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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
17
Postmaster Mansfield reports the Boston post office hosted its largest Christmas with the parcel post since its inception. He notes the service exceeded expectations, handling twice as many parcels this year compared with last.
The postmaster says the department faced an avalanche of parcel post yet will deliver gifts received before midnight. More than 50,000 dollars in stamps were sold at the central office, 10,000 more than last year, as half a million packages passed through major stations over three days. Superintendent Johnston lauds public confidence, claims parcel post costs dropped to under a nickel per parcel and praises clerks for overtime effort delivering a record New England surge.
National Biscuit Company promises perfect condition delivery for crackers cookies wafers jams and biscuits. The Inter-seal Trade Mark tins and glass-front cans symbolize freshness. Through the distributing service the company ensures a constant supply of biscuits to every part of the United States.
Albany reports reveal D H Tolman known as the loan shark king faced a six month sentence for usurious lending. Tolman offered to cancel over 500000 dollars of notes in exchange for a pardon but Governor Glynn refused. Tolman’s wife and son pressed to surrender the notes and end the debts to secure his freedom, with legal counsels continuing to seek clemency though unlikely to succeed. The Tolman enterprise spanned 70 offices nationwide and Tolman, once a Chicago grocery clerk, is said to be worth over a million.
John H. Cragie Jr. of Stoneham died yesterday afternoon after an express team ride incident on Elm Street. While dropping from a rear truck he darted into the street and was struck by automobile driven by Thomas McKenna, who was arrested on a technical manslaughter charge. The youth suffered a broken neck and fractured skull.
The marriage intention of Miss Minna Lyman and Walter Hunnewell Jr was filed with the clerk of registry of marriages yesterday. Miss Lyman, a Vincent Club girl, is daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Lyman of 31 Commonwealth avenue. The groom to be is a member of Bose Somerset Harvard Tennis and Racquet Automobile and Country clubs. He was from Herveré in the class of
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