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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
8
A fragmented dispatch from Maples Italy describes travel with a lettered byline O Mina? detailing arrival in Naples at 8 and a nearby Vesuvius eruption. The narrator notes changes in mood among locals and plans a guided tour of major sights with a view to a memorable celebration.
A party of 36 including Mr James B Slee of New York tours Pompeii and ascends Vesuvius by funicular rail. They view mosaics and ancient ruins, note chameleons, and observe lava flows from past eruptions. The ascent costs about $5 per head, government controls the concession, and regulation prices are enforced.
Mrs. George T. Rice of Boston and Mrs. H. J. Slayton of Vermont urged clear thinking and prompt action in guiding the young at the Federated Women's Club of New England annual conference in Swampscott. Rev Mellingar H. Lichliter of Newton condemned the vaudeville mind and pressed home responsibility on the home.
A sympathy telegram for Mrs. Harding was read by the New England Federation during the morning session. In the afternoon 200 club women were entertained at the Lynn Women's Club house after a drive along the North Shore with eight Lynn women's clubs as hosts. The conference will adjourn after a business session this morning.
Julia Sanderson star of Tangerine in Boston denies reports she was served with a divorce summons from her second husband Lieutenant Bradford Burnett U S N. She says the separation four years ago remains and no papers have been served. Frank Crumit supports her denial.
Funeral services for Arthur Burnham Boston financier and sports enthusiast will be held at 4 this afternoon at the Church of the New Jerusalem Bowdoin Street Beacon Hill. Cremation at Forest Hills. Burnham 75 died at his Brookline home Tuesday survived by widow Katherine Davenport Bray two daughters Margaret Helena and two sons Dr Roger Burnham and Arthur Burnham III. He born Sackett Harbor New York Harvard graduate 1875 started Harvard Oxford rowing disputes as coxswain 1869 later led Blake Bros Co and National City Bank Boston president also Pueblo Smelting founder Harvard Liberal Club ally of Dr Charles Eliot opposed religious discrimination in Harvard admissions. He remained active in athletics joining numerous clubs.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine publishes Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tale The Adventure of the Devil's Foot. Holmes and Watson pursue a curious case of fate and folklore in a shadowed English setting.
Quick lunch at home office or fountains with Horlicks as the preferred drink. Avoid imitations and substitutes to ensure the proper nutrition and energy.
In Dublin on September 13 a rifle volley disrupted the provisional parliament with shots hitting the National Museum buildings including Leinster House. Bombs were thrown at a troop lorry as an armored car and Lewis gun joined the fusillade. soldiers returned fire and the assailants escaped.
A jury in East Cambridge found Frank Cheasir of Malden guilty of bigamy after he admitted on the witness stand to marrying Esther Tompkins of Malden while another wife was living. Sentencing was postponed until today.
More than 1500 building laborers met at Faneuil Hall under unions 223 49 and 71 to discuss unsatisfactory conditions in Boston. They urged restoration of pre strike wages from the spring prior year and proposed remedies.
Thirteen year old Antoinette Sergi testified in Children's Court that she set fire to Public School 16 in Brooklyn because she disliked the place. She bought five cents worth of kerosene and placed five bundles of newspapers in different parts of the building, lighting them as she went. Several pupils were safely evacuated. the fire caused little damage. Antoinette was placed in the care of the Children's Society.
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