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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
4
In Philadelphia Judge Patterson's court a jury awarded Mrs. Virginia Alexander 2500 against saloon keeper Jacob Bosch of 2521 North Twenty-seventh Street for the death of her husband blamed on excessive liquor sold by Bosch. The case cites damages for a patron's death in 1914 after two years of heavy drinking.
New York. Robert Underwood Johnson announced that the first gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters will be presented to Dr. Charles W. Eliot in person at a meeting at the Chemists' Club 62 East Forty first street next Thursday.
Copenhagen dispatch reports the British authorities seized the entire parcel post from the liner Ber gensfjord during a Kirkwall stop. Eleven boxes labeled Valdemar Petersen were found but no passenger with that name was aboard. boxes were seized as a precaution.
In Berne Swiss authorities run a humanitarian international mail service for families of soldiers killed or dying at front. The system handles daily mail between nations, funded by Switzerland, with a vast operation housed in a gymnasium and overseen by Post Office official Breny.
An Anglo French company with capital of 480 million leu aims to buy all available grain to stop Central powers from importing supplies. The Independance Roumaine cites a British legation agreement for 80 000 wagonloads of grain valued at £10 million signed Jan 14 to aid Romania's economic life.
Anthrax, a feared cattle disease, has been found in Dalton New Hampshire. Nearly twenty cows have died, one man is infected, and hundreds of tons of meadow hay are contaminated and must be destroyed. A dozen farms are quarantined as residents demand accountability.
Livestock disease linked to drainage from Whitefield Tannery as anthrax appears in John's River farms near Dalton. Governor Spaulding and state authorities quarantine affected farms, destroy hundreds of tons of hay, and seek reimbursement for losses while milk supplies halt and farmers face winter costs. John Brown and Amos Brown petition for state compensation.
Franklin School Wakefield will install motion pictures next Friday for educational use. Principal Hill announced films will be shown at least two afternoons weekly for the remainder of the school year.
In Brockton on January 21 the cutters union voted to restore normal conditions after restricting daily output. Manufacturers warned curb led to lost army shoe contracts and disrupted plant work. Cutters seek new negotiations for pay and hours, asking 24 dollars a week for nine hours or 22.50 for eight hours.
The funeral for Benjamin Franklin Howe of Concord Junction, a retired Massachusetts Reformatory officer and Civil War veteran, who died suddenly on Tremont Street in Boston, was conducted yesterday afternoon at his home 15 Highland Street in Concord Junction.
Oklahoma City Jan 21 Five persons drowned and much property destroyed as rain swollen streams flood Murray county and the Healdton oil fields. Train service was demoralized across the state due to the floods and rising waters.
James Shenner of Sulphur Oklahoma drowned in Rock Creek after a cloudburst. Mrs. Edward O Cleveland and three children perished when their home north of Sulphur was destroyed. Many rescued by boats as floods swamped the region. In Healdton oilfields losses rose from lightning with nine tanks burning. McAlester reports washouts and weakened bridges halting north and west trains. A St Louis and San Francisco passenger train derailed near Schuster Okmulgee but no serious injuries.
Northern Illinois faced unprecedented flood conditions with swollen streams and overflowing rivers. Thousands of acres inundated and hundreds of homes marooned while water supply pollution fears prompted boil water warnings. Chicago firemen pumped flooded basements as residents sought aid.
The British steam ship Sutherland of 3542 tons gross was sunk in the Mediterranean on January 17. The crew were landed at Malta.
Mr Trumbo says the train ahead was blown up with 23 casualties while he travelled from Mexico City. He reports volleys fired at the car and says only he and his wife survived. H C Tanner, from Mexico City, is wounded and convalescing. Typhus and dire conditions were rampant.
The funeral for Captain Charles H. C. Brown was held at his Brookline home with Rev. Christopher R. Eliot officiating. Brown served as treasurer of the S. S. Pierce Company for 47 years and burial followed at Forest Hills Cemetery with a Legion of Honor detail in attendance.
Mayor Curley has summoned Superintendent Charles E. Donlan and the infirmary board to his office. He will discuss statements in the Finance Commission report suggesting removal of either the superintendent or the board.
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