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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
4
A Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded $5000 damages to Louis P. Kaufman as administrator for Edmund Kaufman 13 who died after being run over by Philip M. Tucker Brookline.
Virginia Lavoie aged 11 of 125 Main street and Ruth Genetta aged 12 of 135 Main street will give $9 from a Halloween party to the Alice Stone Blackwell Fund. The girls learned the fund aids starving Russians and chose to help their allies.
Judges have not yet reached a decision on the prizes for Dog Story. Officials say announcements will follow once the panel concludes deliberations.
In Milton Mills New Hampshire a neighbor recalls a tiger owning family visiting for provisions and rest. Years later the mother cat Pussy crossed Maine soil with two kittens to reach the aunt in New Hampshire despite dogs and a bridge. Both Mrs Greenlaw and Mrs Davis attest to the cat’s bold trek and sightings at their homes.
In a town a Maltese cat taunts two bulldogs from a fenced back porch. The owner did nothing. The cat seized a dog, rode it like a circus ride, and returned triumphant while the dogs continued to ignore her.
Miss Clara F. Spear recalls her red haired cat Rob Roy who spared a sparrow after catching it then accepted a chicken wing as reward. She reflects on her own guilt for eating a chicken that day. Malden address appears at end.
Frances and her devoted yellow cat Klondyke patroled the chicken yard during a storm. Klon leaped ahead and growled, shielding her from nocturnal danger as she followed with a flashlight.
A reader from Boston asserts a cat can show loyalty beyond fear and comforts, recounting a tale of a cat bravely facing a towering enemy to protect its beloved. The note is signed Lucia Bosley from 95 Newbury Street.
Daisy F. Small recalls her pet Billy who lived nineteen years from kitten to senior. The cat learned to sit up for food, mothered a kitten, rode electric trains, and purred through trains and city crowds. Billy died peacefully in August, at age nineteen.
A Boston widow who feeds neighborhood cats is befriended by a neighbor's big black cat. The cat repeatedly brings one of three drowned-forgotten kittens to the widow, placing it at her feet before taking it back. The neighbor explains the cat chose the kitten to save it from being drowned. ANNA PHILLIPS. 76 Harrison avenue, Boston.
Otto Zander an enemy alien was found at work in a Charlestown navy yard building and placed under surveillance by navy yard police officer A J Tansey after being seen acting suspiciously. He had worked in the yard two days earlier and lives in Medford. he must report daily to U S Marshal Mitchell.
The Special Aid Society requests $8,000 to seed funds for the 301st Infantry then forming at Camp Devens Massachusetts. Each of 15 companies gets $500 and the regiment $500 for comforts barrack amusements magazines games and rations add to band operations. Boston and nearby towns should contribute to Mary I Murdock treasurer 142 Berkeley Street care Special Aid Society EDITH G WENDELL president nearly $6,000 received so far.
Y M C A announces a national drive for a 24 million dollar war fund to aid camp work at home and abroad. In Boston the campaign plans include 100 plus chairmen and a seven day push from November 11 to 19 with house to house canvassing if needed. Lewis A. Crossett reports on overseas Y M C A efforts and a Symphony Hall meeting with Senator Lodge and John R. Mott as speakers.
The Catholic archdiocese held Feast of All Souls services with masses at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and a 3 p.m. Confraternity meeting. Additional masses were said at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with a 5:30 a.m. start and a solemn high mass at 8 a.m. A Holy Hour devotion occurred 8 to 9 p.m. About 1800 attended the St James services concluding a double novena led by Rev. Philip J. O'Donnell for the departed and for sailors’ safety.
Vice-Admiral Montague FE Brown of the British navy inspected the naval radio school at Harvard yesterday. Lieutenant Ayer greeted him as about 1500 students were lined up for the inspection. Earlier he attended luncheon at the Harvard Club and hosted a dinner for friends last night.
An advertisement extols Plant Juice as a rejuvenating elixir for aging readers. It cites widespread fame since its Boston debut, and features a testimonial from P. H. Blanchard of East Bridgewater praising relief from digestion and fatigue. The Plant Juice man attends Houghton & Dutton Drug Department daily to promote the remedy.
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