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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1914
Page
2
Frank Zuppi and Miss Angelina Calozza clashed over a dowry ending with a police station call. Zuppi demanded the return of his shoes and gifts, then headed toward California while Calozza returned to Portland in tears, still wearing the shoes.
A 21 year old Rome New York woman Zuppi and her Portland fruit dealer fiancé faced a dowry quarrel as they prepared to marry in Watertown. He demanded return of gifts and shoes bought for the bride while she refused to surrender the footwear or rail fare he advanced. He declared the engagement off and threatened to depart for California.
At the American Bank Clerks Association Chapter 6 dinner at City Club, James B. Connolly argued for preserving sail fishing Boston and Gloucester interests against steam trawlers. He lauded sailing fishermen as the great seamen of history and urged protection for their traditional methods.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle internal cleaner that cures bilious symptoms by morning. It claims a 10 cent box keeps liver and bowels clean, stomach sweet, and head clear for months, and notes children enjoy the pleasant taste and lack of griping.
Colonel William J. Hartley, under indictment in New York, was invoked in Suffolk Superior Court as Mrs. Alice A. Mayo of Watertown testified. Hartley, famed in the deluxe book trade, built his reputation as a royal entertainer who wined and dined prospective customers.
Mrs Mayo testifies in conspiracy case against Glen Farmer Sam Rosenfield and J P Clark alias James Powers. She describes Hartley selling books in Boston 1910 and Farmers appearance delivering De Maupassant Oriental Series and Arts of Japan. She advanced 4500 for bound books and later 3500 for Flat Japan, receiving cash, while Western collector remained undecided. Powers sold Shelley and Keats for 30 dollars. Boston dealer Charles Goodspeed provides corroboration.
Frederick N. Hopkins testified that the entire book lot sold to Mrs. Rogers was worth 4450 dollars, while authoring expert Mrs. Rogers’ representative argued a value near 87 000 dollars. The testimony spanned bindings materials and production details as part of the county trial.
Sylvia Pankhurst, ill and haggard, appeared at a Limehouse suffragette meeting in an ambulance attended by nurses. She delivered a brief speech that stirred the crowd to enthusiastic support.
The Massachusetts Board of Bank Incorporation approved renaming Mechanics Trust Company to Old South Trust Company. With $600000 capital and $10000 surplus, the bank will open in the Old South Building this spring, with John R. McVey named president.
Harvard Tufts Tech Clark and Pennsy have offered support to Wellesley College after a fire, supplying full laboratories to help the institution continue its work. President Ellen Fitz Pendleton announced the aid last night, ensuring the college will not be crippled.
After College Hall burned, Wellesley receives swift aid from Tufts Harvard Clark and others. Tufts will lend zoology material, Harvard and Clark offer psychology apparatus, MIT and Teachers' School of Science provide geology gear, and University of Pennsylvania proposes embryology and histology slides. Plans aim to reopen by April 7 with buildings repurposed for classrooms and offices.
The Massachusetts Peace Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution held a joint peace gathering at Arlington Street Church last evening. Resolutions were unanimously adopted, signaling a united stance against war talk.
Speakers at a meeting urged support for the President in convening the Third Hague Conference and called for international action to limit naval armaments. They urged no more ship increases, reform of wartime budgets toward social peace work, and leaders to educate public opinion for global peace. Church leaders and suffragists backed universal peace efforts and urged church cooperation.
A March 20 blaze at the J. W. Clement printing and binding plant on 70 Exchange Street in Buffalo forces 150 girl employees from the third and fourth floors via fire escapes. Damage is estimated at $200,000 with partial insurance coverage.
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