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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
5
Mrs Isabelle G Driscoll of Charlestown told city council that the Mystic playground endangers the lives and morals of local boys and girls. The council heard her case yesterday afternoon as she urged action.
Mrs. Driscoll contends the Mystic playground is unsafe for children and inadequately supervised, arguing it is more vital than the proposed 500000 street improvement funding. Councillor McDonald defended the site, claiming competent attendants are on duty. Joseph Yendley of the Chamber of Commerce urged directing funds to main thoroughfares within debt limits.
The Newsboys' Union executive board hosted a banquet at the City Club with circulation and business managers from Boston's daily papers as guests. Nathan S. Soderson praised union growth and education opportunities for smaller boys, highlighting no padrone system and collective industry pride.
Dora Gilbert, first wife of Herman Rosenthal the gambler killed last summer, was convicted today by a divided court of conducting a disorderly house. She denied the charge on the witness stand and accused police of hounding her since Becker was convicted for her former husband’s murder.
In Toledo Ohio on May 14 Leo Peet sixteen Thomas Peet twelve and Arthur Benore eleven died when their sailboat capsized in a squall on Lake Erie. John Benore the sole other occupant clung to the hull and swam a half mile to shore.
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