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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
22
James Meehan of Malden asked Malden District Court Judge Bruce to referee a five round bout with a police officer in Malden square. Meehan also invited Mayor Shumaker as second for either side after the officer previously arrested him for drunkenness.
Record shows sums previously acknowledged totaling 6512.90 with donors Elmer K. Chase and Janie M. Chase of Enfield New Hampshire and others including Jane Abigail and Robert Staaffe. Grand total acknowledged appears as 6514.10 with an additional 185.43 noted.
City Auditor Mitchell reports large declines in both gross and net funded city debt over the last three months since Mayor Curley took office. Gross funded debt fell by 142000 while net funded debt dropped about 289410.97. Net rapid transit debt and borrowing rights details are cited for April 30.
Dr and Mrs Frank E Draper announce the engagement of their daughter Harriette Elza Draper of Winchester and Boston to Charles J Gale Harvard 10 Gale is a member of Acacia Harvard Club of Boston Colonial Club of Cambridge and Cavalry Club Harriette is a noted miniature painter and Art League of New York member
A Lords debate centered on a second reading of a bill granting parliamentary franchise to women already voting in local elections. Earl of Selborne warned of weakened global prestige, noting London has 120000 women voters with poor turnout. Baron Newton, Viscount Haldane, and others weighed militancy, class issues, and social policy implications. debate adjourned.
The speaker estimated about one million women in the British Isles would benefit from passage while most women opposed militancy. He dismissed gender voting divides as a delusion and said taxpaying women seeking votes is just. Earl Curzon moved to reject the bill, warning of social upheaval and harm to women’s interests.
Providence May 6 Albert D Pierce of this city was chosen grand master of the Rhodes Island Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at the annual session. The organization reported a substantial gain in membership over the past year.
Richmond Va May 5 The marriage of Miss Belle Willard to Kermit Roosevelt will take place in Madrid June 11 per a cablegram from Ambassador Willard to local friends.
Harvard announced Austin teaching fellows including Torrey Arey Coar Wenrich and Conant Davies Davis Hall Struthers Smith Blake Moore Beazley Seymour Redfield Vogue plus appointments like Gale Wilkey Gardner Hunnewell Burbank McDonald and Cram named to the executive board. The Ricardo Price Scholarship for 1914 15 was awarded to William C Clark of the graduate school.
In a Sunday Post Magazine piece William Harper Dean reviews tense dramas where danger stays close to the performers. The article highlights atmospheric suspense, sharp pacing, and the uneasy proximity of peril to central actors.
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