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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
4
Superintendent F G Farnsworth of Malden public schools issued a circular to teachers urging pupils to use both sides of paper and reduce waste. He noted paper prices have risen 100 percent and emphasized eliminating top and bottom margins and unused sides in student writing.
The body of Carl W. Smith a Wal tham expressman was taken from the Charles River at Waltham yesterday. He is believed to have committed suicide. Smith had been in the water over six weeks and left his job about two months ago. He was single and 26 years old.
The Bay State Street Railway Company faces a Woburn division strike led by P J O'Brien of Springfield after unresolved disputes over conductor John J Martin. An ultimatum bans all cars from the Woburn lines after midnight as union and company officials seek arbitration or settlement.
Funeral services for John R Hopewell a Newton resident and Boston wool man who died in a Washington hotel Monday night will be held at his residence 273 Waverley avenue Newton. Rev H Grant Person of Eliot Church and Rev George Bicknell of Cambridge will officiate and interment will follow at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret J. Butler, 76, operating as a psychic healer at 175 Tremont Street, appeared before Judge Dowd to answer to a warrant charging her with the practice of medicine. She pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance to return on April 18.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception holds its annual women’s retreat led by Fr Lyons at 7:45 nightly through April 9 in the upper church. A benefit play My New Curate in Somerville aids the Rainbow Bazaar. Cathedral Young Men's Catholic Association hosts a debate on arms embargo with the negative prevailing. St. Joseph’s Roxbury reports active parish missions for married and single women, and the Middlesex Catholic Federation prepares a major convention at St Patrick’s Hall Lowell.
A narrator visits New York's East Side to document rosy cheeked children and the vitality found in tenement life. He contrasts urban slum youngsters with rural children, noting health improvements from public milk stations baths and nurse education while lamenting risks of early worldliness and toil.
The writer thanks the Boston Post for extensive publicity and fine reporting by Mr. Atkinson that aided the Bunker Hill Boys' Club fundraising campaign. The letter expresses deep gratitude from JEORGER BRAMWELL BAKER, President.
Edward P Bliss of Lexington dies March 22 and his will filed in East Cambridge Probate Court. He记 remembers Massa moh Moor Mohair Plush Co Lowell employees Charles Aveyard John Dobbs and Robert Murphy with $1000 each. He also leaves Fogg Art Museum at Harvard a collection of ancient coins and Greek antiques.
Dr. V K Wellington Koo announced that the Chinese government appointed Lee Higginson Co bankers of Boston and New York as its fiscal agents to place a bond issue in the United States. Further details will not be public at this time. This marks the first formal fiscal agent for China in the U S.
Advertisement touts Minard's liniment as dependable and pure for rheumatic pains. It claims quick relief, safety, cleanliness, and economy, noting its long history of use and many satisfied cases in Boston.
A dialogue discusses stunt props in films noting that bricks used in blows are often rubber or papier mache to avoid harm. It advices actresses to check Boston directories for studios and suggests bringing a photo when registering at mov ing picture studios to help secure future opportunities.
Mary Pickford talks will appear five days weekly in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post, according to broadcast notes.
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