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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1916

Page

2

Military Night at St Matthew's Fair Honors Five Church Men

The annual St. Matthew's Church fair on West Broadway near BF street in South Boston hosts Military Night. The Rev. James Sheerin will welcome five church members who served at the Mexican border, including Sergeant Fred MacQuaide Corporal Sam Fryett Corporal William Parrell and Privates Walter Green and Charles Robinson.

ST. Matthew's Fair St. Matthew's Church West Broadway BF Street South Boston James Sheerin Fred MacQuaide Sam Fryett William Parrell Walter Green Charles Robinson

Wilson backs federal purchase of Jefferson home Monticello

President Wilson expressed support for a congressional bill to buy Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, for federal preservation. Mrs. William Cumming Story, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, urged the measure and reported the president’s favorable view.

Washington Wilson Congress Monticello Thomas Jefferson William Cumming Story The Daughters of the American Revolution Story D. A

Funeral Services for Samuel P. Luchie Marine Observer

Funeral services for Samuel Peter Luchie, longtime marine observer for the Boston Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce, were held in Hull yesterday with many townspeople in attendance. The procession proceeded to the burial at Hingham.

Samuel P. Luchie Samuel Peter Luchie Old Boston Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce Hull Hingham

Publishers urged to attend FCC conference on newsprint relief

The Federal Trade Commission urged newspaper publishers to attend or telegraph authority for absent colleagues for Friday’s Washington meeting. The session will discuss a plan to relieve the news print paper shortage that has driven many small papers toward closure due to high prices.

Washington Federal Trade Commission

Conference urged on paper production relief plans in New York

A statement seeks full representation at a New York conference on paper distribution relief. Delegates include George E. Hosmer Courtland Smith and Frank I Lass among numerous editors and press leaders from across states and associations.

New York George E. Hosmer Denver National Editorial Association Courtland Smith American Press Association Frank Ylass Alabama American Newspaper Publishers’ Association W. G. Harding Ohio Associated Dailies I. C. Crampton Michigan Press G. W. Marble Kansas Daily League H. G. Blanton Missouri Press Association Robert Ewing New Orleans Stars Ernest G. Smith Consolidated Pennsylvania Newspaper Associations Clyde Tavenner Hilinoig Press Association Jeff McLemore The Texas Press Frank L. Gannett Associated Dailies of New York Press Association H. B. Warner North Carolina Press Association

Massachusetts Ambulance Company No. 1 Leaves Border

The Massachusetts Ambulance Company No. 1, among the first National Guard units to reach the border after mobilization, departed El Paso for home last night after its border duty.

EL Paso Tex Massachusetts Ambulance Company No. 1 National Guard

Jerome Jones Dies Former Boston Chamber Leader at 79

Jerome Jones former president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and head of Jones McDuffee Stratton Company died at his Brookline home aged 79. He was born October 13 1887 in Athol and married twice with four children. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Mt Auburn Cemetery at 2 pm.

Jerome Jones Boston Chamber of Commerce Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Company Summit Avenue Brookline Jones Mr. Jones Athol Theodore Marcia Estabrook) Jones Joseph Estabrook Ife Elizabeth R. Wait Greenfield Maria KE. Dutton Boston Elizabeth R Mareia Helen R. Jones Orange Otis Norcross & Co Crckery England France Germany Otis Norcross Howland & Jones Ichabod Howland Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Jones, MecDuffee & Stratton Company Mt. Auburn Third National Bank Traders’ National Bank Massachusetts Loan & Trust Company Home Savings Bank Boston Commercial Club New England Crockery and Glass Association Athol Agricultural Society Boston Board of Trade Merchants’ Association Boston Transcript Company Chamber of Commerce Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company National Association of Wholesalers of Unitarian Club Art Club Brookline Country Club Union Club Algonquin Club Exchange Club Brookline Thursday Club

Victors in Scituate Monument Row Declared Complete

Civil war veterans have won a complete victory over the artists in the Scituate monument dispute that has stirred the town for nearly a year.

Scituate Monument Row

Former police chief fights for wealth after poverty claim

Michael Eagan once Framingham police chief and wealthy figure fights in East Cambridge Superior Court to restore wealth and property he says his wife Kathleen Hart and his mother in law fraudulently took after their 1914 marriage. He describes in detail the alleged plot beginning with his union to the 22 year old New York telephone girl.

Michael Eagan Framingham Superior Court East Cambridge Eagan New York Kathleen Hart

Fire in Cellar Forces Tenants to Flee in Somerville

Smoke from a cellar rubbish fire at 156 School Street in Somerville drove about a half dozen women from the apartment building. Firemen removed their coats and wrapped them around a sick resident before escorting her to safety.

School Street Somerville

Ex Cantor Wins Verdict for 89 50 in East Boston Suit

Abraham Rosenbloom sued Congregation of Chel Jacob in East Boston for 1500 claiming owed for cantor services in 1914 and 1915. A Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded him 89.50 in Judge O Connell's session.

Abraham Rosenbloom Chel Jacob Boston O’connell Suffolk Superior Court

Peptiron Pills Boost Hood s Sarsaparilla Benefits

Advertisement touts Peptiron Pills paired with Hood s Sarsaparilla to purify blood, build strength, and boost appetite. Claims four fold blood-cleansing and liver-stimulating effects with pills taken before meals and sarsaparilla afterward. Encourages immediate purchase.

Hood

Scituate Town Meeting Reappoints Monument Committee Amid Turmoil

In a heated gathering, Scituate residents reappointed the monument committee and granted broad power to choose any shaft. The crowd, including veterans, vociferously challenged speakers, while changes included new moderator Henry Webb and a shift of the monument site to near the new high school, following DA Albert Barker’s legal advice.

Scituate George W. Perry Post Henry Webb Henry Turner Bailey Thomas W. Lawson Mr. Bailey James Hall William W. Wade Albert Barker

Troubles of the Milkman

Horton, president of a large New York dairy, told the Wicks committee that milk drivers face unpaid bills from fashionable renters who flee to Florida. He said drivers climb about 824 flights of stairs daily, doubling twice weekly due to outstanding accounts, and that the job can last only about three years.

New York Wicks Legislative lLoton Horton Florida

Would Return to Husband Schatzel Case Heard

Mrs M Elizabeth Schatzel wife of Herman Schatzel head of Sylph Manufacturing testified before Judge Fox in the equity merit session that she would return to her husband They have been separated since February 8 1914 She sought review of a separate support decree from Suffolk Probate Court ordering $5 a week She had worked as a Boston store buyer earning ten dollars weekly but recently resigned due to ill health leaving only the five dollar allowance.

M. Elizabeth Schatzel Herman W. Schatzel Sylph Manufacturing Company Fox Equity Merit Superior Court Suffolk Probate Court Schatzel

Arrested for drunkenness found dead in Roxbury Crossing

George W. Bohannan aged 86 of 47 Hillside Street Roxbury was arrested early yesterday for drunkenness and taken to Roxbury Crossing police station where he was found dead in his cell after a complaint by Mrs. Bohannan.

George W. Bohannan Hillside Street Roxbury Roxbury Crossing Bohannan

Remnin tablets touted for nervous headaches relief

An advertisement claims nervous periodical headaches arise from urea retention and blood condition. It promotes Remnin tablets from Dr. A F Schellachmidt of Louisville for rapid relief, with bed rest, dark rooms, quiet attendants, emetics, Actoids laxative, hot baths, and hourly dosing during an attack.

A. F. Schellachmidt Louisville

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