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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
9
The Boston Elevated trustees named H. Ware Barnum as general counsel for the road. He is assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, a post he has held since January 1915, announced last evening at 101 Milk Street.
About 40 years old, Barnum joins Elder, Whitman and Barnum after years of legislative work. He is a St Lawrence School and Harvard graduate living in Canton. Salary set at 7500. Russell A Sears remains general counsel under new trustees since June 15, earning 15000 yearly.
A period sale offers many clothing items at reduced prices. Men and boys can find negligee shirts, wool drawers, flannel shirts, caps, hats, stockings, mackinaw coats, fleece union suits, sweaters, underwear, mittens, gloves, shirts, and various coats with specific sale prices listed. Additional categories include shoes, pants, rainwear, fur lined pieces, and workwear all advertised as big bargains.
R J Clare of 156 Warren street Allston has built a chair entirely from deer horns and moose antlers in his workshop. A large moose antler from a New Brunswick shot by his grandson forms the back, supported by 29 pairs of deer antlers bolted in place. Clare, a New Brunswick native, has spent years collecting curios and making odd bric a brac. He also wears a calfskin vest decorated with a dog head a woman’s head and four chickens.
Lawrence December 26 relatives of Mrs Bessie May Skeels held here for trial February 24 for murder of Miss Florence Gay of Andover and indicted for murder of her brother in Bayonne believe in her innocence. Brother Mark Skeels visited prison and said she is improving in health and strength. Her fiance Alfred Lundgren visited and delivered gifts to shut ins.
A Catholic retreat for navy men is planned at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton from January 3 to 6 promoted by Bernard F. McGann and Bernard L. Kenney with Rev Father George directing. The Pilot notes the Feast of the Holy Name on January 5 with a large gathering at Cathedral of the Holy Cross and 45 district meetings. Rt Rev Mer M J Splaine elected first vice president of Catholic Summer School. Reunions at St Francis School Hall Ellis and Hawthorne streets Roxbury benefit Holy Trinity rectory fund on January 8 15 22 and 29. Bequests of 500 for Home for Destitute Catholic Children and St Mary's Infant Asylum appear in the will of Mrs Bridget O'Neil of West Boylston who died recently.
The Rev Gabriel Reid Maguire will speak on Is the Saloon a Political or a Moral Issue as a prelude to his sermon Sunday evening at Ruggles Street Baptist Church. Rev Dr William Harman van Allen will lecture tonight in the Sunday school chapel on Religion and World Reconstruction as Bishop Lawrence improves and hopes to attend the January campaign opening on January 6.
Secretary Baker urged immediate legislation to resume voluntary military enlistment and repeal parts of the selective service act restricting enlistments to wartime, in a letter to House military committee Chairman Dent.
Secretary Baker warns that without new legislation the army cannot police the Mexican border or guard possessions after peace. Demobilization accelerates to 20 000 daily or 200 000 weekly, leaving a small number from pre April 1 enlistments to serve. The bill would allow voluntary enlistment to replace draftees and permit quick discharge. A bill will be introduced tomorrow.
Society matrons and belles danced with sailor boys in the armory of the Charlestown navy yard after a Christmas dinner for three hundred sailors aboard the steamer South Haven. The dinner was hosted by the Starboard Watch Club of Sailors' Haven.
The advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children, claiming it removes poisons from the stomach, liver, and bowels. It highlights a fruity taste and stresses to look for the California name on the package and follow bottle dose directions.
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