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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1915
Page
9
John H. Madden of Lynn has secured a $16,000,000 contract to furnish the Russian army three inch 15 pound shrapnel shells. A $4,000,000 cash deposit guarantees payment, marking the deal as one of the best munition awards in the United States.
Madden describes a $16 million contract for three inch 15 pound shrapnel shells to be manufactured in Boston and Lynn with delivery by December 31 1916. Twenty five percent of funds are in a Boston bank while the rest will be in Boston or other reserve cities to ensure payment.
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a universal tonic for stomach liver kidneys and blood with a testimonial from G C Bean a Boston street car conductor. It claims the product revives energy and relieves stomach troubles and indigestion after three years of illness. The Plant Juice Man operates from Liggett Drug Co at Washington and Avon Streets meeting the public daily.
Surveyor Joseph A. Maynard seeks permits for 69 customs guards to bear revolvers on piers following Sunday’s Italian riot at Commonwealth pier. Police Supt Crowley to increase harbor protection. three large Hamburg American Line ships to be guarded. Dozens of Italian reservists registered for shipment. several rioters arraigned with bail set at 1000 dollars.
An ad advises thin individuals to try Sargel with meals to gain 5 to 8 pounds by two weeks. It explains Sargol aids digestion to convert eaten fats sugars and starches into nourishing tissue, promising weight gain with a money back guarantee through leading druggists.
Six year old Francis L Sutherland wandered into a disused well at the corner of Washington and Baker streets Walpole and drowned. Neighbors recovered the body and a pulmotor was used but proved useless.
New York August 14 Ted Meredith of Pennsylvania won both the quarter and half mile at the intercollegiate track championships in Philadelphia within an hour. The feat had only been achieved before by G M Hammond Columbia in 1877 A J Burton Columbia in 1878 C H Coggswell Dartmouth in 1879 and W H Goodwin Jr Harvard in 1882 83 and 84. No runner has duplicated it since Goodwin until Meredith.
In 1889 three legendary light harness horses were foaled Star Pointer Joe Patchen and John R Gentry. Billy Andrews drove Gentry to 2 001 2 Johnny Dickerson piloted Joe Patchen and David McClarey rode Star Pointer. A C Pennock or Cranwood veteran driver praised 1889 as the year that produced the most future famous horses.
David Davidson mourns his riding horse of 27 years in Clarksburg W Va. The horse was laid to rest in a special coffin with a costly blanket, placed in a custom grave with a marker erect.
Yuan Shi Kai, president of the Chinese republic, discusses proclaiming himself emperor with supporters. Professor Frank Johnson Goodnow of Johns Hopkins University, the government’s legal adviser, spends the summer in Pekin outlining legal implications.
Professor Goodnow, tied to Yuan Shi Kai, reportedly approves a monarchical plan for China. A Beijing think tank and prominent backers publish discussions on monarchy as superior to a republic, with possible establishment within two years, causing a national sensation.
Boston plans a new Gaffney Street from Commonwealth Avenue to the Allston ball park. Mayor Curley approves the project with costs shared by Commonwealth Realty Trust and the state, each paying 4000 for betterment assessments. Street commissioners also lay out Mendon Park Harwood and Upland avenues with varied assessments.
Two babies Louise and Peter Wry of 189 Pearl Avenue Beachmont cry for their mother Minnie Wry 22 who vanished last Wednesday after leaving a note to her husband William Wry. An extended search has found no trace of her despite efforts by family and police.
A luxury special train carries about 1000 travelers from Atlanta to Boston for the National Negro Business League convention in Back Bay. Dr. Booker T. Washington will attend and speak. delegates stay at hotels and with local families. Submarine and battleship lore mix with a Medford Scout navy boat ceremony as Mayor Haines gifts a cutter for Boy Scout use.
Only three of seven Good Government members attended the special session called by Mayor Curley on the sale of the old Probate Court site for 476000. The Mayor plans a Friday meeting to pursue the Kimball Building Trust offer while urging a quorum to approve street repairs and use the proceeds to reduce city debt.
Two more men joined six others in Malden district court as they were sentenced to jail by Judge Riley for street corner loafing. The total defendants charged reached eight.
The annual state convention of the German Order of Harrugari closed today in Adams with the election of officers. The convention began Saturday night with a ball.
Harry Davis of the Athletics is described as a money maker who bought and sold a bernacle after the Billy Sunday uprising in Philadelphia. He repurposed sawdust into small boxes sold at fifty cents each to Sunday admirers, then sourced more from a saw mill to meet demand and claimed the aim was to ease others' suffering.
Leo Benni of 8 Gove Street East Boston was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction after yesterday’s East Boston court found him guilty of dashing about a ferry boat Saturday night while flourishing a revolver and challenging any Germans aboard. He appealed and was held in bonds of 500 dollars.
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