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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1915
Page
5
The United States Civil Service Commission announces positions open to U S citizens seeking employment. The notice lists civilian openings across agencies and urges applicants to review qualifications and how to apply.
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications for positions including copperplate engraver geological survey in Washington with salaries from 3 a day to 1600 a year and consulting mining engineer at 3000 to 3600 a year. Also an assistant in boys and girls agricultural club work with 1800 to 2700 a year and a stenographer and typewriter for field service at White River Junction Vermont. Vacancies in Vermont New Hampshire and Montreal Halifax St John will be filled from eligibles. Apply now at Room 145 Post Office Building Boston.
Mrs Leslie Carter, famed for The Heart of Maryland and Du Barry, has signed a B F Keith vaudeville tour contract opening in Boston next Monday afternoon. She will perform the third act of Zaza, her celebrated role, marking a return to the city after several years. Nazimova will join the Keith program at Boston’s Keith’s Theatre the week of February 15 in War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth.
The Cambridge mayor received a letter from Junction City Oregon ranchman Chris Martensen seeking a wife. He owns 51 acres with stock valued at 10 000 dollars, is 39, five feet ten inches tall, has no bad habits and lives two miles from town. He asks the city to help him meet a Cambridge young woman for marriage.
Simon McDonough, 12 months, photographed at police HQs, cleared by Boston and Brookline police of any link to the Brookline drug store slaying of Charles E. Merrill. Investigators say McDonough, nicknamed the Boy Bandit, had been arrested after wounding Leon F. Brown on the Broadway bridge. Brown's condition described as good with a superficial bullet wound.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Each box carries E W Grovf signature. Price 25 cents. Advertisement notes a one day cure claim for a cold with laxative bromoquinine tablets.
Dr William P Graves argued that acquired traits are not inherited while stressing human development. He contrasted Sandows early weakness with his later muscular growth and noted his offspring inherited will power rather than muscularity.
The speaker cites natural selection to claim the postwar generation will be inferior if mating patterns shift. He argues selective breeding could raise the race, warns that killing off strong males would degrade the population, and claims immigration risks mixing races, producing an inferior race. He cites inheritance, alcoholism effects, and disease resistance as evidence.
Charles Fleischer lauded President Wilson for vetoing the literacy test during a Sunday Commons address in Huntington Chambers Hall. He argued there is no aristocracy of culture, only learning, and praised the immigration bill for not equating reading ability with human worth.
The Rev. Frank A. Powell moves to All Souls Unitarian Church Brain tree joining March 1. Bequests totaling 28 000 from Mrs. Sarah Woods Brooks Lewis Detroit Bridgewater support Church of the New Jerusalem and Massachusetts New Church Union. Al Priddy lectures at Maverick Church East Boston drawing large audience. Bishop Lawrence to confirm at Cathedral Church of St Paul Palm Sunday March 28 7 30 p m. Dean Rousmaniere to lead Feb 7 addresses for confirmation education. Rev Gabriel Reed Maguire spoke at Boston YMCA forum on Does God Answer Prayer. Rev Austen K de Blois to speak at noonday service King’s Chapel today.
Walter J. Powers, 18, of 465 Third Street South Boston, was captured by City Point officers after an exciting chase at an early hour yesterday morning marking his third arrest in three weeks.
Dr John G Coyle of New York delivered a forceful reply to attacks on the Catholic church before the Common Cause Society. Franklin Union Hall was packed, with many unable to gain admission as the address opened.
Dr. Coyle native of Brigh ton Mass argues the anti-Catholic crusade will fail in America. He cites groups like Guardians of Liberty and Knights of Weather as sources of slander against Catholics and defends the Knights of Columbus oath as a forgery. He asserts Catholics fight for equal rights while condemning biased attacks on Protestants and schools.
William M Brown, who was elected to Congress for Pennsylvania's twenty fourth district and formerly served as Lieutenant Governor, died in New York on January 31 from pneumonia.
Washington January 31 The ship purchase bill hearing before foreign relations has reached a point where the administration will soon comment. Secretary Bryan who received the British communication indicating Britain would view U S action on merchant ships as unneutral arrived in Washington and declined to comment on disclosures during his absence.
Congress will press for a clear statement from the administration on ship purchases under the proposed law and the stance of Great Britain and allied governments. The British reply to Bryan seeks nonneutral actions such as releasing interned German and Austrian ships, while France and Russia support seizure of such vessels.
Several lots of linens offered at deep discounts. Includes table cloths from 2 to 4 yards, 2x2 yard cloths, napkins by the dozen in varying sizes and grades, colored launch cloths with napkins, hemstitched damask scarfs and tray cloths, and colored lunch cloths with napkins. Prices range from a few dollars up to double digits per item or per dozen, with several items listed by size and grade.
Old catalog fragment lists Fruit of the Loom and Maplewood bedding items. Hemmed and hemstitched sheets and pillow cases priced from 15 to 60 cents, with quantities and sizes noted. Wamsutta and other brands offered in small lots at low prices.
An old advertisement lists Infants and Children's dresses and undergarments with sizes from 6 months to 5 years. Items include lace trimmed dresses, linen and pique outfits, washed cotton gowns, drawers, slips, nightdresses, wrappers, and coats with prices ranging from about 0.50 to 9.50, noting marks from and sale prices.
Ada E. Sheffield at the School of Eugenics on Newbury Street argues that low wages are not the main cause of vice among working girls, noting recreation needs in small towns. She says less vice occurs where people marry young and among Irish Italian and American Indian groups with early marriages.
June Adkinson discusses the role of illegitimate children in motherhood and law. She argues feeble mindedness affects commitment rates, and presents a unit character view of inheritance with eye color examples to illustrate dominant and recessive traits.
The article discusses how brown eyed parents produce hybrid blue eyed offspring when mixed with blue eyed stock. It notes inheritance is largely sex independent, with exceptions for a few sex linked traits, and mentions the impact of exceptional ability on both sides.
A legislative bill to license steam fitters was endorsed by the Massachusetts Association of Journeymen Plumbers Steam and Gas Fitters meeting in Haverhill. Richard T. Leahy was elected president. Joseph Galvin vice president. Lawrence I. McCarthy secretary and treasurer. The executive board includes M. J. Thornton John B. Bannigan Walter Burroughs D. N. Goodwin and John I. Logan. Nearly all cities were represented by 73 delegates from 29 locals. Mayor Albert L. Bartlett welcomed the assembly. Next convention set for Northampton July 24-25.
The funeral services for Winfield S. Slocum Newton city solicitor will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at the Central Congregational Church Newtonville. Attending will be Newton business leaders officials and Boston Bar Association members.
Sale offers dramatic reductions on coats and furs including seal dyed otter coney muskrat and hamster fur options. Items include caracal and brown cloth coats plus fur lined outerwear with prices slashed from hundreds to under fifty dollars. Readily available sizes and fabrics span silk georgette chiffon and sable inspired pieces.
Bargain fabrics section offers Peau de Peche at 38 cents per yard and other lightweight ratine like cloth in peach to blue shades. Also Bates Crepe at 15 cents per yard and a variety of plain colors checks plaids and stripes priced around 15 to 25 cents. Wash goods include 32 inch novelty ginghams and Kate Greenway batistes at 10 cents to 25 cents per yard.
An assortment from Gossard Corsets and R. and G. offerings highlights models 108 363 and 401 with odd sizes 20 to 28 and prices from 25 cents to 2.00 per piece. Imported coutil corsets emphasize medium busts and slight waist curves.
Odd flannel and albatross kimonos and crepe de chine and silk negligees priced from 3.75 to 18.00. Linen muslin and Swiss items include sacs and lace trimming with varied finishes. Some entries note specific fabric mixes and sizes though legibility is limited.
Medford fire department set for a shake up on Wednesday as politicians promise a general movement aimed at removing long time chief Charles E Bacon. Captain William Ordway arrives at the central station to head the new gasoline engine pump and is rumored to be groomed for chief.
Captain Ordway leads Combination E on Spring street with Captain Morse moving from Central station. Hush Frazer moves to West Medford as driver of Combination A and John Smith leaves West Medford for Central near Medford square as hoseman. Mayor Haines backs the changes, opponents say it aims to trim veteran heads and reassign older staff. The plan will extend to all stations, reseating personnel citywide.
Local store advertises nightdresses skirts drawers corset covers and combinations in a muslin underwear sale. Prices slashed to attract shoppers with limited stock available and seasonal clearance.
A garbled catalog of hose items lists many women’s nylon and silk hose in multiple sizes and colors with values around $1.00. It includes numerous pairs of French Lisle, cashmere, and silk hose, plus men's lisle socks, with varying quantities and discount notes.
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