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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
5
The Sunday Post Magazine previews a fresh plot and a new kind of hero in Meredith Nicholson's latest short story, inviting readers to discover the narrative’s inventive arc and character approach.
Promote gentle bowel relief as a natural substitute for calomel. The Olive Tablet Company advertises Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable blend with olive oil that opens the bowels without pain or harsh effects. Boxes sell for 10 cents or 25 cents, available at all druggists.
City officials from the Finance Commission say patching streets is current practice in Boston due to stagnant yearly appropriations for street building. The policy limits funds for full reconstruction, prompting officials to rely on repairs instead of major renewal.
The Finance Commission cites retention of men across departments and broad pension costs as key causes. City outlays show 1 million annually for street paving vs 306 thousand for reconstruction. Emerson notes misallocation and weak supervision reduce value of 1.2 million in building funds, with contractors handling most repaving.
The Finance Commission assured Mayor Curley they will thoroughly investigate his proposal to issue a 500000 loan within the debt limit for reconstructing 14 miles of downtown streets torn up for the high pressure water system. The mayor seeks full width relaying to avoid an unsightly final appearance after pipe laying.
The wife of Henry Clarke Coe Jr the missing Standard Oil salesman says there is nothing new in the case and remains hopeful after Coe was located recently in Fairbanks Alaska. She gave a brief smile while discussing the situation.
In New York, Dr Coe reports no new updates on the missing young salesman in Fairbanks Alaska. Friends there monitor his condition daily while his in law and husband await a definite report from Alaska through Brookline residents.
A general order from Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara promotes five patrolmen to sergeant and three reserve officers to patrolman. Promoted sergeants include John D. McDonald Hanover Street to City Hall Avenue, Weston Shorey Broadway to Field's Corner Dorchester, Archibald F. Campbell East Dedham to Back Bay, Patrick I. Flaherty East Dedham to City Point, and John T. Corcoran East Dedham to Roxbury Crossing. Reserve promotions go to John J. Mahoney Joy Street, Michael J. Fitzgibbons East Boston, and Martin J. Coughlin Back Bay.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of James J. Farmer and J Hartley for using the mails to defraud in rare book sales. Each received two years in Atlanta last November, with one count reversed. Wisner and Meyers, tied to mining and oil stock fraud, also had their convictions sustained.
Delegates to the 10th annual Companions of the Foresters of America visit historic Lexington and Concord this morning. They will meet Governor Walsh at the State House later in the day.
The Intercolonial Club of Boston will host an eight oclock Empire Day entertainment in Roxbury at 214 Dudley street. Prof Colby of McGill University and Hon Samuel J Elder of Boston will speak, with a varied musical program as part of the British imperial relief fund event.
An advertorial-style note claims Adsamson's Balsam cures a rasping graveyard cough with a guaranteed and sure relief, urging readers to try the remedy.
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