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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
6
The Shepherdess by Millet, ranking with The Angelus and The Gleaners, was added to Mrs W W Kimball's Chicago art collection. The painting was purchased from Knoedler in London, according to Mrs Kimball.
A rare artistic masterpiece has arrived in the United States as part of postwar exchanges. The work is among the early continental pieces to reach American shores, though the exact price paid for the acquisition was not disclosed.
Hartford Feb 3 Joseph L Barbour a leading member of the Connecticut War former speaker of the State House and a Republican campaign speaker died suddenly in his law office today He was 69 years old.
Jennie Steele, repeatedly assaulted by husband Ernest Steele at her mother's South End home, has improved enough to leave City Hospital. Their 20 month old son David remains hospitalized with a fractured jaw and scalp wounds. doctors remain hopeful for his recovery.
London Feb. 3 The Probate Court ruled today that the son of Charles R. Slingsby is the legitimate heir to a 500000 dollar baronial estate of the Slingsby family in Yorkshire. The case has run for almost two years in court.
In a San Francisco probate contest, Charles R. Slingsby seeks confirmation of succession for a child claimed as his heir. The judge criticized San Francisco depositions and noted a strong resemblance between the boy and Slingsby, aided by an artist, while warning of unscrupulous witnesses and bribes in the case.
Several hundred Boston Carmen's Union members gave a rousing send-off at South Station for William J. Timmins and his bride Rose Duff of Cambridge as they boarded a midnight train for a New York honeymoon trip.
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garri gan writes to Mayor Curley approving his plan to shorten army enlistment from three years to one year. The exchange indicates official support for local reform efforts in military service terms.
Letters from a dozen Massachusetts mayors and city officials to the State Board of Labor and Industries describe ongoing city work to aid unemployment relief. In nearly all cases the messages are signed by the mayor personally, outlining local labor needs and projects.
The board seeks accurate unemployment data from plants and businesses. Salem plans to employ 150 workers if a high pressure service bill passes and 10 more to build a city pool funded privately. Revere lacks building laws. Somerville projects more unemployment but plans upgraded water mains and sewers to create jobs. Everett notes storm drainage work, Cambridge pushes private participation, and Good cites a free city employment office with future projects like a water filtration plant and hospital expansions.
City to begin razing the old Probate Court on Tremont Street on March 1 to clear a site for a $300,000 municipal structure. Mayor Curley approves after talks with a Central Labor Union delegation to provide work for idle craftsmen.
Notices sent to the overseeing of the poor department and other city branches housed in the old Probate building require all to vacate within three weeks. New offices for the school department Finance Commission and law department will occupy a 10 story building, with part used by Police Station 2 now on City Hall avenue.
Washington Feb 3 decks cleared in the House for a vote tomorrow on overriding President Wilsons veto of the Burnett immigration bill including the literacy test provision. Opponents predicted a 20 vote margin short of the two thirds required. Representative Gardner urged passage over the veto in a floor speech.
Lieutenant-Governor Grafton D. Cushing, speaking as president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, notes the group protects more than 12,000 children annually and emphasizes preventive work shaping public opinion.
The 34th annual report notes 4248 cases investigated and 12 519 children aided, with 978 cases involving 1922 children prosecuted. It cites 2½ Massachusetts cities reached and urges private agencies to expand social work while proposing police take over protection of young girls and sex crime prosecutions once policewomen are trained and equipped.
John Bowler a 60 year old Worcester brewer will wed Miss Mabel I Symons 40 daughter of Captain John W Symons of Cardiff Wales today. The ceremony takes place at St Chrysostom s Church New York after she leaves the liner Asiatic.
Elna K. F. Olsson died Feb 3 in Atlantic at age 100. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. from 2 Webster Street residence. Relatives and friends invited to attend.
A woman reports a lost car in the Paul Revere Hall Huntington Avenue or Back Bay South Boston area and a missing lady’s pin. A reward will be given when returned to 86 Gainsboro Street Suite 2. Contact Tel B. B 3829 M.
Judge John Duff of the Municipal Court sues the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to recover $50,000 for injuries that kept him off the bench for more than a year.
An advertisement promotes the J. B. L. Cascade Internal Bathing system as a natural cure for constipation and general ill health. It cites supposed medical consensus on waste in the lower intestine and claims 300000 users, urging readers to visit Riker Jaynes Drug Stores for more information and a booklet titled Why Man of To-Day Is Only 50 Per Cent Efficient.
Back pain and dull heaviness signal kidney trouble says this ad. It touts Rheumasalts as a quick remedy from druggists, claiming to cleanse kidneys and liver, soothe the stomach, and act as a laxative. The Rheumabath Company of Minneapolis is credited for the product.
An olive tablet advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver stimulant that purifies the system and eliminates bad breath without the drawbacks of calomel. It claims discovery by Dr F M Edwards after seventeen years of practice and markets boxes at 10c and 25c through all druggists in Columbus Ohio.
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