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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
8
The assembly approved a bill extending local option privileges to cities with Governor Whitman’s backing. Advocates say the measure has enough support to clear the Senate, likely for early next week’s consideration.
Local seed dealers explain seed price hikes due to wartime disruptions and failed last year crops. Spinach seeds face extreme prices, up to one dollar a pound, after minimal imports this year. Dealers promise prices will hold except for spinach seeds where no relief is seen.
Charles E. Butler a night janitor at the U S mint in San Francisco admitted making extra change by placing silver into the mould and forging half dollars. Federal detectives arrested him after a secret service operative tracked tampering with the press. Butler served 23 years in government service.
Simmons College in Boston hosts a home canning training school with 150 juniors and seniors attending as part of a wartime food conservation effort. The program, led by George F. Farrell of the USDA and Professor Farley of Massachusetts Agricultural College, offers night classes for the public to spread practical canning knowledge nationwide.
The Rev. Garfield Morgan of Nashua New Hampshire has accepted the call to become pastor of Calvary Methodist Church in East Arlington. He will begin his duties immediately.
An official states yesterday's blast at Eddystone Ammunition Corp blamed on a disloyal worker who is thought to have sacrificed his life. The disaster left 116 dead, mostly girls and young women, as federal and local investigators pursue the catastrophe.
Suspects were rounded up in Philadelphia Villa Nova and Camden as Department of Justice agents take charge. Officials say a diabolical plot caused three blasts at the plant with 116 dead and 62 identified. Federal investigators search for the perpetrator amid limited clues.
The Boston City Council halted the 385000 appropriation for Francis A. Campbell, clerk of the Superior Civil Court for Suffolk County, suspending action to await the mayor's court proceedings to compel segregated estimates, while all other department appropriations were disposed of.
Henry A. Everett age 60 a noted Cleveland capitalist and former street railway magnate died in Pasadena California He had led the Cleveland Railways Company the Toledo Railways and Light Company and the London Street Railway Company and held investments in numerous electric traction firms in the United States and Canada.
A damaged OCR item notes grip cords and a laxative product Bromo Quinine with Grove’s signature on the box. The line reads a price of 5c and mentions removal of the cords.
The eldest sister collected family birth and marriage data for a reunion book but was blocked as Mrs Kelly and her husband allege a convention claim that May Dutton said she was not married. Testimony recounts threats about showing marriage proof and comments on Mrs Kelly’s fitness for office.
In a U S District Court session yesterday 157 aliens were granted first and second naturalization papers as a rush began two hours before opening. Over 500 applications arrived in five days since war was declared. Some Germans sought first papers to join militia while final papers were denied to enemy aliens.
Arthur R. Sharp of New Bedford and Lowell cotton firms offers the city a mounted machine gun on a specially built automobile truck for wartime use. He also offers the state police use of his private yacht for coast patrols, a 45 foot vessel with palatial accommodations.
Advertisement touts Sulpherb tablets as a modern purifying laxative and blood purifier. Claims relief from catarrh neuralgia rheumatic pains constipation and lethargy with easy to take tablets. Warns to avoid sulphur talets and assures guaranteed satisfactory results.
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