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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
8
Medill McCormick, Illinois congressman, returns from Europe urging heavy guns and abundant ammunition to protect American soldiers. He argues superior firepower and strong rear support reduce casualties and praises U S troops in France under Pershing.
In Superior Court equity session, Bessie V. Sprague sought contempt against her husband Ira M. Sprague for unpaid alimony. Sprague testified his business was poor and he could not pay the weekly alimony of 33.50 awarded previously, while his wife described destitution and health issues. Judge Fox declined jail but ordered an execution for 62 dollars.
Francis McKenna was sentenced by Judge Day in South Boston to three months in the house of correction for assaulting Patrolman John R. Boots of the Athens street station Saturday evening. He also faces a $5 fine for using profane language near the Dorchester street station.
The Davis Ice Cream Company of Cambridge was found guilty on two counts of possessing ice cream below standard by Judge Joseph H. Barnes in East Boston District Court. A $10 fine was imposed on each count. Inspector Fred L. Marion of the State Board of Health filed the complaint.
In New Castle Pennsylvania on November 15 a deputy sheriff posse and state constabulary tracked four bandits who robbed A D Farrell superintendent of G W Johnson Limestone Co after wounding him and killing an employee. One suspect was found dead in bushes near the scene as authorities recovered $9700.
A posse shot another bandit hiding in a tree a mile from the crime scene. Two robbers carried 9700 dollars from the Farrell auto. Superintendent Farrell with Tony Sack and George McBride were fired on 10 miles west while en route to Hillsville to pay Johnson company employees. Sack was killed, McBride escaped, and the four robbers fled with four pay envelopes.
A stylish double breasted belt around coat features slash pockets and cuff sleeves priced at nineteen dollars and fifty cents.
New England roads led by New Haven and Boston & Maine plan passenger fare rises as part of combined rate hikes. The petitions seek higher mileage and edges for several ticket types amid rising fuel steel and tax costs, with hearings set in Boston next week.
An 11-year-old Dorchester boy, Richard G. Graham Jr., was struck on Columbia road by an unknown truck while returning from a church mission and suffered a fractured skull. He is at City Hospital on the dangerous list as police seek the vehicle and driver. two trucks were reported in the area near the time of the accident.
John Bowdoin of 24 Washburn Street, delivering for the Clearing House Parcel Delivery Co, swerved to avoid Christina Thompson, 10, crossing Dorchester Avenue. His auto struck a building at 1077 Dorchester, smashing a window and injuring Christina with a broken nose. Bowdoin's quick action kept the child from being crushed.
Thomas A. Edison proposes converting over a million tons of American sailing ships into steamers. He suggests twin screws to handle hull strain and boost speed, and will discuss details with Rear Admiral Capps of the Emergency Fleet Corporation for potential engineering study.
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