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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
5
Crowds flocked to the American House auction as furnishings go on sale, with the six foot tarpon in the lobby drawing curiosity. The fish once hung in the hotel and reportedly traveled to Hanover street before reappearing. Bidding heated on third floor items as the sale moves downward toward the ground floor.
Columbia University loses a $4,000,000 bequest after a jury sets aside the will of Amos F. Eno. Relatives argued he was unsound at the time of execution. The remainder of Eno’s estate is disputed as the panel rules against the university.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Fletcher Hackett and Ralph Dwight Kinney occurred Saturday evening in Fitchburg. The couple is the daughter and son of local Arlington residents, with the announcement made by the groom’s mother.
Camp Whitney saw 15 new recruits join the garrison today as part of the third provisional regiment. A Recruit Company No. 5 will be formed tomorrow under Lieutenant Vernon Campbell C. A. C. Measurements for uniforms were completed with some men still awaiting gear.
A serviceman writes to The Post asking readers to send cigarettes to recruits, noting candy is exchanged for cigarettes and criticizing a previous piece urging against lending tobacco. He signs as a recruit with Ambulance Company N Framingham and mentions a future Sunday Post feature.
Six year old Mary H Sullivan daughter of Patrolman Michael J Sullivan of 48 Woolson Street Mattapan died at City Hospital from severe burns after her clothing caught fire while playing with matches in the kitchen. Her mother and a neighbor helped extinguish the flames as police ambulance took her to hospital. Her father, in poor health, had been planning to go home from hospital when he learned of the accident.
The event occurred yesterday afternoon at Dr Tuttle's camp in Rawlett's Grove Billerica. The programme was directed by Frank V Gordon.
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