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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
1
London reports a night raid by a Zeppelin killing eight people, including two women, and injuring 34. Censorship limits details, but Home Office bulletins say property damage was small though the attack was among the most serious London has faced.
Moon phases listed for October and November include New Moon October 8 and November 7, Full Moon October 22 and November 21, with first and last quarters noted. It marks the 287th day of the year and 420th day of the war, plus a 4 hour day length decrease since June 22 and auto lamps at 5 36 p m and 6 06 p m. Also notes December 6 to Sorrow anniv for Decasa Penn founder of Pennsylvania born.
Weather bulletin notes increasing cloudiness in Boston and vicinity on Thursday with showers late Thursday or Friday. Moderate temperatures and southerly winds accompany the forecast for New England.
Reading shows a garbled weather snippet with numbers and letters. It mentions an average temperature and partial dates but lacks coherent details or identifiable events or names.
Advertisement announcing a trolley route from Boston to Worcester with service to Worcester and intermediate points. It highlights express and accommodation options for riders, likely from an early 20th century transit page.
A drunken motorist fled through Worcester and Marlboro after crashing into a Bartlett car carrying W H Bartlett of Worcester Trust Co. The chase ended with Louis Deplessis of 24 Paris Street Marlboro arrested on a DWI charge and bail set at $100. He faces District Court arraignment before Judge McDonald.
President Wilson visited the home of Mrs. Galt at 1308 Twentieth street to woo her daughter Priscilla. Onlookers described the scene as a schoolboy like display of affection as the president arrived in his car and entered the Galt residence.
Washington Oct 13 The Department of Agriculture placed Worcester County Mass under closed quarantine tomorrow due to a foot and mouth outbreak reported today The outbreak is the first east of Indiana in months and the only known infection outside Illinois
Former Austrian-Hungary ambassador to the United States Dr Constantin Dumba arrives at Falmouth on the Nieuw Amsterdam but does not land. The recall was requested by President Wilson.
New World's Champions edged Philadelphia 5 to 4 in a dramatic finale. Lewis tied the game with a homer while Hooper delivered a decisive ninth inning blast to seal the victory in a tightly contested contest.
Hooper hits two home runs while Boston and Philadelphia trade runs. Luderus Gardner and Lewis contribute extra-base hits as Foster and Rixey labor through 2 1 3 and 6 2 3 innings respectively. Boston errors and five Bos on base limit scoring. umpire crew listed and game lasts 27 hours 15 minutes.
The three children of Baroness Albreacht von Schroeder of Brookline Mass are heirs to a 4.5 million dollar fortune from Dennis Sullivan a Denver mining man and banker who died recently in Denver. The baroness widow of Barry Sullivan is in Germany with the Red Cross and her husband serves as a German army lieutenant at the front.
The will is to be probated this week, the estate includes valuable Denver property stock in leading mercantile firms and mining properties and sugar manufactories. It will be turned over to a trustee for the children once the von Schroeders are located in Germany.
Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia 5 to 4 to win the world series, claiming the title for the third time since the league's formation and marking Boston as never defeated in the world championship pursuit.
Philadelphia October 13 The proposed Western barnstorming trip of the World Series champions the Red Sox and the National League champions the Phillies has been called off.
The Sunshine Safety Lamp Co announces a portable gasoline lamp claiming the most powerful home light without gas or electricity. It features 300 candle power at one cent per night, wickless and chimneyless, advertised as safe and offered on a 15 day free trial to any veteran with request for name and address.
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