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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
3
St John s Newfoundland January 1 At last midnight the whole island of Newfoundland went dry A prohibition act took effect stopping import manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in the colony Severe penalties for violations are provided
After this it will be impossible to obtain any alcoholic compound within the colony, except for medicinal manufacturing or sacramental purposes, and to prevent evasion of the law a long list of patent medicines has been placed under the ban.
Police captured 29 men and 19 fighting cocks in a raid on a cockfight arena near Mount Hope cemetery in West Roxbury. One bird had died during the bout. Those inside were arrested for being present at a game of chance and later bailed. birds were kept in a temporary henhouse at the police station.
Joseph Cosmos, described as a South Water Street restaurant owner, was shot through the throat tonight after refusing food to two men who entered and demanded sustenance. Cosmos, knocked to the floor, remained in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital as the assailants fled.
Elizabeth L. Dawson aged 81 dies in Mattapan. Funeral from the residence of her daughter Flora H. Quombs at 730 Morton Street on Wednesday January 3 at 2 p m.
The year ending yesterday marked the port’s greatest import export era. In 1916 Boston recorded 207 sailings to Europe, with grain shipments and flour exports boosting totals. Grain volumes reached 18,685,310 bushels of wheat and 2,278,371 bushels of corn, while flour shipments rose to about 14,000 barrels. Imports valued at roughly 198.6 million dollars and exports about 166.8 million, with notable gains over 1915 across all commodities.
Extra street and elevated line service continues through the night on principal routes from Park Street to Park Street areas, Adams Square, and Brookline. 15 minute headways run Adams Square to Grove Hall and Roxbury Crossing, with extended Forest Hills and Newton-Brighton corridors and additional trips from Devonshire Street to South Boston and Harvard Square via Cambridge Bridge.
The Catholic Society of Greater Boston plans the third Ace of Clubs charity event at the Somerset on January 9 to aid Polish relief. Matrons include Mrs. James Spence and Mrs. John Fitzgerald, with committee in charge led by Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Miss Miriam Finnegan. Tickets available from secretary Miss Finnegan at 1412 Cambridge Street.
Professor Charles Zueblin declared that the day of the women has at last arrived and man knows it at Union Park Forum. He described democratic culture and noted three shaping movements: political, labor, and the women movement.
On Everett’s city inaugural day the venue for oaths remains unsettled as Mayor elect Mullin insists all officials be sworn at the armory while City Clerk Joseph Cannell, who has served 40 years, will administer at any place where the law permits. Cannell says the city must assemble and administer the oaths in its presence, with no specified assembly site. Mullin plans the armory ceremony to track who has taken the oath.
Dr Richard C Cabot renowned Boston physician set out on a speaking tour from Buffalo to Denver excluding Chicago. He aims to mobilize Middle West sentiment for Belgian deportation and to bolster Wilson administration backing. Public meetings and club talks are planned in each city.
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