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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1915
Page
1
Citizens vote across the city with gains on both boards as the Good ticket secures a higher majority than last year. The results show stronger support for their platform and shifts in local governance dynamics.
In Cambridge the liquor license referendum shows 5 006 for license and 6 757 against last year. This year 5 944 for license and 7 577 against. Dry majority was 1 751 last year and 0 88 yesterday.
Timothy W. Good, Democrat, was re-elected mayor of Cambridge by 115 votes in a closest election in recent years. His plurality last year was 2033 with three candidates in the field. Citizens' Municipal party won 11 of ...
Berlin reports panic in Constantinople as German and Ottoman leaders discuss the Dardanelles. Enver Pasha travels to Berlin for a secret conference with the Kaiser and high command. A desperate coup to save the city is suspected as the potential outcome. The Turks blame Germany for the crisis.
Carranza faces U S demands to safeguard Americans or face drastic actions. Obregon evacuates the capital as Zapata forces gain control, signaling escalating instability and international tension.
The United States ordered all American citizens to evacuate Mexico City at once. Secretary Bryan sent the second warning via the Brazilian minister, pressing Carranza officials to reopen the Mexico City Vera Cruz railway for civilian use as famine and pestilence worsen.
Paris reports British super-dreadnought Queen Elizabeth with four cruisers bombarded Fort Rumili Medjidieh Tabia at Dardanelles on March 8 using 381 millimetre guns. Weather hindered operations according to the Marine Ministry dispatch from Paris.
Richard J. Dwyer of the Medford Board of Aldermen accused Mayor Haines of possible legal violations over employing non citizens in the highway department. The mayor rebutted strongly denying any such hires and defending his record at the city line.
Kickapoo Indians in eastern Sonora prepare for war after Mexican faction raids on livestock and food supplies. The group, a branch of the Oklahoma tribe, has maintained neutrality during Mexico's five years of upheaval and now communicates with the Washington government seeking protection. They are well armed and supplied with ammunition.
Four year old Millie Vicello of 69 Prince Street died at Relief Hospital from burns received while playing with matches in an entry way at 139 Salem Street. She and friend Sylvia Parravano chose the entry as a playhouse and marks were made with sulphur ends when a match ignited her hair.
Louis P. Mansfield of Portland Maine was elected president for 1915 succeeding Theodore Sizer of New York David Loring Jr of Portland Oregon was chosen Ibis of the Lampoon Robert C Bacon of Chicago is secretary of the Harvard comic publication
An advertisement fragment highlights La Carolina Cherutos as mild and sweet cigarettes priced at 10c. It mentions a fifteen minute smoke duration and labels the product as imported.
Four youths armed with automatic revolvers robbed the George E. Coleman store at 527 Washington street Dorchester yesterday afternoon. They held clerk George W. Blake at gunpoint, locked him in a closet, and escaped with about 35 dollars. The store sits at the Washington street Melville road junction in a busy residential area near 3 pm amid traffic and pedestrians.
A man named Blake was released after a roughly 15 minute confinement by Charles Dudley of 3565 Washington Street who entered the store hearing Blake's cries.
The Berlin suburb of Wilmersdorf voted to issue potato tickets like bread tickets, allowing 22 pounds per capita weekly. It is the first town to adopt this method for conserving the potato supply.
Salisbury Beach voters approve license by 24 in a strenuous election. Elected selectmen Osro S. Brown and others named. officers include Hodgdon Sanborn Stevens Weare Pike French Pike and Brown. License Yes 214 No 190. prior year Yes 166 No 210.
The advance guard steamers Terra Nova Viking Erik and Diana skirted ice off St John s Newfoundland but a wind move tonight broke the blockade. The quartet slipped through floe lanes unharmed and proceeded toward sealing grounds in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
The menu features Planked Sirloin Steak with fried potatoes and a two person serving for 1.20, Fancy Coyn-Fed Tenderloin with Delmonico potatoes and two servings for 1.20, Planked Whole Native Chicken with Waldorf salad and jelly for two, and Bluepoints on Half Shell with Guinea Chicken and varied dressings for two, all priced at 1.20.
A despatch from Villa agents claimed Zapata's forces occupied the city and would restore order and rail communications to the north within six days. There is no confirmation, and the situation remains dangerous as typhus and smallpox spread in the lower quarters and looting rumors grow.
The column lists moon phases from last quarter to full moon on March 31 and upcoming new moon March 15. It notes sunrise, sunset, and moonrise times, planets visible this period, and historical anniversaries including Benjamin West’s death in 1820 and Faneuil Hall’s completion in 1806.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with seasonable temperatures and moderate northwest winds. Washington dispatch notes New England similar conditions for the same period.
The item lists scattered figures and codes, noting average temperature readings and references to dates and measurements. No clear event or names beyond Thompson’s Spa appear, leaving a fragmented record of numbers and identifiers.
London March 9 The House of Commons authorized government control of the entire engineering trade and a combined management to boost munitions output for the war effort.
The defence of the realm act grants government power to seize and regulate works capable of producing war materials. David Slove George asks to extend control to such manufactories, a move praised as necessary yet described as drastic by opposition leader Andrew Bonar Law. The aim is to boost munitions output as labor disputes threaten supplies for Allied forces. A businessman will oversee the organization to ensure arms and ammunition reach the fleets and armies.
The body of a three day old infant was found in the Monatiquot River in Braintree. It was wrapped in a newspaper and the medical examiner said the baby was probably alive when thrown into the water.
Seven year old Sarah Fraser was struck by a car while walking to St. Joseph's Parochial School in Somerville. She is in a dangerous condition at Cambridge Relief Hospital with little hope of recovery.
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