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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
7
Stratton D. Brooks, superintendent of Boston schools, replied yesterday to a critical remark from the mayor. He defended district policies and affirmed commitment to improving city education.
A Moose lodge public notice outlines a non sectarian non political fraternal benefit plan. Members and families receive seven dollars weekly sickness or accident coverage a one hundred dollar funeral benefit free medical attention and a monthly dues of seventy five cents with no assessments. Initiation reduced to five dollars later twenty five dollars examination twenty five cents to order full details and enrollment. Nearly 250 initiated in the past week bringing total to sixteen thousand five hundred as the organization promotes growth and a November initiation event.
In Rome on November 16 the Pope named Archbishop O Connell to the titular Church of St Calixtus linked to the Benedictine monastery. The ancient church, near Sancta Maria in Trastevere, was once held by Cardinal Nocella and later by Cardinal Gibbons. It sits on ground tied to Saint Calixtus and the early church’s redistributions in 740 and 1566.
The ad touts a Red Cross Mattress with a sterilized filling and sanitary process, made in a modern factory by skilled workers. It urges buyers to ask dealers for the Red Cross line, or be referred to one that carries it, and to look for the Red Cross label. Send for booklet. New York Mattress Co. Boston.
Mrs. Margaret Gasper of Cambridge was awarded 2500 by the Superior Civil Court at East Cambridge yesterday in her suit against the Boston Elevated Railway Company for injuries received.
Ex Congressman Littlefield of Maine says his firm’s demand for a certified copy of Governor Foss's campaign expense return was a personal matter, not state politics. Secretary Langtry notes papers may move to the attorney-general for possible action if misreporting is found, with hearings and civil or district attorney referrals as options.
The law creates a vacancy in office if an elected official is found guilty of a willful violation of the corrupt practices act and bars the convict from holding office for three years. It outlines steps starting with the secretary pointing out the violation before conviction.
John Smiley twenty of 25 Morton Street North End was found stabbed near 172 Endicott Street around midnight. He was taken to Relief Hospital in critical condition. Officers Murphy McKenna Nixon arrested 28 year old Gresperio Jeronskis of 172 Endicott Street after the incident. The police say the stabbing grew from a quarrel between the two men.
At 4 North Square and 1 Garden Court in the North End a five story brick tenement caught fire shortly after midnight. Officers Sweetland and McEachren carried out children from smoke filled stairs while residents crowded the front fire escapes. The pair helped multiple occupants leave the burning building.
Emily Holmes a 20 year old girl living at 7 Northampton Street drank iodine in her home last evening in a suicide bid blamed on parental objections to a young man in South Boston. Her mother prohibited the girl from seeing the youth. Emily was found in tears and groaning, rushed to City Hospital where she is stated to be out of danger.
Morning fire log lists incidents across Chestnut Street Revere Street Bowen Street Dix Place and Portland Street with losses ranging from 125 to 20000 dollars. Notable entries include Box 27 069 George Deitz 1090 and Box 700 10 Portland Street involving Rosenfeld Co Lucile Company and others.
The Boston Y M C A contract for a new educational building on Huntington Avenue near the New England Conservatory of Music was signed yesterday in Woodbury & Leighton Company offices. The senior partner signed in the presence of building committee members Jacob P. Bates and Arthur B. Johnson. The contract calls for completion by next fall.
Thomas J. Giblin objects to a Tremont Temple sermon by Rev. Cortland Myers likening him and Bottomley to roosters and dogs. He challenges Myers to a public debate at Faneuil Hall and sends a rooster image as inspiration, defending his rights and criticizing the preacher's remarks.
Advert: TIZ claims to eliminate corns bunions callouses and sweaty feet with first use. Testimonials praise rapid pain relief and long lasting comfort. Sold in drugstores for 25 cents per box or by Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago.
The new Y M C A will rise on Boylston street replacing the old fire damaged structure. Six buildings Administration Association Hall Boys and Educational Natatorium Gymnasium and Vocational form the plan in Italian Renaissance style, occupying 155000 square feet with recreation space on the remainder.
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