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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faces a $30,000 annual shortfall and plans a state appeal for more funds. President Maclaurin proposes doubling the $25,000 endowment and launching a nationwide alumni drive to raise $1,000,000 to stabilize finances and net $100,000 yearly.
President Maclaurin warns the Institute of Technology faces rising running costs and a debated new site while relying on a shrinking donor base. He notes $4,000,000 in assets but insufficient income to cover current expenses, with $30,000 short and $41,000 endowment ending next year.
Washington December 13 Reformers in session name a deputation to urge the army and navy departments of the Y M C A to inaugurate total abstinence promotion campaign at once.
Judge Jabez Fox in East Cambridge bars James F. Aylward and G. A. Pevey from appearing as Cambridge city counsel until the Supreme Court rules who holds the city solicitor post. The ruling pauses all Cambridge civil court cases pending that decision after Pevey's bid to bar Aylward.
J N Danforth of 19 Mt Vernon street Brighton received two giant ears of Western corn yesterday from his brother D L Danforth a wealthy Brinfield Illinois farmer. The ears a golden color measure about a foot in length and were said to make excellent eating.
President and Mrs. Taft shopped in New York under heavy rain, selecting Christmas presents for the White House family. They traveled from Washington, with Mrs Laughlin accompanying, and were escorted by police and secret service. Taft to spend night with brother Henry W. Taft before Yale duties.
A 1909 verse by Walt Mason extols Congress as remedy for all woes. It humorously laments tariff talk taxes and fiscal costs while arguing talk will soothe the nation and avert worse shocks.
An attractive young woman sells Red Cross Christmas stamps daily in the post office lobby to raise funds against tuberculosis. She reports strong sales and plans longer hours as Christmas approaches, working both mornings and afternoons and likely staying until 9 or 10 pm.
In Atlanta the daughter of W A Speer obtained a complete divorce from Russell J Thomas the Speer family chauffeur amid claims he forced her into eloping under threats to her father. A subsequent wedding to Marshall C McKenzie followed at the Speer home with many friends present.
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