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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
9
Cardinal Lucon archbishop of Rheims sends a statement to Pope Benedict urging action over alleged German cruelty in northern France. He asks usage of influence to secure renunciation of inhuman conditions deemed contrary to humanity and international law.
A Boston cabinet maker, Ernest Granlund of 47 Dewey Street Dorchester, credits Plant Juice with curing four years of stomach trouble indigestion and nervous headaches after two weeks. He says his appetite improved his liver and digestion and that he feels like a new man. The Plant Juice Man promotes the remedy at Houghton & Dutton drug department daily.
At the Davenport Iowa convention on August 2 the supreme knight and supreme secretary salaries rose from 6000 to 8000 dollars annually and the supreme treasurer from 3600 to 4500 dollars. Delegates per diem increased to 10 dollars and mileage 0.10. Four supreme directors were reelected for three years: John H. Reddin Denver N A Dussault Quebec Judge Paul Leche Donaldsonville LA and W H Dwyer St Paul.
A mass meeting at the Coliseum featured addresses by Joseph Scott of Los Angeles Jerry B Sullivan of New York and Daniel J Gallagher of Boston. Old Point Comfort VA was chosen for the 1917 convention Scott stressed the need to instill patriotism in children and warned against Catholic discrediting campaigns while asserting Catholic Americans owe no political allegiance to the Pope and will defend religious liberty.
In Brockton James W. Fleming known as the fresh air fiend slept on his roof in a nightie during a strong wind. A gust locked the skylight, leaving him pacing on the roof until a passerby heard his cries and alerted others. He declared, I’m through, after being saved.
In Chelsea on August 2 Althea M McColgan beloved child of Patrick and Jane McColgan nee Quinn aged 2 years 2 months 18 days funeral from the Pence te a 693 rere August at 2 30 p m invited to attend
A prank by Tony the smallest elephant at Franklin Park nearly ended Keeper Dan Harkins’s day yesterday afternoon. Tony stayed in the elephants’ big bathtub where the herd washes off dust each day at 4 45.
Tony the elephant defied keeper Harkins by dancing near the tank and dunked him twice after a long chase. Mobile and Waddy left the water, Mollie joined the uproar, and the zoo echoed with bellows for about an hour before Tony settled back in his house at dusk.
News of the marriage of Samuel E. Winslow Jr., son of the Worcester skate manufacturer and congressman, to Edna Burns of Cambridge broke after the couple had lived in a Cambridge apartment for a month.
Congressman's son Young Winslow, finishing his Harvard year, wed Miss Burns in New York on July 3. The couple returned to Cambridge to set up home at the Whittier while Winslow contemplates his future and business steps.
Four Cambridge police station captains were transferred last night by acting Chief John F. Murray. Captain James E. Murray moves from Station 1 Brattle Square to Station 2 Central Square. Captain James M. Keaney also reassigned to a new post.
Opened bids for the Ward 19 playground locker building and sanitaries at Roxbury Crossing. M. B. Kelcher submitted the lowest bid of $12,209 in the park and recreation department office yesterday.
The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association urged immediate public donations after a halt in contributions. Secretary Mansfield warned of a growing need and urged citizens to recognize their responsibility.
Community leaders urge broader contributions to aid dependent families of soldiers. Danvers reports delays in reports from relief officials, while Revere kicks off a charity Tiger Girl Hunt with a $50 prize to boost funds.
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