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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1911
Page
5
Outside City Hall, Commissioner Louis K. Rourke notes a serene scene as nature shines and mentions seeking a girl to preside over the new telephone switchboard. The report frames a light municipal moment with local color and official commentary.
Commissioner Rourke plans expanding the office switchboard and posts for a phone girl search. Various applicants boast talents from perfect memory to musical voices, some praised as ornamental while others aim to soothe party lines. Birds fade as applicants flood in, disrupting the usual harmony.
Suggests Carbonol disinfectant for summer homes and country settings. Describes preventing fly breeding, ant control in pantries, musty odors in cellars, cleaning stables, and wound care. Promotes inexpensive 10c, 25c and 60c bottles from Barrett Manufacturing, 97 Franklin St., Boston.
Edward Copeland Johnson a former Dartmouth College athlete of East Boston will wed this fall. His engagement to Dorchester girl Miss Leona Betsy Richardson of 874 Adams Street was announced to friends. Richardson daughter of the late M E Richardson is a tennis player and artist who has taken part in tournaments. She graduated from Prince School in 1905 and Dorchester High School in 1909. Johnson graduated from Dartmouth in 1909 and has worked as a bookkeeper for Pilgrim Rubber Company.
A cloud over the sun near the Parker House precedes a decision by Commissioner Rourke to defer the appointment to the telephone company. The company has not yet announced who will preside at City Hall's switchboard.
Rev. Thomas F. White S J rector of St Marys Church cautioned parishioners at mass that daily reports on Portugal mislead readers about church state tensions. He cited pension schemes for bishops and priests and warned such moves resemble confiscation of church property seen in England and elsewhere. He urged care to avoid false public statements and to be prepared for further misrepresentation.
Clement H.E. Lloyd, formerly of Philadelphia, died April 28 in Oakland. He left his entire estate valued at $100,000 to his fiancée Miss Ida Ward Parsons, chief clerk of a local soap company. Lloyd, 69, had two adult sons by a former wife.
Frances Cummins, age four, weighs 16 pounds and measures 82 ounces at her birth. She is described as bright and charming, enjoys music with a small piano, and crawls about while unable to walk. Her father, the Reverend Cummins, is pastor of an Episcopal Church in Little Rock.
Advert copy urges readers to obtain Adamson's Cough Balm from local druggists claiming it cures.
Delegates from all states and foreign countries totaling over 2000 gather in Boston from June 7 to 14 for the 88th annual meeting. Ford Hall and Tremont Temple host sessions with Governor Foss, Mayor Fitzgerald, and Homer Folks among the early speakers. Nine committees cover lawbreakers children drunkenness housing health and recreation and more. President Eliot leads the children’s session with papers on sex education and care of destitute children. Earlier speakers include Dr. Brackett on medical inspection of school children and Dr. Goler on Rochester milk depots. Robert Woods chairs the drunkenness committee and John Mitchell discusses liquor’s relation to labor.
Reverend Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple condemns mothers who join clubs drink smoke and gamble for prizes. He laments modern mothers and warns a child’s return home shapes its honesty. The service honors Mothers Day with clergy deacons choir and many church members in attendance.
May 14 news from Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock receiving complaints that stamp glue is ruined by water and roaches nibble it off. Officials say insects infest the Washington post office and the department has no plan to fight them. Insecticides in glue would risk poisoning stamp users.
Delegates from the Boston association clashed with opponents at the 19th annual Massachusetts Association of Letter Carriers convention in East Lynn Odd Fellows Hall. About 200 attendees. Salem’s P F Collins accused Boston delegates of dirty politics while South Framingham’s William J Welch challenged opponents and warned he would expose national officers if elected.
Welch warned national officers were asleep and offered to unseat them for a new board. Arkison urged waiting for convention reports. Thompson condemned bills harming letter carriers without national protest. Delegates clashed, a block and hammer were approved to assist order. Welch elected delegate, Lawless president, Kiley VP, Curtin secretary, Adams treasurer. Substitutes committee urged protest rights and pay, with travel allowances. Banquet and speeches followed.
The J V Fletcher Company, prominent in Faneuil Hall meat trade for 74 years, marks George V Fletcher entering half a century at Stall 66-68 after joining in 1862. Brothers J Henry Fletcher and the elder founder J Varnum Fletcher shaped a Belmont farm and public service careers in Massachusetts.
Chief Inspector Joseph Dugan is a candidate to succeed Stephen O'Meara as police commissioner. He will meet Governor Foss at the State House office at 10 o'clock today to discuss the Boston police department. Dugan is regarded as one of the ablest officers in service since April 27, 1868.
Governor Foss will meet several candidates this week as he considers appointing a new police commissioner. Cain as candidate and Captain Laurence Cain of Station 4 receive strong support. Charles A. Jackson of Jamaica Plain also backs the bid, with multiple conferences held. O'Meara’s term expires June 5, and no renomination effort is planned.
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