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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
5
Cambridge confronted a funds shortage as the garbage department halted operations leaving about 50 workers unemployed. The Mayor sought to shift the service to the street department, a move debated by the City Council, with relief funding possible if transfers fail.
Albany N Y Jan 13 Attorney General Woodbury after a conference with William T Jerome announced that Mr Jerome had been designated as a special deputy attorney general and his commission would continue in force until Harry K Thaw is returned to New York State from New Hampshire It is expected that action to return Thaw will be started within two weeks.
Chemist Mr D J Lane of 632 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a simple home remedy cures asthma after testing on long term sufferers. He offers a $1 bottle postpaid for 10 cents in stamps to cover postage and packing and asks buyers to report results within ten days.
ORRINE is advertised with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a trial. The text notes a price of $1.00 per box and invites readers to ask for a Free Booklet. Distributed by OR RINE CO of Washington, D C and sold at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
The three arbiters who will decide wages for thousands at the Bay State Street Railway Company learned to operate a streetcar yesterday. Hearings at Tremont Temple paused at noon to let the board visit Chelsea barns to see worker duties and safety responsibilities.
District Attorney Pelletier and fellow arbitration board members role play as job candidates and receive a hands on lesson in operating an electric car. Howard W. Irwin leads a $15,000 instruction car showing motors, brakes, controllers and emergency procedures to the amused attendees.
Fines totaling 900 dollars were levied against Reycroft Drug Company of Cambridge and its staff by Judge Stone in Cambridge Police Court for liquor law violations. Louis W. Reycroft and Arthur D. Reycroft each faced 100 dollar penalties per count, with Louis W. Reycroft also charged 100 dollars for three illegal sales. Herman Gleisman and Joseph W. Harrison received fines and jail time for illegal sales, while all sentences were appealed and bonds set at 400 dollars per count for Superior Court review.
Lt Gen Nelson A Miles, former US Army head, urged a confederation of nations to preserve world peace. Speaking at Boston Chapter American Institute of Banking dinner, he called war a relic of barbarism and praised bankers for integrity. The event featured other local leaders and discussions on efficiency and the Federal Reserve Act.
Nsther J Schildbach a Brookline pianist gave Major Henry Lee Higginson a 134 check for the Red Cross Fund to aid war sufferers. The amount came from a pianoforte recital at the Copley Plaza Hotel on Monday January 11.
The Safe Roads Automobile Association moved at its annual meeting to push for highway safety laws. Proposals include lighting all vehicles at dusk and doubling damages for accidents caused mainly by speeding. Directors elected for the year include Agassiz Cabot Clapp Crocker Dexter Endicott Gaston Higginson Peabody Porter Rackemann Russell Saltonstail Snow and Wadsworth.
After the annual meeting the society elected Francis Peabody as President, Kenneth Howes as Secretary and Treasurer, and named an executive committee comprising R. L. Agassiz, George Cabot, Alexander S. Porter, Jy, Francis Peabody, and Charles B. Mann.
In a secretive session the Republican city committee chose its officers for the year. President Herman Hormel was reelected despite threats of ouster. Re-elected officers include Walter Fletcher as secretary Grafton D. Cushing as treasurer and William H. Squire and David T. Montague as vice-presidents. Shirley P. Graves of Ward 21 was replaced by Charles T. Cottrell as vice-president.
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