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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
6
In Evanston on December 27, Justice of the Peace Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch refused to allow beer to be exhibited in her home courtroom. The case faced a delay as the beer was loaded into a wagon and the judge rode in to the police station to commence the proceedings against a man accused of selling beer in the streets.
The Boston School Board approved a $48 pay raise for next year for all elementary teachers whose maximum salary before September 1 was under $1000 plus a $5 New Year gift. The total package about $13,500, funded partly from the general fund and about $9,000 from surplus water-rate remittance. Eligible groups include regular and first assistants across multiple districts and subject areas such as kindergarten manual training sewing and cookery.
The board and superintendent decided to use the full 10 cents per $1000 tax rate for teacher salary increases, estimating costs at 145792 dollars, 5792 above income. George B. Brock said pledges to teachers would be kept by devoting every voted cent to salaries. A future 10 cent allocation is planned for next year.
Fire Commissioner Daly will create District 15 in Hyde Park after its Boston annexation. John H. Wetherbee remains in the department as captain at 1600 a year, while Lt Willis P. Whittemore gains 400 more. Lt James Collins becomes a private. Boundaries extend from Neponset River to Blue Hill avenue and Rexford streets.
Mayor and City Council inspected several Mattapan sites for a proposed playground and, while none impressed, agreed the district needs one. At the next Council meeting an appropriation of 25000 is expected for the playground. Also reviewed was Dorchester North Burial Ground, with 10000 recently allocated to repair its walls.
George H. Sawyer fourteen year old son of Seward Sawyer of Cliftondale died from burns suffered while playing Santa Claus on Christmas morning. He caught fire when the fur costume touched the tree and was carried to Union Hospital where he died early yesterday.
The International Shoe Company filed incorporation articles here with authorized capital of $25,000,000. It combines Peters & Roberts Johnson & Rand firms and lists factories in St Louis and Missouri with plants in Springfield Jerseyville and Belleville. The move marks the largest St Louis record.
With the predicted snowstorm and cold wave today New England will begin its real winter season. December has been unusually warm. for the first 26 days the average temperature was eight degrees above normal and only twice below. On the 12th the thermometer ran 29 degrees above average.
A Boston weather bulletin reports sharp temperature drops with snow across the Midwest and Northeast. Separately, Seattle witnesses and Los Angeles Times staff testifying in the national dynamite conspiracy grand jury probe tie Dr. Wagner and James B. McNamara to past blasts. In Chicago, Miss Henrietta Jordan rushes to Minneapolis to support Roland C. Nickerson after his appendicitis surgery, with a planned wedding upon recovery.
The Red Star liner Marquette arrived from Antwerp with 27 passengers after a stormy voyage. Mrs. Sarah Setter and her family, from Seneca street, returned from a six month visit to Russia. She said Boston issued passports were recognized but she paid about $20 to enter and exit. Professor Edward P. Evans Sidney Fiske Kimball and Miss Alice Graham of Philadelphia were aboard the ship among the American travelers.
The Rev James Hickey pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Beachmont was welcomed home from Rome with Cardinal O Connell. About 1000 parishioners attended a Town Hall reception where he received a purse of gold and roses and spoke of the Pope s affection for America Boston and local Catholics.
The Blue Hill Ladies Auxiliary to the Beth Israel Hospital Association installed officers at Otisfield Meeting Hall Roxbury with hundreds attending. Speeches were given by Rabbi S. H. Shoher Israel Levin H J Danzig Isi dor Kronstein and Samuel Epstein. Officers installed included president H J Danzig vice president M Malzer treasurer N Rappaport secretary J Kupferman and trustees Bessie Curb Fannie Jackson Annie Cohen Rose Lipshitz.
Governor Foss proposes abolition of the death penalty but the Phelps case remains untouched. Historical shifts limited gubernatorial pardon power, with lawmakers having removed prior signing authority for death warrants. The drive to reform cites constitutional sections and Revised Laws as bounds on pardon and respite authority.
A 650 cent bottle of Pinex promises quick relief for stubborn coughs including whooping cough. Mixing 50 cents of Pinex with sugar syrup yields a pint of remedy, claimed to ease symptoms within 24 hours. The product touts a pleasant taste, helps hoarseness and croup, and comes with a money back guarantee.
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