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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1915
Page
3
Plan to issue an ultimatum within ten days to Boston dress and waist manufacturers to meet two year old agreements and improve shop conditions or risk a strike by thousands of workers. A mass meeting at Lawrence Hall will hear reports from A Rosenberg and Benjamin Horn on past negotiations.
The Jonas Rein brought into Srimsby ten demented survivors from the Dutch lugger Nord zee after a North Sea ordeal. They claim their crew killed three mates and disposed of them, then spent time in a spree dubbed devil hunting.
The Nordzee, found derelict with 19 men. claimed insanity from liquor induced religious mania. They seized and threw overboard items as devils fearing concealment, killed three cabin men after a fierce struggle, then drifted until towed by Jonas Rein. Authorities weigh extradition options.
An old advertisement urges readers not to trifle with a cold and promotes Adamson's Balsam as a cure. The terse copy frames a health warning and product claim in a brief roadside style.
Elias R. Monfort of Cincinnati was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Frank Cole of Jersey City and William J. Patterson of Pittsburgh withdrew, making Monfort's win unanimous. Other officers named include George H. Slaybaugh as senior vice commander and Mrs. Alice C. Risley as president of the army nurses.
Frank G. Pope age 69 formerly of Boston and Somerville died yesterday at his Mansfield residence after a six week illness. He served as eastern representative for Riverside Metal Company of Riverside New Jersey and was known to jewelry manufacturers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Pope previously worked in the stencil business with his father in Boston.
The advertisement touts Burrill's as the right way to brush and keep enamel clean. It promotes powder in large transparent bottles with patent tops and paste in indestructible tubes, claiming benefits from changing to Burrill's.
Col John P Irish, veteran California orator, counter-attacked Miss Minnie Mulrey of Boston after she accused anti-suffragists and Irish in Beverly. The confrontation followed her remarks Thursday night.
The flying squadron left Newburyport at eight and arrived in Brown's Hall tonight. Colonel Trish challenged Miss Mulvey with a sharp retort about equality and suffrage, calling her a “left over” and defending ex- presidents while criticizing her questions.
One hundred thirty members traveled by special train, eighty by Boston and Maine railroad and fifty by automobile to attend the closing of the Rockingham Fair in journey attire of straw hats with red bands flannel trousers blue coats and white shoes.
The Right Rev Robert Codman bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Maine is seriously ill at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital with a mysterious malady. An operation may be performed. his wife Miss Margarette Biddle-Porter of Philadelphia has kept constant vigil. Maine diocese members prayed all day and will hold a service at St Luke's Cathedral Portland.
Ambrose Woods of Ward 19 leaves the deputy sealer of weights and measures to become an assistant registrar in the election department at his request. Mayor Curley notes Woods disliked the former job. The move follows a civil service exam where only 3 of 72 candidates passed.
Intrepid pilgrims led by Car roll D Swan march through the fair grounds to a clubhouse after the fair ends. Chester I Campbell is mock arrested then thanked with gold cuff buttons during an eight bells luncheon. Pauline Mason performs as speeches and dances conclude before a special train to Boston at 9 30.
The bishop's condition is described as serious as his wife and family in Boston stay with him. He had begun a honeymoon trip along the Maine coast after marriage at Bar Harbor and did not expect to resume Episcopal duties until November 1.
About 30 members of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange leave Boston today in special Pullman cars attached to the noon B and A train to New York via Springfield for the National Poultry Butter and Egg Association annual convention.
A maltese kitten fell into a walled-in fireplace at 17 Cooper Street, North End. David A. Bolton of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a mason freed it after removing brickwork. The kitten had been inside since Monday and nearly starved. The owner’s daughter rejoiced at its return.
The suffrage meeting planned for Tremont Theatre tomorrow afternoon has been postponed for a week. The regular Sunday gathering will be at the Common bandstand at 4 o clock with Miss Mabel Caldwell Willard presiding and speakers Miss Helen Todd Meyer Bloomfield Arthur Huddell Miss Minnie Ryan and E. J. Slattery.
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