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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1914
Page
7
The unemployed of Greater Boston gather on Boston Common this afternoon at 2:30 to hear plans for general welfare. A resolution calls on Governor Walsh to help workers obtain jobs and means to support themselves. If weather blocks, Monday visit may be postponed to Tuesday.
The funeral for William H. Keating of Halifax youth will be held from 56 Rutland Street on Sunday March 22 at 1pm. Services at the Cathedral at 1 30. A high mass of requiem is planned for 8 pm Monday March 23. Keating a Typographical Union 13 member worked in city job offices and recently in the Post composing room. He was well loved by a large circle of friends and endured long illness with a sunny disposition.
Trustees of the Henry Siegel Company in Boston announce the closing of the sale of assets to W. A. Bacon Company for 106840. Of this total, 75840 covers merchandise, 30000 for fixtures and stable, and 1000 as a bonus.
Henry Coulter, riding instructor at Park Riding School in Back Bay, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. He lists liabilities of 6851 dollars and assets of 207 dollars.
A St. Louis observer says the current Federal league rosters resemble first division talent for the Three-Fingered Brownies, and despite recent Cardinals and Browns woes, local fans remain optimistic about the new season.
The president reflects on the burden of leadership, saying he borrows ideas from others, fears blunders, and feels both inside and outside the government. He jokes about disguises, post offices, and the spectacle of public life while craving ordinary freedom.
The final day of the Mechanics Building auto truck show drew huge crowds and set an unprecedented sales pace. Exhibitors reported strong demand across a range from light delivery wagons to a 10 ton caravan, with many buyers seeking practical, affordable machines for business use.
The Paquin display wowed Boston attendees with hemless skirts and foureau serge suits trimmed in black braid. Models wore matching wigs and colored Wands as a second showing was scheduled for today from 4 to 6 30 p.m. An American importer bought the entire lot, and direct gown sales to Mrs Astor would not occur.
Upward of 600 society people attend the Paquin exhibit at the Hotel Somerset. The Parisian fashion dictatrice shown over 100 gowns and as many hats, coats, and cloaks. Six models led by Madame Henri Jolie present the new styles to Boston society.
Madame Jolie unveils skirts with shallow scalloped slits and hobble reduction while gowns show low necklines and backless effects. Exhibits feature decollete creations with gowns valued over 100000 dollars and priced 500 to 5000 dollars, promising strong demand in fashionable Boston.
Helen Cudahy and Doris Lindsay daughters of Milwaukee's elite will depart for Boston to enter the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses. They come from Patrick Cudahy and Lindsay Brothers families, aiming to follow a vocation beyond society life and advocate meaningful work for women.
Fragmentary notice notes a transaction involving a product named Bromo Quinine and a reference to a signature by W. Grovy or similar. The readable text hints at a sale or inquiry occurring in a designated day, with unclear details about the seller UVAXA and location Que.
In Paris on March 20 former French premiers Joseph Caillaux and Ernest Monis and public prosecutor Victor Fabre were questioned by a parliamentary committee about their acts and motives in the Rochette affair. The banker Henri Rochette allegedly defrauded investors of 3 million dollars and escaped punishment. The Caillaux Calmette episode looms as the inquiry unfolds amid public passion. The funeral of Gaston Calmette drew many Paris literary figures, with Loubet Briand and Barthou attending as rain fell.
Norman Hapgood editor of Harper's Weekly addressed 300 Harvard students in Emerson Hall under the Harvard Equal Suffrage League. He condemned magazines and fashions he called indecent, urged that idle and frivolous women hinder suffrage, and forecast changes in marriage law once feminism advances.
Walter Thurston, brother to a former Providence mayoralty candidate, was found unconscious in a doorway at 4 Falmouth street and is dangerously ill at City Hospital with cerebral trouble. The house at 248 Massachusetts avenue is noted as his lodgings.
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