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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1915
Page
14
Pilgrim Publicity Association met at Bromfield street headquarters for a mid-winter session. R R Updegraff spoke on mail order advertising noting newspapers and magazines as best selling tools and that mailing lists are inefficient. He argued long copy can engage readers if the story is compelling.
Richard A. Keyes was appointed assistant city clerk by City Clerk Frederic W. Cook, with immediate mayoral approval. His first act in office was to grant a marriage license.
A legislative recess committee report urges home rule for Massachusetts cities except Boston to modify forms of government and heads of local government. The committee supports local autonomy but would attach conditions to the expansion of city powers.
A committee presents four plans allowing cities to change form of government without legislature. Proposals include mayor council and various council sizes, abolition of party designations, petition nominations, initiative and referendum, and strict contract disclosure. Plans limit rapid changes and align with a Boston style but exclude Boston from home rule.
Fire at 15 Thomas Street traps and burns to death John Mulvey an aged widower on the top floor. Firemen recover the body and arrest lodging house proprietor John H Hoffman on a technical drunkenness charge amid police statements the owner had knowledge of the blaze.
At the merchant marine dinner in Copley Plaza Boston speakers weigh government ownership against subsidies for a revived American merchant marine. Congressman Joshua Alexander defends the administration plan while opponents urge repeal of restrictive laws and advocate private funding and rate regulation.
An administration meeting at Secretary of War Garrison’s home reviewed army and navy needs and year ahead appropriations. Cabinet officers and leaders in Congress attended but no firm plan emerged. Discussion touched on border issues and cooperative action between executive and legislative branches.
Two masked men armed with revolvers robbed the Peckham-Davis Milk Supply station night watchman William Westell in Fall River. They broke the cash register and escaped with $2.25 after threatening to kill Westell.
Washington report says the German government expects no US legislation to halt arms exports to European belligerents. Chairman Flood said Berlin officials share this view, and Representative Metz quoted high Berlin authorities asserting US rights under international law to allow trade in war supplies.
Chairman Flood pressed Rep Bartholdt as he argued a resolution to bar export of war munitions. Bartholdt said opposition stems from international morality, not German pressure. The session ended with supporters’ case. opponents may test later as U S relations with Europe steer caution. There was no formal German note on the matter yet.
Lieutenant Andrew J. Davis of the Malden fire department was appointed captain by Fire Commissioner W. W. Campbell. He will oversee the central fire station and begin his duties today. The move creates a new captaincy in the department.
A long running clearance at Paine’s promises year end disposal of discontinued patterns and selected stocks. The sale features numerous mahogany dining room pieces, sideboards, china closets, tables, chairs, and parlor suites at substantial discounts, with items priced from a few dollars to hundreds.
The ad lists deep discounts on mahogany beds chiffoniers desks bureaus and tables with prices from 8.50 to 69. It also features ivory and oak items plus Oriental rugs and American rugs with numerous sizes and discounts and mentions drapery fabrics wall papers and remnants at reduced rates.
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