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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
11
A Boston Post Sewing Circle feature publishes reader letters on marriage reform and family duties. Topics include defending women’s role in homes, husbands and children, and daughters, plus a debate over dogs in households, pet care, and a caller seeking clairvoyant guidance for a family death.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions, anecdotes, and community concerns in a concise, period-appropriate voice.
Miss Margaret Gale a Vassar graduate and Dr. Lewis S Booth a Yale alumnus wed last night at St Mark's Church Dorchester The ceremony coincided with the silver wedding anniversary of the bride's parents The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George EF Gale of 7 Alpha Road Dorchester formerly of Amesbury The bride's mother served as matron of honor
The Boston Central Labor Union sent a telegram to President Wilson last night urging him to intervene in the Colorado coal strike and compel coal operators to meet his laid down requirements as the basis for settling the dispute.
A special meeting followed a telegram from strikers warning that militiamen are organizing in mining camps with full equipment. They fear Ludlow warfare and urge President Wilson to compel Colorado coal operators to adopt the settlement basis. operators refuse. The Boston Central Labor Union, representing 85,000 workers, sent a formal appeal to Wilson via John J. Barry and Henry Abrahams, urging prompt federal action.
At United Textile Workers sessions in Scranton on October 23 the union voted to relocate its headquarters from Fall River to New York. New officers were elected including John Golden of Fall River as president James Tansey of Fall River and Jesse Walker of Cohoes as vice presidents and Albert Hibbert of Fall River as secretary.
Soakin in the sunshine of gold days and misty mazes. Autumn steals magic from lingering summer as hilltops glow twilight violet. The speaker savors beauty from head to toe, loving lands that turn hearts sweet and warm with sunlit seasons.
Announcement states former Governor Bates will stump for Republican Samuel W. McCall. Bates will speak at major rallies starting late next week, as McCall and Grafton D. Cushing headline Lowell tonight before McCall heads to Arlington for additional remarks.
Joseph Walker the Progressive candidate for Governor writes to Herbert Washburn explaining his switch from the Republican party. He says Weeks's election showed the GOP was hopelessly reactionary under the circumstances.
Navy drill on deck ends with six hurt and two dead as crews try to steady lines. A ship backs to station after cables snap, leaving marked gun and two red signals. Old sailors praise the Hundred Fires and the brave youths who faced danger beyond play.
Paris dispatches from the New York Herald interview Henry Savage Landor an English explorer who says he carried despatches for Belgium between Antwerp and Bordeaux and passed German lines six times unseen. He recounts leaving Antwerp in the last automobile with wounded soldiers and notes Roosevelt’s Rio Davida claim.
In Milan Giulio Ulivi, inventor of the F-Rays, says he built a new apparatus already sent abroad and to be used in the war within a fortnight. He would not name buyers, but suspicion centers on Germany. Ulivi’s device uses an ultra violet ray claimed to explode torpedoes shells and dynamite at distance.
Private Chatkoff reports from Camp JDemailly near Chalons that in Battalion C two Americans, Edward Morine and Edgar Boutigny, have become corporals. Seven more Americans were made first class soldiers, a step toward promotion. Names include William Thaw, George Philezot, Ferdinand Capdevielle, Weston Hall, J. J. Bach, F. Landreaux, and H. Beaumont, with only 21 Americans in the battalion.
In Petrograd on October 22 the Czarina and a daughter assume Sisters of Mercy duties in military hospitals. The Czar and Czarewitz tour the wards, speaking with soldiers. Grand Duke Nicholas appeals for tobacco, with 250000 pounds distributed to the troops.
Paris news notes the Jockey Club, the smartest French club, has 600 of its 1000 members wearing colors. Some members are described as on the firing line, highlighting wartime involvement.
The Courant notes a coincidence that Colonel Du Paty de Clam and Major Dreyfus’s son were wounded during the Aisne battle. Du Paty de Clam, who framed the Dreyfus case, first alleged Dreyfus penned the incriminating writing and was a key figure in the trial.
London reports a British casualty list dated Oct 18 showing one officer killed, Lieutenant Sir R. G. V. Duff of the Second Life Guards, and 29 wounded in action.
In Superior Court yesterday Robert F. Herrick and Lilian Neale Wood executors of Frank Wood of Boston filed a bill in equity seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Massachusetts Talc Company. The suit names the talc firm and Frederick K. Daggett as defendants.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra performed Guy Ropartz’s D major symphony in Symphony Hall as a public rehearsal, with Mozart and Sibelius pieces preluding. Critics note a lack of development and strong identity, though earnest effort and open air serenity temper criticisms.
A critical survey lauds The Swan from Tuonela and Finlandia for mood and vigor, notes Karelia overture as conventional, praises Chadwick's Vagram Ballad as a native American mood piece, and summarizes the Ropartz symphony as Franck inspired with linked movements.
Members of the Boston Telephone Operators Union will hold a special meeting within the week to address the discharge of Miss Julia O Connor a member of the union executive board and to consider other grievances discussed at a Wells Memorial building gathering last night.
Operators accuse the telephone company of layoffs and biased actions. A Bellevue operator earning 6.50 weekly faced a forced vacation and was backed by coworkers who contributed to her family. Miss O Connor was said fired for tardiness and Miss Morrissey demoted in Back Bay. A special session to pursue concrete actions was planned for next week.
Worcester report says Daniel J. Cooper, guilty of the 1913 murder of Alfred G. Bradish in Upton, had his appeal denied by the Supreme Court. He was ordered to die in the electric chair and collapsed in his cell upon being informed.
In Manchester New Hampshire on October 23, officials said the girl taken in a police raid was not Mildred Sullivan of Houston Me Instead she was from Concord and initially identified as Sullivan during questioning, with later confirmation of her true origin.
In Fairlee at 1:30 a.m. night operator Fannie Merrill stamps tickets when a bank robbery unfolds via telephone line. Robert Graham, the bank's caller, and two intruders are surprised by a staged police call. The bank president is revealed as part of the ruse, and blanks in the revolver signal a test of bravery for a potential Westward posting. Ronnie Merrill reveals herself as the operator later, and Robert contemplates asking her to West with him.
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