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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1915
Page
2
Verdie W. Nelson, a Canaan farmer, was arrested in connection with the death of Bert Ireland whose body was found with a deep head wound on a small farm near the village. Ireland was last seen alive Friday night.
Neighbors alarmed by missed chores entered the home last evening and found the man dead on a bed with a rope slip knot around his neck. County officers arrest Nelson on suspicion of a sled attack as motive of jealousy. Treland’s age is given as a placeholder and an inquest is scheduled for tomorrow.
Dr Frances H Rowley president of the local SPCA appeals to President Wilson and Congress to stop private shipments of horses to the European war zone. She notes over 60 000 horses already shipped and warns contraband status risks capture and loss. Boston and other ports are exporting thousands more to England as training and deployment loom.
Thomas Mott Osborne, Sing Sing warden and Harvard graduate, will lecture at Emerson Hall Cambridge this afternoon at 4 30 before the Harvard Political Science Club on prison reforms. He will relate his experiences with New York convicts and his son A Lithgow Osborne is among Harvard seniors.
The First Unitarian Parish Church at Wayland celebrated its 100th dedication anniversary and the 275th founding of the First Unitarian Society with 4 pm services. Choir members wore costumes from the 100 year old dedication and music featured flute and violin instead of the pipe organ.
The United States Civil Service Commission lists jobs for U S citizens including chauffeurs in Washington D C to drive gasoline motor trucks for the Bureau of Mines. Salary 660 dollars a year.
Copper plate map engravers needed in Geological Survey Washington at 3 dollars daily to 1600 dollars yearly. Hull draftsmen desired in War Department office at Washington at 1800 dollars yearly. College men sought as special agents in civic education in Bureau of Education at Washington at 10 dollars daily. Biological assistants needed in Bureau of Biological Survey at Agriculture. 900 to 1200 dollars yearly. Apply at once to United States Civil Service Commission Boston Room 145 Post Office Building. State Legislature may appropriate 100000 dollars to fund Metropolitan Park reservations work for unemployed, over 300 men expected.
Work Horse Relief Association officers urge owners of sick or injured horses to seek admission to Ashton Lawrence Hospital at 78 Northampton Street promptly. Pneumonia cases and lame horses should arrive by ambulance, not on foot. A fractured hock led to a horse being killed after attempting to walk to the hospital. A bill for gravel horse paths on highways is in the Legislature, with hearing date pending. Signers include Mrs. Clara Berwick of Norwood, W. D. Hunt, G. Pray Smith and George A. Graves.
Pulpits filled across churches with Rev W W Harris at Brighton Avenue Baptist in Chelsea and Rev Ernest L Mills at First Methodist Somerville. Russian cellist Leon Weltman performed. January midwinter rally of the New England branch of the Woman’s American Baptist Home Missionary Society is at Tremont Temple with Isabel Crawford among speakers. Rev Franklin Hamilton of American University to speak at Trinity Methodist Charlestown on The Cup of Fire. Bishop George C Hunting installed as Protestant Episcopal bishop of Nevada. he is nephew of H W Hunting of Charlestown. Home mission rally for girls at Arlington Street Church with dinner. Mrs Sabastain Jordan wife of German artillery Lt Jordan lectures on Germany and the War at Newton M E Church. she was in Germany when the war began.
Mayor Chambers and Alderman Mullen prepare to order a separate inquiry into the collapse of a portion of Colonial Hall in Everett. Mullen blames construction and seeks an engineer to lead the investigation, while Woods defends the inspector and cites soft mortar from Saturday rain as the cause.
Otto J. Herbaczek a fur dealer with an office at 74 Boylston Street was found dead yesterday afternoon in his office by his sons who had started a search after he did not return home last night. He had been treated for heart disease for some time.
Mrs. R. B. O. Smith aged 77 of Mishawaka Indiana died in South Bend and she claimed descent from Mayflower passengers on both sides of her family as well as connections to Miles Standish and Governor Bradford.
St John s Newfoundland January 24 Much interest rose as Newfoundland men bought two steam trawlers in England to operate in the island fisheries. Fishing remains a key revenue source though steam trawlers have not yet been successfully run here. Nearby Miquelon has expanded its steam trawler fleet from ten to thirty in ten years, encouraging local capitalists to try again.
East private collections lend exceptional works for the February 3 opening of the Robert Dawson Evans building at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Officials expect the loaned pieces to form the greatest temporary Boston art collection for public viewing at the dedication.
Advertisement claims LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box bears E. W. Grove signature. Price 25 cents. Classic early 20th century medical patent ad.
A six member special committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce will meet for a public hearing at the chamber building Thursday at 2 30 p m. to study transferring the quarantine service from city to federal control. The panel includes ex Lieutenant Governor Robert Luce as chairman and members from General Electric Walker Gordon laboratory A H Howe Sons Boston Journal and a city lawyer with officials invited.
In Atlanta on January 24 a hawk five feet from tip to tip was trapped by J. F. King of Ocilla. He used a dead sparrow hawk as bait and the big bird flew in to feed on its kin, becoming ensnared in the trap.
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