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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1914
Page
4
Boston Chamber of Commerce urges reform of the Mechanic Arts High School on Belvidere street saying it lags behind modern industrial education and represents economic waste. The board of directors released the report today.
The chamber endorses shifting Boston public schools from a manual training focus to modern industrial education as outlined by Dr. Charles A. Prosser. The proposal, studied by the Chamber’s industrial schools committee after Prosser’s report, may be adopted at tonight’s school committee meeting.
W A Varney promotes Varnesis a vegetable remedy for stomach trouble and rheumatism. He opens Boston exhibition offices and secures a New York City HQ at 507 Fifth Ave with registered physicians onsite. Local testimonials from Boston Dorchester Cambridge Charlestown are highlighted. Laboratories are in Lynn Massachusetts and a newspaper devoted to the product is advertised.
Chamber directors urged the Boston Chamber of Commerce to back and support the Prosser recommendations. They asked the school committee to implement changes at Mechanic Arts High School to enable state aid. Officials estimated annual costs of 25 000 to 40 000 dollars, with state aid covering about half. The industrial schools committee listed Lincoln Filene as chairman with Alvin E. Dodd D. H. Fletcher Charles Logue and Walter B. Russell as members.
Bay State Lodge 202 ad mitted 21 new members at 694 Washington street while the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen board drew up the 1914 wage scale at Revere House Bowdoin Square. Various unions announced talks and mass meetings including piano and organ workers and hotel workers with upcoming sessions in Boston and Haverhill.
Boston Central Labor Union condemned Mayor Curley over contracts for milk and coal to firms antagonistic to union labor. Delegates demanded investigation into the proposed gas lighting change and urged action, with some stalwart supporters among Curley’s political base voicing strong denunciations.
Lamplighters and unions push against a plan to replace gas lamps with electric lighting. The resolution, sent to Mayor Curley and the City Council, demands a full investigation and warns against monopolies. The Boston Mechanics Arts High School curriculum change is also discussed by the educational committee and C L U guidance.
Vienna May 17 The emperor's condition worsened due to cold and wet weather. His sleep was disturbed by a cough though official bulletins are favorable. Physicians consider a warmer southern retreat to aid recovery.
District Secretary William P. Dempsey and Boston & Maine Dock Freight Handlers Union 809 pressed discipline to keep dock workers from drastic actions over layoffs. After talks by Dempsey and President Thomas Casey the group adopted a grievance resolution to be presented at the May 27 Atlantic Coast District Council convention in St John New Brunswick. Casey was named local delegate to the convention with instructions on the union stance and assurances of action to settle the issue.
The joint committee of seven Boston Electrical Workers' Unions voted to hold a June 27 outing at Caledonian Grove to raise funds for the Peter I Lenihan Memorial. Leaders from several unions arrived in Boston including F. C. Bolam and John F. Tobin.
A Tre mont Temple mass meeting raised thousands for the nationwide prohibition campaign to be led by a Flying Squadron next fall. J Frank Hanly and Oliver W Stewart urged funds, with a $10 000 gift from J B Lewis. Attendees gave 10 cents to 50 dollars, aiming to raise 200 000 to cover travel through states and big cities. The speaker compared alcohol to a fatal foe, citing Gettysburg graves and rising insanity linked to John Barleycorn.
A 10 member squadron plans to tour 150 cities enlisting recruits for national prohibition. Recruits sign a pledge opposing liquor interests and supporting prohibition. Stewart says the Flying Squadron operates independently of political groups and aims to unite all supporters of nationwide prohibition. A heckler drunk on liquor was removed after protests amid remarks by ex Governor Hanly invoking John Barleycorn.
An advertisement touts the Clothe Truss or Automatic Massager as a superior rupture remedy. It promises constant hold without belts or leg straps, offers a sixty day trial, and claims patented, self adjusting technology that cures hundreds deemed hopeless. It urges readers to request a free book via coupon.
An advertisement touts a free 96 page clothbound book claiming to reveal facts about rupture, criticizes elastic trusses and operations as costly and risky, and promotes the Automatic Massaging Truss with a trial offer. It urges sending for the book with a coupon or letter.
W Scott Libbey a Lewiston capitalist died at his Wayne Pond cottage after spending the day with family. He was president of Libbey and Dingley Company and was to open the Portland Gray and Lewiston electric line which he owned.
Paris May 17 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has bought four elephants. His favorite pastime is training his huge pets. he spends hours daily with them teaching balancing tricks and bathing them. Stables have been built specially for their accommodation.
An early 20th century promotional piece argues nicotine kills more than bullets and urges parents and physicians to promote Smo-ko Tobaccoless Cigarettes. It claims immediate relief from colds, pleasant aroma, and a bargain sale of 10 cigarettes for 10 cents at Riker Jaynes Stores.
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