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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
2
The Rev. Abraham J. Muste, pastor at Central Congregational Church Newtonville, resigns after parishioners protest his pacifist stance on the war. He asks for an immediate effect.
Mr and Mrs M P Valine marked their 51st wedding anniversary at home in Cohasset. The couple have eight daughters and eight sons, all living.
Five members of the Congressional and Citizens' Committee arrived at an Atlantic port aboard an American steamship after observing war operations in France and Belgium. Senators Kendrick Wyoming and Kenyon Iowa, Representatives Hicks New York and Parker New Jersey, and former Representative Stout Montana led the group. Accompanying them were a brigadier general and a navy lieutenant-commander.
James Byrne of New York donates nearly 90 000 dollars to Harvard University for the Byrne Professor Ship of Administrative Law. The gift is the initial payment toward a planned 150 000 dollar endowment, with income to fund law school purposes. Byrne, an 1877 Harvard College and Harvard Law School alumnus, is the donor.
Thousands of New England women begin early efforts to push the War Work Council YWCA Campaign Fund to 210000. Treasurer Thomas Motley reports 173000 pledged so far, with 34000 received yesterday and a need to reach 37000 before tomorrow night to meet the quota. He urges contributions at 33 Congress Street, Boston.
New York Telephone Company will grant general salary increases to all employees to offset higher living costs, replacing the previous yearly bonus. The total increase will nearly double the bonus paid last year.
The only public bequest in the will of former Senator William Eaton Chandler is $1000 to the Female Benevolent Society of the Concord Unitarian church. The will was probated today in Concord New Hampshire.
Advertisement notes that keeping youthfulness relies on healthy bowels and liver. It claims ninety percent of sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver and promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable olive-oil remedy to tone the liver and clear impurities. Sold by all druggists in 10c and 25c boxes.
The Rev. Muste offers to resign after a public rift with his Central Congregational Church parishioners over peace and conscience during the war. He argues war cannot be waged in a Christian spirit, cites distress over relief work and free speech, and notes a shrinking pew audience. He served three years at Central Church after leading Fort Washington Reform Church in New York. he is 39 with a wife and young daughter.
An afternoon program by Boston Chinese college girls at 71 Stevens Street to aid flood victims in Tientsin. Highlights include soloists Marguerite Neekamp and Carroll Sapin, a piano solo by V Y Wong, and a talk on flood conditions in Tientsin.
Fishermen at Halls Bay and nearby ports suffered heavy losses during a storm yesterday. Reports say about a thousand herring nets and much gear were lost. Green Bay recorded an 85 mile gale with low temperatures causing much ice to form.
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