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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1916
Page
4
The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson at Warren Avenue Baptist Church warned that war seems likely and urged strong defense. He called for a larger navy and standing army plus a citizen army and compulsory military education, proposing sending boys aged 15 to 20 to Plattsburg to learn obedience.
A May luncheon will be held by the Philomatheia Society at University Heights Newton with Mrs Shuman presiding. The Boston College Glee Club will sing between courses and a formal concert with several artists will follow in the assembly hall.
Fruit store owners without Sunday licenses faced enforcement as aldermen limit sales to tobacco and papers. Critics protested, posters named aldermen, plainclothes police watched stores, and a public hearing on pony express licenses is set for tonight in the license committee chamber.
The narrative recalls a boy and siblings imitating a cheerful but insincere visitor. They describe their mother's generous heart after their father’s death and her struggle to support the family, including a paralyzed grandmother. Interleaved are reader letters about smoking and celebrity lookalikes.
Mary Pickford's talks will appear five days weekly in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post.
Des Moines resident Mrs. Cass Tarr asks Boston police Superintendent Crowley for tidings of her sister Mary Anna Freil who recently lived in or near Boston.
The baccalaureate sermon for Emerson College of Oratory graduates was delivered yesterday morning at Union Congregational Church on Columbus Avenue. Rev. Ernest Graham Guthrie, pastor, spoke on “The Great Interpreter of Life.”
Regional utility entities including Dedham and Hyde Park Gas and Electric Light Company and East Boston Gas Company engage in possible merger discussions with River Gas Works Company Lowell Gas Light Company Lynn Gas and Electric Company amid pressure to unify services.
The Harvard Menorah Society stages the Book of Job at Jordan Hall this evening. Based on a restoration by Dr Horace M Kallen from the University of Wisconsin, the production is coached by Samuel A Eliot Jr grandson of Charles Eliot. Proceeds aim to fund a $250 prize for a Jewish play to be produced yearly.
Activities include Ladies Night for Boston Sunday School Union led by Rev. Raymond Calkins with Lotus Male Quartet. $1200 in cash and $1600 in pledges raised for church work. Speakers include Rev. Milton S. Littlefield and Rev. Alan Hudson at district meetings. Public library fundraiser set with notable speakers. Gideon Associates plan Mothers Day parade and Billy Sunday campaign. New pastors Rev. D. Rand Pierce and activity at First Parish West Somerville. Harvard Street Methodist marks 75th anniversary with Pastor Rev. Wilson G. Van Der Mark.
Episcopal churches in the city observed the centenary of the American Bible Society. Bishop William Lawrence advised a unified observance, with the denomination’s general convention appointing a committee to coordinate cooperation among Episcopal churches for the society’s founding anniversary.
The Harvard Lampoon mocks the Baconian theory and claims judge Tuthill exposes Shakspere authorship as misattributed. By a cipher using the fourth letters from the titles, it suggests George P. Baker of Avon was the prior identity behind Shakespeare’s plays.
Dorchester resident Joseph L. Jacobson learning to drive with Frederick Fogarty lost control at Washington and Erie streets and crashed into the plate glass front of John Gleason drug store at 181 Washington street. The machine and storefront were damaged but occupants escaped unharmed.
At 3 o'clock this morning 20 Shire City club members removed white wing suits and swept sidewalks and pavements of Pittsfield. Earlier a 25 member squad pushed a sand storm through the streets last night. a later Daylight squad finished the job. The men wore bandages and used liniment after hours of hard work. The business district was reported cleaner than ever.
An advertisement touts Q-Ban as a non dye hair color restorer to be applied daily for a week then thrice weekly. It claims to darken gray or streaked hair without trace of gray, improve scalp health, and leave hair fluffy and lustrous. A bottle costs 50 cents at Liggett stores in Boston and nearby towns with mail supply available.
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