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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1913
Page
5
Vice-President Marshall told the Springfield YM C A in the Municipal Auditorium that public charity from predatory wealth is not appreciated. The address occurred on March 23 during a speech to members and attendees.
In a speech on "It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive" Vice President Marshall notes co operative institutions rely on public support and cites Carnegie libraries as key town assets. He avoids politics on Sunday and attends church with Mrs. Marshall where a women’s gathering welcomes him. They plan trips to Boston and then Washington.
East Cambridge police recovered the body of Thomas J. Cady a freight handler from Millers River near the Boston Maine freight shed 20. He had been missing from 216 Charles Street since December 27 and is believed to have drowned accidentally.
Park police in Middlesex Fells spotted an active brush fire shortly after 6 PM that menaced the sheepfold near Bear Hill. A squad of 12 citizens joined four officers to battle the blaze, which was brought under control after burning over five acres.
Warren G. Livermore, veteran Cambridge jail worker of 32 years and head of the brush shop for six, suffered apoplexy yesterday morning at his home on 9% Third street and died a few hours later, authorities said.
Cettinje March 23 Austria presented an ultimatum to Montenegro demanding a suspension of military operations around Scutari until the civil population has left the town. It threatened to resort to arms if refused and ordered Catholics and Mohammedans converted since Montenegrin occupation restored to their former faith.
Montenegro suggests forming a commission with Montenegrin members and one representative each from Austria and Italy or another great power to prove compulsion was absent. Austria declines to answer citing improper wording. Official notices say Ipek and Jakova Catholics and Muslims wished to join Orthodoxy but Montenegrins urged patience and the request spread as people sought to revert to old faith.
Vienna reports envoy and archbishop to Jakova to probe the Palic murder. Government vows to halt forcible conversions. Trieste steamer to carry provisions and blankets to Scutari’s civilians.
Asheville, March 23 Henry Sorrells was shot dead after an usher called him from church in Waynesville by his cousin Hardy Sorrells. Three bullets struck him and he died almost instantly.
Shareholders must file applications today for the annual drawing at the opera house starting tomorrow at 10 o clock. Each share buys one seat for the season or for two or three of the Monday Wednesday Friday or Saturday matinee series. Director Russell promotes the 1913 14 season as an even stronger musical life factor. The final week opens with Flotows Martha sung by an English cast led by Miss Nielsen and Mr Moranzoni conducts.
S Lester Young a 57 year old shoe dealer in Auburn Maine hanged himself today in a case of despondency over ill health. He was a Masonry figure and former treasurer of the Board of Trade and is survived by three children.
Safe consumer practice offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York. Free samples of Poslam claim curative properties for skin ailments and are supported by asserted wide usage and high sales. Poslam Soap is advertised for skin protection, complexion, and dandruff shampoo with druggists carrying Poslam products.
A Lincoln despatch reports a tornado forming near Greenwood sweeping eastern Nebraska, causing at least 20 deaths with 10 missing and over 100 injured.
After hours with no word from Omaha, reports say half the city was swept by a tornado. Berlin flames, telegraph outages, and trains carrying rescuers converged as Terre Haute and surrounding towns faced severe damage. Damaged rail lines forced motor ambulance response.
A tornado struck Terre Haute Indiana at 10 PM causing widespread destruction in the southern district. By midnight seven bodies had been recovered and death toll was expected to exceed a dozen as fires raged and hundreds of injuries were reported.
Lowell March 23. John Goldbard 27 junk dealer of 26 Daly Street drank a half pint of coal tar by-product at his home and died hours later at St. John’s Hospital. He was found unconscious by his wife and it is believed the ingestion was accidental.
Attorneys for Claude Swanson Allen prepared a last appeal to the Supreme Court for review of his death sentence in the Hillsville Va murders. Chief Justice White and Justice Hughes refused to grant the writ, leaving the execution unhalted.
Police raided a basement gambling room at 516 Washington Street Lynn battering in the door with sledge hammers. Forty one Chinamen were found and arrested in the corner of the room along with a set of dominoes and other alleged gambling devices. The raid was the fourth since January 1 in which several Chinamen were taken.
Boston concert ends a Sunday series in Symphony Hall with Haydn's The Creation. Emil Mollenhauer conducts a 400-voice chorus and full orchestra featuring Ivan Williams soprano Caroline Hudson Alexander and Frederick Martin as soloists. Tickets on sale now.
The Wakefield parish reports its Emma nuel Episcopal Church vestry announces the church will be completely self supporting from now on, no longer needing aid from the missionary fund of the Massachusetts diocese after Easter gifts exceeding 200 dollars.
King Constantine arrived in Saloniki amid public acclamation and a 21 gun salute by foreign warships. He and Dowager Queen Olga wept in a somber meeting in the death chamber. George’s body will lie in state tomorrow allowing residents to view the coffin.
Paul H. West, 17, calmly confessed to burglary of the Melrose telephone office. Police refused his story, bought him a railroad ticket to Melrose, and sent him home to Grove street Melrose to stop reading novels. He had wandered from home before.
Nashville Tenn March 23 Horse women riding astride are banned by the United Confederate Veterans. General John P Hickman commandant of the Tennessee division issues order saying modern riding not in line with pre Appomattox ideas and that future parades require women to use side saddles.
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