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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
12
Saco city officials meet to decide whether to accept a compromise in the Deering will contest. Relatives challenge the Boston probate filing over a $100,000 hospital trust for Edith Deering claiming the $5000 income for her upkeep is insufficient. They offer to withdraw opposition if Saco guarantees between $700 and $800 yearly for her life.
A cable from the Commission for Relief in Belgium says Belgians in German occupied sections will welcome the civil clothing from America’s first national army soldiers to keep them warm this winter. About 8000 complete suits have been boxed for shipment and many shoes hats caps and under garments await dispatch. When received in Belgium the garments will be remade by volunteers at workposts.
In Burlington Vermont William Plant learns his son How ard Plant a wireless operator on the destroyer Jacob Jones is missing after the disaster. If confirmed dead he will enlist the day after receiving the news, swearing he will fight against them before God.
An advertisement promotes a patent remedy labeled Bromo Quinine with the claimed ability to cure a cold in use. The copy asks readers to seek the full name and signature of E. W. Grove as a purported authority behind the product.
A $1000 donation from Kidder Peabody Co. boosts the Navy Relief Society drive toward $100,000 to aid widows orphans and mothers of sailors and Marines. Tickets for the Christmas naval ball at Symphony Hall on December 15 are selling well. Bishop William Lawrence urged parishioners to support the campaign and to contribute on December 23 or the following Sunday.
Rehearsals will be held in the Girls' High School hall on West Newton Street Mondays and Thursdays at 7 3 o clock for singers willing to aid in the Christmas Eve celebration on Boston Common. Churches and musical organizations invite singers to join at the school.
In New York on December 13 a group promoting U S government thrift stamps urged using thrift stamps as tips for waiters. The proposal aimed to boost sales of the special government coupons.
Miss Margaret W. Haddock of Cornell Wisconsin was elected president of the Class of 1921 at Wellesley College Maud Luddington of Albany N Y named secretary The sophomore class presented a gavel to the freshmen as a class meeting ritual The constitution and by laws were adopted and signed by the new members
The late Rev Dr Edward M Gushee who died in Cambridge on November 15 after marrying former housekeeper Ida Davis left $2000 to his bride. The estate is valued at $21,000 and was filed yesterday in Middlesex Probate Court at East Cambridge.
Three Philadelphia artists from the New Hope school Daniel Garber William Lathrop and Robert Spencer headline the second winter exhibition at the St Botolph Club 4 Newbury street The show emphasizes Garber as the note of the exhibition with large works and strong foliage studies while Lathrop is praised for his solid mature painting and Spencer for his seven landscapes The display is mounted with graceful frames and a central wall arrangement near the entrance
The article centers on Spencer who earned prizes but declines to display his San Francisco gold medal image. It describes Close Hour as a scene of a country mill in the New Hope district letting out at dusk, with mood and light shaping the mystery.
In San Francisco on December 13 a Japanese government official was linked to a plan to foment revolution in India. He allegedly sheltered Haramba Lal Gupta, an indicted Hindu, for four months while British authorities hunted for him.
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