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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1916
Page
3
A major blaze at the E. Co. Kin sel drugstore on Griswold Street and Michigan Avenue in Detroit’s business district draws over 100 firemen who suffer smoke and gas exposure. The fire damages the drugstore and adjoining concerns, including a large dental establishment, with total losses around 200000 dollars.
Hanover N H January 28 A mass meeting in Webster Hall will hear Major General Wood address undergraduates at Dartmouth tomorrow night on expanding military training as part of the campus movement.
Herbert S Houston heads a push to create a card index of crooks to shield the public from scams. At a Pilgrim Publicity Club banquet in Boston speakers discuss advertising clubs as a clearinghouse for ideas and tools to modernize retail through Harvard backed systems for grocers bootmakers and jewelers.
President Houston and Llewellyn E. Pratt chaired by the national educational committee, with Frank A. Black of Filene, Professor Paul T. Cherington of Harvard, Colonel Frank L. Locke of the Y M C U, and George C. Morton among the speakers.
Boston Mayor James Curley plans a February 8 visit to Cuba as guest of Cuban officials who recently hosted Massachusetts and Boston. Pending City Council approval he may bring back the Confederate Flag captured in New Orleans by General Butler, then likely travel to New Orleans around Mardi Gras.
In St Johnsbu ry Vt a $1 500 000 deal aims to acquire the E Ant T Fairbanks Co scale plant by Fairbanks Morse Company of Chicago. Stockholders may exchange three shares of Morse stock for one Fairbanks share valuing about 300 per share. Officials support the plan which could take effect March 1, described as the biggest deal in the region.
In the United Telephone Company bankruptcy, referee James M. Olmstead closed the June proceedings with $4483.04 recovered. Creditors received $1801.53, while costs consumed $2681.51, prompting critics to question the high expense of collecting a dollar in bankruptcy court.
Premier Asquith states in a written reply that British casualties in all operations up to January 9 total 649,467 with 24,122 officers and 525,345 other ranks.
Charles E. Sleeper, long time manager of the Castle Square Hotel, resigned last night and announced a Southern vacation with Mrs Sleeper before joining another leading city hotel as manager. Friends had not heard of his plan until the formal statement yesterday.
Mr. Sleeper, long associated with the Castle Square Hotel, notes the growth of patronage since his tenure began. He credits heavy newspaper advertising as essential to hotel business and hints at a new Boston role to be announced later. He plans a southern vacation with Mrs. Sleeper before resuming his next venture.
The Ward 17 Tammany Club held its annual meeting and election of officers with plans for a club building renovation and new member drives in newly added ward sections. Mayor Curley visited briefly as officers were chosen: Theodore A. Glynn as president, Frank Rock as vice president, Michael Curley as secretary, and Frank Glennon as treasurer.
Seven workmen were burned, three seriously, in four fires at the Du Pont Powder Company plant at Carney Point, New Jersey. About 180000 pounds of smokeless rifle powder burned, with losses around 100000 dollars. The fires occurred at 6 o'clock and lit the skies for over 30 miles, though the cause remains undetermined.
N W Abbott reports two men attacked him on Elm avenue near Wollaston station as he walked home from the railroad. He fought back and the assailants fled. Police later detained two suspects who were released after Abbott did not identify them. A parcel driver also reported four bundles stolen from a nearby truck.
Commissioner Patrick O Hearn opposes a mass removal of staff in the public buildings department by Mayor Curley. He has shown resolve to defend his employees, including during the Harvard Stadium bleacher project, signaling a potential clash over planned changes. The mayor reportedly prepared a removal list for public buildings and the park and recreation departments, with timing unclear.
Chief Justice Arthur Prentice Rugg of the Massachusetts Supreme Court will be toastmaster at the Amherst alumni dinner at the Copley Plaza Hotel February 4. Speaking will include Governor McCall, President Meiklejohn, Sir Herbert Ames, Lieutenant Governor Coolidge, and Governor Whitman of New York.
Burton Holmes spoke at Symphony Hall last evening on The Grand Canyon of the Arizona. The same lecture will be repeated this afternoon.
Appetizing little oyster crackers crafted to enhance stews soups and salads. Try them plain for a savory crunch or boost flavors in dishes to savor the oyster cracker's best qualities.
In Woodlawn near the international border, Mrs. William Wilson was killed at a farm by blows from an axe. Her husband, a farmer, died by hanging himself in the barn after the act, reportedly due to illness and despondency.
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