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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
5
The New York Central lines will force employees aged 70 or older to retire on January 1 and accept a pension. The plan, extending to 100,000 staff across all departments, costs about $500,000 annually. Eligibility requires 10 years continuous service. The Boston and Albany road is included in the affected system.
The railroad outlines a pension based on 1 percent for each year of service up to 10 years and varying percentages for longer service, with early retirement possible for unfit workers. W. J. Fripp notes seven years of consideration and anticipation that many employees will retire with income under the new system.
City committees discussed candidates for mayor and city council with Nathan Matthews as chairman of the school committee and city council panel. Five of nine slate spots are filled with Attridge O’Hare Ballantyne Hale and McCabe named. Good Government Association endorsement anticipated but denies election guidance.
In a Post interview Mayor Hibbard defies enemies and defends his administration. He calls himself the reform candidate and promises to open city books to any impartial experts appointed by the Good Government Association or other citizen bodies and to abide by their findings.
Broadcloth and cheviots in fall cuts and fashionable colors priced at 15 dollars per yard. An all wool collection finished with silk and fancy buttons offered at 4.98 dollars.
The Boston mayor vows to stay in the fight but would step aside if a panel from the Good Government Association or similar citizens group finds mismanagement. He says full access to city books will be granted and urges an immediate expert investigation, with endorsements and registration changes noted.
Matthew Cummings is a candidate for mayor. A Langham Hotel meeting formed the Cummings campaign committee with 160 nomination papers distributed and 2764 signatures reported. Labor groups from Boston attended as signatures rise toward 4500 to 5000 on remaining papers.
The Cambridge Y M C A launches a $150,000 campaign to complete new quarters. Last night $15,000 was raised in one minute from three donors, each giving $5,000. Seth Sears president of the Cambridge Y M C A, Stillman F. Kelly Boston banker, and Henry D. Yerxa Cambridge merchant contributed.
Chelsea Y M C A members rally to raise 66000 to replace the burning building. Ten fundraising teams push toward the target as the tally stands at 38500 last night with teams determined to win.
Mrs Allen F Read collapsed in court during the trial for attempting to extort $100000 from Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps and threatening dynamite death. She lies near death at her sister Miss Jennie Campbell's home, with the trial likely suspended until her recovery.
The Prospect Club of Winthrop to host a select dancing party in Wadsworth Hall Winthrop Centre. Allan J Edwards leads the floor with Daniel J McDonald assisting and Wilbur A Marsh as chief of aids with a roster of aides including John Mulloy Albert Gellis George McDonald Harry McDonald Alton E Thompson Albert Richardson Adolah Roseneau.
A second airship room opened at the 1915 Boston Exposition in the old Art Museum to showcase an aero show without equal in the country. It features large working models of ten aircraft types tracing aerial progress from early beginnings to modern development, including the Curtiss biplane prize winner and Wright brothers machines among others.
Miss Mary Jane Kennedy daughter of William J Kennedy of Brookline elopes with William Hurst Whittaker a 20 year old cashier and bookkeeper from Brookline Village. They travel to Providence where they were married yesterday morning.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy like remedy to end dyspepsia, heartburn, gas, sour stomach and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes and promotes a 50 cent case from any druggist for complete stomach comfort and improved appetite.
Victor H. Whittaker, a notable shoe manufacturer, and his wife are central. Mrs. Whittaker, a handsome Brookline Roxbury social figure, eloped without her father's knowledge. He learned of the marriage only after a Post reporter informed him and expressed bitter disapproval.
An early advertisement touts Gold Dust as a labor saver that halves housework by handling the hard cleaning tasks. It cleans virtually all surfaces including clothes, dishes, floors, woodwork, refrigerators, bathrooms, sinks, and pipes, claiming superior performance to soap and other cleaners.
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