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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
2
A sweeping set of stage regulations issued by Mayor Curley targets sexual suggestiveness parodies live songs and dances. The code bars mingling between performers and audiences and bans living pictures revealing attire. The move aims to purify the Boston stage though theater managers warn of reduced receipts.
Cardinal OConnell ordained 27 candidates to the priesthood in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The two hour ceremony drew many relatives and friends, filling the cathedral.
Mayor Curley met about 40 theater managers and booking agents to outline a new city censorship code. J Edward Cort supported the policy, while managers warned strict inspection is needed to avoid injustices and noted drug scenes may be educational yet should be cut if they pervade the act.
Nineteen members of the diocese were ordained during Pentecost rites at St. John's Seminary chapel. Six join the Oblate order, two go to distant postings, and the rest remain in Massachusetts under Cardinal's care. Reverend Henry Burns, O. M. I, the first Everett boy ordained, will celebrate his first mass in Everett.
Police recovered about 400 richly bound books during raids on several second hand shops in the downtown area. Officers Travers and Manning say the volumes, valued at 34 to 500 dollars, were allegedly stolen from large book stores.
The old Eldon Gay House on Island Street near the Stoughton Canton line was destroyed by fire this evening. Tenants were driven from their homes as a brush fire spread over several acres of woodland, with the loss estimated at about $6000.
In Boston Superior Court the trial over Theodore D. Whitney's will reveals Amy H Barker as his ward since 1886, with testimony about jewelry lists, notes, and liquor use. Details include Whitney's estate about 236000 dollars, half left to Barker, and arrangements for Annie I Whitney.
The chancel, built as a memorial to the late Father Prime of St. Margaret's Episcopal Brighton, will be consecrated this morning by Rt. Rev. Samuel G. Babcock suffragan bishop of Massachusetts. The dedication will include a Holy Eucharist with Rev. G Walter Read as celebrant and a sermon by Rev. William Harmon Van Allen. A luncheon will follow at the parish house.
Advertisers claim Adamson's Balsam is the never falling cure for colds with druggists stocking the remedy nationwide. The note urges readers to purchase from local druggists and rely on the product for quick relief.
A public meeting at Parkman House chaired by the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners launched a drive to curb careless littering in Boston parks. Speakers from the Park Board and civic organizations condemned unsightly rubbish including newspapers and broken bottles strewn across grass and walks.
Chairman Dillon suggested using Boy Scouts to admonish offenders and report persistent violators to police, in a movement where the organization would help enforce community standards.
Michal J. Broderick of Augusta Maine reported being lured from a saloon to a Washington Street house where a watch and 70 dollars were stolen and he was beaten. He and officers searched the South End hotel where one suspect was identified as Joseph W. Burke 33 of Roxbury.
In the Chelsea Y M C A building last night a two act comedy titled The Mishaps of Minerva was presented by the Young Men's Christian Association. It was directed by Horace B Frater and drew a large audience.
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