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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1915
Page
3
The Boston School Board refused to correct the new textbook on American history after Leon E. Baldwin of the Massachusetts Progressive party criticized it.
The board referred Bald win to authors of Elementary American History and Government, objecting to limiting study to one book. It retired four teachers on pensions and authorized four new kindergartens, language classes, and typing instruction for deaf graduates.
A three story Brooklyn tenement at 66 North Sixth street burned killing twelve residents. Fire officials fear more victims remain trapped in the ruins.
Calles reported eight killed and 24 wounded as Villa troops attacked the Agua Prieta entanglements and were repulsed. The action drew a fusillade from Carranza trenches at 10 oclock tonight amid a brief shelling with rapid fire.
A reader from Boston expresses gratitude to the Post for fair treatment of old age pensions. He praises articles by Robert L. Norton and Professor von Mach in this week’s issues, saying they bring happiness and hope to many seeking to alleviate poverty and fear of want in old age.
New York on November 1 reports Edith Bolling Galt bride elect of President Wilson strolling Fifth Avenue. She declined cabs and taxis, mingling with well dressed shoppers along the city’s busiest thoroughfare seeking anonymity in the mid afternoon.
Thousands saw Mrs. Galt in New York and Washington as she completes her trousseau. She has been photographed repeatedly with her mother and the President at baseball games, while a guarded Fifth Avenue stroll drew little notice from passersby. The Secret Service detail grew bored, and Mrs. Galt planned more shopping in New York through Thursday, awaiting the President's return.
Edward H. Crosby notes that The Battle Cry of Peace at the Majestic Theatre marks the first Boston use of a moving picture to educate as well as entertain. Commodore F Stuart Blackton produced the episodes from Hudson Maxim Defenceless America urging preparedness to avert war.
A dramatic scene opens with Hiram Maxim condemning lack of defense as a young American John Harrison spreads the warning to friends. Foreign spies push peace at any price as a fleet bombs New York. a magnate is shot. scenes show bombardment, looting, and a brutal officer assault.
A vivid film display depicts aerial bombs, naval battles, train crashes and coast artillery in a sweeping photography masterwork. Charles Richman leads a strong cast including Louise Beaudet and Norma Talmage with Captain Jack Crawford delivering patriotism and poetry. The Battle Cry of Peace promises a profitable extended engagement.
Matthew Hale issues a statement defending a Progressive path for Charles Sumner Bird. Hale argues Bird should run in Progressive primaries on the Progressive platform to unite liberal voters from Republican and Democratic sides. He stresses no support for dropping the Progressive standard or compromising the party platform.
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