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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
8
Miss Sarah H. Croker of 219 Commonwealth Avenue hosted a tea in Back Bay to honor her cook Miss Ellen Barry, a gesture that introduces guest of honor cooks to high society. Croker has kept a single cook for 49 years, a world record cited by the Boston elite.
A Monday afternoon gathering honored Miss Barry for 49 years of service to Miss Croker. Many Croker family members and friends attended as Miss Croker poured tea for the party.
Richard Sanger of Cambridge, treasurer of the Harvard Lampoon, was elected president of the College Comics Association at its New York convention. J L Butler of the Yale Record will serve as secretary and treasurer, with the association comprising editors of college comic magazines nationwide.
John H. Kingsley and William H. Kelly, drug clerks in Malden, were found not guilty in Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge of illegal liquor sales. Both men, employed by Arthur H. Gavin, were arrested during the Clean Up Malden crusade at a Pear Street drug store.
The first piece in Walter S. Ball’s humorous Filmville Portraits debuts in the next Sunday Post Magazine. It features the Cowboy and the Soldier as central figures in a lighthearted vignette.
Cardinal O Connell marked his 55th birthday with telegrams and floral tributes from prelates priests and friends. He celebrated mass at the archbishop house private chapel then presided at a solemn high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and addressed the congregation before leaving for the archbishop's residence.
Harvard football stars act as walking delegates to raise funds for four motor ambulances for European war relief. Tag sales start at 8 am and continue until 6 pm with a minimum contribution of 1 dollar. hopes rise to 10000 dollars from students and faculty.
Mayor Curley led a meeting where a relief plan was set to create immediate jobs for thousands, with committees to secure work in steel plants, railroads, and public improvements. Proposals include a $450,000 boulevard project on the South Shore and widespread factory employment, with support pledged from J. Randolph Coolidge and local figures.
A petition for a 500000 emergency appropriation to reclaim state lands and swamps for jobs, a resolution urging a 5 percent freight rate boost, and a call to form a unemployment inquiry committee dominated a Boston meeting. Mayor Curley named Rev F R Scanlan John J Toomey and J Randolph Coolidge to lead the investigation as optimism and urgency marked the session.
A lighthearted note previews Ginger Pop in the next Sunday Post with his boyish tricks and playful humor hinted for readers.
Mayor Curley approved public improvement plans totaling 14 000 for Dorchester West Roxbury and in town areas. Projects include surface drains and sewers on Lorenzo Street Dorchester Newbury Street Aldrich Street Garfield Street Dane Street Colberg Avenue and Bastro Terrace West Roxbury and Atlantic Avenue in the city proper.
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