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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1914

Page

6

Bargain Hand Bags and Cases Offered at Marked-Down Prices

A retailer advertises Ladies Hand Bags in colored morocco seal pigskin and black patent leather grained, some leather lined others silk lined, now 3.75 to 15.00 from 8.25 to 28.00. Also folding Tie Case in morocco or leather grained, silk lined, now 3.75 from 6.00 and 6.75. Manicure Case in morocco or leather grained with ebony fittings, now 5.50 from 9.00 and 9.75.

Red Morocco Shepard Shoe Shepard Dorothy Dodd Goodyear Dresden

Unitarian Dinner Speaker Warns on Religion Neglect

Former Governor Curtis Guild warned at Tremont Temple during a Unitarian festival and dinner that churches neglect religious teaching and worship while overemphasizing social service, foreign policy, and politics.

Curtis Guild Tremont Temple

Festival draws two thousand ministers and wives

Two thousand attendees including ministers and their wives fill the auditorium for a religious festival. Mr. Guild presided as speakers J Randolph Coolidge Samuel W McCall and Rev A M Rihbany offered liberal religious addresses and urged neighborly faith respect. Coolidge spoke on tolls treaty in the Panama Canal and U S world-state outlook.

Guild J. Randolph Coolidge Chamber of Commerce Samuel W. McCall A. M. Rihbany Great Britain Panama Canal Coolidge United States

Siegel's Boston Books Missing From Trial Spotlight

New York May 27 Books of the Boston store of Henry Siegel were received by the district attorney as part of the Siegel affair inquiry. Prosecutors plan to move to indict Siegel and partner Frank E Vogel in the June term. Defense seeks a venue change before the Supreme Court, possibly delaying trial until October.

New York Boston Henry Siegel Siegel Frank E. Vogel Supreme Court

Catholic Church Hotel Work Plans Parochial School

Various Catholic parish notices across Gloucester West Quincy and East Boston announce church activities. Plans include a new parochial school at St Ann’s Church site costing about 23000 dollars, and multiple events such as mass sermons, May processions, charity performances for destitute Catholic children, and parish society officer elections. The Gate of Heaven garden party hosts a whist event led by women volunteers at St Michael’s Hall.

St. Ann’s Gloucester Somerville High School Dramatic Club St. Clement’s Church West Medford Gate of Heaven Church St. Michael’s Hall

Fire peril probe of steamers

Instructions were issued to Henry M. Seeley supervising inspector of the steamboat inspection service to personally examine all steamers of the New England Navigation Company. The move followed directives from D. N. Hoover head of the inspection service acting for the Secretary of Commerce after attention was drawn to the Mellen testimony.

New York Henry M. Seeley Steamboat Inspection Service New England Navigation Company D. N. Hoover Secretary of Commerce

Fire safety inspection to cover all vessels in district

A directive from Mr Hoover requires all freight and passenger boats within the inspection district be included in the fire danger review. The aim is to identify any safety menace and reveal it to prompt public safeguarding steps, regardless of vessel construction standards or existing laws. Local inspectors are George T Chariton and J L Crane under Captain Seeley, with two assistants. The New York office jurisdiction reaches New Haven, where it intersects with Boston office authority.

Hoover Seeley George T. Chariton J. L. Crane New York New Haven Boston

Darius Cobb Sings to Club at Vendome Luncheon

Boston artist Darius Cobb sang Home Sweet Home at the Ladies Physiological Club luncheon held at the Vendome yesterday afternoon. President Dr. A N Abbott praised modern women’s clubs as key to social and business life, with musical and literary selections and a talk by Mrs. Frank L. Young on Anne Hutchinson.

Darius Cobb Boston Ladies’ Physiological Club Vendome Cobb A. N. Abbott Frank L. Young Boston Federation Anne Hutchinson

Daisy Noyes Granted Divorce in Claremont

In Claremont New Hampshire May 27 Judge Chamberlain granted Mrs Daisy Noyes a divorce and eight hundred dollars alimony from her husband Jesse R Noyes sister of State Senator John Hutchins of North Stratford. The Noyes were socially prominent in the town.

Claremont N. H Daisy Noyes John Hutchins North Stratford Jesse R. Noyes Chamberlain Noyes

Tied to the Hoe Case Mae Sullivan Testifies of Pillow Fights

Mae Sullivan describes pillow fights with Hoe in Riverside Drive rooms and says she loved him despite his affair and marriage. She testifies she lived in luxury, with a $40 car ride and $80 auto hire daily, while her mistress wore negligee and worried at night.

Hamilton Mae Sullivan Miss Sullivan Hoe Riverside Drive Jennie Hodges

Father Denies Body Is Son's in High Profile Suit

Mae A. Sullivan testifies in New York Supreme Court that she delayed alleging an assault to protect a husband from divorce and that she later disclosed the incident amid claims of paid witnesses. The trial centers on breach of promise and weekly support allegations against Arthur L. Hoe, heir of Robert Hoe. Separately a decomposed body found in the Fore River area is linked to Harvard A. Cobb, a Somerville student who vanished after studying photography in Portland, Maine.

Mae A. Sullivan Arthur S. Hoe Robert Hoe Printing Press Fame New York Arthur L. Hoe Supreme Court Justice Gavegan William H. Hamilton Mr. Hoe Fere River Portland Harvard A. Cobb Bond Street Winter Hill Somerville Cobb Walter Fenely Oxford Street Lionel Cobb Europe Stanley W. Cobb Medford

Princeton Defeats Yale 6 0 in Tennis Match

Princeton defeated Yale at tennis in Princeton New Jersey by six games to zero. Only singles played as rain prevented doubles.

Princeton N. J Yale

Man Held As Possible Attleboro Murder Suspect

A man believed to be Finton Thompson, who claims to be Ver non T Heath of Washington DC, was arrested in Newburyport on suspicion of killing Mrs. Mary Colbaert of Attleboro on April 20, 1913. Heath appeared at a local blacksmith shop seeking work and resembled the broadcast description from Attleboro police.

Mr. Hamilton Nellie Glassberg Bronx Mary B Trinity Studio William A. Burr Burr Triai Newburyport Finton Thompson Vernon T. Heath Washington, D. C Mary Colbaert Attleboro Heath Joseph Guy Guy

Attleboro Suspect Heath Seized in Colbaert Case

In a chase tied to a murder in Southern Massachusetts, Heath, who claimed to be Vernon Thomas Heath of Washington DC, was arrested by Salisbury police after being sent to a farmer as a potential lead. Attleboro police compare him to suspect Thompson, noting dental differences, as the Colbaert murder and a nearby burglary appear linked.

Guy Attleboro Heath Salisbury Plains

Rebels seize coal mines near Sabinas Mexico

Eagle Pass Texas May 27 acting on orders from General Carranza constitutionalist officials confiscated five coal mines near Sabinas Mexico. The mines owned by French and American capitalists are the largest in Mexico and will be operated as public properties, constitutionalist headquarters at Piedras Negras said.

Eagle Pass Tex Carranza Constitutionalist Sabinas Mex Mexico Piedras Negras

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