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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1915
Page
2
March 18 reports say the Pittsfield post office flew a green flag from the flag pole instead of the Stars and Stripes. Halyards were cut, preventing full flag removal. the flag was installed between midnight and dawn by senior high students. Fred Harrington removed part of the banner this morning.
Dr David L Bolger was reappointed by the Cambridge City Council as city veterinarian and inspector of animals in a recent council session. The action confirms his duties overseeing animal welfare and regulatory compliance in the city.
Senator Weeks in a City Club address lauded the federal reserve bill’s potential to expand business credit through foreign banks and improve conditions for workers. He predicted New York would surpass London as a financial center and affirmed U S control of its gold supply.
Postmaster Murray and Boston Herald editor Robert Lincoln O'Brien clash over federal policy at a public meeting. Senator Weeks defends the federal reserve bill as central banks and bankers weigh in. Murray cites parcel post value while praising government services and criticizing private gain.
Sergeant William H. Rideout aged 68, a retired Boston police officer and former night sergeant at Jamaica Plain, died at his home 21 Aldrich street Roslindale yesterday after retirement on February 3, 1912.
Local New England cooks reveal practical flour alternatives for baking and cooking in the upcoming Sunday Post. They discuss cornmeal rice flour and nut meals as replacements, with tips on texture and flavor adjustments for breads and pastries.
The new St Helena's House a hotel for working girls on Union Park Street and Harrison Avenue is completed and ready for occupancy. The Grey Nuns oversee the building extending the former Working Girls' Home at 89 Union Park Street. Cardinal O Connell is expected to dedicate it after Easter with Sister Michaud as mother superior.
The new St Helena's House building offers 84 single bedrooms with enameled beds, oak dressers, and steam heating. Facilities include a fireproof structure, electric elevator, multiple pianos, a roof garden, auditorium, and shared reading rooms. Room and board range from four to six dollars weekly with optional self-service laundry. The house, founded by Archbishop Williams in 1888, aims to support respectable young women with home-like comforts and an employment bureau.
Vice-President Dennis F. Sheehan presided at the adjourned annual meeting and urged Frances G. Curtis to run again for City Council. Curtis spoke on the school committee’s plans, including renewed emphasis on the three R s and expansion of classes for various pupil needs. Officers and a 30-member executive committee were elected.
Samuel Bowles editor of the Springfield Republican was honored at his funeral held in the Church of the Unity. The Rev A P Reccord officiated and the body was cremated. Members of the staff served as pallbearers while the Board of Trade closed, showing civic respect.
Dominican fathers conduct ongoing missions at St. Leo's in Dorchester with separate sessions for men and married women ending next Sunday. A green whistle to benefit St. Mary's Infant Asylum is held tonight at Everett Avenue facility with Mrs. John Quigley on the committee. A Men’s retreat by Boston College YMCA opens next Sunday at Immaculate Conception Church. East Boston Catholic Literary Association hosts a men’s retreat from next Sunday to the 5th led by Rev. Father Fitzpatrick S J.
A three act drama Arrah-Na-Pogue will be staged at Boston College Hall on James Street this evening to raise funds for a new faculty building at University Heights. Cast includes Rosemary Purcell Catherine Haney Dora White Joseph Kelley and Edmund Lynch with production led by Professor Joseph H. Willis. Rev E S Brock SJ handles finances.
Boston's oldest ex mayor Dr Samuel A Green marked his 85th birthday at the Hotel Canterbury with flowers from Mayor Curley and a steady stream of callers. telegrams and letters arrived throughout the day in quiet observance.
The Jewish population of Vienna swollen by 60,000 Galician refugees faces a wartime disruption of passover bread rituals. The chief rabbin has won government approval for a wholesale potato distribution to Orthodox Jews for Passover, with 300 tons already allocated.
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