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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
4
Early this morning a blaze damaged the town building housing the fire department police department library and town offices. The loss runs to several thousand dollars but was covered by insurance. town records were saved.
In Salem on October 18, Joseph Caruso, a defendant in the Anna Lopizzo murder case linked to the Lawrence textile strike, sat in the prisoners’ cage with an interpreter as law officers testified he understood English during police conversations.
Navy directs cruiser to Tampico to monitor Vera Cruz and Gulf coast unrest while in Lawrence the trial sessions pause after testimonies about Ettor and Caruso. Rebels burn bridges on the Northwestern railroad, halting service and prompting warnings to railroad officials.
Acting President William L. Hooper reports Tufts College raised 101,900 from last summer efforts and now campaigns for an additional 50,000 this year. Dr. A B Fletcher offered 5000 if 45,000 more were secured in a year, with trustee Thomas Cunningham adding 2600 to start the push.
An advertisement proclaims a single remedy Bromo Quinine in LAXATIVE and QOne with a pledge that it cures cold in one day and grip in two days for 25 cents. It instructs readers to seek the signature of B. W. Grove.
Boston and Brookline society guests attend the Overbrook Penn wedding of Miss Townsend of Boston town and Herbert Jacques Jr. of Chestnut Hill. The ceremony at St Pauls Episcopal Memorial Church is followed by a reception at Raynham Overbrook. The couple plan to live on Winslow Avenue Norwood after a Boston-Harvard connected wedding season.
Mme Marie Rappold of the Metropolitan Opera pleased yesterday afternoon in Symphony Hall with selections from Wagner and Der Freischutz. The performance drew enthusiastic applause for the Weber aria and for her refined diction and vocal color.
A reviewer dismisses Sgambati’s symphony as a formal exercise with little emotional impact, calling it a bore despite a well crafted slow movement. The program also includes Pfitzner’s overture and Brahms variations, praised as the concert’s standout moments.
In Little Falls New York on October 18 conflict between city authorities and Socialist speakers intensified as four more Socialist orators were arrested. Mayor Lunn of Schenectady faces trial after being moved from Herkimer county jail. He sought to address a Fort Plain meeting while running for Congress, refused bail, and the sheriff personally escorted him for the speech.
In Fall River on Oct 18 a cave-in at the John J. McDonough School yard seals the fate of three laborers who were laying a retaining wall foundation. Police and fire crews, aided by women with coal shovels, labored to reach the victims as embankment collapse buried them under tons of earth.
The Boston Light Infantry Corps 114th anniversary reunion at the American House featured speakers including Captain H J Hallgreen and Brigadier General P Frank Packard. Veterans accused local business leaders of pressuring young men to join or quit the militia, saying they should “give up business or give up the militia.” Delegations from the Salem Light Infantry Association and the Salem Cadet’s Infantry Association attended, with toastmaster Captain George C Noyes and other officers also speaking.
The Orion, the largest naval collier, berthed at the navy yard to discharge 10 300 tons of coal from Newport News. It surpassed the prior record by 2000 tons, marking the biggest coal shipment ever at the facility.
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