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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1916
Page
8
In New Haven Taft spoke to over 1000 munitions workers at Winchester Arms. His lone sentence to the crowd was "Workers of the Winchester Arms Company" before boos and cries of "We want Wilson" drowned his speech.
George M. Curtis Democrat and assistant New York corporation counsel led a large workers rally nearby and, upon news of Taft's trouble, rushed to Taft's car rostrum. He urged silence and said he spoke for Woodrow Wilson and urged Americans to give Taft due dignity as a former president.
An old advisory urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleanse for children with constipation. It claims the syrup is harmless, aids recovery, and should be purchased in a 50-cent bottle from Seas Fig Syrup Company with full directions.
Scituate's fight over a proposed soldiers' monument went to Boston yesterday as Grand Army veterans and members of the Woman's Relief Corps joined Thomas W. Lawson and his daughter Miss Jean Lawson at the equity motion session of the Superior Court, before Judge Ix.
A Boston hearing on Silas Peirce and 11 citizens injunction against awarding a 10000 monument contract to James Craig was postponed. Petitioners allege design flaws and land ownership issues, while monument backers push for Craig and oppose delay. Judge Fox set the next session for 2 p.m. Friday.
Mayor Curley announced the Strandway project contract to the New York State Dredging Company for 803 180 dollars, a reduction of 26 6 million from the initial lowest bid.
Fire started in the battery room of a large garage and swept into the Hotel Dinsdale in Newport. About 30 guests fled as gasoline tanks exploded. 40 cars in the garage were damaged except five saved. Two cottages under construction also suffered damage, with total losses estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars.
The Eighth Massachusetts Infantry returned from four months away as federal soldiers. They paraded through Boston with Lt Col Perry, were reviewed by Mayor Curley and Governor McCall, and were greeted by local units. Crowds of school children and veterans lines streets in Salem Everett and Cambridge, with a planned Military Day in Cambridge and furloughs granted until early morning.
The Jonathan Whittemore house on Massachusetts avenue, an 189% era farm house, is slated for demolition to make way for modern structures. Located near Alewife Brook close to the Somerville line, it is said to be the town’s oldest residence.
A hunter found a skeleton behind the Hillo way farm on Walnut Street. Medical Examiner Dr A K Paine said the remains are of a young woman about three years dead with violent evidence on the bone but no wounds. Mrs Jabez Hibbard believes the bones may be her missing husband, despite the examiner’s conclusion.
Ignace Paderewski and a relief delegation urged President Wilson to include a Thanksgiving Day appeal urging aid to war victims in Europe. The group met at Shadow Lawn and believed the request would be considered, with the president already likely weighing such a measure.
Orrin Libby of Gray appeared in Municipal Court on arson allegations for setting fire to the Varney property in East Windham. Hearing postponed to November. Bail set at 5000 dollars. Libby, a crippled man, reportedly clashed with his wife who had moved to her father’s home.
Miss M H K Vickery and Mrs Quincy A Shaw were chosen as delegates to the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association state convention. Alternates named were Mrs Oscar Gallagher and Mrs Nelson H Armington. The meeting was hosted by the Jamaica Plain Kanal Suffrage League at 55 Aldworth Street Jamaica Plain.
The funeral for Elizabeth S. Gleason an 18 year old Radcliffe student who died Saturday from infantile paralysis was held from her parents home at 4 Rockland Street Roxbury The death was announced at chapel at the college by Dean Boody and surprised the student body
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