Clean-Up Campaign Goes Ahead in City Districts
Despite rain the Boston clean-up campaign progressed with the Back Bay, West Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain areas clearing yards and alleys. Teams planned front-yard cleaning tomorrow, painting Thursday, and a Friday of mosquito and flea prevention plus lawn care. Children join Saturday squads. officials and volunteers from the Women’s Municipal League and Simmons College aid efforts across Dorchester Beacon Hill and West End with safety reminders and fire prevention talks.
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Louis K. Rourke
Back
Back Bay
West Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
Boston
George A. O. Ernst
Charles Harrington
Women’s Municipal League
Ellen Morse
Woman’s Alliance
Charles Souther
Thomas Sherwin
Fenway
J. S. Gloster
Simmons College
Frank L. Young
Dorchester
Ralph Adams Cram
Beacon Hill
West End
Elizabeth Peabody
Henry A. Fox
Fire Department
Whitman
Cleaning Up For The New Movement In Town
In line with the heads of the new movement, residents whitewashed cel lar walls, repaired fences and walks, and tidied steps while teamsters with double ked garbage teams finished their work, leaving streets neat and orderly.
Boston University class hears Post editor speak
At the regular session of the news reporting and writing class at the College of Business Administration, Boston University, C. B. Carberry managing editor of the Post will address the students. His talk occupies the second hour from 6:30 to 7:30 with final lectures scheduled May 15 and exams May 22.
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College of Business Administration
Boston University
C. B. Carberry
The
Post
Ideal Types of Womanly Beauty in Next Sunday Post
A full page showcases ideal types of womanly beauty selected by artist photographers. The feature curates varied standards, highlighting aesthetics, fashion, and facial features as interpreted by contemporary artists for readers.
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Next Sunday Post
Love Healers Ordered Away From Boston
R Natel and A Marchello who claimed to cure love and matrimony and all diseases except TB and heart disorders ran a heavy business at 283 Hanover Street. After a Municipal Court hearing Judge Creed ordered them to leave Boston. Their cases were continued a week with the understanding they depart, defaults recorded for arrest and sentencing if they stay. They practiced massage and hypnotism calling it Oxypathia.
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R. Natel
A. Marchello
Hanover Street
Boston
Creed
Roosevelt Home Arrival Aboard Aidan From Para
New York reports Theodore Roosevelt will sail from Para Brazil on the Booth liner Aidan and arrive in New York about May 20. The vessel will not stop at Mobile as usual and will head directly to New York, with extra service announced. A note hints at a feature on Pa Van Loon in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Para
Brazil
Booth
Aidan
Barbados
Mobile
Pa van Loon
Planning Corps of Amazons in Mexico War
Mrs Charlotte Smith offers 500 unmarried women sharpshooters for active service in Mexico. Washington accepts the proposal. Adjutant General Simmons and Governor to weigh arms, uniforms, and powder. President Wilson was informed. Smith notes many unmarried women in state and urges honors beyond pensions. Uniform design is the first issue.
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War Department
Washington
Charlotte Smith
Mexico
Smith
Wilson
Cambridge Hospital Site Fight Heads to Judge Hammond
Ten Cambridge taxpayers led by Stoughton Bell seek an injunction to stop Mayor Timothy W. Good and City Treasurer Henry Quehan from spending $150,000 outside the debt limit to buy the Doyle estate as a hospital site. The case, argued yesterday, awaits briefs due Friday as to authority to purchase and hospital trustees’ role.
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Cambridge
Hammond
Supreme Judicial Court
Stoughton Bell
Timothy W. Good
Henry Quehan
Doyle
Sailors' Hospital Ship Bill Reported
The Senate fisheries committee agreed to report without recommendation Senator Lodge's bill directing the Treasury to provide a hospital ship for the American fishing fleet. The bill will be referred to another committee. An identical measure was introduced in the House by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Senate Fisheries Committee
Senator Lodge
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Gardner
Massachusetts
Revere House Granted Midnight Liquor License
The Excise Board approved a midnight liquor license for the Revere House yesterday after delays caused by complaints against the hotel.
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Revere House
Excise Board
Pryiilege
Tiz For Aching Sore Tired Feet Cures Foot Pain
Forced to stand all day Apple workers know sore feet. Tiz claims to draw out poisons exudations that puff feet and cause tenderness. It promises instant pain relief, reduces callouses and bunions, and fits shoes better. A 25 cent box offered by druggists and general stores.
Cohasset Man's Will Is Fought in Superior Court
The will of Henry A. Wheelwright of Boston and Cohasset is challenged by Caroline B. Foster, cousin and heir at law, who argues undue influence by the Underwood family and impaired mentality after a childhood head injury. Attorney claims Wheelwright’s will mainly benefited the Underwoods, with a 1910 codicil reshaping the estate and discharge of longtime farm hands. The trial continues, with Dr. Hinchecliffe testifying on mental capacity.
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Henry A. Wheelwright
Boston and
Cohasset
Superior Court
Caroline B. Foster
Mr. Wheelwright
Underwood
Edward Wheelwright
Underwoods
Laurence Underwood
Edward
Henry Wheelwright
Frank Underwood
Wheelwright
Fred Hinchecliffe
Crack in New Old South Church As Subway settles
A long fissure in the wall of New Old South Church near the Dartmouth Street tunnel widens due to subway construction. Big stained glass windows are loosened and removed for safety. workers box the rose window sections. A claim will be filed with the Transit Commission after the subway is finished.
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Boylston Street
New
Old South Church
Dartmouth Street
John Wells Morse
Old South Congregational Society
Morse
Transit Commission
City creditor of Siegel Co. Boston among its creditors
A Finance Commission report to Mayor Curley shows the defunct Henry Siegel Company owes Boston water charges. protest of 1911 bill for 3466 remains unpaid though 1912 1913 and 1914 bills were paid and water supplied. Commission urges immediate referral to the law department for collection.
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Finance Commission
Curley
Henry Siegel Company
Law Department
Trustees of City Hospital Organize Board Meeting
The board of trustees met at Relief Station in Haymarket Square Boston City Hospital on May 4 at noon. Dr John J Dowling newly appointed qualified as trustee A Shu man was re elected president and Joseph P Manning was named secretary.
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Board of Trustees
Boston City Hospital
Haymarket Square
John J. Dowling
A. Shuman
Joseph P. Manning
Postmaster General Defends Parcel Post Policy
Postmaster General Burleson issued an open letter defending the parcel post system as a trade accelerator between cities and farms. He said rates reflect operating costs in profitable and unprofitable territories defined by the reach of private express companies.
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Washington
Burleson
Oil Men Returning to Mexico from Tampico
Seven American oil workers emigrants from the Tampico district sailed on the Atlantis bound for Tampico or Vera Cruz if docking is blocked. They stated the Panuco oil fields are unrestrained and plan their return due to the volatile situation, though they expect no hostilities from Mexicans.
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Galveston
Texas
Tampico
Atlantis
Vera Cruz
Panuco
Gasolene Gus Delivers Weighty Fares in Sunday Post
Gasolene Gus appears in the next Sunday Post providing a heavy set of fare jokes and a notably funny color comic strip. The feature highlights the humor and visual appeal of the comedian’s work for readers seeking light entertainment.
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Gasolene
Gus
Harvard Freshmen To Hold A Smoker
The Harvard freshman class hosts an entertainment and smoker in the Harvard Union living room this evening at 8 30. The latest films from celluloid companies will be shown as 1917 class men enjoy refreshments and smoke during the movie.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
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