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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1915
Page
13
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston daily and Sunday Post. It is a woman’s own forum for home makers of New England to discuss problems in home and household life. Correspondents may use noms de plume and ask questions.
The letters debate warning a man about a bride candidate. Respondents urge caution or support disclosure depending on facts, citing slander risks, public duty, or personal harm. Readers reference moral codes, motherhood, and privacy while urging fair, non sensational handling.
A newsboy Jimmy buys Easter flowers for Gertie, a frail girl in a garret, tending her through illness with care, money saved for her joy. He posts a final bittersweet scene as she quietly passes away, leaving him in grief amid the fragrance of lilies and pansies.
William C. Ewing of the Boston City Planning Board urged state ownership of all transportation properties in the Metropolitan district with private operation under one management. He spoke before the Terminal Zone Association at the City Club last night.
John Miller age 27 of 35 Synde Street West End tried to mediate a dispute on Stamford Street about 11 pm He was stabbed in the shoulder by one fighter who, enraged by the attempt to calm them, drew a knife The two men fled the scene and Miller was taken to Relief Hospital
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the Rev Edward J Walsh pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception died suddenly today minutes after finishing 40 hours of devotional service He was a well known Catholic clergyman in the state
Joseph Ettor IWW leader left Boston for New York after addressing Italian hod carriers and building laborers in the North End since Sunday. He plans to return Sunday morning to urge affiliation with the Industrial Workers of the World.
Former Councillor Alexander McGregor told the Reciprocity Club of Boston at the Hotel Bellevue that recess committees inflate state expense bills. He said his cuts to unwarranted accounts drew political hostility in his bid for Lieutenant Governor.
McGregor defends John A. Hall’s pardon citing medical risk from prison and appendicitis treatment. He also criticizes state spending on pier No. 5 in East Boston and East Boston flats, urges biennial elections, and warns the dry dock would cost five million versus one point eight million amid wartime conditions.
A report by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice for Mayor Curley, via Robert Lansing, details Krebs’ complaint of unwarranted American citizen checks on the Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam by British naval officers. Krebs refused to reveal papers except to the captain. the captain supplied them to a boarding officer. The document says cautions against discourtesy were followed, but Krebs and associates sought to create pressure.
William Henry Partridge prominent in prohibition efforts and 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate died last night at his home 23 Pembroke street Newton aged 76. He was associated with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company and educated in Boston public schools. Survived by wife three sons and a daughter.
Olive Shurtlieff, the Lake View choir girl, was laid to rest at Pine Grove Cemetery Boylston as police say the search for a secret sweetheart and the man she was to marry remains futile. Detectives have not learned the man’s identity or his relation to the deceased.
A bill by Congressman George Holden Tinkham to bar officers directors and employees of trust companies from profiting on transactions with their firms was favorably reported by the banks and banking committee. The measure sets a standard of best business practices and honesty of conduct and outlines when an attorney may benefit from dealings with a trust company. It also prescribes borrowing rights for officials and employees.
Arthur B. Chapin of the Massachusetts Trust Company Association denounces House Bill 1205 as unnecessary and poorly drafted. He calls for a general, non discriminating law to curb officers profits from bank transactions and rejects penalties limited to trust company directors.
Seven German prisoners of war drown at Belle Île en Mer France as a severe coastal storm drives them to the beach to view breakers. They climbed a large rocking rock when waves toppled it and swept them into the sea.
The Duke of Connaught, Governor General, arrived in Montreal to review troops from the second and third contingents and visit Red Cross headquarters. He returned to Ottawa late tonight.
The piece promises vivid scenes of violence in our est and Europe east with a bold Sunday Post presentation.
London march 23 Emperor William cancels April 1 centenary events for Bismarck citing current conditions. Berlin dispatch notes wreaths will be laid at Bismarck's Tiergarten monument but no banquets speeches or singing will occur.
Geneva report says the latest Zeppelin dirigible left Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, with another craft, Zeppelin X, due in a few days. Chief Engineer Durr of the Zeppelin works received the iron cross for his work.
A 1915 verse celebrates a child as light in a wintry heart a kiss for beauty and a kiss of spring. The speaker praises the child for peace beyond battles and the joy of lips meeting in a holiday street. The imagery paints a fairy bright scene with drum bugles and hearts grown young.
A dated household collection offers simple methods for a vegetarian butter sauce with shrimp and peas, graham cracker crackers, stuffed cabbage, and a quahaug chowder. It includes Miss Etta Covey's address and practical kitchen steps for quick hot meals.
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