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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
3
Thomas F. McCormick, longtime proprietor of a Woburn retail shoe store, died yesterday at his home on his 69th birthday. An Ireland native, he came to the United States at age three.
A small bomb exploded in the courtyard of the basilica of San Clemente in Rome, the titular church of Cardinal O Connell of Boston. Another bomb failed to explode. windows were broken and the three connected edifices suffered minor damage while ancient temples and treasures inside were spared.
Through Cardinal O Connell s drive a 70 yard tunnel was built from a low Rome drain under the Coliseum to a submerged lake beneath St Clemente draining it to reveal the buried Roman city water system feeding the ancient church.
Public schools in Boston close at noon for the Christmas recess and reopen January 4. Students will enjoy skating and recreation without study as Christmas exercises and class programs with gift exchanges were held yesterday.
A municipal horse in Quincy, believed stolen yesterday, was found later the same day with sharp-pointed shoes to ease slipping through the town. The missing veteran steed, long in service for the Board of Health, prompted police alerts but produced no trace until returned.
Hornell N Y December 22 John J Hynes of Buffalo supreme president of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of the United States and Canada today named Thomas P Hoban of Scranton Pa as supreme recorder to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Joseph Cameron of this city.
Michael Kill, a 24 year old Russian destitute and hungry, walked barefooted from Salem to Gloucester this morning seeking fellow countrymen and employment. Local police took him in and with help from Russian residents will try to obtain work for him.
Jewelry and antiques valued around 2000 dollars vanished from the Corliss apartments at 384 Commonwealth Avenue in the Hotel Torrington. Police and private detectives search for clues, with a reward offered for the return of the items. The theft, linked to a possible hotel thief or “Raffles” figure, involved pieces from Florence and includes a satyr headed ring and other ancient gold and silver items.
Former City Councillor Earnest E. Smith and Mrs. Glendower Evans urged Mayor Curley to reclaim South Cove by diverting 600000 set aside for New Haven road damages to fund labor for filling in the cove. They said trench earth from the Dorchester tunnel could be used, creating valuable factory sites and boosting employment. They claimed crime would fall and city finances improve if officials acted.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a blood disease, not curable by local treatment, and states Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and helps the lungs, calling it the best remedy. readers are urged to ask their druggist.
Visitors warned tearing down a major Boston bridge would prompt filling in South Cove and building streets on reclaimed land. They linked a rising crime wave to unemployment and poverty, while the Mayor reportedly objected due to sewer work required for new streets.
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