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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
2
Mse Serumevey presents double breasted coats with patch pockets and satin linings priced at 19.50. Coats come in gray brown black plaid and cheviot with satin yokes and piped seams. Government orders blankets from overcoats while civilian supply remains limited and pricier. Photographs illustrate a few models on sale.
The R F White Co sale promotes coats as superior in quality and value due to low operating costs. It urges customers to buy here next Spring, citing plans for materials, styles, and new customers. Includes No 2 double breasted box coat with patch pockets and self or velvet collar.
The Post Office will forward packages for civilians with American expeditionary forces in Europe as if they were part of the uniformed service. Previously postmasters refused such mail, prompting complaints. Washington clarifies that the order covering soldiers and troops includes all army civilians.
Secretary Baker announced a reduction of the minimum age for students in the third officers training camp from 21 years to 2 years 9 months. The camp opens in January for enlisted men and aims to admit those who will be 21 at the end of three months of training.
Officers of the United Improvement Association repudiated a Wednesday night vote endorsing Mayor Curley for re election calling the move illegal and unconstitutional and a political trick to gain a point for Curley at the expense of the association and all it stands for.
Acting chairman Benjamin C. Lane says city hall employees crowded a second meeting to push an endorsement for Mayor Frank W. Merrick, who chaired the session in Lane's absence. The vote 382 to 9 was called after adjournment, viewed as a political trick harming the improvement association and its records.
Washington November 8 The Postmaster General announced the appointment of Christopher Relising as division superintendent railway mail service first division at Boston effective November 16.
Close followers of school committee affairs report that Michael H. Corcoran and Richard J. Lane entering the race for committee seats signals a broader move to remove Superintendent Franklin B. Dyer. They blame Mayor Curley for backing the newcomers as control shifts toward Jeremiah E. Burke. Corcoran is a former committee chairman. Bogan remains in service abroad while nom papers are filed.
Harriet Payne Crane and Cora Walker, injured in the Back Bay crash that involved George Babe Ruth, were discharged from City Hospital and taken to their homes. Crane, who was with Ruth, had scalp wounds. Ruth escaped injury.
An old advertisement promises a single cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. EH W GROVE'S signature appears on each box. Price listed as 30c.
Washington, Nov. 8. The fuel administration will restrict electricity for lighted advertising signs after the fuel office clarifies a legal point. A recommended plan curtails sign lighting in the early evening in large cities to reduce peak demand as transit systems run at capacity.
As electric demand dips from peak rush hours to normal levels, utility data show lower coal consumption for power generation. Experts say shifting consumption patterns reduce strain on the grid and improve efficiency.
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