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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1914
Page
2
Buzzards Bay reports that an extra million dollars may be needed for Cape Cod canal construction due to a swift current. Dredging has paused at 12 to 15 feet to reach the 25 feet required by the canal company's charter after Barnstable and Cape de bays waters joined.
Engineers advise a temporary dam or double walled lock before dredging can resume to control tides between two bays. A final decision looms this week with William Barclay Parsons arriving for talks. Opening date may slip beyond January 1 1915 due to currents, while small-boat tolls hold firm and a $50 000 government buoying project is funded.
A Te Deum was sung in archdiocese churches to mark the election of Pope Benedict XV. Three Sisters of Nazareth from St Patrick’s Brockton receive new assignments Superior Sister Mary Dymphana to Memphis Sister Marciana to Virginia and Sister Mary Angela to Newburyport. Charles A Hanson of South Boston leaves to resume priesthood studies for the Buffalo diocese. A requiem high mass for the late High Chief Ranger Cornelius Buckley is set for 8 AM at St Augustine’s Dorchester Street South Boston.
In this city on September 5, Nils Carl beloved husband of Mary Carlson age 46. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m from chapel at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited to attend. Member of Bricklayers Union No. 8 Massachusetts.
Roland B. Molineaux, famed for the 1902 murder case against Mrs. Katherine J. Adams, was pronounced insane by two Brooklyn physicians and will likely be committed to an asylum tomorrow morning.
Police detained Molineaux after an odd morning appearance in a bath robe and old hat in Babylon L. L. Pedestrians armed by fear led Chief Devin to lock him up. Doctors Cruikshank and Brush, at his family's request, may commit him to an asylum, a decision pending whether his illness is temporary or permanent.
The Rev Dean Augustus Walker 54 of 10 Hancock street Auburndale died at home yesterday morning from heart trouble. He resigned his Andover pastorate due to ill health. Son of Eliza Harding Walker founder of the Walker Home for Missionaries' Children. Yale 1884 and divinity school graduate leaves a widow and one son Wendell A Walker.
Worcester article reports the home of Rev. Dr. Austin S. Garver, president of the Worcester Art Museum and former pastor, found ransacked from top to bottom. Many valuable paintings from a famed Massachusetts private collection alleged stolen or ruined.
Police officer P Joyal reported a burglary at Dr Garver's library. An 8 by 10 foot oil portrait valued at 2500 was ripped from its frame and valuables including silverware were left behind on the dining room table. A Confederate note stash was found and deterrents damaged several statues as detectives await Dr Garver's full inventory.
A four horse drawn tally ho collided with a sightseeing auto in Concord square Concord. The tally ho wheels and body were damaged though no one was hurt. Eleven passengers rode in the auto with one thrown out and a man named Bob Sherwood injured his foot.
Seymour Indiana September 6 A pair of dynamite charges planted in White River several miles west of Seymour produce hundreds of dead fish of all sizes drifting downstream. Fishermen say the explosions caused more damage than any prior law violations, with drifts filled with fish and many minnows seen along sand bars.
The article compares daily rations for soldiers in Britain France Germany and Russia. It details bread portions meat dairy vegetables and other staples, noting bread supplied by army ovens and field kitchens, with regional variations and occasional wine jam or coffee allowances.
Charles Sadler and Arthur Gillispie rescued a young man and a young woman when their canoe capsized in the Charles River near the B A A boathouse at Riverside. Neither could swim. Sadler brought the woman to shore after first aid, Gillispie aided the man.
Richard Callahan aged 60 of 26 Hall street Waltham was struck by an express train en route Nantasket to Pembroke at Kenberma Hull yesterday afternoon and died about a half hour later. He was waiting for a train and believed the 145 schedule halted at Kenberma.
John Parnell 25 Dover Street Charlestown was found near carpenters tools in the under construction municipal building in City Square. He claimed his mother and sister were imprisoned inside and he intended a rescue. The act will likely cost the city about 100.
Celia Friedburg, 16, of Revere, swam from Charlestown Bridge to Long Island Head in 4 hours 80 minutes. She dove at 11 o'clock, passed Castle Island, Spectacle Twin Lights, and reached Long Island Head at 8 30. Weather hindered the effort.
Everett Putnam of Peabody and Dr. Louis Miller were riding a motorcycle on Main Street near Haverhill road when they collided with Albert C. Simpson’s automobile. Putnam suffered probable fatal injuries, while Miller had serious head and facial injuries but is expected to recover. Simpson’s account and witness reports differ about stopping after the crash.
President Wilson writes that he cannot enter the political campaign while crisis duties demand his full attention. He urges Congress to finish urgent work, projects a peaceful record, and calls for unity and public service over partisan aims. He stresses the need to stay focused and govern during looming national challenges.
Terre Haute Indiana September 6 Martin Sheets orders a telephone for his new eight thousand dollar mausoleum in Highland Lawn cemetery He will prepay rent for several months beyond his death The note recalls a prior monument he had erected for his father and the cost he stated at the time
Miss Ariel Vilas celebrates four weeks by being christened in flight. The ceremony occurred about 1000 feet above the ground with her father piloting the plane as she received her name midair during the airborne christening.
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