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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
16
Holbrook officials say the town funds shortage will be closer to $20 000 rather than the $17 000 previously cited by the Selectmen. Auditing the treasurer’s books proves difficult due to loose record keeping.
Selectmen and auditors labored all day over the town books but did not complete the audit. Louis Flye said Mr. French turned over his property, but the assets fall far short of the obligations.
The town faces a possible $20,000 shortfall in accounts as an audit begins. Bonding coverage may influence the outcome while Mr. French has resigned as treasurer and turned most property over to Town Counsel Flye amid health concerns.
White Star line states Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere and Dr. Edmund F. Woods remain missing after the sinking. Admiralty search results identify two recovered bodies, a steward and an unidentified woman, with 18 passengers and 25 crew unaccounted for. one crewman died in hospital in Queenstown.
Mary Lowe fifty single woman is at City Hospital after drinking corrosive sublimate at her Tremont Street home yesterday afternoon.
Nelson Lewis Sheldon, Boston lawyer and public figure in the Dakota Dan and Fresno Dan cases, has accepted the acting presidency of Norwich University Vermont. He vows to raise recognition for the college calling it the West Point of New England and says it will begin a major advertising push as its 97th year starts next month.
Mr. Sheldon will remain in law practice while acting as interim president at Norwich University. He will supervise new buildings, focus on student discipline, and defend the college against militarism charges. He aims to limit football to similarly sized colleges and cites his Vermont roots and prior civic roles.
Howard J. Manger of New Haven was drowned and three other naval militiamen were injured when a launch fell in Tangier Sound during the Maine Rhode Island and Connecticut naval militia cruise aboard the Kentucky. Maynard Leach of Rockland sustained two broken ribs and bruises. John Rockery and William Henry of East Providence were also hurt but not seriously. The rope broke while hoisting the boat, throwing the men into the water. Manger struck a gun and did not survive. His body was not recovered. He lived at 57 Philmore Street. The Kentucky continued to land the other militiamen.
On August 26 1944 a Long Island Sound exercise at Fort Totten used 12 inch mortars firing 700 pound projectiles to a moving target 13000 yards offshore. An observatory at Sands Point provided range and firing data by telephone while artillery crews followed distant commands. Night runs with searchlights repeated the test. exact hits will be tallied in days.
Hugh Glynn, 3 years old of 114 Popular Street Roslindale, was killed when a Roxbury Coal Company wagon backed over him at 3 30 P M The hub struck his head causing a skull fracture and instant death Driver William L Newman of 688 Canterbury Street faced the fatal accident.
Former Governor Cole Blease urges mob violence as protection to civilization and attacks the third degree in prison work. He contrasts South practices with capital punishment abolition efforts by Governors Hunt Dunne and Spaulding and promotes parole reform and humane treatment.
A three foot eel was found in the water service line into Ezra F Pratt’s Pleasant street home in Malden. Disturbed supply over days, a two inch main was cut near the curb and the eel tail protruded. After another cut the eel was removed and water flowed normally. Believed to be among eels that escaped during a Malden reservoir overflow.
U S manufacturers shipped 67 254 685 dollars worth of autos and parts in the year to June 30, up 10 percent from the prior year. Europe saw a surge in truck exports while passenger car shipments to South America and Canada declined. England led with 13 193 vehicles valued at 21 149 000, France second with 5441 vehicles valued at 13 776 000.
Abraham Eskin, 22, of 220 Bremen Street East Boston, was charged with larceny for allegedly stealing $200 entrusted to him to deposit in a bank from Attorney H. E. Burroughs of 18 Tremont Street. The case set for trial on September 2.
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