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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
8
Feb 8 a check stub for 600 dollars payable to the Rev Frederick W Buis and signed by Le Roy B Philbrick was shown to Judge Callahan and a jury by defense counsel in an alleged slander suit to prove the plaintiff borrowed the money from the defendant rather than from a Salem trust company.
In a Superior Civil Court slander case, Mr. Bull reiterates the loan came from a trust company on a note endorsed by the defendant, not borrowed from the merchant. Witness Mr. Buis admits the confession was dated March 4 after Philbrick signed and that the date was added post-signature.
Mayor Peters orders department heads to provide lists of all hires since September 1949. He seeks names, durations, and nature of service including temporary positions to assess staffing. Information expected soon, vacancies excepted may face the axe.
Members of the Women’s American Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Societies joined in a Day of Prayer at Kipman Hall yesterday. Mrs Grace Coleman Lathrop presided and Mrs Henry W Peabody spoke on prohibition.
Five women from Her Regiment act as smile agents selling smileage books at noon on Boston Common. Miss Curl of the company danced for a wager and sold her first book. Charles I P Coe of Chevrolet spoke in support. Easter Monday sale planned at Copley Plaza with Red Cross donating $200 for Camp Devens soldiers.
Six young women, dressed and poised, faced charges of idle and disorderly conduct after being taken from North End cafes by Sergeants Ridlon and McTierney. Judge Murray urged them to consider the risks, noting the fool's game of quick prosperity and the harm to families. Their cases were placed on file as they returned home.
Alfred Lynch, 32, of Upton street, is reported to have robbed J M Strauss, then fled down from the seventh floor. A masked man demanded money, was beaten, and the culprit, Lynch, jumped from a third story window to a fire escape and ran. Police recovered a ring at the Relief Station.
At a Gas and Electric Light Commission hearing the East Boston Gas Company was faulted for buying gas from Boston Consolidated Gas. If it keeps a 10 percent dividend, the price to consumers would rise to 99 cents per 1000 feet, up from 80 to 95 cents.
Commissioner Lewenberg questioned Charles A. Alden and A. J. Pillsbury about funds used to pay dividends rather than increase surplus. Alden admitted indirect note issuance and possible surplus growth. Pillsbury claimed such practices are common, while the commission warned it acts in the public interest amid a recent gas purchase violation.
The Navy Department called for 3000 men to join the naval reserve forces at once. Applicants aged 18 to 21 need parental consent, and draft-age men must prove exemption. Pay ranges from 38.40 to 35.90 dollars monthly. Enlistments accepted at the Boston navy yard main gate from 9 to 9:30 a.m.
Reading picks range from Dr. Clark’s St Paul journey in The Footsteps of St Paul to vivid accounts of Turkish massacres in An American Physician in Turkey. Other titles travel to Salem memories, Indian tales, Arctic lands, and a Belgian history, with essays on China and modern life by Rupert Hughes.
A home health tip advises regular meat eaters to flush kidneys by taking four ounces of Salts in water before breakfast for a few days. It claims the remedy neutralizes urinary acids, relieves bladder irritation, and prevents kidney problems, noting Jad Salts as an inexpensive, harmless option derived from grape and lemon acids.
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