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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
3
The opening of Back Home by Bayard Veller and Irvin Cobb at the Plymouth Theatre is postponed from tonight to Saturday evening due to oversized scenery requiring stage reconstruction. Selwyn & Co. aims for a perfect presentation and urges ticket holders to exchange at the box office at any time.
Miss Ruth Hanscom Abbott daughter of Marshal L Abbott of 550 Adams Street East Milton married Ralph E Pendergast of Trenton New Jersey. The ceremony was held at the bride’s home and performed by Rev John Trout pastor of the Milton Congregational Church.
Former Boston mayor Fitzgerald responds to Mayor Curley blaming past administrations for unfinished playgrounds. He argues a robust city program would have provided open air spaces for children, noting $35,744,800 spent on improvements from 1910 to 1913 and urging community responsibility for children's welfare.
Cornelius L. Casey files in Suffolk Superior Court seeking 50000 for injuries alleged after being struck by an automobile owned by Di Pesa Pure Food Products Co. The accident is said to have occurred August 13 at Broadway and Everett Avenue in Chelsea.
Delegates from Women’s Anti-Suffrage League branches read forecasts of a large win for their cause at a meeting held at Mrs. W. J. Putnam’s home on Beacon Street. They noted strong male support at agricultural fairs and dismissed suffragist opposition as a noisy minority.
A Cambridge woman became the bride of Patrolman King from the City Hall Avenue station in a ceremony held last night.
Miss Mae FB Fitzpatrick daughter of Anthony J Fitzpatrick of 287 Huron avenue Cambridge and John R King a policeman attached to City Hall avenue station were married by Rev Edward Ryan at St Peter's Church Cambridge. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the bride’s home with about 75 guests.
Minerva G. Gilman daughter of Mr and Mrs George L Gilman of 13 King Street Reading married last night to Charles W Ellingwood an employee of the Boston and Maine railroad by Rev Harry Hurd A wedding trip through Canada will follow
Charlotte Cushman America's foremost tragedienne becomes the first theatrical member admitted to NYU's Hall of Fame. Her name is among seven chosen in the fourth five year election.
The selection honors seven American born individuals, including actors and inventors, deemed eligible as they have been deceased at least ten years. Among the inductees, five were born in Massachusetts and the list begins with Mark Hopkins, educator, born in Stockbridge.
New York voters added seven more names to the Hall of Fame in the fourth NYU Senate election bringing total inductees to 56. John Paul Jones and Roger Williams failed reelection under a new rule. Jones for serving Russia after the American Revolution, Williams for lack of ministerial backing.
The record lists prominent figures: bridge Mass 1802 died Williams town 1877. Francis Parkman born Boston 1823 died Boston 1893. Elias Howe born Spencer MA 1819 died Brooklyn NY 1867. Joseph Henry born Albany NY 1797 died Washington DC 1878. Charlotte Cushman born Boston 1816 died Boston 1876. Rufus Choate born Essex MA 1799 died Halifax 1869. Daniel Boone pioneer and Boonesborough founder on the Ken.
A biography notes a Kentuck River defender born in Berks County Pennsylvania in 1735 who died on a Missouri farm in 1820. It records that ninety seven electors voted and lists the votes for Hopkins 69 Parkman 68 Howe 61 Henry 56 Cushman 68 Choate 52 Hoone 52.
Richard T. Crane Jr of Chicago has donated the automobile involved in the September 27 fatal crash that killed Hon. Benjamin Stickney Cable of Chicago. Dr M C McGinley of Ipswich receives the vehicle to aid medical study as part of a charity gesture following the crash.
Mr. Crane, thrown from his car and landed on his shoulder, lies seriously ill at his Ipswich home after a crash that killed a close friend. He may never drive again and his attendants watched by his bedside all night. He offered his roadster to Dr. David L. Edsall before the collision, but the doctor declined repair funds, and Crane ordered the car rebuilt for the physician, Ipswich’s town doctor.
Dr. Lester Howard ordered a quarantine and closure of the Brighton stockyards and the Union stockyards at Watertown after an animal at Brighton tested suspicious for foot and mouth disease. An embargo on cattle and other ruminants and swine from Illinois was approved by the Governor and Council. The Union yards serve as a receiving station for Brighton.
Edmund P. Brown president of the Page Class of the Dudley Street Baptist Church married Beatrice Noyes at the bride’s parents home. The Rev. Charles L. Page officiated with Thomas G. Brown and Ruth Robinson in attendance.
Advertisement claims severe rheumatic pains disappear as Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and improves digestion. It states rheumatism stems from an acid in the blood and promotes Hood's as an effective old-time tonic for treatment.
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