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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
5
W Stanwood Field director of evening schools seeks to help Boston business men by offering short and special courses for employees who show deficiencies. He circulated a letter to firms about educational needs and next year’s courses. Boston provides unmatched advantages with over 5000 courses last year for employees.
Public meeting to organize a Boston Pageant Association will occur in coming days. The group aims to stage a large pageant in Boston in 1916 with many former Columbus Day and Fourth of July committee members showing interest.
Paris shows a new Regis model featuring a soft striped ratine skirt with satin trim. Neck and sleeves reveal a lace chemise, and a heavy ribbon belt with chenille tassels provides the belt decoration.
The Girls High School showcased public physical training work in a gym exhibition attended by leaders in women’s fitness including Dr Dudley A Sargent of Harvard Dr Thomas F Harrington director of school hygiene Nathaniel J Young assistant director and Michael H Corcoran of the school board Miss Marguerite E Higgins led the program with aid from Miss Mary P Birch and Cordelia G Torrey assistant instructor in physical training.
Two army aviators Captain F. D. Anderson and mechanic Carter were killed when two biplanes collided at Aldershot. Lieutenant C. W. Wilson was gravely injured in the midair crash this evening.
James H. Howard, 70, of 245 Salem Street, Medford, toppled into the roadbed at Milk Street station in the Washington Street tunnel yesterday. He narrowly escaped being struck by a train and electrocuted by the third rail as Motorman William P. Lally braked three feet from him. He was removed to the Relief station after the incident.
Nearly 200 delegates attend the Paine Memorial Hall session as Massachusetts Odd Fellows consider a site report for a proposed home. Provincial Deputy Grand Master George H. Nuttal and Grand Secretary J. F. Clark join the annual visit.
William Lawrence Underwood testifies in a Superior Court session as the Wheelwright will contest continues. The Boston banker and Underwood relative details his connection to Henry A Wheelwright and the family. The estate is valued around 500000 with Caroline B Foster as cousin and heir at law challenging the will on grounds of soundness.
Testimony covers codicil drafted by executor Lawrence H. H. Johnson in January 1908 after Henry Wheelwright expressed desire to leave the residue to five Underwoods. Wheelwright's health and eyesight noted, with witnesses describing long association with Wheelwright, and landlord-tenant history with John J. O'Brien. O'Brien recalls generosity and fatherly regard, and confirms no signs of unsound mind despite financial strains.
Beautiful women pose for the Sunday Post protologue with four queens of beauty showcased in a feature image.
Tufts College resumes celebrations after a 8 to 2 baseball win over Dartmouth on the Oval. The junior prom will be held tonight in Goddard Gymnasium as part of a packed junior day with classes suspended and varied campus entertainments planned from sunrise to midnight.
The final Cercle Francais meeting at Harvard was held last evening in Gray's Hall club rooms. Camille Thurwanger, president of Salon Francaise of Boston and French professor at the New England Conservatory, was the guest of honor and addressed the group.
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