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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
6
Two bombs exploded early today severely damaged the Jewish Daily Press building in Chicago though the presses remained unharmed. Publisher A. M. Liebling testified at the trial of 17 labor leaders charged with conspiracy that he had been forced to pay union leaders $125 to replace a broken window.
The 10th indictment in the grand jury graft probe against police officer Joseph Horn accuses him of taking money from a disorderly house keeper. The district attorney's office says more indictments are expected.
The 20th century rat catcher Professor Hirsch arrives at Adams House after a six month tour in the South. He boasts unmatched knowledge of rodents and claims rats outpace human insight. He asserts rat control would be easy with police and health department help and a dedicated rat killing day.
The text profiles Professor Louis Hirsch Hirsch a Heidel berg graduate and a renowned exterminator with a career spanning 42 years. It notes his modern pied piper status across two centuries and highlights his long standing global reputation.
Berlin reports German admiralty statistics up to June 30 show 49 Allied warships totaling 662000 tons lost. British losses are 40 ships totaling 485000 tons, with 11 battleships 17 armored cruisers and LW cruisers among them. Teutonic allies lose 30 ships totaling 162000 tons. merchant losses total 1308 ships and about 2000574 tons.
Robert M. La Follette argues that American financiers own most of Mexico and push for intervention to protect profits. He cites the 1912 United States Consular Report figures showing American investment dominance in railways, mines, bonds, and industry and warns that the aim is to back foreign investments with the US military.
The wharf valued at 474000 includes 428800 on 117796 square feet of land. Atlantic avenue property sale follows fish markets moving to the new South Boston pier. Rumor says a 1000000, 1 story cold storage plant may rise on the site, while the wharf remains a Boston icon.
Billy Sunday plans a quick start for his Boston tabernacle with Joe Spiece, architect and contractor, arriving Monday. George Sunday notified William E. Blodgett that lumber, materials and equipment for the enclosure on the sawdust trail have been contracted. Spiece is finishing work on a tabernacle in Detroit before heading to Boston to begin building.
Lansing Wilcox once a bank examiner in Boston was elected vice-president of the National Mahaine Bank of Great Barrington by the directors yesterday.
Berlin reports a cautious German army statement estimating Anglo French losses at 300000 in the Somme offensive. It says the British suffered about 230000 casualties and the French losses were high but not precisely counted, with Verdun figures cited for comparison.
Portland August 1 Daniel Donovan a laborer was struck by an automobile truck and died en route to a hospital. Chauffeur Herman Davidson was taken into custody pending an investigation.
In Stoughton on August 1 Alonzo Cosman 11 declined a pond swim with friends at Shoddy Mill Pond on Brock Street. He fell from the dam while watching others and drowned after a swift rescue attempt by Alprola Phillips a mill worker who pulled him from the water on his fourth try despite several divers. Medical staff and police failed to revive him after over an hour of effort.
The case questions of law on a mandamus to force Mayor Rockwood of Cambridge to sign sixth class liquor licenses granted to 27 Cambridge druggists by the City Council. Writs issued after the Mayor refused to sign. The matter may be decided in September at the full court’s consultation if briefs are submitted, otherwise October for argument.
A brief note states Snookums will call on the reader next Sunday morning if they receive the Sunday Post daily.
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