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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
5
Miss Mary O Mahoney of Lawrence takes the post as fire chief at Wellesley College. Dormitory students form fire captains, with drills planned for each company and all companies under the chief. A student missing a drill faces a 25 cent fine.
Public Library hosts a photographic exhibit showing how the German government preserves workers health. The display highlights 66 hospitals and sanitariums funded by local authorities through insured premiums. A feature notes a novel garment called the "Gown of a Thousand Uses" to be described next Sunday.
Julius Meyers, leader of Boston's delegation to the 11th International Zionist Congress in Vienna, reports strong enthusiasm about the outcomes. He says the Zionist movement is advancing quickly and work is progressing rapidly.
The comic section hints Hank the Hermit had a vivid dream and promises readers a full strip in the Post next Sunday. The message invites fans to check the upcoming page for the continuation.
Chairman Logue of the Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners warns hoodlumism is growing among Boston youths and urges more home study as a remedy. He advocates keeping children off the streets and near home influence, even suggesting using school buildings for after school work if homes are unfit. Logue notes he is father of sixteen.
The Hamburg American liner Cincinnati sailed with 173 passengers including many Boston girls heading abroad for schooling and debutantes bound for Southern Europe. Eight people were deported by immigration authorities including Martino Zera and Mme Bosset who arrived on the Cleveland as a honeymoon pair.
Bloody Monday night at Harvard freshman reception ends a long running underclass slug fest as authorities schedule the event to spare younger students. The move marks the first time in history the ritual is canceled.
The Arabic carried 10 saloon and 126 cabin passengers including many American Board missionaries bound for distant fields. Notables include Rev Raymond P Currier and his wife heading to Rangoon Burma to teach English at Rangoon Baptist College and in Brades Sunday school. Also aboard Dr William Cammack and family for West Central Africa, on a five year term. Rev J H Oxreder sails for an American Baptist mission station.
Bishop William Lawrence of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts is confined at his home on Commonwealth Avenue. He is expected to attend the 20th anniversary of his consecration on October 5 and 6 at St Pauls Cathedral and will preach at the general convention in New York on October 7.
Prince Joseph Rospigliosi died after the Vatican refused to sanction his union with Princess Rospigliosi formerly Mrs. F H Pankhurst of Bangor Maine. The couple wed civilly but the church repudiated the union and the princess with their two children is barred from the title.
Angeline Doyon, 19, who vanished from 7 Summer Street, Lynn, returned home on Monday. Police say she may travel to New York State to help find Marguerite O'Donnell, 16, who left Lynn with a well known local man. Authorities contacted New York State cities for clues but found nothing helpful.
The brother of the dead prince, ex commander of the Papal Guard, declares no priest united the couple in wedlock. The Vatican has never admitted the Parkhurst marriage annulment. The Parkhurst romance drew global interest and faced social ostracism among Catholics.
Miss Ida Louise Gibbons of San Francisco marries Kennedy G. Rogers of Baltimore at the Watertown Arsenal home of the bride's brother-in-law Major Edward M. Schinkle. The ceremony is conducted by Rev. Harry T. Lutz of the Channing Unitarian Church Newton.
Two stowaways named Philip Brems and William Casey of East Boston were found in a stateroom aboard the steamer Comet bound for New York. Captain Hayes slowed near Castle Island and ordered them ashore.
Postmaster ER Mansfield says rumors from Washington are unfounded and he has not been asked to resign nor heard of any official plan to alter the Boston Postal District administration.
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