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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
6
Paes Me March 8 Federal inquiry began to determine remaining seed potatoes in Aroostook County and available for shipment. Dealers said they would sell at seven dollars a barrel to fill Southern seed orders, but farmers refused to sell at that price.
Orillia reader Dan McLean reports relief after using Fruitatives for over two years of constipation and headaches. He describes improved appetite and energy, endorsing the fruit medicine and noting prices 25c trial size 50c per box and six for $2.50, available from Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
A legislative committee reported against a bill giving military trained applicants preference for public service positions. Other actions include adverse report on trust companies using “bank” in names, favorable vote on Gloucester preferential voting, favorable life insurance pure endowment and annuities bill, and a Civil War veterans retirement bill with two thirds pay and a $1200 maximum pension after 15 years in county service. The report notes 2½ years of service requirement.
More than 100 members of the New England Shoe and Leather Finders Association gathered at the Quincy House for their annual banquet last night. They voted unanimously to support President Wilson in the present crisis and condemn Senators who participated in the filibuster.
The Martin School in Roxbury features indoor gardening in its curriculum. Pupils plant bulbs in autumn, nurture them in a dark basement corner until February, then display the blossoming blooms at the height of this exhibit under Principal Charles M. Lamprey’s guidance.
Count Zeppelin, the famed German aeronautics pioneer, died at 79. Emperor William honored him as the greatest German of the 20th century, awarding the Order of the Black Eagle. Zeppelin rose from noble stock to develop dirigibles despite repeated disasters and public ridicule.
Arthur Herald, 16, from Shirley Boys Industrial School, testifies in a Charlestown Police Court robbery case. After his testimony he struck Warden John A. Reynolds and escaped in the corridor. Police traced him to Herald’s home at 36 High Street but he fled out the back door. Warden Reynolds returned to Shirley empty handed.
Norfolk Unitarian Church at Norfolk and Capen streets Dorchester Centre voted to unite with Christ Unitarian Church at Dix Street and Dorchester Avenue. The merger, to strengthen Dorchester Unitarianism, will deed Norfolk property to Christ Church. Rev. Paul Harris Drake will be minister of the consolidated church.
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