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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
9
Veteran Pat Glendon writes to Sam Stubener about his boy Young Pat Glendon, a natural fighter he calls the greatest white hope. Stubener travels from the mountains to test the giant in three minute rounds and decides to launch his career on the coast.
Sam Stubener guides Pat Glendon from the hills to a rough city boxing path. Pat learns the ropes against Rough House Kelly and Rufe Mason, scoring quick knockouts yet facing criticism as the crowd wants longer bouts. He endures personal loss, buries his father, and still battles Sosso's tricks to prove his championship potential.
Pat delivers a knockout blow to Sosso and vows control after the bout. Stubener imagines a golden future, planning the next match to the full fifteen rounds to showcase Pat’s mastery and avoid temper flare ups.
Pat plans to attend a Browning lecture at the Academy of Sciences delaying his Flying Dutchman boxing appearance. Stubener questions the clash with the ring card, but Pat insists the lecture ends by 9 15. Tomorrow's Sunday Post will carry the next instalment.
A 6 year old girl identified a prisoner named Philip Prescia as the man who killed her mother last Tuesday. Police could not shake her certainty as she persisted with the accusation despite questioning. In a separate item, Sea and Shore Fisheries officials report seizing over a thousand illegal length lobsters bound for Boston, including six and a half dozen shipped under a Cape Elizabeth fisherman’s name once drowned off Trundy's Reef.
The Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company strike ends after governor mediation. Employees gain arbitration and reinstatement with full seniority for all who worked or were discharged for union activity, excluding those who engaged in violence. Service resumes within 12 hours. Disputes go to the Public Utilities Commission for binding arbitration for three years if no mutual agreement is reached within 10 days.
The golden jubilee of St. Joseph's parish West End marks a Mass at 11 a.m. led by Cardinal O'Connell once a curate there, with auxiliary Bishop Anderson and many priests in attendance. Evening vespers at 7 30 p.m. feature Father Slattery as celebrant and Father Courtney delivering the sermon.
Delegates from the national conference of customs collectors deputy collectors and surveyors will meet Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in Washington on Monday. Assistant Secretary Hamlin announced the plan and said McAdoo will present to President Wilson at the White House.
Fire Commissioner Cole and Superintendent of Fire Alarms Fickett are developing a district based system that renumbers all city fire boxes. Alarms will begin with a district figure, so Charlestown boxes start with 2 and East Boston with 3.
Officials propose splitting the city into two main sections with district guide numbers for all boxes and institutions. Boxes with a zero will be eliminated and old Box 62 becomes 1433 under the pending scheme, with the first new box numbered 1281 at State and Kilby streets.
Collector Edwin A. Curtis allows women to reship plumage prohibited at the port to friends abroad as a softer enforcement of the law barring importation of aigrettes and similar plumage.
An advertisement claims relief from rheumatism by using Elmer and Amend’s N Y 2851, with assurance that reliable druggists carry it, and it is fed by all who have used it.
Dr Charles McBurney, renowned New York surgeon born in Roxbury, died at his sister’s Brookline home after years of ill health. A Harvard and College of Physicians and Surgeons alumnus, he served as attending surgeon at St Luke's Bellevue and Roosevelt Hospitals and influenced appendicitis treatment through his 1899 communication. He leaves a widow, two sons, and a daughter.
Patrolman Patrick J. Maguire of the Lexington police and hunter Fred J. Spencer tracked a red fox yesterday. They secured one of the best pelts Lexington hunters have found, highlighting their dual roles as officer and sportsman.
Mayor Joseph H. Gainor united Lena Brideau of Detroit Michigan with her mother in Providence Rhode Island after 16 years apart. Police aided the search and arranged the meeting.
Frederick Smith of Sheafe Street Charlestown must serve eight days at Deer Island after failing to pay a $5 fine from Judge Bragg. He was charged with stealing two sandwiches from the lunch basket of Albert E. Miner, a Boston & Maine Railroad employee on Rutherford Avenue, and was captured by several witnesses.
Miss Mary Perch aged four a Front Street girl in Worcester Massachusetts was attacked as a man about four years old assaulted her hair snipping off about a third of her hair while she walked with a long knife in one hand. He fled into the crowd and disappeared.
Malta November 7 British naval and civil authorities have arranged entertainments for Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger and the officers and men of the battleship Wyoming arriving tomorrow. The American flagship will have the harbor largely to herself as the British fleet conducts maneuvers.
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