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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
3
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, head of the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defence, urges state chairmen to avoid new societies with attractive names. The message explains the committee was created to coordinate all women's work as a clearing house for organizations.
Joseph P. Lomasney, brother of Ward 5 boss Martin M. Lomasney, is expected to be confirmed to his former commission chair. Mayors Curley and Peters reshaped several posts including assessors Edward Daily, Philip O'Brien and Fred Bolton. Dr George C Sears named City Hospital trustee, replacing Timothy Murphy, and George E Brock joined the Sinking Fund Commission.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a forty year trusted blood purifier and general tonic. It claims to aid digestion, boost appetite, and supply rich red blood for men women children invalids and convalescents with pleasant daily use.
Boston’s long promised drydock, praised for wartime value but unfinished after three and a half years of war, dominated a Metropolitan Affairs Committee meeting. Speakers noted $700,000 spent and $1,200,000 contracted, with Rear Admiral Standford urging completion and backing a Waterways Commission forecast of $778,341.69 to finish the facility.
A taxation committee heard arguments for and against continuing poll taxes. Proposals questioned state requests about a father’s payment when children are sent to school, while opponents likened poll tax collection to taxing laborers and millionaires equally.
George A Flynn Boston assistant corporation counsel warns abolition would hurt municipal finances as poll taxes fueled government operations. Representative Nason of Haverhill brands the tax unfair and impracticable noting high collection costs and alleged abatements for favored individuals.
Mrs. Charles F. Bates of the Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs urged the education committee to pass measures for vocational training of invalided soldiers. The proposal includes a bureau to train those injured in industry and military service, backed by Representative McDonnell Charles E. Fay Commissioner Payson Smith and J Randolph Coolidge for the Public Safety Committee following the Governor’s inaugural recommendation.
Food Administrator Hoover urged the House agricultural committee in executive session to pass the food control bill recently introduced. He explained the measure in detail.
Governor McCall receives a letter from Charles A. Morse the Boston Federal Reserve chief urging him to cut state bond issues and press municipalities to do likewise. Morse argues liberty bonds will be issued during the war and state and city bonds could hinder national funding. The governor forwards the appeal to the Legislature for consideration.
Somerville man Anthony Dunleavy was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Charles S. Sullivan in Charlestown after uttering support for the Kaiser. He was arrested for drunkenness on Saturday night.
London Feb 11 The British torpedo boat destroyer Boxer was sunk in the English Channel after colliding with an unknown vessel on the night of Feb 8. Boxer displaced 280 tons, was 200 feet long, had a crew of 45, and mounted one 83 inch gun five 6 pounders and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
An old ad promotes LAXATIVPD Bromo Quinine tablets claiming they remove the cause of colds and headaches. The box bears E W GROVE’S signature and the price is 30 cents.
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