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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
7
Officers of the U S S Nebraska complain of ill received bills while a colored steward from the U S S Virginia desertes and allegedly defrauds the ward room. The Nebraska ward room treasurer warns the public to avoid unauthorized charges as the mystery grows at Charlestown yard.
Mildred Champagne speaks on love and sentiment in a reflective column. The piece explores trust, affection, and the complexities of romantic friendships framed in a moral lens.
A stenographer seeks advice about an affair with her friend's fiancé. The writer is torn between breaking the friendship by confession or risking life and happiness by eloping. The counselor urges ending the affair and telling the friend, stressing loyalty and respect for the friend's trust.
Finger bowls have been removed from the dining cars of the New York Central lines. The order, effective last week, comes from John R. Smert, superintendent of dining car service, and cites unsanitary conditions as the reason.
Four year old Angenette Dudley Willard of Boston plans to compete for a share of 150000 in prizes at the Panama Exposition. The child’s vigorous outdoor routine and meat juice diet are noted by her mother Mrs Richard Dudley Willard after the death of the father, a Harvard athlete and gas company purchasing agent. Her upbringing features cold rooms and extensive outdoor activity. The piece highlights her strength and ambition to go to school and a dog companionship.
George Stumpf moved a 109 by 30 foot three room house from North Hartland to Hall Meadow, a 23 mile journey, without violating the dwelling. While in transit the crew ate inside the house and slept near the kitchen stove, sharing corn popping and stories at night.
London dispatch reports John Harris of Raethi, New Zealand, has developed a blight proof and frost resisting potato. The government agricultural department has investigated and acknowledged the claimed properties as beyond question, calling the discovery the most important in agriculture in years.
Edward S Hathaway of 12 Walter Street Hyde Park died after a five year illness. He was a 20 year paying teller at Eagle National Bank and later cashier at Massachusetts Loan and Trust, with earlier work at National Bank of Redemption. He served on Hyde Park school committee and as town treasurer and helped publish the Hyde Park Times. He was born November 20 1845 in New Bedford and resided in Hyde Park since 1870. He leaves a widow two sons Charles E and Robert T two grandchildren and a brother William H Hathaway. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 from his residence.
Mrs. James I. Hughes of Arlington died at 4 30 PM after being rushed from Bridgeport Connecticut to her home to die in her own room. She had Bright’s disease for four months and was cared for at St Vincent Hospital by her brother Dr B F Galbert. Her husband arranged the train stop and ambulance to Arlington Park Terrace where she recognized friends before failing and passing away.
London Sept 21 The Earl and Countess of Granard have gone to Paris It is rumored the Countess and Lady Diana Manners are considering forming a very private club on cabaret lines with afternoon dancing between 8 am and 6 pm and from midnight until 2 am
Three crewmembers of the US destroyer McCall drowned in Bridgeport harbor when tug Seaboard collided with the destroyer’s power cutter. Seaman Thompson was rescued. mates Sheehan Russell and Scute are identified. Newport reports list Peterson Scute, Alfred Ward Sheehan, and Joseph Patrick Russell with next of kin.
A poem contrasts Boston and Cleveland street repairs with the Cleveland pavement mocked as ever changing. It traces how gravel tar and stone give way to water mains conduits trains cables and wires being dug up and relaid, leaving furrows and patches yet praised as a handsome town credit.
A 1918 verse by Walt Mason ridicules Harry Thaw and his wife Evelyn, blaming them for sensational headlines and public disgust. The poem lampoons Thaw as a recurring nuisance whose notoriety perfumes the press and public life, ending with a wish for relief from the couple's impact on society.
London September 21 The Duke of Grafton plans to sell all his estates except the Norfolk property. Details mention a broad disposal of holdings as part of a reshaping of the duchy assets.
A duke parts with thousands of acres in Northamptonshire including Wakefield Lodge as part of rounding up estates. The move is unexplained and follows another sale this week of land valued at 115000 dollars by the Duke of Newcastle.
Gloucester Sept 21 Three store breaks in the early morning on the main street and one adjacent to police headquarters have unsettled the city. Police increase activity as businessmen demand an end to the frequent incidents.
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