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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
3
Judge Ben B Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court told a Post reporter he cannot eat due to relentless pursuit by the press. He described living on nerves, with sparse meals, as he spoke across a white clothed table and traced a spiral on the tablecloth.
A visiting Boston judge described as slight in build and keen of eye sits for a reporter. He weighs 97 pounds and jokes about being the runt of his family. He links social unrest and the sex question to economic systems and says education, not jail, will settle it, aiming to bring humane justice through Christian principles.
The energetic Ben Lindsey declares he will write a book soon titled Sex and Sin. He contentedly jokes while tipping water onto the table, barely noticing the spill as he speaks.
A quoted speaker denounces hypocrites whose lifestyle sustains immoral conditions in society. The remark targets the very elites seen as responsible for prevailing social ills, framing the critique as a moral indictment.
A. A. Berle former Boston minister and Denver University professor faced sharp rebuke from Judge Ben B. Lindsey at Tremont Temple. Lindsey charged political corruption and a biased circular from the Woman's Protective League while documenting higher juvenile court convictions. Suffragists Misses McKenzie Craft Freeman and Wentworth spoke as Zeublin presided.
A fragmented catalog line urges readers to get a bottle of Adamson's Cough Balsam from their druggist. The text is incomplete with garbled remnants, offering no dates or additional details.
Patrick Cullen 64 of Everett and Mary Glazebrook 69 of Roxbury tied the knot after decades apart. Once schoolmates who married others, they reconnected recently when both widowed. A daughter’s quip sparked the decision, and Cullen led Glazebrook to marriage before family.
Governor Foss, speaking at a Whittenton clam bake, defended his record claiming he kept faith with the people and denied deceiving candidates, saying he would be justified if such a misperception existed. Taunton September 1.
Governor Foss outlined Taunton plans to deepen the Taunton River with state and federal aid, aiming to boost commercial growth and establish the city as a regional shipping port. He noted a $250,000 appropriation for San Francisco exposition representation and defended his political conduct to skeptics. Simon Swig quipped that Foss would find steady employment if he moved his business to Taunton and avoided labor strikes.
Miss Mary Thompson 20 of 53A Sheppard Street Lynn drank carbolic acid at home yesterday in a suspected suicide bid following a breakup with a swampscott youth who had left for vacation. She was found unconscious and taken to Lynn Hospital where her condition was described as hopeful for recovery.
Revere Beach ends its season last night but announces a two week carnival starting today. An estimated 100000 visitors attended yesterday, with rural and distant city attendees dominating the crowd on country day. Bathing picked up in the forenoon as tide ebbed, about 10000 swimming in warm water under sunny skies before the season ends at 8 PM September 14.
Abbot Dom Gasquet president of English Benedictines and chair of the Vatican commission arrives in New York aboard the George Washington. He meets Cardinal Farley and proceeds to the Benedictine Abbey in Newark to rest before a two week lecture journey across the United States.
Abbot Gasquet arrived in the United States greeted by Knights of Columbus leaders including James A. Flaherty supreme knight and William J. McGinley supreme secretary. Abbot Helmstetter of Newark and Prior Felix represented North Carolina with Bishop’s envoy. Messages of welcome came from Archbishop Ireland Notre Dame’s President and others. Gasquet praised American sympathy and contrasted England’s younger generation.
Isa dore Broder a railroad detective in Hartford fired five shots after forcing five railroad men to surrender in a switchyard shanty. Two men, J. J. Donlin of East Hartford and F. B. West of Hartford, were wounded and wore arm slings in court. Broder was arrested and held on heavy bonds for the Superior Court.
The speaker boasts of hiring J Paul Macdonald to lead cutting for stores and promises dramatic garment improvements. He claims Macdonald can cut sixty dollar suits for the fine trade in New York and local markets, asserting superior cutting and design. He praises Standish worsteds Oakes Mills and Wanskuk serges as premier fabrics used by high end makers.
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