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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1918
Page
4
For two patient years Dr William W C Spencer of Brookline listened to a threatening voice on the telephone to help police trap John Bowler, a Worcester brewer. The calls came weekly and sometimes thrice in a night with vile language and threats of diabetes and murder.
Dr Spencer aged 7 testified at Central Court about two years of frightening nighttime harassment. He received obscene letters, a knife package, a poisoned milk scare, and footsteps outside his home. Investigators traced threats to Worcester brewer John Bowler who denies guilt. Police halted calls from a South Station booth with help from a telephonist, Mary Burke, and the case was presented to Judge Cohen.
Lieutenant Edouard V. Isaacs of the U S Navy, taken prisoner when the President Lincoln was sunk, is reported in a German prison camp at Karlsruhe. Earlier messages claimed safe in England, but investigation showed he was held in Germany after the submarine attack.
Paris reports Stephen Pichon formally recognizes the Czecho-Slovak army as a nation with official status. The French government proclaims the Czecho-Slovaks' independence and designates the national council as the future government’s supreme representation. British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour joins in the sympathy.
Colonel James W. Clinton U S A 47 was found dead by a bullet in the physician's apartment in San Francisco. He had recently returned from France where he served on special duty with French forces and was awaiting new assignment.
Representatives of Charlestown Gas & Electric Light Company urged the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners to raise the price of gas from 85 cents to 1.15 per 1000 cubic feet. They cited a 17 percent dividend last year and a 46 cent rise in production costs, arguing a 30 cent increase would ensure fair profit.
Tonight the Graduate Nurses’ Association presents a pop concert with a full program. The audience expects large crowds as the association holds its reunion at the Pops. The program includes Wedding March, Masaniello, L Arlesienne No 2, Minuet Farandole, Oboe Solo Scene Pastorale, The Star Spangled Banner, and more under conductors and performers listed in the readable text.
In Paris short hair and mannish cuts trend among girls and Red Cross workers. American barber shops echo the style with lower prices, offering 50 cent hair cuts for children while Paris coiffeurs charge 2.50. The trend blends fashion with practicality for work and patriotism.
Advertised swimwear lists include heavy wool jersey one piece suits with full skirts priced at 8.75, black surf satin versions at 3 and 6, and mohair styles also at 3. Matching beach capes in rubber and silk sell from 29.50 to 39.50. Men’s suits run 3.50 to 7.50, withBere and children’s ranges on other floors.
The Public Service Commission approved a seven-cent fare for Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Narrow Gauge trains, replacing the five-cent rate to Revere Beach and Winthrop. Lynn riders pay 14 cents now, up from 10 cents.
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