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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
22
George Jean Nathan contributes a timely humorous satire titled The Bonehead Baedeker to the Sun Day Post Magazine. The piece teases travel missteps and cultural quirks with wit and sharp observation, reflecting Nathan’s characteristic satirical voice.
Chairman Matthew Hale of the Progressive State committee flew from Boston to Oyster Bay for a conference with Colonel Roosevelt. They will review the Massachusetts campaign and the novel plan to raise a $50,000 fund directly from the people, a first for American politics. The Bay State Bull Moosers begin an eight day canvass Tuesday to fund the effort, with Roosevelt eager to learn the campaign method.
Former Canadian Governor General Earl Grey leaves New York aboard the Water land completing a world journey that included a stop in California where he acquired oil wells for British associates.
A gale and tidal wave battered the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on May 26, destroying the understructure and causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Yachts and small craft along the Riviera were sunk or driven ashore.
Dartmouth coach Hillman has selected twelve Greene jerseyed athletes to travel to Cambridge for the intercollegiate meet. The team, built on last weekend’s 52 of 57 points from New England colleges, features Olsen and Llewellyn in dashes, O’Connor in the quarter, Riley and Granger in the half, Marceau in the mile, Saltmarsh in the two mile, Braun in hurdles, Buck in pole vault, Cordell and Warren in broad jumps, and Whitney in shot put. Griffin may enter hammer and Fredericks broad jump.
A wife expresses anger at her grocer after discovering a second bad egg. Her husband enters the kitchen and the scene focuses on her claim that the grocer withholds all the bad eggs. The dialogue centers on domestic friction over food quality.
A husband chides his wife to show sympathy not for a grocer but for eggs, humorously noting how long the eggs must have been trying to be good. The brief exchange captures a domestic wit about everyday goods and patience.
A provocative comic scene unfolds in a parlor at 11 30 p m where a offended woman demands distance. He seizes a ring a dog a sofa cushion a chair a chocolate box and flowers as he exits promising to fetch the rest via messenger in a hyperbolic display.
Manchester N H May 2 The American Locomotive Works factory in Manchester will be sold or leased for other uses, announced by the Chamber of Commerce. The plant has long produced locomotives and was founded by the late Aretas Blood.
Washington May 26 A favorable report on the bill to prohibit the importation of convict made goods into the United States was ordered today by the Senate Manufactures committee. Passage of the bill will be bitterly contested by Senators from cotton growing States where much of the cotton bagging used is made by foreign conflicts.
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