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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1916
Page
18
The I W Dodge Company reports New England contracts awarded up to March 22 valued at 36 833 000 dollars setting a national pres tity record. This surpasses all prior years for the same period by nearly 3 000 000 dollars.
Businessmen and building merchants report an unusual but steady expansion in construction despite elevated materials, freight, and labor costs. Structural steel and copper items command record prices, yet demand remains strong, seen as a national prosperity indicator with New England activity highlighted by F. W. Dodge Company statistics.
In a nationwide campaign, multiple organizations report rising demand for lumber as winter inquiries surge. Builders anticipate sharp price increases from $22 to $28 per thousand, with Boston wholesale rates cited and freight, weather, and shipping constraints driving shortages and stalled shipments to Connecticut and New York buyers.
Central News dispatch quotes Roald Amundsen that Shackleton party stranded at Ross Sea base by the Aurora’s breakup faces no starvation danger. Reuter reports Aurora’s chief officer says the ship drifts for 19 months and heads to Port Chalmers in a disabled state. Massey says a cordial welcome awaits and a steamer may be sent to assist.
The Rev. Father Charles Luciano O F M was ordained in Pittsburg and celebrated his first high mass at St Leonard of Port Maurice in Boston. Walher Luciano, born in Boston to Italian parents, is under 25 and worked as a newsboy to fund education. The mass drew many clergy and relatives who later attended a dinner at St Anthony's Hall.
Pierre S D March 26 The State Historical Society has taken possession of the leaden plate buried by the Verendrye brothers at the site of Fort Pierre in 1748. It was found by school children in February 1913, 178 years later. The plate was purchased by William O Riley with funds from subscriptions and state historical expense funds.
Waterbury’s Board of Public Safety backed a gym-based reform led by Jimmy Nelson to slim the police force. Patrolman Dick LeRoy drops from 272 to 232 pounds as 50 officers, including Maurice Healey and Maurice Healey, begin a regiment that aims to shave 20 to 35 pounds per man.
Waterbury police reduce their bulk as officers shed excess weight through a new training program. In a short time the 67 officers collectively shed about a half ton of fat, leaving the heavyweight thunder maker of the past.
In Waterbury a police trainer named Jimmy Nelson runs a city funded program to slim officers through rope skipping and fitness drills. He reduces officers up to 3 to 5 inches weekly, earning 50 dollars a week, while boasting past training of famed boxers and promising a leaner police force.
Waterbury police, once out of shape, adopt a system called muscle rigidity and diaphragm breathing under Jim My Nelson. All officers train an hour before shifts, weigh in to track progress, and study themselves in 12 by 18 mirrors. The force now reports improved health, mental fitness, and claimed 50 percent efficiency gains.
The Rev. Charles Edward Spaulding preached at Greenwood Memorial M E Church Dorchester with evening sermon on Prayer Its Necessity. Central Congregational Church will host J C Taft tomorrow night at 7 40. Wo mans Home Missionary Association meets in Second Church Dorchester with sessions and speakers Lena Rogers Miss Margaret Henry Miriam Woodbury Edith Scammon and Rev A J Muste. Various services planned at King's Chapel and Cathedral Church of St Paul with scheduled speakers F J Walton A E B Parson H Boya Edwards Hughell Fosbroke D D. A Malden meeting of the Woman s Universalist Missionary Society of Massachusetts set for April 13 featuring music and varied departments.
Joseph L. Presti 36 formerly of 246 Copeland Street Quincy was arrested yesterday in a Sierra Nevada mining camp for the alleged abduction of Antonella Monti two years ago. The couple vanished in June 1914 after missing about $4000 in the wife’s property. Black hand threats to harm the wife and police officials accompanied the chase. Extradition papers were prepared as a West Coast arrest followed recalls from Savannah and Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs Delia M Currier a granddaughter of the American Revolution were held yesterday at the home of her daughter Dr Mary B Currier Wooda 3 Broad Way Somerville Rev Charles L Noyes officiated Mrs Beulah A Han Bcom sang The body was taken to Wildwood Cemetery Wigichester for burial
In Tacoma on March 26 Mrs Mathilde Eggers told how she sat on a fireless cooker for three hours to keep money from her husband Theodore Eggers. She testified she wore one skirt 14 years and had only two new suits in 34 years of marriage as she sought a divorce.
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