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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
2
In a Washington street lunch room a one-armed fighter claimed he could defeat any man there. He demonstrated on Thomas J. Hayden, injuring his nose. Central Court identified the pugilist as Frank Feeney 26 and placed him on probation due to his wife and children.
Mrs Eppifanio Adolino of Batterick place North End admitted to Sergeant McTiernan that her cousin supplied the liquor. In Central Court yesterday she learned the cousin was Officer Benson of Hanover street station in woodsman clothes. She was fined fifty dollars.
A 24 hour floor patrol began in most Somerville fire houses yesterday. Hose 5 and Hose 8 are excluded due to staffing shortages. Chief Rich issued the order prohibiting loitering on the floor to keep men ready to answer calls at any time.
Five year old Willie Connolly wandered away on Tremont Street yesterday and was found yowling for help on School Street. He waited with officers at City Hall station for hours before his anxious mother arrived to take him home at 133 Boston Street South Boston.
Lawrence Waterman aged 18 and Miss Mabel C Strong married in the Midwest en route to Chicago. Parents in Pittsfield learned of the telegram saying Just married. Mrs Waterman now seeks return home records and reconciliation while Mrs Strong’s family hopes for home reunion. Waterman recently left Pittsfield Electric Company. Strong left home as well.
Two Hyde Park youths William R. Carey and Garrett G. Laughlin received 20 dollars each from a jury hearing their case against police officer James Greer. The boys testified Greer struck them during Halloween night 1915 as others rang bells and pranks continued nearby.
In Central Court yesterday William Jacobs pleaded hard luck and a no home but received three months after admitting he sold a stolen overcoat worth ten dollars and fifty cents to a Cambridge street junkman.
The notice lists worm symptoms in children including stomach upsets and a pale face. It promotes Dr True s Elixir as a standard remedy for worms stomach disorders and constipation for all ages. A Houston Texas customer praises the medicine and a price range of 35c 50c and 1 00 is given with a request for further information.
Catherine Be Conway, a Malden high school student who ran away last Monday, was found noon yesterday living under the name Olga Nafogma in a Charlestown household. She agreed to return home and slept in her own bed last night, with plans to resume high school after a few days. Detected as she was about to wash dishes at J J Keeley’s drug store home on Main Street.
Mrs. Skeffington’s lecture is arranged for Saturday at 2 p m at Fenway Academy of Notre Dame. Judge Edward L Logan will preside. Ushers include John W Casey Francis V Logan William McCarthy John Shields Carl Mahoney Francis J Doyle. A musical program directed by Mrs Mary Hale Miss Mary T Doherty and Mrs Margaret G Quigley precedes the talk.
Sergeant McTiernan found a calendar displaying the American flag in Francesco Presko’s Battery Street store. He warned him, but the calendar reappeared the next day. Presko appeared before the Central Court yesterday. the officer spoke for him and the case was filed.
Wholesale prices fell late as fears of a submarine blockade rose. Dealers predict retail costs will rise. Dams have yielded to high prices and quahangs also increased. Market observers blame war conditions and digger drafts for the scarcity, though some quahangs still sell at 25 cents per quart.
The administration revenue bill, aimed at covering next year’s deficit, won House approval 211 to 196 and heads to the Senate. It seeks about 248 million dollars by higher inheritance taxes and taxes on net incomes of partnerships and corporations above exempted levels, plus an 8 percent profit tax on investments.
An advertisement urges customers to seek the full name Laxa tive Brom Quin ine with the signature of E. W. Grove claiming a cold cure in one day and promoting a 25e Advil price.
Flour and wheat fluctuate with fears of foreign buyers causing price drops while other staples reach new highs. Downtown markets show lamb, oranges, eggs and cabbage down or up, with vegetables, fruit, fish and shellfish varying by location. Oysters and scallops sell at elevated seasonal rates as supply tightens.
Allan C. Emery was re-elected president of the Evangelistic Association of New England at its annual meeting in the City Club. Vice-President Edward H. Haskell presided in Emery’s absence. treasurer’s report shows expenditures of 13890 dollars for the year with 2833 for hospital visitation and 3768 for work in small towns. hospital visitors made over 1500 calls in 1916.
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