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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1913

Page

4

Sir Cecil to Live in Dublin This Summer

Sir Cecil Spring-Rice the British ambassador to the United States has leased the Parsons estate at Dublin New Hampshire as a summer embassy for the season. The return of the embassy to Dublin renews the little summer colony in the highest hamlet in New Hampshire. Former ambassador James Bryce previously spent summers there. McVeagh will be a neighbor and President Wilson will be nearby at Cornish within a short drive.

Concord N. H Cecil Spring-Rice Great Britain United States Parsons Estate Dublin Mt. Desert New Hampshire James Bryce Spring-Rice

Colorado Summer Vacation Promises Scenic Rail Tours

Outdoor lovers are invited to enjoy Colorado this summer with scenic train trips from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo aboard the Rocky Mountain Limited and the Colorado Flyer. The ad highlights low fares from June 1 to September 30 and offers two travel books Little Journeys in Colorado and Under the Turquoise Sky for readers. S. L. Parrott.

Colorado Rocky St. Louis Rock Island S. L. Parrott New England Washington St Boston Mass

Springfield Trolleymen Vote Strike To Enforce Arbitration

Springfield May 22 The Springfield Trolleymen Union votes 613 to 6 in favor of a strike to enforce arbitration of a grievance. The union executive board will meet tomorrow morning with Springfield Street Railway Company officials to discuss the matter.

Springfield Springfield Trolleymen’s Union Union The Springfield Street Railway Company

Trolleymen Strike Threat Discussed at Union HQ

Union officials said the power to call a strike rests with the board subject to international officers approval which O'Brien said would likely be given. The grievance involves a discharged union clerk and arbitration talks with the company failed to yield a settlement. Reardon of Worcester, a national executive board member, is due to lead the trolley men’s side tomorrow.

Patrick J. O’brien E. J. Dickson John H. Reardon Worcester The Trolleymen's Union of America

Peace advocates urge U S as world leader in lasting harmony

Alfred Noyes and Norman Angell spoke at the Massachusetts Peace Society dinner in Filene's Hall urging a shift from war to law. Angell argued war does not pay and promoted peace education, citing the Balkan and Crimean wars. Noyes praised the goal of universal peace and urged the United States to lead. A resolution urged halting Panama Canal fortifications for sober second thought.

United States Alfred “Noyes Massachusetts Peace Society Filene’s Hall John L. Gardner Norman Angell Massachusetts Perry Boston Cambridge Mr. Angell Noyes Lyman Abbott Francis E. Clark W. Murray Crane Charles F. Dole George F. Edmunds Samuel J. Elder Everett O. Fisk William B. Huntington Augustine Jones Marcus P. Knowlton William Lawrence John D. Long A. Lawrence Lowell Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Alexander Mann Samuel W. McCall Lucia Ames Mead Alexander Meiklejohn Lemuel Herbert Marlin Philip 8. Moxom Ellen Fitz Pendleton William B. Plunkett Bernard J. Rothwel L. Clark Seelye Benjamin F. Trueblood A. F E. Winship Mary F. Woolley J. Malcolm Forbes T. B. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Woodward Hudson Robert Treat Paine Edwin D. Mead William A. Mowry

Burke Tea Service Auction Fetches 7600 Dollars

A porcelain tea set once owned by Edmund Burke sold at auction for 7600 dollars in London on May 22. The service including a teacup cream jug and two cups originated in Bristol and was presented to Burke after his 1774 election to Parliament. The same teapot last sold 30 years ago for 750 dollars.

London Edmund Burke Burke House of Commons Bristol

New Zealand Suffrage Shaped By Women and Government

Miss Anderson Hughes describes New Zealand reforms under woman suffrage including mothers pensions old age pensions penny postage compulsory education to 15 government nurses arbitration boards workmen homes and factories. She notes Maori women vote and that New Zealand enfranchised women 20 years ago, with 8 percent voter participation and government ownership of railroads.

Boards of Anderson Hughes New Zealand New England Woman Suffrage Association Joy Street United States Henry Ives New Hampshire

FOSS WORKERS HOLD OFF THE STRIKE

Hyde Park workers defer strike action and seek conciliation. The mass meeting, led by S. M. Thompson, heard officials urge patience and negotiation after discussions with Governor Foss failed to yield a solution. Local leaders promised another conference today.

FOSS Hyde Park Boston State Board S. M. Thompson John Becker Becker Milling Machine Company State House

Court Denies Water Access in Brookline Right of Way

The Superior Court at Dedham issues a final decree permanently restraining Mrs. Minnie S. Quimby from laying water pipes through a right of way in the estate of Helen P. Dane. Dane is wife of Ernest B. Dane a Brookline selectman and president of the Brookline Trust Company and a director of the Floating Hospital.

Superior Court Dedham Minnie S. Quimby B. F. Quimby Helen P. Dane Ernest B. Dane Brookline Selectman Brookline Trust Company

Brookline Water Pipe Dispute Reaches Supreme Court

Mrs. Quimby loses right to connect to town water as Dane estate surrounds her Garden Lot estate in Brookline. Dane sues to stop laying pipes via the Dane right of way to Hammond street. Quimby claims spring water polluted. Court grants permanent injunction and orders Quimby to pay $27.28 costs.

Dane Hammond Street

Prophet of Peace Inauguration and Taft Armament Debate

To the Editor of the Post Sir there is lack of clearness in Boston notion of a prophet of peace We inaugurate the statues of Edward Everett Hale with an inscription largely deserved for his efforts to reduce armaments up to his last public appearance We welcome William Howard Taft with a similar acclamation though among his final utterances was an appeal for an increase of armaments Erving Winslow.

Sir Boston Edward Everett Hale William Howard Taft Erving Winslow

Harvard 1914 Button Plan Aids Class Unity

Harvard 1914 students to wear distinct lapel buttons to help juniors recognize each other. Over 450 buttons will be distributed. The committee includes C. H. Crombie I. A. Herter R. H. Kettel and A. C. Redfield.

Harvard C. H. Crombie West Roxbury I. A. Herter New York

Whitney Divorce Suit Is Dismissed by Suffolk Court

Judge Morton in the Suffolk Divorce Court yesterday dismissed the libel of Alfred H. Whitney against his wife Mrs. Mabel Smith Whitney of 15 Vernon street Brookline on statutory charges. Whitney a traveling salesman charged his wife with misconduct with Dr Henry Cogan of 92 Mt Vernon street Roxbury in June 1911.

Morton Suffolk Alfred H. Whitney Mabel Smith Whitney Vernon Street Brookline Whitney Henry Cogan Mt. Vernon Street Roxbury

Gold Dust shines in home cleaning message

An advertisement extols Gold Dust as a versatile cleaner that touches china pots and pans floors woodwork and clothes. It promises thorough quick results making cleaning pleasant and creating a brighter neater home atmosphere.

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