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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1912
Page
3
Harvard's first pop night of the year drew praise for the university musical clubs and refreshments. Undergraduates lament Cambridge's dry status, noting sodas cannot replace beer, and await Boston's original pops for true merriment.
A large group of single tax advocates gathered at the Twenty Century Club on Joy Street for the fourth annual meeting of the Joseph Fels Fund Commission. Prominent figures including Joseph Fels ex Governor L F C Garvin W S U Ren Herbert S Bigelow Bolton Hall and others attended. Dr Charles S Miller of Brockton chaired the afternoon session where opinions differed on methods to push adoption of the single tax. Evening discussions covered Missouri movements and Bigelow outlined the constitutional convention work.
Packard Sample shoes for men priced at 2.98 today only. Models cost 5.00 6.00 and 7.00 with 150 pairs available. Located at 662-672 Washington street corner Beach. Advertisement.
Boston Health Board vaccinate hundreds along the waterfront and quarantine docks after the discovery of a second smallpox case in Winthrop. Archibald Caldwell a bartender at an Atlantic avenue saloon is quarantined at home with a mild illness and linked to the same source as a South Boston case. The carrier is traced to New Orleans and Portland connections.
Miss Elsie R. Cary wed Richard A. Moore in Brockton on November 29. Her father Fred W. Cary gave a package of chewing gum as a wedding present, saying it contained something to chew on. A substantial check was found wrapped around the gum, ending the dispute.
Four people were injured early this morning in Manchester New Hampshire when a joy ride in a borrowed automobile ended with a tire explosion at Hanover and Belmont streets. Two of the injured were thought fatally hurt.
A car wreck scattered debris across the square injuring several people. Bomase La Brecque and Edward Goodreau of Manchester are at Sacred Heart Hospital with fractured skulls and internal injuries. Theodore Clouthier of Manchester, the driver, is jailed on charges of car theft and driving while intoxicated. Edward St Hilare of Boston suffered minor injuries.
Washington reports Speaker Champ Clark brought his daughter Genevieve to meet President Taft at the White House. Miss Clark, a declared Taft Democrat, described as loyal to Taft policies, drew attention as the President studied the visiting pair and joked that they are better looking than the others.
Senator Dixon of Montana attempted to mark himself Progressive rather than Republican in the Congressional Directory but the issue had already been printed. He said the change would appear in the next edition.
One of the season’s largest debutante affairs was hosted by Mrs. George B. Silsbee at the Copley Plaza for her niece Miss Katherine Silsbee. The event followed a formal introduction at home and served as an after the opera reception and dance with over 600 guests. Extraordinary police precautions were taken due to the gems worn by attendees.
An unknown Finn girl about 21 was found dead in a Gloucester house with gas flowing from every jet. The body was discovered while Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Henry of Maplewood Avenue were away. identification awaits their return.
Marion Craig Wentworth, her ex husband, and Mrs. Wentworth No 2 remain close amigos after the Reno divorce made possible his Washington wedding to Miss Alice Chapman. He says all three women are the warmest friends and that he and his current wife are very happy.
In the Thomas O. Hill will filed in East Cambridge Probate Court yesterday the executors Harry M. Hill and Rosewell B. Lawrence are directed to cancel the $4750 note on a mortgage held by the First Universalist Church Society of Medford. Hill also bequeathed $300 to both the Ladies' Auxiliary and the Sunday School.
A cat stuck in tree branches forty feet high on Warren Avenue Somerville prompted a fire department response yesterday. Chief Rich ordered Ladderman to the scene and supervised the rescue as Webber carried the cat to safety. The feline had endured the stormy weather since the morning.
Mayor Fitzgerald urged the school committee to arrange visits to the South Boston Aquarium during school hours for instructional purposes. He also proposed a city prize system with medals for pupil proficiency in spelling and mathematics.
Senator Hoke Smith leads a push for Senate input in drafting Wilson tariff bills. Representative Oscar W. Underwood faces House talks on spring tariff revision as Senate Democrats back a joint two house approach for early framing.
Mr and Mrs John A Bengtson celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their Calvary street home in Waltham last evening with over one hundred relatives and friends. The couple were married in Sweden and came to Waltham in 1889.
Packard Sample shoes for men offered in 15 pairs priced at 5.00 6.00 and 7.00 by the Packard Pison Co located at 662 672 Washington Street.
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