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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
5
In New York on October 29 thousands of commuters were delayed as electric power was cut in Oak Point yards of the New York New Haven Hartford line to remove the bodies of two unidentified linemen electrocuted. All trains on main lines stalled until bodies were removed and traffic resumed.
Eternal vigilance guides the National Biscuit Company in ingredient selection and product protection. Its biscuits are sold in attractive tins, Inter-seal trademarked packaging, or glass-front cans. Across markets the company offers crackers cookies wafers snaps cakes and jumbles as the best of their kind.
Jessie L. D. Russell of Oceanport New Jersey adds her name to a witness list claiming the late George E. Williams New England manager of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance swindled her. She says she held two policies given by Williams as security for loans and returned them for arrangements with the Berkshire Life Insurance Company to borrow against them.
The plaintiff asserts Williams kept and pledged policy assignments to secure his loans. She seeks 5000 with interest from April 1, 1913, arguing the policies were fraudulently used by Williams to borrow from Shawmut Commercial Paper Company. Details trace loans from 1902 and 1908 secured by policy assignments now in dispute.
Joe Knowles witnessed another bear encounter as ten Dickey Society freshmen were released in Harvard Square for their public initiation. About five hundred students and visitors watched the man bear clash, reminiscent of the Maine woods episode a month earlier.
Assistant District Attorney Webber argued that Mason Financial Company tried to make small loans without a license. He warned a not guilty verdict would force a legislative revision of loan laws and empower supervisor E Gerry Brown and associates to fail in duties. After the judge's charge, the case goes to the jury.
Miss Olga Nethersole presents a one act adaptation by H Rivers Lee of Mrs W K Clifford's The Last Scene of the Play at Keith's. It portrays life realities and a woman's spiritual struggle centered on a prohibited marriage and a drunken wife. The piece connects to divorce law reform arguments before the recent government commission led by Lord Gorrell.
Clifford F. Farrington president of Harvard sophomore class played Joe Knowles in the Dickey initiation fes tivities performing in primitive makeup with oak leaves furs and long whiskers. A bear appeared as part of the gag and the pair ended with a turkey trot. Cast members included Williams as a Dickey initiate and Bingham depicting William Jennings Bryan.
New York, Oct. 29. Surrogate Cohalan issued the last call for John Kopp who was last seen in Oroville California 15 years ago to claim a 160000 legacy left by his mother in 1901. For 12 years the money has waited in the city chamberlain’s care as his brother Albert of New York seeks to have him declared dead and made administrator of the estate.
Actress Miss Blanche Rose reveals a Chicago interview recipe to darken gray hair at home with half a pint of water one ounce bay rum a small box Barbo Compound and four ounces glycerine. Applied twice weekly the mix promises a shade change and claims to reduce age appearance while also aiding hair growth soothing scalp humors dandruff and falling hair.
Three more cases were found today bringing total cases to 338. James J Grace former owner of the Columbia Theatre and Langham Hotel filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court disclosing liabilities of 38102.03 with no assets. Tales from the Road travel tales are a Sunday Post Magazine hit with five installments next Sunday.
Miss Jennie Silva an 18 year old daughter of Emelius Silva of 3 Pearl Street Dorchester is missing from home after leaving Braintree on the 16:2u train to Savin Hill last Sunday. Relatives and friends across Greater Boston have been notified but no tidings have been secured.
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