficial totals and waits for Chicago and Belleville.
In Roxbury at 13 Newark Street, Nellie McLain died in an ambulance en route to City Hospital after convulsions. Husband Astor McLain, about 35, was detained on drunkenness charges awaiting a medical examiner’s report. Relatives said to have ties in Vermont. Neighbors knew little of the couple.
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont served notice that suffragists would declare war on Senator Ashurst if he allowed the woman suffrage constitutional amendment to go to a Senate vote now. The move comes amid doubt it could win the required two-thirds support.
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