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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1914
Page
3
Moosie the Boston Lodge mascot of the Moose fraternal order was buried in Putnam Connecticut after a reckless auto road incident ended the activities of the dog beloved by Moosers nationwide.
A Boston Moose Lodge initiates ceremonies as the mascot Moosie dies at age three in the care of Kenneth Kennedy. A special coffin and silk pillow accompany the body from South Station to Putnam Connecticut for burial under a drizzling rain. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy and lodge officials attend the funeral and flowers cover the pine coffin at the grave site.
An advertisement extols Poslam soap and ointment as cures for eczema and various skin diseases. It claims merit, rapid relief after one overnight application, and improved skin health, urging readers to buy it from their druggists or request a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
London Nov 15 The death of Field Marshal Earl Roberts at the British expeditionary force headquarters in France was sudden. He had left England Wednesday with his daughter Lady Aileen Roberts and Major Lewin, and appeared in good health during the Channel crossing and on the continent. He was about to return home when he died.
Earl Roberts dies in his sleep after a day touring British bases and reviewing Indian troops. Medical staff called as his chest troubles worsened. his death prompts national mourning with tributes from churches and Field Marshal Sir John French. The army in France shares the grief and notes his passing near the troops he loved.
England in grief after Field Marshal Earl Roberts dies of pneumonia on the French front. King George VI and Queen Mary send condolences to Lady Roberts and daughters Lady Aileen Mary and Lady Ada Edwina Stewart. Public funeral plans at St Pauls are under consideration but may be private per Lady Roberts wishes.
Paris papers honor the late Lord Roberts detailing his famed campaigns in Lucknow, Lahore, Afghanistan, and the Transvaal. They praise his sterling qualities as a soldier and man and note his death in France will be mourned as in England.
The Rev Samuel R Maxwell of the New Second Church of Boston spoke on The Church Today and urged a modern church that uses good from all sources. A parish kindergarten operated during services and the Sunday school met at 9 45 for the first time in the new church. Vesper services start December 6.
The Rev. William Bradley Whitney, Protestant chaplain at the State prison, accepted a call to become pastor of Hill Memorial Baptist Church in Allston. He will continue prison duties with an assistant at the church.
A Vienna dispatch reported by Central News from Berlin says the Austrian general staff ordered an offensive with full force against the Servians to end the Balkan phase before winter and free troops for action against Russia.
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