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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
3
Toto the almost human chimpanzee shopped in New York and Boston on Christmas errands. He picked a black and white homespun suit with patch pockets and narrow lapels, plus white shoes and a rosewood cane, after staff presented ten samples.
Thousands of Jewish residents attend memorial observances in synagogues and temples across Boston for Dr Solomon Schechter late president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbis recite Kaddish in his memory.
An envelope bearing the Russian government seal shows a letter from a Russian woman to Samuel J. Pearlswig in Lynn, describing high shoe prices and widespread poverty. The letter was destroyed to remove sensitive details, and censorship now requires Russian only. The note claims a wealthy man of about $300,000 struggles as rents go unpaid.
The new 14 room high school costing 90000 was dedicated in Billerica with 200 students and alumni present. Dr Payson Smith State commissioner of education spoke as did Charles H Eames and other local and state education leaders.
The Boston postal district reached $3,006,054 in savings on December 1, with over $48,000 in saving cards and stamps. The total number of accounts stood at 83,353.
Mrs. Annie Short testified in Superior Court that Morris Galer of Ruggles street lured her with love then cancelled their plans to marry. She says the deception caused heart trouble and bed rest and seeks 10000 in damages. Galer has six children by a late wife. Short has five children. The engagement party occurred at her son's Brunswick street home. Galer allegedly told her he loved her and would marry, then canceled the next morning and later wed another on December 9. The engagement ceremony involved a handkerchief and a broken plate.
Adjutant General Pearson confirms Ambulance Corps No 1 will be sent home immediately and assigned to the Allston Armory. The unit, commanded by Captain George W. Keenan, was the first to reach the border following the President's July call.
Boston Chamber of Commerce officials led by Fred B. Rice announce opposition to the postmaster general's plan to abolish Boston's pneumatic tube system. The hearing before the Senate committee on post offices and post roads is set for Monday in Washington with Mansfield and another representative joining the delegation.
Tomorrow at 10 30 a m the dedication of a new oak pulpit donated by the children of Robert Treat Paine will occur at Trinity Church. Rev Dr Alexander Mann will deliver the dedicatory sermon and accept it for the church. The pulpit, designed by Charles A Coolidge, rests on a stone base and features four panels with scenes from Christ life and life like figures of Paul Luther Latimer and Brooks.
John Powers and James Murphy were each sentenced to two months in the house of correction after arraignment in Central Court. They faced charges of illegally possessing a narcotic drug and larceny of three overcoats. Police took them from a West Springfield street house in the South End.
Alfred R. Wilson admitted guilty to murder at the East Cambridge District Court and was committed without bail. A hearing on the charge is set for next Thursday with Wilson claiming he avenged an insult to a woman friend, Miss Julia Casey of Neponset. Wilson, 146 Beach Street Wollaston, was arrested after a weeklong search and lacks counsel.
In Woburn Police Court, Henry Duffy, 30, was jailed two months after a morning assault on Wallace Brown, 28, with Brown claiming a razor attack. The case revealed liquor had been obtained at 48 Church Street. Patrols seized liquor and Helen Kelly, 28, who was fined 50 dollars and jailed if she failed to pay.
Charges of violation of election laws from the recent primaries in Revere will be heard this forenoon in the Chelsea District Court. John W. Wilson of Revere filed the petition, represented by Abraham C. Laurie, who does not state the specific violations. In the primaries on Nov 21, Charles M. Little defeated Joseph F. Fittingoff for the Republican nomination for Ward 2 councilman.
A fire in the basement partitions of Basil F. Hutchins' undertaking establishment at 797 Tremont Street Roxbury caused the evacuation of 14 apartments above. The blaze resulted in about 1000 dollars in damage.
The bureau of navigation reports 1115 merchant ships completed in 11 months with 621711 tons. Of these 986 wooden vessels total 127276 tons and 130 steel ships 861170 tons. Atlantic Gulf trade 845 ships Pacific 263 Great Lakes 114 Western Rivers 148. Current building and under contract tonnage reach 1200000, the largest ever recorded.
Washington December report from Commissioner Sells shows the American Indian population rising to 209 224, up 1 522 from last year. Health and education campaigns lowered the death rate to 23.83 per thousand and infant deaths to 1308 from 2391 two years earlier, with tuberculosis deaths down 40 percent.
An old ad promotes Adamson's Balsam as the sure remedy for coughs and colds, urging readers that it is the safest choice. The fragment hints at medicinal branding typical of period advertisements.
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