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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
16
Richard Watson, once nationally feared for bank robberies, spoke at 6 PM tonight at Harvard Street Methodist Church in Cambridge. Now head of the Prison Gate Work Association, he discussed his life of crime, prison, and his current effort to help ex inmates find work.
Dr E H Bradford of Harvard criticizes conventional school chairs and urges floor seating for most children and strong backs. He favors individual padded chairs for weak backs and supports Montessori ideas for easy postures while noting many people never see chairs. He warns rising from the floor would tax energy for adults.
A medical school presentation yesterday highlighted how crooked spines arise from poor seating. Lantern slides illustrated incorrect sitting posture and chairs blamed for round shoulders, weak backs, and even arteriosclerosis.
Commencing at noon today the Continental Clothing House gives potted shamrocks to their friends. Get yours at this promotional event hosted by the Continental.
Two hundred unemployed men were turned away from the soup kitchen on Avery Street after a surge in demand depleted 597 portions of hot soup and sandwiches. Citizens are urged to donate, while the City Club house committee considers funding breakfasts pending employment.
A rare weather event blanketed Tiflis and nearby towns with dark yellow clouds and fog. Heavy snowfall mixed with dust left a thick mud layer, blamed on Baku district storms that halted railway traffic due to dust piles at stations.
A severe quake struck Akita Prefecture on Hondo Island with many deaths in Akita city and heavy destruction in Kawakubi. Rail and telegraph lines were damaged. The nearby Asama-Yama volcano near Tokyo is erupting, with Akita noted as a key rice-export center.
Charles St Hannan aged 26 husband of a patient at City Hospital was arrested at his Wellington home yesterday. He faces an accessory before the fact charge connected to a raid on Dr Frothingham office at 111 Allston street on Saturday night.
A minor fire broke out in the basement of the Hotel Nottingham around noon yesterday. The alarm sounded and hotel staff contained the blaze before firefighters arrived. Estimated loss about 150 dollars.
Mrs. Corinne Stubbs Brown a noted socialist and suffragist died in New York City from pneumonia. She worked closely with Jane Addams, and was a longtime friend of Addams. Her daughter Corinne Brown attends Teachers College at Columbia University.
A llama from Buenos Aires Mayor is aboard the steamship Verdi in New York with other animals bound for the Kansas City Zoo. The gift to Secretary of State Bryan follows his visit to Buenos Aires where he requested an animal for his Nebraska farm.
Chicopee March 15 Luther White judge of the Chicopee Police Court died this afternoon. He served as city solicitor for years and had been a member of the city government and school board.
At Ford Hall sixth anniversary Sunday evening, George W. Coleman presided as Professor Harry Ward from Boston University argued Christianity requires social and economic reform. Ward urged Christian governance of production and distribution while expanding private property and social democracy. Coleman offered a prayer amid applause and quipped about religious expressions.
In Eagle Hall Brockton hundreds turned away as Boot and Shoeworkers Union President John F Tobin was denounced by United Shoeworkers of America organizers. U S of A raised 500 for St Louis workers and seeks to oust the regular union, with anti Tobin sentiment noted in the city.
In Ossining New York on March 15 Bishop David H Greer of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York confirmed thirteen convicts in Sing Sing prison. The chaplain Rev Burton Lee assisted and had instructed the candidates.
The 18 year old machinist George A. Pridham of 26 Fairmount street Cambridge hanged himself Saturday afternoon in a garage at the rear of 21 Winchester street Brookline. Identification was made by his father Samuel Pridham.
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