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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
5
Dr. Lemuel H. Murlin, president of Boston University, denounced Maria Montessori's plan of child education as bosh and nonsense during a sermon on Fit Fettle and Fine at Union Congregational Church on Columbus Avenue last night.
An advertisement touts Dr True's Elixir as a trusted treatment for pinworms and stomach worms in children and adults. It claims relief for stomach upset, swollen lips, sour stomach, bad breath, full belly, night-time itching, and other worm-related symptoms. The ad cites a Houston Texas user endorsement and lists prices 85c 50c and 1.00 with Auburn Maine contact details.
More than 500 people joined a patriotic meeting at the Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association building in Roxbury. Jacob L. Wiseman presided as Judge A. K. Cohen and Albert Hurwitz spoke. A large flag was unfurled and 200 Sunday school children pledged allegiance as the audience sang the national anthem. The 4000 Jewish men campaign for Y M H A membership was launched with promises to enroll many as part of building a central Y M H A in the city. By nightfall nearly 500 new members were reported.
The crew of the 96 ton British schooner Mark A Tobin reported striking a reef off Sambro last night while bound from Barbados to Halifax with sugar and molasses. A Dutch steamer sighted the wreck on fire six miles southeast of the ledge, posing navigation danger.
Boxing fans in Lawrence will see welterweights Tommy Robson of Malden and Marty Cross, brother of Leach Cross of New York, headline a Thursday card at the Unity Cycle Club. The semi final pits George Rivette of Lowell against Billy Galvin of South Boston, a scheduled 10 rounder, with two six round preliminaries.
A long roster of hardware and home supply firms with addresses across East and South Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Somerville, and surrounding towns. Entries list business names and street locations such as Washington Street, Dorchester Avenue, and Beacon Street, reflecting a directory style snapshot of vendors from multiple neighborhoods. Many entries include urban subareas like East Boston and Roxbury plus nearby towns, showing a dense local commerce map.
Five hundred girls from Franklin Square House stood on the roof and sang the Star Spangled Banner as a large national emblem was raised on a 3 foot pole. A crowd in the six story street cheered while the banner floated higher than any other in the area. The flag was funded by subscriptions from about 800 girls living at the house. Ceremony in the assembly hall featured Rev. George L. Perin presiding and Major J. W. Bartlett as speaker.
Miss Mary E. Sawyer, 83, a retired teacher of 24 Clinton street Cambridge, died at Cambridge Hospital after a morning fire. She lit the gas, her nightdress caught, she wrapped sheets and a silk puff coverlet around herself, flames burst forth, and neighbors aided before the blaze was smothered.
The Rev Dr Lemuel H Marlin preached at Union Congregational Church Columbus Ave and West Newton St morning and evening Svc on The First Christians and Ourselves and Fit Fettle and Fine Attendance was good. Upcoming Federal Council meeting in Calvary Baptist Church Washington features prayer sessions and speakers Jowett King Speer Mott Robins to discuss Americas war participation. Bishop Lawrence to ordain deacons at St Johns Memorial Cambridge Ascension Way May 17 with Dean Fosbroke preacher. Woburn Sunday School convention held in Methodis Church with Hageman Carlyon Gardner and Smith as speakers. Chaplain H Boyd Edwards formerly with Eighth Regt on Mexican border spoke at Trinity Episcopal Newton Centre on chaplains role for troops.
The Rev. Thomas Sims yesterday announced his resignation as pastor of the First Congregational Church in Melrose. He will retire from the pastorate in late July after serving 20 years since coming from Toronto, Ontario.
Harvard officials will wear academic robes to welcome Marshal Joffre and Vice Premier Viviani during their Boston visit. The procession from the college yard to Sanders Theatre will mirror Harvard commencement, with formal exercises in the college theatre and tickets required for admission.
Rome May 5 via Paris May 6 Italian mission member William Marconi travels to America with a specially cast bronze wreath to be laid on George Washington’s tomb in the name of Italy.
Gov McCall appeals to Massachusetts residents to honor the French mission headed by M Vivian and Marshal Joffre during their visit to Boston. He asks schools to raise up to five cents per child and urges flag displays and financial gifts to aid French children affected by war. Teachers should forward funds to Frederick H. Prince in Boston as treasurer.
Twenty four American and British refugees arriving in New York allege Cuban rebel actions in Palmacito Bagote and Miranda Oriente Province burn homes and pillage properties. They warn of a white resident massacre unless the United States intervenes and say the Cuban government cannot cope. Most refugees fled with only the clothes on their backs.
Dr Constantine Theodor Dumba, former Austro-Hungarian ambassador, blames President Wilson for America's entry into the war in the May issue of the Österreichische Rundschau. He calls Wilson an obstinate anglophile autocrat and accuses him of doctrinary stub bornness.
Dr. Dumba argues President Wilson sought to avert a balance of power shift to the Central Powers, foresee submarine warfare and hunger blockade driving England to its knees, and feared a self-sustaining mid European bloc reaching Asia Minor and Mesopotamia. He says US entry aimed to gain Britain’s support against Japan, justify a large army, and secure a seat at the peace conference.
Elizabeth Harman fifty, widow of Major John Alexander Harman U S Army, died in 1906 but found dead in her hotel apartment in New York with a bullet wound and a revolver nearby. The coroner ruled death by her own action after an inquiry. A note asked cremation and no frills about the funeral.
Newport R I May 6 Daniel F Houston, son of the Secretary of Agriculture, has enlisted as a seaman in the naval reserve camp here and is among the recruits at the camp.
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