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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1915
Page
7
The narrator recalls a Rivermouth Fourth of July full of crowds booths fireworks and banners. Mischief leads to a misfired mining prank and a boy’s initiation into a local club after a perilous tumble and a dramatic recovery.
In August a new boy joins the Rivermouth Centipedes, a secret society of 12 Temple Grammar School students. He earns admission after proving his character and becomes an active member, even serving as First Centipede, while wearing a copper cent medal.
The two memorial windows for Mrs Dunne and her daughter were placed at St Catherine's Church under Rev James J. O'Brien. Clergy from the diocese attend a Brighton retreat at St John's Seminary. An early notice announced St John's preparatory college at Danvers run by the Xaverian brothers.
The Boston Post announces continued availability of back numbers containing The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Readers should contact their newsdealers or the Circulation Department in Boston for copies, with an extra cent per copy by mail to cover postage. Supplies are limited and requests should be made promptly.
Lee Higginson & Company sues Benjamin P. Cheney to recover 36702 50 on a note of 40552 35 dated September 18 1913 Their writ claims 5692 50 was realized from selling 253 shares of Thames River Specialties Company pledged as collateral A bill in equity seeks to apply Cheney holdings in Old Colony Trust American Warp Drawing Machine 1175 shares of Pennsylvania Textile and excess securities to the debt plus potential use of a share of his father’s will interest.
Bridget Dillon alias Corrigan an elderly offender was seized at Brattle street subway by Inspector Ryan on suspected attempted larceny from an unknown woman. She claimed to be 60 but police say she is at least 75, with a criminal record dating to 1873.
Dr. Francis X. Mahoney named five deputy commissioners to head divisions in the reorganized Boston health department. All appointees have previously served as executive heads under the old health department structure.
Dr Thomas B Shea becomes head of the medical division with a $5000 salary while Thomas Jordan takes charge of the sanitary division at $3000 and Patrick H Mallowney leads the food division at $3000. Francis H Slack heads the bacteriological laboratory at $3000 and William H Davis remains in vital statistics at $2000. David D Brough declines a deputy commissioner role with a $500 raise. Mayor approval seen as formality. Dr Shea, born Boston 1863, Holy Cross 1884, Harvard 1887, advanced in medical inspection before becoming head of the medical division.
The Rev A H Sargent joins the Evangelistic Association of New England as a rural evangelism specialist. The Rev Edwin H Byington will preach at West Roxbury and then at Daniel Dorchester Memorial Methodist Church. A Cambridge minister Palmquist issues a summer vacation code of the Ten Commandments to guide behavior during holidays. The list urges honesty, restraint, sharing, Sabbath observance and character building.
Sergeant James P. Hargrove of the Winchester police department will be buried after funeral services held tomorrow at 9 o clock in St Marys Church Winchester. He died yesterday at his home after several months illness at 11 Nelson street Winchester.
A formal tone expresses grateful expectancy as the house joins the Commonwealth in extending a warm welcome. The passage emphasizes appreciation and a collective gesture of hospitality from the assembled figures.
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