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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
10
Maria Botchkareva recounts a harsh childhood from 1889 beginning in a poor peasant family. Fleeing famine and illness to Siberia, she endures hunger, eviction, and abuse, sleeping in a Tomsk inn loft and fearing despair before her resolve grows.
Marion Pomeroy Brown of Hyannis Massachusetts appears as defendant in a Barnstable suit brought by Charles C Paine Conservator over the Massachusetts portion of her estate Paine is said to have obtained a judgment for 3824 91 in conservatorship activities The case highlights past Cape Cod legal stirring related to her affairs
Three Massachusetts congressmen addressed the harbors and public lands committee in support of a 3 million dollar appropriation to improve navigability of the Merrimac River. Speakers were W W Lufkin Essex Michael I Phelan Lynn and John Jacob Rogers Lowell.
A suit in Hartford recalls Paine as he sought to be conservator for Marion Pomeroy Smith before Hartford Trust Company was appointed on July 20 1916. The case features testimony about romances with Maurice Phinney and a lighthouse keeper, and the heiress asserts she can manage her own affairs. Her grandmother testifies of alleged improper relations, but Marion denies any such ties and ultimately selects Hartford Trust Company as conservator.
Lawmakers led by Rep. Victor Jewett of Lowell press a Merrimac River project to modernize inland waterway and rail logistics. Proponents claim $1,000,000 yearly freight savings and boosted Boston competitiveness, while warning against privatized exploitation of public resources.
Yale defeats Columbia 37 to 16 to win its ninth consecutive swimming title in New Haven. S Rogers led 50 yard, Schiff won 220 yard, and Yale set a world record in the 200 yard team relay with a time of 1 minute 41 seconds. Columbia won water polo 10 to 0.
Harvard freshmen race the Worcester Academy team in their first dual meet of the season. R Chute and B Wharton lead the sprints and relays with Dexter favored in the mile and Seabury and Fisher contributing across events. The squad aims to return to Cambridge with the bacon.
Waterfront calendar notes the 1682 date with war days counts, length of day and night, tide heights, moon phases from March 16 to April 30, and evening planets Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn visible through specified dates. It records full moon dates March 16 and April 15, new moons March 31 and April 30, and celestial positions through late summer.
Yesterday's arrivals at South Boston fish pier included the steam trawler Walrus with 10,000 pounds of scrod and Adeline with 500 pounds of hake. Sibyl carried cod 100 pounds, sole 3,500 pounds, dabs 500 pounds, reds 700 pounds. M Madeline reached New York with 10,000 pounds of tilefish at 9 cents per pound. Wholesale prices quoted for dock, steak cod, and pollock varied. The four masted Souverain, loaded with 16,367 bales of wool and 930 tons chrome ore, berthed after a 128 day voyage from Sydney, registering 3046 tons gross. The Ferris-type fleet to be reactivated. Bas san repairs push to Norfolk for coal. Captain F W Wyman resigns. will pilot a new steel ship to the coast in April. Mercian from Liverpool due 8 am. Nitonian from London overdue by 13 days with no report. The Landsman.
Shipping notices show steamers Ontario Bend Norfolk Lexington Heath Co J H Devereaux Keene Delaware Crowell New York Lake Yemassee Holmes Sewalls Point Va Eocene Tarkington Portland for Port Arthur City of Gloucester Larsen Gloucester schooner Annie Reuben Hutchins Stonington tugs Nottingham Blizzard Portland towing barges L and W Nos 7 and 12 Salem for Port Johnson. Steamer North Land Yarmouth City of Rome Savannah Eocene Port Arthur Texas towing barge Socony No 83.
Coach Mark Devlin names promising battery candidates Morrissey and A Wall with Wall a left hander. Pitchers Glenn Brady Morrissey Somers Monteau Plancish expected to fill staff. outfielders include Sammon Silk Lehan McCarthy Connolly. Kemp returns behind the plate with Captain Rowley abroad. Kemp or Ouellette considered for captaincy. Season slate features April to June games at St John’s against Meehbank Arts Stoneham Dorchester Gloucester Newburyport Reading Boston University and others.
Damage estimated at 5 million to 6 million dollars resulted from heavy rains in Dade and Broward counties. Eight inches of rain were recorded at the Miami Weather Bureau by 10 15 p m, nearly destroying the winter tomato crop.
Robert G. Potter of Watertown has been elected manager of the Harvard freshman track team for the coming season. As assistant manager he will have Henry B. Rowe of Brookline.
A compact record lists places linked by a maritime journey: Katahdin, Jacksonville, Charleston, Lake Bledsoe, Newport News, Lake Lida, Norfolk, Mohawk, Portland, Saturn, Beverly, and a barge ston return. The fragment hints at a coastal or riverine itinerary with multiple ports and vessels. The source preserves a string of locations without a clear narrative outcome.
Ted Kid Lewis welterweight champion of America is matched with Willis Laughlin of South Bethlehem Pennsylvania for a 12 round bout in Tulsa Oklahoma scheduled for March 31. The announcement was made today.
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