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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1917
Page
2
In Steep Falls, Maine a freight train struck a carriage killing one woman and injuring another. Mrs Rob ert Ridlon is dying and Mrs Charles Sanborn has both hips broken and is in critical condition. The collision occurred this afternoon about 20 miles from Portland.
Fifteen mayors were elected in Pennsylvania on non partisan tickets today. Seven had no opposition and they each received more than 15 percent of the vote at the primary election.
Federal talks seek to acquire Long Island as a base hospital site. If sold, Mayor Curley plans a model West Roxbury community with 500 two room cottages on the old parental school grounds for island infirmary and almshouse residents now cared for by the city.
The plan envisions adding 500 cottages to the current 400 capacity on the parental school grounds. While new homes are built, elderly residents could be housed in city leased structures such as the former Little Wanderers Home in West Newton Street or the House of the Angel Guardian in Ruggles Street. The model cottages would allow impoverished couples to live together in happiness near old friends.
The food administration promised ample Thanksgiving turkeys at reasonable prices. Cold storage stocks are large and will be sold under the food control act to prevent hoarding. With more product on the market, consumers may soon see abundant supply at fair prices.
J Barton Payne of Chicago became chief counsel of the Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation. He had been counsel for the shipbuilding wage adjustment board, which has set a wage scale for Pacific coast shipyards.
Washington November 6 hearings opened on the anthracite phase of a 15 percent rail rate increase before Examiner Cisque. The proposed rise covers shipments into Central Freight Association territory from Buffalo to Chicago with no mine to city or Southern-point changes. Carriers say the raise would yield about 9 million dollars. Jackson Michigan’s John C. Graham testified as the sole shipper witness, noting current rates already high but declining to testify further.
HH A Taylor general counsel for Erie led a railroad committee arguing for higher rates to maintain service and a fair return. L H Kentfield of New Haven and George H Waton of Boston & Maine added statements. Proposed increases include 15 cents per ton across the trunk line, 5 cents to New York tidewater, 2.5 cents on prepared sizes, 20 cents on small sizes to New England, plus 25 cents per ton additional in unspecified segments.
Theodora Dunham of New York, back from France where she served as a motor truck driver for the American Fund for French Wounded, spoke to a full Huntington Hall audience about her experiences with wounded French soldiers. French songs by Mary Fay accompanied the event, while Back Bay girls conducted fundraising for the same fund.
The Fenmore M B Club held its inaugural banquet in the Japanese gardens at the Quincy House. Morris Bronstein, owner of the Fenway Fenmore Apartments, attended and was praised for his fair attitude toward members. Officers include William Hill president John Grant vice president William Crockett treasurer J Cursie secretary and a general committee of Samuel Thorne Samuel Rowland and Duncan Kelly.
In Suffolk County Probate Court a petition to allow Mrs Augusta E Corbins will alleges 1.276 million in public bequests and a next of kin absence. Three first cousins F Sly Jones Reuben Sly and George W Sly appear to contest. Boston University named residuary legatee and 550000. Homeopathic Hospital 100000. Corbin widow of Chester C Corbin, shoe magnate of Webster, died 1903.
Licensed officers of the Merchant Marine met with United States Shipping Recruiting Service officials at the Chamber of Commerce to create an advisory committee. Henry Howard will chair the group, which will include representatives from each licensed officers' association on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes.
The common house cat, Felis Domestica, rises from Nubian and Abyssinian origins. Antiquarians show early worship and ceremonial burial for cats, then later accusations of Satanic links. In modern France, Pussy is depicted near Liberty in art.
A Forest Hills resident describes creating a soap box elevator for a small gray and white cat named Toodles. The device lets the cat go between floors, with the cat signaling thanks by rubbing the rope as it sits on the piazza rail.
In a Swiss Chalet in Southern California a fire broke out while the mistress slept. Sunny Jim woke her by crying and pulling at the bed clothes, guiding 16 to 18 residents to safety before the roof collapsed. A young woman rescuing an Angora cat and kittens was buried. The cat’s actions are argued to deserve a Carnegie medal. LOIS J PALMER Bath Me.
A Worcester resident recalls a bold 14 pound cat that pestered for its morning meal by rubbing against its owner's neck and rolling over. The narrator mentions a nearby river where the cat Teddy fished minnows with their paws, as they walked and caught fish to feed the cat.
A Maine vacation return brings a gray angora kitten named Peter. While the daughter cleans piano keys, the cat taps notes across the keyboard, then poses proudly, signaling that the animal is a house musician after a brief performance.
Mrs W Hart of 151 Stanwood Street Dorchester recalls choosing punishment after Peter damaged a piano by scratching its cover to try to open it. Her remark frames a sudden end to his musical career and the dilemma between a pet and an instrument.
Babe an 11 year old tiger cat excels at stunts with pride. He waits by the cows when milk is coming and taps us with a gentle scratch if ignored. He leaps through hoops and enjoys a rubber boat run for meat or scraps from a glass jar. Amos E Blood, Lunenburg Vermont.
A Black Angora cat wanders into a home in Brookline and captures a mouse after chasing it through a kitchen door. The cat proves clever by bringing a bird to the doorstep and eliminating a rat nest that troubled neighbors near Crownlinshield road.
An Atlantic port report states the first Scandinavian passenger steamship to reach America from Norway in several months arrived with 1207 passengers, sailing via Halifax.
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