09 Mar 1914
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1914
Page
1
The Boston Post reports William Orford will retire his performing elephants and sell them to the city for 6000 dollars. The plan seeks to place the herd in the Boston Zoo for daily display and educational care by local children and the public.
Governor and Mayor with School Committee and Park Board endorse a plan to buy three elephants for 6000 dollars, conditional on funds raised by May 1 1914. Orford offers 15000 for the trio. city officials back the idea to benefit children, with further help promised from Governor Walsh and other prominent citizens.
The First National Bank of Boston reports totals including 39,742,119 and 2,250,000 figures, with 5,677,427 and 3,707,473 amounts and 1,500,000 noted in the balance or cash lines.
New Haven commissions reveal that J P Morgan & Co earned 350 265 12 in net profits from all dealings with the New Haven system over 20 years 1894 to 1914 averaging 17 500 yearly. The firm denies any interest in railway trolley or steamship properties tied to the New Haven except a 1907 stock swap involving South Bay Wharf & Terminal stock.
Adjutant General Greenlaw announced Maine can deploy a full regiment within 30 days if called to send troops to Mexico. He predicted that a war would draw a militia quota from all states.
The record notes sun set at 5 43 pm and moon set at 5 21 am on the 68th day of the year with 11 days till spring. It lists Venus just after sunset Mars Saturn Jupiter rising before dawn and Jupiter morning star before sunrise. Noted anniversaries include the 1783 Alliance versus British frigates battle and the 1862 Monitor and Merrimac duel.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for unsettled but generally fair weather Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. Moderate west winds accompany the pattern in New England as reported from Washington on March 8.
Readable sections show hourly temperature readings with morning and afternoon values. Averages list yesterday and a year ago, indicating daily climate data and a quoted spa source.
Actress Julia Marlowe, who had fallen ill in Los Angeles, was operated on today for appendicitis at a Baltimore hospital. Her condition is reported as very serious. She had recently received medical attention from a local Baltimore specialist during her stay.
London March 8 Tomorrow Prime Minister Asquith will address the House of Commons with a statement expected to advance the Irish Home Rule settlement. The event is poised to shape Liberal government history, with Ulster exclusion rumored but reception by Nationalists uncertain.
The Ford Hall town meeting plans a soup kitchen on Avery Street likely opening Wednesday. The Boston School of Social Science joins the effort with several restaurants pledging food. The kitchen is expected to operate about four weeks.
A 48 inch water main burst in New York City today followed by gas main explosions. The blasts lifted a trolley car from the tracks and threw an automobile carrying Fire Chief John Kenton and two others several feet. Seven trolley passengers were lightly injured as buildings trembled and streets flooded.
Texas Rangers crossed into Mexico and retrieved the mutilated body of Clemente Vergara, a Texas ranch man, from Hidalgo cemetery. Authorities say he was executed by Mexican federals after torture. identification was confirmed by Vergara’s son.
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