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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
8
Officer David Neagle faced Alderman Wins ton at a city hall hearing after noon. Neagle admitted taking cream from a can, claiming heartburn drove the act. The case ties into a broader Newton official controversy around his rehiring after prior discharge for taking cream from a bakery can.
Alderman Winslow pushed charges to the Newton mayor regarding unpaid wages for Officer Neagle. The hearing heard from Chief Mitchell and Sergeant Armitage while Neagle testified he drank cream to soothe heartburn. Mayor Childs reserved decision after hearing both sides.
Lowell May 2 A game of stumps on the North Common led to a 77 year old man Adolph Dupont being injured when a tree he climbed gave way his skull fractured and he was taken to Lowell Corporation Hospital with slight chances of recovery.
Volume powers a thriving manufacturing economy and value creation. Production of the Studebaker SIX exceeds any other Six globally. The plant houses $3,000,509 in machinery, enabling high quality materials and manufacturing precision beyond smaller producers.
May 28 in New York Mrs Dor othy Barriigan Campion, Mae A Sullivan’s girlhood chum, testified in Justice Gavegan's court that Arthur I Hoe claimed at their first meeting he was married with a child. Sullivan sues Hoe for 25000 for breach of promise alleging he was single. Campion placed their meeting at 225 Fifth Avenue in 1910.
Miss Sullivan and Hoe clash over where they met and if he promised marriage as Dailey testifies about payments for anti Sullivan work. Letters show Dailey sought funds from Hoe, claiming a $7000 campaign payment and detailing spied on Sullivan’s expenses to justify further asks.
West Roxbury's Parental School reports three of sixteen escapees remain at large while seven others are back. Superintendent George C. Minard attributes unrest to newspaper talk of potential school closure and notes many boys returned by parents or police. The three escapees fled Sunday night in night attire, likely changing clothes nearby to vanish, with standard uniform aiding detection when recaptured.
Chicago May 28 Members of the 126th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States adopted a resolution favoring a federal divorce law. The measure, by Rev A M Eells of Cairo Illinois, came in a supplemental report on marriage and divorce. Chairman John Timothy Stone asked to recommit the paragraphs proposing changes to state divorce laws for a year.
Fresh groundfish prices declined amid heavy offerings from twelve schooners a steamer and two beam trawlers. Rose Dorothea delivered 18 000 pounds of halibut. haddock 31 4 cents steak cod 53 4 cents market cod 23 4 cents steak pollock 33 4 cents steak cusk 33 4 cents large hake 8 4 dollars and medium hake 21 4 cents per pound. Vessels earnings listed for haddock cod pollock hake and roe with ships including Breaker Ripple Long Island M Santos Dé Canrassia Welimrye W Goodspeed Gray Rose Dorothea Hattie Heckman and others. Light at Deer Island Light Station to be shown one hour before sunset and one hour after sunrise during foggy weather for one year pending shipping value. Bass Point Nahant excursion lines start Saturday from Boston and Revere Beach Pier due to warm weather. London steamer Anglian reported ice bergs near 41 02 N 48 03 W. Pretorian from Glasgow and Moville carried 131 cabin and 1457 steerage passengers delaying arrival. Lillie from Port Antonio Cap tain Lechner cold near Nan tucket. Ver a maiden voyage under Captain Olsen. A small fire at Mystic 45 pier sheds caused limited damage. Willis and Guy with engine install at East Boston. Yarmouth steamer Arthur to Nova Scotia service. City of Gloucester moved to Atlantic Works dock. Cymric arrives at quarantine and will berth to pass the dock. The Landsman.
Shipping news lists numerous steamers and vessels arriving at various ports. Entries include Cymric Beadneil Ritchie Anglian Toozes Lillie Lechner Vera Olsen Simms Kinney Onondaga Gloucester McDorman Governor Cobb Allan and others bound for or from Liverpool Glascow Moville Boston Jamaica Port Antonio Jamaica Yarmouth N S Nassau Bath Norfolk Jacksonville Charleston Ipswich and Thorpe.
An advertisement offers a freckle treatment with a money back guarantee. By buying an ounce of double strength ethine from Riker Jaynes Stores or Houghton & Dutton Co, readers can try the remedy at no cost if it fails to remove freckles. The copy asserts most cases need only one ounce and urges asking for double strength ethine.
The ad promotes Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder trouble affecting men and women. It claims high efficacy with thousands of endorsements and offers 50 cent and one dollar sizes at druggists. A sample bottle by parcel post is available with a pamphlet, sending ten cents and mentioning the Boston Daily Post.
Knowston and Rockport vessels engage in dredging from Vineyard Sound. A fleet of schooners tugboats and towing barges move between Rockland New York Norfolk Portland Newburyport Salem and Philadelphia with multiple named ships such as Rebecca R Douglass Ladd Charles ton Gatherer Brocklebank Uneas Rheinfels James S Whitney and more. The report reads as an items list of sailing orders and routes for commercial shipping.
Miss Dorothy Eaves of Boston served as brides maid in Springville New York on Wednesday evening at the marriage of Miss Mary Jorie A Waite daughter of Mr and Mrs Waite.
Mrs. Ralph Britton Waite of Buffalo to Walter H Schwarzenbach of Buffalo with the Rev Herman L Brock officiating at a ceremony in Springville N Y and Buffalo areas.
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