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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
7
The Public Service Commission served notice on the Boston and Albany and the Boston and Maine railroads requiring reporting of all delays five minutes or more with reasons. Earlier in the week the commission issued the same order to the New Haven.
Simon Lourie wanted in Boston arson cases was arrested by Newark police in Elizabeth New Jersey yesterday. Inspector Towle from Boston Police Headquarters departed for Elizabeth to escort Lourie back to Boston.
In Municipal Civil Court Judge Parmenter presided over a dress damage case in which Rose Aarons of Roxbury alleged S Goodman & Co lost her black and white striped silk gown after cleansing on Aug 31 1916. Goodman claimed the vintage piece was worth 18 to 25 dollars. the judge ordered delivery of the dress to Aarons.
Mayor Curley attacks the Finance Commission and City Council over a year of baiting and non constructive policy. He says the public is disgusted and urges a constructive approach. He also objects to the commission seeking department heads data for next year without including him.
Cambridge residents petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the $1500 appropriation for the newly formed Industrial Development and Publicity Bureau. The case marks another legal entanglement in the bureau's short existence and ongoing controversy.
Walter Burdick of Linden road Melrose and Peter Gray & Sons lantern works East Cambridge prepared for a wedding delayed by blizzard conditions in Maine. The bride Martha Day from West Washington Maine arrived in Melrose yesterday after being snowbound for over a week, the ceremony postponed from last Saturday. Burdick searched trains and roads for his bride as officials awaited travel clearance.
Burdick planned to wed Miss Day at Waneta House in Pemaquid Beach, Me., after a short courtship last summer. He left for duty Oct. 2 and awaited the Christmas ceremony. The minister, Rev. Peter McQueen, was to perform it, but the bride failed to appear on schedule due to heavy snow. She arrived yesterday, bringing joy and plans for a future wedding.
Percy Purdy of Utica New York admitted breaking into the home of Frank Corey at 7 Hall Place Pittsfield and stealing a flashlight and a $100 diamond ring from Miss Cora Whitman’s chamber. Police believe he is the city’s feared Peeping Tom. case continued a week for more evidence and Purdy jailed on $100 bail.
Don R. Almy of New York was re-elected eminent supreme archon of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the 60th anniversary convention in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
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