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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1916
Page
7
At midnight the American House in Boston closed its doors after more than a century as a landmark. George Doane, longtime clerk, closed the register while guests from far away gathered for the hotel’s final farewell, marking a quiet, somber end to an era.
Providence Rhode Island October 15 1915 The American House hotel on Hanover street closes its doors with guests told to vacate by 9 am. Longtime staff Howard Towne George Fogg and Charles Wallace honored for years of service as the heart of the street ends. Patterned reflections of past guests arrive from Quebec New York and Vermont as the building ends a century of operation. The closing marks a great loss to the community and local business.
The Public Service Commission ruled Boston Elevated must add trailer cars in the East Boston tunnel, reroute two tunnel lines, and build a new double track from Day Square to Orient Heights to improve service.
The commission orders the Boston Elevated Railway to submit final plans for new center entrance steel cars, a new East Boston tunnel station, and a re-routed East Boston line. It contemplates extending the East Boston tunnel to Chelsea and Day Square, with other lines removed or shifted after approval.
Charles E Hughes will deliver his first campaign speech in Detroit on August 7 after a formal acceptance. The itinerary then includes Chicago, St Paul or Minneapolis, Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles before returning via Salt Lake City Denver Kansas City and St Louis. Catherine Hughes passed entrance exams to Wellesley College for September.
A mentally frail Russian mother of four attempted to obtain poison in a Washington street drug store to end her life. Police alerted, she was taken to the station and later transported to Fenwood Road Psychopathic Hospital for treatment. She said fear of her husband discovering her condition drove the act.
William Coleman a driver for a Boston construction company was fined 25 in the Central Municipal Court yesterday for cruelly beating a horse on Thursday afternoon on Atlantic Avenue. The complaint was filed by agents of the MSPCA.
Clarke is named by Cleveland officials to fill the vacancy on the High Court created by the resignation of Charles E. Hughes former associate justice. The nomination follows Hughes stepping down after a period of service.
President Wilson nominates John Hessin Clarke of Cleveland Ohio as associate justice to fill the Hughes vacancy on the Supreme Court after Hughes resigns to accept the Republican presidential nomination.
Confirmation is expected while a judiciary committee meeting is urged for Monday to consider the nomination. The President chose after cabinet discussion and Dowling was also considered. Clarke, a Democrat with Ohio Progressive ties, previously backed by Johnson and Baker.
Nantucket July 14 Judge John H Clarke United States district judge at Cleveland received word of his appointment to the Supreme Court bench at his summer home. He dictated a brief statement thanking President Wilson and noting proprieties prevent further public remarks at this time signed John H Clarke.
Aboard the British steamship Netherby Hall a record cargo from Japan, China, and Ceylon valued at over 3 million dollars is unloaded at Commonwealth Pier South Boston. The 7000 ton shipment includes rubber, tin, copper, cocoanut oil, camphor oil, silk, rice and spices from Yokohama to Gibraltar via Suez and the Mediterranean.
Members of the Charitable Irish Society, Boston Lodge of Elks, Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club and the South Boston Yacht Club attended the funeral of Michael J. Corliss of South Boston at his home on Farragut Road. Solemn high mass was held at St. Eulalia's Church at 10 o'clock with Rev John J. Lynch presiding. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery with prayers at the grave offered by Rev. John J. Brodie S. J.
An advertisement asserts that cuts and wounds risk infection and should be treated immediately with Minard’s liniment. It markets the antiseptic as highly pure and able to kill germs instantly and speed healing.
The book by H. H. Powers argues nationalism drives wars and urges understanding of all nations. It covers China to Britain, Germany to Serbia, and foresees fewer wars only with federation of large powers. The review highlights the author’s experiences in Europe and his call for peaceful insight.
Judge Dodge in the United States District Court ordered a resale of the Beebe and Richards Rubber Company of North Brookfield on July 19 after declining to confirm an earlier sale. The court set an upset price of 233000 dollars. receivers previously sold the property on June 29 for 228000 dollars to Thomas G. Richards of North Brookfield.
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