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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
6
Henry W. Mansfield will show motion pictures as a method to advertise Quincy. He travels from Quincy to Louisville to attend the national grocers convention and will bring a reel illustrating Massachusetts conventioneers in Quincy.
City Clerk Emery L. Crane frets over marriage license blanks as Quincy women, inspired by a 100 percent pure foods exhibit at the Woman's Club, vow to cudgel spousal appetites with unadulterated fare. Mrs Maurice C Spillane led the exhibit guided by Westfield Board of Health standards.
Mayor Miller of Quincy refused to sign three pony express permits despite council approval. City Clerk Crane awaits a legal ruling from City Solicitor Pinkham on their validity without the mayor’s signature. If opposed, the matter may go to court.
Athens Greece May 12 A tomb of Aristomenes the celebrated Messenian hero of the second Spartan war in the seventh century BC was discovered today at Rhodes by Italian excavators. Numerous antiquities were found in the sepulchre.
The enamel of the teeth and mouth acids attract each other. Acid action targets weak spots in enamel and pierces the tooth armor to reach the interior. This process causes the majority of tooth decay. An emphasized term suggests a discussing point about acid in the mouth.
John K. Washburn a color sergeant of the Fifteenth United States Cavalry stationed at El Paso Texas testified in East Cambridge divorce court regarding alleged intoxication of his wife Annie L. Washburn of Everett. He came East on furlough to seek a divorce from his wife whom he married at Clarendon Virginia on June 30 1912. The wife seeks custody of their 18 month old child Theynolds Thompson Washburn. Washburn will resume on the stand tomorrow.
The first typhus case in Quincy was reported from 126 Main Street. The patient, a Polish immigrant who arrived three weeks ago, was sent to Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. W J McCausland reported the case and a police guard will remain at the house during fumigation.
Chief of Police Thorne of Millis applied at Quincy court house for Benjamin T. Raymond of Weymouth who is wanted in Millis for setting fire to woods. The fire burned over a large area. A warrant was sent to Weymouth and he was brought to Quincy and delivered to Chief Thorne.
Libertador Costa of Quincy was awarded a $600 verdict by a jury in U S District Court yesterday for the suffering and death of his 6 year old son Isadore who was run over by a wagon owned by Frank W Crane.
The corner stone of the new annex to Franklin Square House at Washington and East Newton streets South End will be laid Saturday at 4 PM with public exercises. Rev. George L. Perin will preside. Mayor Curley expected. Mrs Maud Howe Elliott and Governor Walsh hoped to attend and speak. Music will feature vocal and instrumental pieces by 450 resident young women.
The Lynn License Commission denied all 43 drug store applicants sixth-class licenses to sell liquor on prescription. The decision ends a six week campaign that stirred the city and featured strong sentiment among local pharmacists.
The trustees of Boston University name Mrs. Agnes Knox Black of Cambridge adviser of women in the College of Liberal Arts. She will start in September and share with Dean W M Warren the Collegiate Life and Work lectures, a program ongoing for several years.
Inspector Morris Wolf marks 25 years with the Boston Police Department. He has handled numerous cases and his fluency in six languages enhances his value to the force.
Louis Watson of this city was re elected State deputy of the Massachusetts Council of the Knights of Columbus at the 21st annual convention held in Hotel Somerset. Daniel J. Gallagher of Boston was chosen State secretary. The convention reported 28 217 members statewide, with 2204 new members added and delegates praising the event as highly successful. Next year the gathering will return to this city. The chaplain Rev James J McCarthy urged faith development as key to Catholic moral leadership.
State Deputy Watson reports a strong year with two new councils in Clinton and South Hadley Falls and a national membership rise to 315 178. The organization funded care at Carney Hospital and re elected Watson by 185 to 98, with Gallagher as state secretary and other officers named.
A note invites readers to add a Sunday Post tale to their collection, signaling another engaging storytelling piece. The column emphasizes literary craft and ongoing series to entice devoted readers.
The Rev Neil Paul Brennan of Sacred Heart Malden, longtime army chaplain, offers to go to the front if needed. Dorchester Guild to observe Children’s Day with hundreds of children invited to a Dorchester Woman's Club event. Our Lady of Lourdes Court O F plans its 17th anniversary banquet at Quincy House with Rev Thomas Golding among guests. St Mary’s Catholic Association installs officers Herbert Hickey president and other leaders. Bishop Anderson to administer confirmations at St Mary’s Cambridgeport at 9 30 and St Patrick’s Cambridgeport at 11. A mission for men runs at Sacred Heart Quincy led by Rev Patrick J Phelan and Rev Edward J Fox. women’s mission planned for next week.
Last night the Alumni Club of St Francis de Sales Sunday School held a reunion in the hall of the new parochial school. Tomorrow night in Pilgrim Hall South Boston the Ladies Reunion Club of the Gam sf Heaven Church will host a whist aid for their table at the coming gaswen party.
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