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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
2
Providence Nov 11 Charles Clark of Stillwater whose neck was broken Oct 10 will be discharged from Rhode Island Hospital tomorrow or Friday as cured. He was unconscious for several days after the accident.
The 15th annual banquet of the Canadian Club of Boston will be at Parker House tomorrow evening. Dr Archibald MacMechan of Dalhousie University Halifax and the Hon George M Hall industrial commissioner from Edmonton Alberta will be the guests. A reception at 6 30 will precede the banquet.
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston defeated the GOP machine to become auditor of the Commonwealth spending only 375 dollars. The piece notes other campaign costs for nearby politicians and suggests Cook’s victory was achieved with a tiny budget and broad public appeal. It mentions several candidates and their expenditures and ends by promoting a magazine feature.
Mayor Curley vetoed an $8000 Washington Park convenience station and warned that deficits will hit nearly every city department by year end. The city’s $148000 reserve fund will be drained for charities and corrections, with Deer Island and Rainesford Island commitments rising costs. Widow’s pension actions also threaten $70000, while Deer Island, Charles Street jail, and police salaries push deficits higher.
The new lunch room at Somerville High School opened yesterday and was well patronized with an estimated 1000 pupils fed during recess. All meals were cooked by girls from the vocational school and members of the household arts class.
Mayor Curley says motorizing the three large Boston water towers will save the city about $1,000,000 over the next four years. He authorized Fire Commissioner Grady yesterday to carry out the plan as part of the broader fire department modernization.
The Mayor proposes shrinking Boston’s firefighting force by one sixth after motorized apparatus replace horses. He argues vacancies will remain unfilled, crews can be 10 men instead of 12, and horses no longer need handlers. He notes 160 positions at about 1400 dollars yearly would be saved.
More prisoners were on Deer Island yesterday than ever before with thirteen hundred registered. At the Charles Street jail the count was unusually large, signaling a historic peak in inmate population.
Clarence Eatles of 26 Pleasant Street Medford is confined at home with a fractured leg after being struck by a car at Washington and Park Streets Medford last night. Police say the boy ran into the path of the auto and was hit before brakes could stop the vehicle.
Miss Clara Truglio of Chelsea formerly of Cooper Street North End testifies in Superior Civil Court seeking $10000 for assault and malicious prosecution. She recounts a year ago Fielli visited her Cooper Street apartment and was accused of tapping her face and provoking a shooting incident. The case continues.
Official returns from half of Montana counties show 23 137 for and 21 547 against the woman suffrage amendment reporting in Helena on November 11.
An advertisement for an Internal Bath touts the J. B. L. Cascade as cleansing the Lower Intestine and solving 95 percent of illnesses. It cites Dr. endorsement and a testimonial from Mr. Wm. A. Anderson of Rockland Mass. Promoters offer a booklet at New England drug stores.
President Wilson spoke at the Arlington National Cemetery statue unveiling for General Philip Kearney. He said war is noble only in causes and the character it reveals, praising Kearney as a model of American valor and noting many others share those qualities. He also mentioned college humorous periodicals and a new feature in the next Sunday Post.
Washington November 11 Charles S Robinson of Roxbury Maine ran for Congress on the Republican ticket and filed a report saying he received nothing promised nothing expended nothing got nothing. Richard Olney of Boston, elected to the House, reported contributions of 123 dollars and campaign expenditures of 1048 dollars.
Carry Dys-pep-lets for stomach relief wherever you go. A box is advertised as inexpensive and prompt acting. The note claims a good-sized bus could be bought for a quarter from a druggist. Advil is referenced as contrast.
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