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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
3
About 250 workers returned when the Ipswich Hosiery Mills reopened after a three week shutdown. Police guarded the mill as three arrests were made and one detainee was seriously injured resisting arrest.
An unnamed man alleged to have attacked women entering the factory fought Police Officer Leavitt and was wounded before being subdued. Two other men, Frank Koski and William Sermanis, faced Judge Sayward. Koski jailed on three months with bail set at 300 dollars after a weapon search, Sermanis fined 1909 dollars or one month. One hundred fifty officers guarded the mills as workers returned.
Wilfred L. Pollitt of North Rainham confessed in Municipal Court to buying goods taking a car ride and undergoing a hospital operation under another name. Police say he proved to be the nerviest thief ever captured in Boston.
Pollitt admitted guilt to larceny in municipal court after a spree of obtaining goods on long credit. He charged items to “Winthrop FE Tinkham of Taunton,” then used an automobile trip and a hospital operation to dodge cash payments. The case was continued for sentencing.
Chief City Magistrate McAdoo declined to ban postcards showing the turkey trot. He discharged a postcard dealer brought by Post Office Inspector Anthony Comstock and suggested Comstock focus on venues where the dance was popular if he believed the dance itself unlawful.
The United States Department of Agriculture releases another set of recipes from the Mutton Cook Book to be printed in the Post next Sunday.
The executive committee of the Central Branch and Central Council of the United Irish League held a conference at the American House in Boston. A large gathering supported the Irish Home Rule cause, with nearly $2000 contributed. Michael J. Jordan presided. John O Callaghan and T. B. Fitzpatrick served as secretary and national treasurer.
Massachusetts delegates at a Philadelphia gathering urged completing the 20 000 pledge to Ireland for home rule. The national treasurer reported modest receipts since the last convention and outlined district meetings in Lawrence Brockton Salem and other towns to solicit further donations.
The Massachusetts S P C A annual report shows 21 880 animals examined in stockyards and abattoirs with 124 cattle killed painlessly. 4765 animals examined 141 horses taken from work and 101 horses euthanized. Plans for summer work include vacations and watering of horses. Bequests total several thousand dollars from multiple donors and estates to support humane missions and literature distribution.
The deserted Bartlett street building near the Boston Elevated line in Roxbury, owned by the Boston Norsk Lutherske Kirke area, was set ablaze yesterday around 4 PM. The empty structure attracts neighborhood children who climb inside, and firefighters have responded nearly a dozen times in four months, with evidence pointing to local boys as the culprits.
An advertisement touts Adamson s Balsam as a sure cure for a graveyard cough and rasping throat. The copy appeals to readers seeking quick relief and claims effectiveness.
Assessor Samuel Segee of Revere failed to appear, causing the town meeting to be postponed until 9 this morning to discuss the town's tax collection.
Auction ad lists men’s five dollar rain coats with cemented seams and sizes 34 to 42, third floor specials, plus rug items 24 by 48 and leather strap details. Also features Pyramid Deodorizer trays, Beacon Cold Cream, deli perfume cream, paper towels in rolls of 150 and other misc items.
The Hon. I. M. Meekins of North Carolina will speak at the Tremont Temple Brotherhood’s second annual banquet and ladies night. A musical program features the Lotus male quartet, Laura Littlefield, Eunice Allright, Linwood Scrivens, and Fred Kendall. The group has grown from 175 to about 1200 members in two years.
Washington May 21 Senator Tillmans bill would let the Secretary of the Navy assign graduates from Dolly Dimples and Gasolene Gus to a special page in the comic section of Sundays Post.
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