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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
3
Ray S. Whitmore of Cambridge and Brockton and his bride Miss Luques of Saco fled Saturday night through a hole cut in the side of the Luques home. A chauffeur was signaled with a flash, and the couple sped toward Boston while guests watched for their send off in Saco.
The battleship Michigan ran aground off Cape Henry but is uninjured and not in danger. A salvage attempt to float her is planned for around 3 a.m. with Captain Niblack stating she will likely be floated at high tide.
A Postman finds the Stenzeh family in a windowless second floor room at 129 Endicott Street awaiting help. Father Thomas Stenzeh stands trial for non-support, while mother and six children cope with hunger and cold. Josephine, 14, acts as interpreter and guardian as a Thanksgiving basket aids relief efforts. Santa Claus volunteers promise aid amid broader Boston stories of extreme poverty.
President Wilson joined Francis Sayre and Professor Stockton Axson to climb Petersburg Mountain in Williamstown this afternoon. From the summit he could look out over New York and Vermont.
A pair of Timmins livery horses bolted as the driver left the box in front of the Copley Plaza Hotel yesterday noon. They dashed down Trinity place and into Boylston street, smashing Beebe’s car rear, narrowly missing pedestrians, before stopping at Clarendon street corner. Beebe filed a complaint at station 16. The incident occurred as crossings cleared and the driver struggled to regain control. The item also notes a new serial by E Phillips Oppenheim, The Way of These Women, opening next Sunday in the Post Magazine.
The account describes part of President Wilson’s journey by carriage then on foot up a mountain where a farmer John Donaghue humorously notes the President’s likeness. Wilson returns to a warm fire and recites poetry to relatives before a 40 pound turkey Thanksgiving dinner with venison. He plans an auto trip to Washington tomorrow via New Haven and Springfield and has sorted much correspondence but not yet finished the speech to Congress.
Medford residents watched a motorized fire brigade parade through the city streets marking the complete transition from horse drawn equipment. The $25,000 investment funds the new motor pump engine able to draw water from rivers wells or ponds and operate where hydrants are absent. Somerville Malden and Arlington departments contributed apparatus as a precaution while Mayor Taylor and Chief Bacon led the procession.
London dispatch reports the Petrograd Express correspondent stating the Russian victory in Poland is decisive with an estimated 50,000 prisoners. The German retreat widens along the front as Berlin hints at repulsed Russian attacks and a defensive stance.
A Daily Mail correspondent reports Dixmude retaken by Allied forces. French marines attacked Tuesday night and drove Germans from the town lines, signaling a significant advance in the Dunkirk region.
Charles street jail housed 330 men and 60 women who received a special Thanksgiving meal prepared with 200 pounds of jailyard raised chicken plus 200 pounds bought from the market. The menu included fricassee chicken, sweet potatoes, mince, squash pie, apples, oranges, and fruit with chocolate at supper instead of coffee. Working prisoners enjoyed an hour of yard exercise in the afternoon.
On Wednesday they followed with a bold assault into the town. The enemy retreated seven miles before stopping. The marines suffered about 300 casualties in the engagement.
At the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea about 550 veterans of the Civil and Spanish wars enjoyed a bountiful dinner between noon and 2 pm. After a blessing by chaplain Benjamin Seaboyer, the men ate a large spread that included 600 pounds of turkey 500 pies and 15 barrels of potatoes.
Superintendent Oliver C. Elliot and friends of the Boston Industrial Home organized a turkey dinner for nearly 400 residents and visitors at Davis street and Harrison avenue in the South End. About 80 were women, with 12 regular inmates and 275 transients welcomed to the feast served under Mrs. Elliot’s supervision. An evening chapel entertainment followed the meal.
Albert A. Rosenbush of Brookline marks his twentieth wedding anniversary with a Georgian banquet attended by New England business leaders. Charles Stryker, secretary to Treasury official William G. McAdoo, served as guest of honor as the Georgian unveils its new $25,000 gold plate banquet service. The event closed with a ballroom reception where about 100 guests danced.
A series of church notices plan meetings and appointments. The Laymen's League hosts a talk at St Pauls Parish House by Alderman Harry Phillips on London church clubs. Clergy moves include Rev O H Martin to Hope Chapel Boston and Rev W B Whitney to Hill Memorial Baptist Allston while remaining prison chaplain. Baptist conference speaker is Prof Norman F Richardson at Tremont Temple. Young People's Home Missionary conference convenes at First Methodist Temple Street with programs on gifts patriotism and watchword.
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