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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
11
Channing H. Cox is expected to be elected Speaker as the Massachusetts House of Representatives convenes today. The session marks the start of the new legislative term with Cox poised to lead the chamber.
Mayor Curley told East Boston citizens tolls in the East Boston tunnel would end Feb 8 if the City Council passes a special appropriation for sinking funds and interest on the tunnel. He will send Feb 7 an order to cover the annual toll shortfall so no tolls will be collected for a year.
The article outlines re elections for sergeant at arms and chaplains in the Senate and House. It lists Republican and Democratic caucuses, potential floor leaders James Cavanagh or Nathan Tufts, and specific committee chairmanships including judiciary and rules. It notes a 34 Republican 6 Democrat Senate and 167 Republican 71 Democrat 1 Socialist House, with no Progressives. It also covers toll policy moves in East Boston and mayoral talks with delegation.
In the Wit and Humor section the Lady Bountiful figure prompts Bob to pursue his art, yielding unexpectedly funny outcomes that amuse readers in the upcoming Sunday Post.
Sally T. Wrenn Boston shopgirl famed for a 1912 $10,000 suit against Charles H. Stebbins may marry Charles E. Schouten of Commonwealth Avenue. Schouten filed intentions at City Hall naming Miss Wrenn as his prospective bride. she declined to confirm wedding plans.
Harvard launched a military program with Captain Cordier delivering the first lecture to about 800 collegiate regiment members in a new hall. Six hundred students tested for service uniforms costing six dollars each. Archie Roosevelt Wells Blanchard and G L Blaine led uniform measurements.
Paris reports The Matin claims the German Emperor cannot speak due to throat cancer and may need total larynx removal. Doctors debated February 1911 surgery and an artificial larynx, with a Paris surgeon offered to travel to Berlin. A minor operation improved his condition briefly, but the disease remains slowly advancing.
Pitcher Elmer Jacobs, secured by Pittsburg from the Philadelphia Club, has signed a Pittsburg contract.
Alexander M. Green of 117 Highland avenue Winthrop traffic manager of the Cunard Steamship Company with offices at 126 State street died at Relief Hospital after being stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage in his office at 4 35 yesterday afternoon. Dr Nate attended him and he passed away at 6 40 his wife arrived at the hospital before his death.
The life of Rev Father John O Brien who served St Patrick s Parish Lowell Mass since 1848 is told as a tale of selfless service and enduring faith. It details his early ministry in Virginia then Lowell where he built schools and a hospital and helped rebuild St Patrick s Church. The piece highlights his recovery from a lung illness in 1855 after taking Father John s Medicine, a non alcoholic tonic praised by many clergy and hospitals and now sold from Lowell to nationwide institutions.
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