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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
2
Mrs Eunice Wells Hudson of Boston leaves $150 000 in her will filed in Suffolk Probate Court to Harvard College in memory of her husband John E Hudson to establish a professorship in archaeology or related field.
The John E Hudson professorship is named in a will that also bequeaths 10000 to Trinity Church Boston for a poor fund. Mrs Hudson leaves 5000 to the Boston Home for Incurables Animal Rescue League MSPCA and Rachel Alta Home for Aged Women. Jewelry proceeds go to the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies 5000 outright and the residue to the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children.
Charles Burnham Jr was severely injured last night when a truck from the American Express Company backed into him, pinning him between two automobiles as a chauffeur assisted repairs near 458 Boylston Street Back Bay.
Harvard Porcellian and A. D. Club leaders show a trend toward omitting middle initials. Nine of the Porcellian’s 15 members have no middle name, while A. D. Club members also identify without a middle initial, signaling a shift toward a two-ply name among the wealthy.
Moses Bennet a longtime resident of Sanford Maine and former Boston piano dealer died today He was known for his work in the piano business in Boston with Hiram Lord and his long residence in Sanford Massachusetts.”
Mayor Curley frames the tax rate as proof of continuing Curley policies against the Good Government Association. Speakers push Yes on liquor licenses with Brennan warning of financial panic if Boston votes No. Rallies planned across Jamaica Plain Roxbury Roslindale Needham Hall and Hyde Park leading to a Tre mont Temple mass meeting.
The mayor cites a $1 209 761 81 drop in Boston net city debt from $57 816 393.45 to $56 628 097 92 by Nov 30 1915, with Jan 31 1914 debt at $57 393 927 45. He contrasts Curley governance with the Good Government Association and notes costs rising in other cities under various systems.
At six East Boston Charlestown and North End halls Curley ticket supporters called Citizens' ticket for City Council traitors to true democracy and tools of the Republican party. Jerry Watson led denunciations urging opponents to debate his record and noting seven of six signers of the Good Government circular.
James J. Storrow was unanimously endorsed for City Councillor by the Boston Street Carmen Union at 724 Washington Street. The meeting did not consider other candidates as only Storrow's name was presented.
Antonio LaPario of Lynn paid 25 dollars after pleading guilty in Central Municipal Court to inflicting unnecessary suffering on a horse. Frank B. Miskell of Roxbury paid 20 dollars in West Roxbury Municipal Court after arrest for a similar charge, both cited by agents of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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