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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
15
In New York custom shops Georges Model Clothes embody refined tailoring from Fifth Avenue originators. The system makes and sells production directly through a vast store chain, removing middle costs and offering suits from 12.50 to 35.
If you favor any sack suit model from Georges Original Norfolk or other widely copied styles, with sack front or pleated back and belt options, a wide range of colors in homespuns serges flannels tweeds and mixtures is available from $12.50 to $35.00.
Rev Francis E Clark founder of the Christian Endeavor returned to Boston from the Orient after illness. He says Chinese and Japanese feeling for America is friendly and notes better conditions under the new Chinese president. He describes war effects in the East and reports growing friendship for Americans in Japan and Korea.
Rev Francis E Clark, recently released from Hang Chow where revolutionists bottled up allies, speaks of optimism for republican government in China, progress in Korea, and Japanese hospitality. He rests at Sagamore Beach this summer after surviving pneumonia and typhoid fever during the siege.
The Apportionment Commission met in executive session and formed two committees to study possible legislative representation for Suffolk County under new ward lines. A Hyde Park seat reportedly shifted from Suffolk to Norfolk, prompting possible county contest.
South Boston votes to restore three representatives per ward after redrawing into three wards. A plan to give Ward 26 Brighton two seats and remove one from Charlestown draws opposition from Commissioner Brophy. Patrick Anglin pursues two seats for Ward 25. A future meeting will decide on Boston proper representation while other commissioners report Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.
Eleven pupils of the senior and fourteen from the preparatory department received diplomas yesterday afternoon at Faelten Pianoforte School graduation exercises in Huntington Chambers Hall. Addresses were given by H Frank Spurr Mrs Reinhold Faelten and Professor Charles Burton Gulick. Miss Louise Elinor Wright, president of the senior class, delivered the class oration.
Investigators from the Boston & Maine railroad will push to determine the cause after a derailment and auto truck ditching at West Peabody yesterday. One man died, two were seriously injured, and a trainload of passengers was shaken up. John H. Flynn, 31, of Peabody, driver of the car, died from a fractured skull and crushed limbs at St. Thomas Hospital. Engineer John H. Kennedy of South Portland and fireman J. C. Black, though seriously hurt, remain in stable condition.
A heavy locomotive left the rails on the Boston and Maine line after colliding with an auto truck at Stewart's gravel pit. The engine and tender were wrecked, the track damaged, and traffic on the West Peabody branch halted until repairs were completed. An eyewitness described the collision and escape of the driver Flynn.
Closing arguments and judge Lawton's charge closed the Hyde Park carpenter Bertie Toy vs Dr. Albert D. MacIntosh in Superior Court. Toy alleges he lost his voice after a 24 tooth extraction on January 1, 1913. Jury had not reached a verdict. a sealed verdict was expected soon.
Grace McDonald, 32, of 199 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, attempted to pass a morphine tainted gum to prisoner John F. Murphy at Charles Street jail. She was arrested and charged with passing morphine and possession. Murphy remains jailed on vagrancy charges. his case was continued to June 21 after arrest on June 6.
Newburyport society reports Miss Ruth Maddir Macintosh wedding to Dr Harold Ernest Burtt, an instructor at Simmons College, in Cambridge on June 7. The groom, of Haverhill and Dartmouth 1915, is described as older and connected to local business circles.
Miss Macintosh, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram P Macintosh Jr of 16 Orange Street, and granddaughter of the late Daguerre pioneer Hiram Macintosh, wed Mr Burtt without prior notice, drawing friends to offer congratulations tonight.
Benjamin Wilcox, a wealthy retired manufacturer, filed suit for divorce from Charlotte Wilcox in Bristol County Courthouse New Bedford. The action stems from alleged desertion and comes three days before their 28th wedding anniversary. The couple’s troubled affairs have drawn city gossip for years. Their son John H. Wilcox, 22, a prominent socialist, had recently married in Philadelphia.
The Oxford Telephone Exchange honored Miss Mary E. McCusker on her upcoming marriage to John McCarthy of Cambridge with a presentation party. Two other operators announced engagements with Kathryn Leary and Margaret O'Donnell leading the event. Lillian B. McCarthy will be replaced on Oxford information by James L. Donovan's upcoming marriage.
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