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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
Gene Carr writes a feature for the Sunday Post spotlighting a philanthropic heroine nicknamed Lady Bountiful who helps a boy named Bob, illustrating charity and community spirit in a readable profile.
A Cleveland statement from leaders of the locomotive workers unions outlines grievances over working hours and overtime, accusing railroads of overloading trains to boost profits. It criticizes pay in the East, notes brakemen’s earnings around 2.67 daily for short hauls, and argues wage and service conditions threaten workers’ health and future earning power.
Reclamed statement from unions claiming 400000 employees on 528 lines of railroad responds to Feb 1 issuance by the Association of Western Railways executive committee. It argues the eight hour day seeks a just, reasonable work day to separate wages from labor.
Former New York priest Hans Schmidt convicted of first degree murder for the 1913 death of Anna Anmutler faces execution in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of February 13. Governor Whitman refused to intervene to halt the sentence.
A twenty year old widow decorated by General Joffre for bravery and a newsboy who has just entered Harvard are featured. The Ipswich town pageant marking its 300th anniversary closes the Record’s nightly film of pictures.
A reflective passage on how fear, especially childhood dread of the dark and imagined monsters, shapes memory. The author recalls nurse stories and mother's reassurances, noting how fear persists and how caregivers influence it. A studio scene shows a boy reacting to a dog scare, illustrating learned fear via adults.
An advertisement urges after illness use of Scott's Emulsion to rebuild the body. It claims the product feeds tissues, supports the blood, strengthens lungs and throat, and is pure medicinal food without alcohol or harmful drugs. It notes physicians prescribe it and nurses advocate it.
Mary writes of a delightful farm visit but laments busy life keeping her from travel. She boasts of Canadian heroes in the war and asks about the brother's news. Pickford Talks will appear five days weekly in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post.
In Superior Court, Harry H. Batten sues Rosa Goodman or agents claiming a fried flounder, described as file de sole, caused damages including dental expenses after he ate the dish. The suit seeks $2000, though the exact events are not detailed in the papers.
Dean Rousmaniere has arranged a tentative programme for the week of prayer at the Cathedral Church of St Paul with meetings for individual groups and two whole-congregation sessions likely on Tuesday and Friday evenings. A congregational committee will be formed soon.
Doctor George O Jenkins testified in the Superior Court about William H Storey of South Boston being sane in 1914 and described his appearance and gait. Judge Grant signed the release from conservatorship while Bowen admitted withholding past details from the Probate Court.
The Senate adopted a Lodge proposed resolution urging the President to set a day for public relief of distressed Armenians. Senator Borah read a Petrograd despatch from Jan. 18 describing the death of American missionary Dr. Shimmum burned to death in oil after fleeing Uramiah in Turkish Persia.
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