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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
6
A Kansas City resident shares a home method to darken gray hair using bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound and water. The remedy claims to stimulate growth, reduce dandruff, and make hair look 10 to 20 years younger with application every other day then biweekly.
The Boston Letter Carriers' Mutual Benefit Association annual reunion and ball drew 3000 attendees at Mechanics Building. Carrier Henry Gross carried the Stars and Stripes as the national anthem played while spectators waved flags. A guests’ parade featured 100 uniformed carriers and the Letter Carriers Band. The grand march began at 9 pm led by President William J. Reagan and Miss Grace Lacroix.
The Rev Nathan Kendrick Bishop longtime pastor of Emanuel Episcopal Church Somerville died after months of illness at his home 21 Cambridge Street He was 63 unmarried and is survived by his sister Miss Jane Bishop He came to Somerville in 1877 and was ordained an Episcopal priest a prominent figure in Greater Boston church work
The Fire Chiefs' Club held its annual luncheon at the Revere House and elected officers: President G L Johnson. first vice president Walter H Pierce. second vice president William D Green. secretary treasurer William Brophy. sergeant at arms O Whitmarsh. Directors named were J S Barrett William E Daniels James Edwards Sewall M Rich J H Witherbee T J Toomey EB T Hosmer and W O Arnold.
Waldo F. Glidden of the American Trust Company elected president of the Bank Officers Association at the 31st annual meeting in Convention Hall. The body, with about a thousand bankers, approved an amendment admitting Boston Federal Reserve Bank employees. Officers elected included Norman T. Adams and Arthur O. Yeames as vice presidents, Raymond Merrill and Eugene W. Owen as directors, Frederic W. Rugg as trustee, Robert E. Hill as treasurer, Edwin A. Stone as secretary, and Clarence T. Bruce as auditor.
Worcester May 19 The Rev Dr Robert J Floody who originated the garden city work for boys and girls died today from grip and bronchitis after a long illness He was born at Cartwright Canada and had pastorates in Gladwin Michigan and Boston before coming to Worcester He graduated from Albion College While pastor of Immanuel Church in Worcester he developed the garden city plan which spread to many cities in the United States and Canada.
The Sunday Post Magazine promises a feature on plants reputed to resist death, exploring myths and science behind longevity in flora and the cultural fascination with indestructible plants.
John M. Bowers, chief counsel for Theodore Roosevelt, spent three hours summarizing the defense in William Barnes $50,000 libel suit. He argued the suit was an attack by machine politics to destroy Roosevelt’s usefulness and urged jurors to stand for the people. A verdict could come late tomorrow.
Mr Bowers used excess time so the plaintiff's summing up was postponed until tomorrow morning. William M Ivins, chief counsel for Mr Barnes, stated he might finish within an hour. Supreme Court Justice William M Andrews, presiding, will then deliver the ruling.
Miss Abbie Golden of 40 Marine Road South Boston and two nieces Florence and Gertrude Hennessey reached Boston after four days held at Ellis Island New York on return from a year in Europe. Officials passed Miss Golden but detained the nieces pending proof of American birth. Congressman Gallivan intervened and secured their release.
John W. Cox of Boston, vice president of the C M Cox Company and the St Albans Grain Company, recently in California, has married Miss Jean M Switzer of Coronado California, according to information reaching this city yesterday.
The Kamma Etta Kappa Society of Somerville presents The Music Box with Rudolph Soop in the cast. The troupe highlights past successes and promises many entertaining incidents, aiming to outdo previous efforts with warm comedy and engaging moments.
The annual Gamma Etta Kappa Fraternity show The Music Box runs Friday and Saturday evenings May 21 and 22 at Unitarian Hall Highland avenue Somerville. Coach and composer Robert Nichols directs and wrote the music with Stanley Hickock authoring the book and lyrics in a high reputational effort by the two men.
John B. Lombard former Framingham town treasurer serving a States prison term for forgeries amounting to two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand dollars will not receive a pardon this year. The Governor's Council announced after a meeting that the Governor had withdrawn Lombard's pardon application.
The Zionists' organization will hold a mass meeting on Thursday May 20 at 7 30 p m in Temple Bethel Fowler street Dorchester Dr Benjamin Lipstein of Germany inspector of the Jewish National Fund will speak on The Great Work Accomplished by the Fund in Palestine and the Future Prospects.
The jury in the Konrad Berthold case from Saugus, charged with attempting to blow up Mrs. Jennie M. Longfellow's house with dynamite, reported a disagreement after over a day of deliberation in Salem on May 19.
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