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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
2
Police probing the death of Theodore Mandragouras a leather worker. His body lay on the Boston and Maine tracks with signs of a struggle nearby. A pouch said to hold $900 was found empty with its top cut off. He left his boarding place last night saying he would be away only 10 minutes.
Earl Tilton 21, a hunter from Milton, was found dead with a rifle bullet through the heart along the Salmon Falls River. Authorities say accidental shooting. searchers called after he disappeared Friday afternoon. his wife survived him.
Wellesley freshmen displayed a 275 voice chorus at last night’s vespers challenging Billy Sunday’s 2000 voice choir. Upperclass opinion labeled the freshmen “some singers” as excitement rose over the freshmen chorus’s unexpected pull.
The hub’s representative for the New York preparedness bazaar will be chosen for genuine beauty. The selection rests on a high standard built from years of discerning appearances by a well traveled bachelor who has scrutinized many contestants.
Standish Willcox, the mayor's assistant secretary, in the Curley administration ranks as beauty chancellor and says local contenders must look good to win the title. He cites Elsie McKay and several famed blondes as exemplars and invites hopefuls to apply at the Mayor's Office for review ahead of a New York event.
A large Somerville turnout of 1599 at the high school hall heard temperance talks by Rev. Francis J. Butler of St. Ann's and Rev. J. Franklin Knotts of Park Avenue M. E. Church. The event featured Rody with a trombone guiding song. Butler supported no-license for Somerville but Boston, while Knotts urged no-license everywhere and national prohibition.
Henry Abrahams, candidate for the Boston school committee, outlines his campaign issues emphasizing expanded industrial training, closer ties among teachers, parents, and students, and a businesslike administration. He argues for thorough mechanical training to prepare youths for modern industry and highlights the need to connect educators, families, and pupils more closely.
Walter J. Hoshal leads no license campaign street talks at street corners with Massachusetts Anti Saloon League officials. He denies Western speakers and plans to address 1100 men at the Keith Shoe Company at noon. Campaign rallies continue with factory cooperation for extra noons off time.
A large crowd is expected for Belgian Day at the National Allied Bazaar in Mechanics Building. The program begins at noon with Mme Durprie presenting slides of Belgium’s destruction, followed by a concert by Edward Dern and Ernst Perabo, and a Hawaiian dance performance by Mme Estrellita, with the Hawaiian Band.
The ad explains that a call involves three parties the caller the called party and the operator and that service quality depends on joint effort. It invites readers to request complete sets of the series to encourage closer cooperation between the company and subscribers.
Massachusetts Ambulance Company No. 1 will depart El Paso on Tuesday afternoon. all equipment except animals will ride the train. Officers and men except Private Stanley will return. Stanley underwent appendicitis surgery on Saturday and is not fit to travel.
Hiram W. Kelley a retired shoe manufacturer and head of the Hiram W. Kelley Company died at his home 490 Washington street Braintree. He was 69 years old and survived by a daughter and a brother Judge George W. Kelley of the Hingham District Court.
A program titled Ovation to the Allied Colors highlights Miss Adnah Fahrney as Little Miss Columbia. Accordionist M. de Piso performs patriotic Belgian pieces. At 9:30 in the Grand Hall, Christine Eynael sings the Belgian national anthem with a chorus.
The gulf conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted a resolution urging Texas to remove saloons and resorts near troops stationed along the border. It also endorsed letters to Senators Broussard and Ransdell urging support for Prohibition legislation in Washington.
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