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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
13
Lyman Hale Haggerty failed to obtain judicial sanction to change his name in Suffolk Probate Court yesterday. The court rejected the change for sentimental reasons but left the matter open if he can present additional grounds. He cited his mother's maiden name Hale and distant living relatives with that name.
Use refined cocoanut oil as a shampoo to preserve hair health. Many soaps or shampoos dry the scalp and brittle hair with excess alkali. Pure cocoanut oil creates a rich lather with water, cleanses scalp, removes dirt and dandruff, and leaves hair soft, bright, fluffy, and easy to manage. A small amount lasts months.
A letter to Mayor Curley reports that foremen in Boston’s Street Cleaning and Sanitary divisions were instructed by the Street Cleaning and Sanitary Foremen’s Association to work for Curley’s re election. Signed by James R. Crozier, John P. Kelly, and James A. Guthrie, the letter cites unanimous approval of Curley’s administration.
One hundred one automobile manufacturers, members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, with factories capacity over 1,000,000 vehicles yearly, pledged to aid President Wilson for any emergency. A message was sent to the President and the War and Navy secretaries after a chamber meeting in New York.
Two large masque pieces crashed through the Beacon Theatre marquee on Tremont Street injuring Charles Mobilia of Boston with severe back lacerations while another passer, G. K. Pearl of Charlestown, narrowly escaped death when a shard grazed his shoulder. Dozens of pedestrians were showered with glass but unhurt otherwise.
Mayor Curley plans public farming instruction with daily demonstrations at the city greenhouses yard at East Cottage street and Massachusetts avenue in Dorchester. Programs run 10 to 12 and 2 to 6, teaching soil cultivation select vegetables shading from sun and watering techniques.
Mayor Curley, greeted by property owners and workers upon returning from Washington, acknowledged the deplorable street conditions and ordered snow cleanup crews expanded. The force grew from 970 to 1070, then to 1170 with emergency workers. Fire station crews aided with high pressure hoses flushing hard paved streets downtown.
James C. White, political editor of the Boston Herald, was elected president of the Boston Press Club at the annual election. Frank P. Sibley of the Globe became vice president, Walter J. Ryan of the Globe was secretary, Judd E. Dewey was re elected treasurer, and Herbert E. Ellis kept financial secretarial duties. New directors include H. Lyman Armes, Thomas W. Green, Charles A. Loring, Robert L. Norton, James E. O'Connell, and H. D. Wittum.
Former Senator Robert M. Washburn of Worcester and Boston skewered street railway officials before a legislative taxation committee. He urged abolishing the excise tax on street railways and reducing burdens, arguing executives at top salaries hinder reform while taxpayers shoulder costs. He cited large pensions and lawyer fees at major lines, urging economies at the top before relief at the bottom.
Officers of the American Unitarian Association sent a message to President Wilson praising his leadership in the crisis and lamenting the Senate refusal to grant authority to defend American rights. The letter was signed by Eliot, Cornish, Williams, Nobbs, Forbes, Saunderson, Lawrence, and Robertson.
The McLellan school building in Belfast Maine was damaged by fire tonight causing several thousand dollars in losses. The fire is believed to have been incendiary in origin.
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