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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
3
Bacons promotes a shirt sale with men and women buying for men, featuring $1.00 shirts across many styles and fabrics. The ad claims over a century of square dealing and positions the price drop as a response to cancelled orders from other stores.
New Haven's board says the New York New Haven Hartford line earned slightly more in the second week of December than the first, though totals lag behind 1913 and 1912. Henry McHarg elected director of the New York Ontario and Western to fill a vacancy. November net earnings rise slightly compared with 1913 due to expense curtailment.
More than 300 Simmons students voted to publish a new college paper to express ideas from all classes. The first edition is expected soon after the February quarterly, with the venture run by students and supported by faculty and alumnae, replacing the Simmons Quarterly later.
East Cambridge jail swelled to 614 prisoners after 140 vagrants were brought in. Sheriff Fairbairn said the facility with 210 cells required converting the chapel into sleeping space, while offering liberty to inmates already housed due to crowding.
Colonel George W. Goethals Governor of the Panama Canal sails from Colon for New York to appear before Congressional appropriations committees. He will discuss the canal project needs including drydocks machine shops and coal wharves with an estimated funding of about 19 million dollars.
Yale Dramatic Association brings Seth Low Jr to Jordan Hall next Monday. Low, son of New York’s former mayor, is an accomplished actor and athlete who helped Yale beat Harvard by one foot in the boat race last June. The visit marks Yale players first in Boston with several alumni expected to attend. Plays include The Ghost of Jerry Bundler, The Stranger, Behind the Beyond, and St Bartholomew Eve.
In Faneuil Hall a Bay State Street Railway arbitration reveals 9060 of 10 465 hired in a decade have been discharged or resigned, leaving 1405 on payroll. Workers seek 30 cents an hour, while 121 questions drive entry and a spare-buck list system leaves idle time unpaid.
The Road employees seek 30 cents an hour in the first year and 8 cents yearly increases thereafter, while current pay starts at 24 cents with raises to 28. District Attorney Pelletier chairs the arbitration board with James H. Vahey and Henry E. Reynolds also serving. Robert S. Goff testified as the railway’s top official.
A Rome despatch says an Austrian training ship Beethoven was blown up by a mine and sank with its crew and all cadets aboard. No naval reference confirms the vessel. Austria Hungary reportedly has several cadet training ships and may rename ships for training during wartime.
Advertisement for Harrison's Wholesale at 662 672 Washington Street offers Balmacans and smart colored Scotches and heather mixtures with original values up to 15.00 now priced 7.75. Includes location near Beach and noting half retail pricing.
Employees of the car and locomotive department at Readville shops lodge emphatic protests with railroad officials over a three week enforced vacation and a Saturday notice they deem unfair. They demand a company response by next Tuesday as a meeting at 2 pm will discuss the issue and postwar hours after January 4 1916.
The shutdown after last Saturday’s outdoor work prompted an urgent protest. A meeting was held to voice strong objections and assess potential effects as winter approaches. Anxious notes on whether the protest will influence action were reported.
Carrie I Anderson of Waltham left the residue of her estate to the Waltham Hospital and directed that all her pets be put to death upon her decease. The will dated June 30 1908 was offered for probate in East Cambridge yesterday with no property valuation stated. The final clause reads I direct that if I have any pets at my decease including my horse they be put to death.
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