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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
24
Nearly 6000 joined the event as 4000 men marched with the New Hampshire Sunday school convention and 1500 children led the procession. The Sailors Haven in Charlestown opened its fall season with a first concert attended by many sailors. Stanton B. King welcomed the ship crews.
Louis H. Wetmore defended George Bernard Shaw yesterday afternoon at Notre Dame Academy stating Shaw is not the cold economist who would kill those over 40 or burn undesirable babies. He argued Shaw is a socialist satirist unjustly hated by England.
After his lecture, Wetmore defended Shaw’s true character, saying he is a serious, kind-hearted Irish gentleman rather than a capering humorist. He warned England’s dislike stems from Shaw’s serious art and concern for the poor. Wetmore met many audience members during an informal reception hosted by the Right Rev. Mer. Splaine at his Roxbury residence.
Officers and members of the St Vincent's Boys Brigade paid final tribute to 11 year old Johnnie Kane who was crushed by an elevator at a Broadway department store in South Boston. Requiem high mass was held at St Vincent's Church and interment followed at New Calvary Cemetery with prayers led by the brigade chaplain.
Ten-year-old John McCarthy of Malden Street is at City Hospital with a fractured right leg after stepping onto tracks yesterday morning. He attempted to cross behind a passing street car at the corner of Washington and Dedham streets but was hit by an automobile traveling in the opposite direction. The driver Hector McKinnon of Peterboro Street did not see the boy until the impact.
In Waterville Me Rev Dr Arthur Phelps asked local young men to describe the ideal wife. He received over 50 letters. Respondents criticized vanity and frivolity while praising modesty cheerfulness patience and motherliness.
Danvers officials report Ralph Durkee aged 17 of 4 High Street was shot by his 16 year old friend Leland Hutchinson during a mock duel while on a gunning trip. Police chief Walter Stone said the youths were playing at fighting a duel when the incident occurred.
Police report Hutchinson accidentally fired his gun, shattering Durkee's right hand and wounding his arm with bird shot. George Dodge and Theodore Kennedy helped the wounded youth to a doctor, then to Thomas Hospital at Peabody. the shooter claimed the gun was believed empty.
Portland Maine October 12 The New England Bakers Association elects L Bergeron of Rochester NH as president and selects Nelson W Cronk Gardiner ME W L McKee Montpelier VT Gunnar Gunnerson Berlin NY John J Nissen Portland and P H McManus Dover NH as officers An executive committee includes G C West Montpelier VT Karl Jordan Hardwick VT L M Scott St Johnsbury VT Papers were read by Dr Ralph Lee C J Birkenmeyer Clinton Scovell R M Allen and George S Ward
In a tense confrontation both sides trained loaded shotguns on each other as spectators observed a standoff. No shots were fired and authorities intervened to de escalate the dispute.
Mrs. John Kelly of New York City endorses Father John's Medicine as a reliable tonic and body-builder. She notes five years of use and personal benefit, urging others to try it for weakness and colds. The medicine is advertised as alcohol free and wholesome nourishment suitable for weak or run down people.
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