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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
4
Mayor Curley announces no fireworks budget for the Fourth of July with the Charlestown playground display as an exception. No contracts will be made for such expenditures while war conditions continue.
Officials announce eliminations of planned displays with a total savings of 4750 dollars. Fireworks previously slated for Boston Common and other sites are canceled or postponed. Remaining Fourth of July events will proceed with limited celebrations and parades, funded by the reduced budget.
Mayor Curley will be a guest at a Merrimac Valley Country Club outing near Lawrence. He will speak at the after dinner exercises with former U S Senator Alfred Beveridge among the speakers.
President Hustis of Boston and Maine welcomes Transportation and Car Accounting Officers at the Copley Plaza Hotel. A. M. Schoyer of the Pennsylvania road followed with a keynote address to delegates.
The Roslindale Athletic Association asked New Haven railroad officials for a pedestrian passage over or under the tracks from Belgrade Avenue to the Roslindale playground. Secretary James J. Donlan urged a safe underground or overhead crossing to protect children and fans crossing the rails to games. Mayor Curley was asked to cooperate on the project.
The crew of the United Fruit Company steamer San Mateo, en route from Colombia, reports black sun spots seen in the Panama Canal Zone. Officers note the omen has appeared each day, recalling 1898 and prewar signs, and mariners fear war with Mexico may soon come.
Four physicians escaped injury when an automobile owned by Dr. C. W. Harrison of Boston skidded on the Revere Beach boulevard, overturned in a field near the Chelsea junction. Dr. Garland of Boston suffered a broken rib and minor bruises, while Drs. Lattimer of Roxbury and Hall of Winsor were only slightly hurt. Garland was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital with nonfatal injuries.
A pardon hearing for Frederick L. Gilhooly former Boston Overseers of the Poor official is set today before the pardon committee of the executive council. Gilhooly was sentenced in January 1915 to three to four years in state prison for stealing funds from the poor department.
Satin ribbon slippers with crossed elastics and rosebuds lead a description of the latest boudoir daintiness. Ribbon shirred garters trimmed with lace and rosebuds accompany a pink crepe de chine envelope trimmed with Valenciennes lace and embroidered organdie, surpassing all Parisian shop offerings.
A home refrigerator not patented and failing to refrigerate underpins the government case against George A. Whitmore, a State Street broker, on trial for allegedly stealing 21,500 from Harriet M. Huntington. Huntington testified she invested 60,000 in stock and 20,000 in cash from her brother’s estate after Whitmore urged stock in the non existent Home Refrigerator Company.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce will study extending daylight hours in Massachusetts. Acting on recommendations from local businesses and several outside organizations, H. O. Wellman will appoint a committee to review the question. The panel's findings are due to the chamber within a month.
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