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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
2
Washington, Sept 22. President Wilson received a delegation from Columbia, D C offering a renovated winter home once used in his boyhood. He said if he chose a winter home it would be in Columbia but indicated he would likely stay at the White House to continue work through the winter.
Washington Sept 22 Secretary Garrison will direct an inquiry into charges by Dean Worcester and auditor W H Phipps that slavery exists in the islands. Governor General Francis Burton Harrison will conduct the investigation and a formal opinion from the Philippine attorney general on punishment laws will be sought. Prosecutions of offenders are expected.
Miss Barbara Miller daughter of Edwin Miller Wakefield society leader made her acting debut with John Craig's company in The Ninety and Nine. She has long pursued stage work, appearing in Amateur productions in Wakefield Brookline and Harvard Circle, and plans to continue if reviewers favor her performance.
The chapel car St Peter, the second in the United States, travels from Chicago to Boston for the October 19 to 22 Missionary Congress. Donated by a Dayton, Ohio, resident to the Catholic Church Extension Society, it tours principal cities to aid Catholic missionary work along rails. Its companion car St Anthony has served in the Southwest and Northwest for five years.
Springfield dispatch reports Edward Hutchinson, a fellow drug clerk, corroborating Daniel Patterson in the trial of Dr Arthur B Smith for poisoning his first wife Florence Cavileer Smith. Hutchinson testified involvement in a poison sale on March 16, 1912, the day before Mrs Smith died, noting his ties to Dr Smith and mentioning his second wife, nurse Mabel Merchant of Newton Highlands Massachusetts.
Fort Smith Arkansas dated report says a warrant is out for J G Farrell for being an accessory to the deaths of Mrs T A Turner and her daughter at Glenwood last Wednesday. Police say a written confession from Mrs Turner’s husband states the three planned to die by their own action.
Poslam is pitched as the premier skin treatment for eczema acne fetter barbers itch and other skin disorders. The ad claims immediate relief from first use and promotes Poslam Soap for daily skin care. It lists prices 50 cents forPoslam and 25 cents for the soap and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories 32 West 25th Street New York City.
Voters show little interest as campaigns wind down. Benton and Gardner tour Essex and Boston while Foss weighs an independent bid. Progressive party participates for first time. several statewide contests linger, with Boston central to outcomes in lieutenant governor and state treasurer races.
Birmingham report states six people are dead and a seventh dying across Jefferson County Sunday. Henry Moran was slain near a trolley, two African American suspects fled after the robbery. Macon Colquitt killed his wife and surrendered. Mounted Policeman Sorrell killed Deve Evans after Evans fired. Two more Black victims died, one stabbed, one struck with an axe. A Black woman died of poisoning. police call it murder.
Harvard’s Memorial Hall served 1200 diners who enjoyed an eight piece orchestra performing a program starting with football tunes and moving to classical pieces. The crowd appreciated ragtime and vocal numbers as a Cambridge substitute for banned Boston cabaret shows.
Assistant United States District Attorney William C. Matthews secured title for the government to the corner lot at Haven and Sanborn streets Reading for a post office. The property owned by Zelia M. Kingman sold to the government for 9550 dollars.
Hanover N H Sept 22 a milk famine threatens Dartmouth College as thirteen hundred students face breakfast with coffee served without milk for the first time on record. The college milk man failed to furnish the usual daily supply of gallons due to community shortages and there is no relief in sight for the immediate future say the milk men.
A large barn at East Monkton owned by FEI Lamb burned down with all contents. About 23 cows three calves a mare and colt and four pigs perished along with 100 tons of hay a threshing machine and various farming tools. Heavy rain limited spread to nearby structures. losses estimated at $10,000.
In Monaca Pennsylvania on September 22 Carl Hirsch found his infant dead in the tub and his wife Ida Hirsch hanging from a beam in the cellar. Authorities say the mother drowned the child then killed herself.
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