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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
3
Harvard Yale and Princeton will forgo football this year as they stage a literary competition among poems short stories and one-act plays. The leading magazines of the three universities offer a $50 prize for the best works with judging to begin this week.
Part II of Judith and the Advertisers by Anne Shannon Monroe framed as a standout feature in next Sunday's Post Magazine. The piece highlights the author’s sharp observations and lush prose, underscoring its place in a specially good magazine.
Mrs. Bessie Shackford, jailed for her husband Edward Shackford's Sept. 30 death in Freedom, NH, claims worker Hollis Wilbur Bean forced a revolver into her hand and coerced her into claiming no shots were fired. She recounts Bean's threats, love advances, and manipulation as she guided authorities to the scene.
Mrs. Shackford insists her tale ties Bean to the murder, while relatives of the farm hand say he was at his Snowville home on the night of the crime.
The Boston Woman's Suffrage Association will hold an open meeting at Tremont Temple on October 21 at 8 p m. The event is open to the public with Mrs. Robert La Follette among the speakers. She will stay as guest of Mrs. Glendower Evans.
Charles Sumner Bird and his flying squadron halted in Fitchburg at 6 30 after a day of 17 speeches to about 2700 people. The campaign toured Ware to reach nearly 90 miles and drew large crowds in City Hall Fitchburg and Leominster as Bird campaigned for Governor on the Progressive ticket.
In Winchendon and Pelham Mr. Bird energized crowds speaking against professional politicians amid family surprise. Factory workers in North Dana paused work as four large cars rolled past, followed by tire punctures and a blown rear tire delaying the march to Ashby.
Reporters rode along as a car convoy sped to Ashby post office at high speed. At the stop, Reps Webster and Hamlin joined for a ride to the next post office. Speakers included Arthur Hill Russell Wood Webster and Bird. Fosdick presided at his first Progressive rally. Paper workers and the local union president attended with interest in Bird's paper mill record.
Miss Margaret Dickey Griffin was elected president of the senior class at Wellesley College and yesterday chosen leader of the Wellesley Glee Club. The club plans a February concert just after mid year exams, with members chosen after a tryout from across the classes.
City officials announced that the Civil Service commissioners approved Mayor Fitzgerald's appointment of D Frank Doherty as purchasing agent for the city The action marked the third appointment for the role since the death of J Edward Mullen in spring 1912
The next Sun day's Post will publish menus for company dinners and a selection of specially chosen recipes for various dishes on the cooking page.
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