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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
18
Mrs I Bracket Bishop of Chicago announces plans to adopt fifteen babies representing diverse racial types including a negro, Indian, Arab, Japanese and German. She seeks children about one year old and aims to raise them as a unified American family despite objections calling the plan a “human zoo.”
King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena attended the opening of Italy's Parliament in Rome. Socialists and Republicans took oaths in the chamber for the first time, as deputies and senators cheered the King. The ceremony follows Italy's advent of universal suffrage, with broad national representation.
At a meeting of diverse faiths in Pekin the Young Men's Christian Association organized a league to prevent Confucianism from becoming China's state religion. Representatives from Mohammedanism Taoism Buddhism Roman Catholicism and Protestantism pledged to contest the plan and promote religious openness.
The Chinese Parliament considers no state religion but a presidential mandate signals a push to adopt Confucianism. Led by Dr Chen Huanchang, a Chinese humanities scholar, the revival seeks moral restoration and reverence for sages. Foreign observers note wide interest.
The Webster Street Grammar School in Manchester New York will be closed tomorrow to allow fumigation after scarlet fever cases in the area. About two hundred children attend the school.
The Bedford Station and Bedford Springs station on the Boston and Maine line were entered after a midnight arrivals. Thieves forced windows, robbed Penny-slot machines, and damaged telephones, taking money and mileage books at Bedford Springs. Tickets were not stolen. the effort may be tied to a recent Acton break by the same gang.
Judith funds a thoughtful gesture for her editor as narrated by Ante Shannon Monroe. The story appears in Next Sunday’s Post Magazine, detailing a personalized gift and its reception within the newsroom.
Gloucester reports the death of William Foley age 42, a fish merchant for P. J. O'Brien, whose body was found floating in the harbor at about 8 am by Oxford Dunton. A Spaniard is detained during police inquiry amid rumors of foul play after Foley was seen arguing with two or more men on a nearby wharf last night.
Lafayette parish company files federal suit against American Sugar Refining, alleging monopoly in restraint of trade under Sherman law. Seeks 2,776,857 dollars in damages. Case filed in New Orleans federal court yesterday.
Patrolman Dale and citizens pursued four men on Harrison avenue near Dover street after a robbery targeted two men, John Wesley and James Haggerty, at 18 Rose street basement. Two watches were identified as victims’ property. the suspects George Irving Ben Jones Charles Gilman and Max Segan were booked.
Harry I. Stabler aged 23 survived severe burns from boiling tar after doctors in Baltimore used chemically treated air on the wound. About 200 square inches were burned, 75 healed, and he walked in a hospital courtyard by Thanksgiving. A pliable wooden frame aided the treatment initiated Oct 4 after he arrived unconscious.
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