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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1917
Page
8
The Warvard Graduate School of Business Administration announces a new course to train men for the printing and publishing industry. Previously, instruction relied on on the job experience, and the bulletin promotes the program as a solution to this gap.
Editor warns New Yorkers about catarrh and pneumonia deaths linked to poor home treatment. Promotes Parmint syrup as a cure and urges official advisory bulletins to educate the public on constitutional blood-based remedies over local applications.
William Schnei der of 2226 Orchard street announces a device to draw a 30 mile deadline off shore to thwart passing ships. He says the Navy Department asked for details and he will test safety equipment for water craft to keep vessels afloat despite torpedoes mines or rocks. A public demonstration is planned with Chicago officials once weather permits.
The British steamers Southland and Welshman arrived today in Portland from Liverpool. The Cornishman, which departed Liverpool ahead of them, had not yet arrived, but marine circles voiced no fear for her safety.
A court action asks Miss Ella L Davis to return the engagement ring given by her former fiancé. The suit requests judicial enforcement of the ring’s restoration amid their broken engagement.
Miss Ella Louise Davis of Everett, about 20, allegedly parted from William J. Guay who sought an injunction in the equity merit session before Judge Hardy. He claims she refused to return a ring he lent, valued at $95.
In a New Hampshire summer camp tale of a ring loan she called not an engagement ring Miss Davis testified. Guay claimed the ring was a gentleman's and not tied to marriage while Miss Davis said she loved him and was ready to wed. Judge Hardy paused until further guardian action after arguments on rightful ownership.
The Prinzess Alice was one of three German vessels at Cebu seized by U S naval officers on Monday before the ships were set afire as the Germans departed.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court is asked to rule if women are “people” under state law and whether the Legislature can define the word in an order from State Senator Clarence W. Hobbs. The order seeks guidance on voters and on whether a constitutional convention can submit amendments separately or only as a whole. A suffrage bill prompting the inquiry argues women should vote on amendments, fueling legal debate.
The Massachusetts Division of the Security League calls for a state committee under Governor McCall and urges a nationwide classification system. Citizens would be forced to train in peace and serve in war, organized by trades, with a coordinated plan to avoid duplication.
Henry Eben Burnham United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913 died at his home in Manchester aged 73. He was born in Dunbarton and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865.
A compact obituary noting Senator Burnham’s 1868 New Hampshire bar admission, service as Hillsboro probate judge from 1876 to 1879, terms in the House in 1875 and the 18989 constitutional convention, and a storied career highlighted by his 1891 Senate win over William F. Chandler and a 1907 re election battle with Winston Churchill. It says he was a resolute scholar and hard working lawyer known for modesty and lack of ostentation.
London dispatch reports Rear Admiral Oskar Hansa, commander in chief of the Austro-Hungarian navy, died in Vienna of pneumonia. The death notice comes from Reuters Amsterdam bureau.
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