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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
8
In the upcoming Post Magazine, a profile highlights several clerks advancing in their careers. The piece spotlights their daily duties, rising responsibilities, and the broader impact on office workflows. Names and specific roles are cited, with context on career paths.
Bids failed to meet the 7 800 000 dollar cap set by Congress for hulls and machinery Nos 43 and 44. With private bids exceeding the limit construction may shift to government yards at New York and Philadelphia. The New York yard and Philadelphia yard proposed under 7 million dollars each for steam electric drives. Mare Island offered 7 413 156 for turbine ships as next lowest.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Company led with four alternate proposals likely exceeding the 7 8 million ceiling while New York Shipbuilding Company and Newport News Shipbuilding Company also submitted modified bids. Secretary Daniels eyed reductions and possibly expanding two more government yards as European demand drives higher costs. Armor bids shows Carnegie at 425 per ton for first class armor.
Testimony details Mrs Burns buying cyanide in Laconia and using dream cards to plan actions. Factual witnesses include Dr Bancroft an alienist who found her sane, and relatives recount jealous fits and forced exits from Burns, with Mrs Louis DeMeritt describing a warned three week leave or danger. The defense and prosecution prepare for jury deliberation by Tuesday.
Popolo Italia claims Austria proposed a separate peace to Italy as its offensive began and offered territorial concessions. The Salandra cabinet reportedly refused to consider the terms.
At noon yesterday in Goddard Chapel, President Hermon Carey Bumpus of Tufts and Jackson announced the annual academic honors to students of both institutions. The ceremony united Tufts and Jackson in presenting honors to distinguished scholars.
Daniel Ross McJannet of Medford is named commencement speaker for the liberal arts. Alice Mae Cotton of Arlington represents Jackson on the platform. Thomas Christopher Coleman represents the Engineering School and Thomas Montgomery Mark represents the Crane Theological School. Scholarships go to Henry A Stafford, Christine B Noyes, Ruth Burbank, Sidney H Werner, Elbert W Whippen, Bertrand E Green, plus a chemistry award to Cireen Green with Tufts Chemical Society noted.
St Marys Church in North Find hosts a Holy Hour with relic blessing of St Rita led by Rev Henry Leary SJ from 7 4 to 8 45 pm. Rev W J Conway SJ rector will preach Advent sermons on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning this year with a novena to the Immaculate Conception from Nov 9 to Dec 7 daily noon prayers. Roxbury hosts St Josephs Alumni Association first reunion at Hibernian Hall with Gov Walsh and Mayor Curley attending on Nov 2 marking the school anniversary. Cathedral Holy Cross holds 8 oclock mass for Confraternity members and Holy Hour from 9 to 9 pm. Rev Richard Splaine aids in Advent sermons at St Augustine s South Boston with a life of St John the Baptist talk. Married and single men of Our Lady of Lourdes attend.
Beachmont parish mission ends next Sunday as Oblate Fathers wrap up a highly successful campaign in the district. Leaders praise large attendance and anticipate a papal blessing at the finale.
Paris reports a warm welcome in Athens for French cabinet minister Denys Cochin on a special mission. An overnight crowd lined streets to cheer him from the station to the hotel and again from the balcony at his lodging, ending with the Marseillaise sung by revelling citizens.
The National Grange Patrons of Husbandry held its annual convention in Oakland, electing Oliver Wilson of Peoria Illinois as master W H Vary of Watertown New York as overseer Edward K E Chapman of Ludlow Massachusetts as lecturer Mrs Evan S McDowell of Wellesley Massachusetts as treasurer and C M Freeman of Tippecanoe City Ohio as secretary.
The American bark Andrew Welch arrived at Christiania after being towed by the steamer Russland. The ship sailed from San Francisco August 19 bound for Halstead Sweden and was boarded by a British lieutenant and five patrol crew off the Shetland Islands. A storm forced the vessel toward the Norwegian coast where towing was completed. Owned by George W. McNear of San Francisco the Andrew Welch carried a cargo of beans consigned to Norwegian firms.
Earl A. Smith of 645 S Grant Ave Los Angeles says a simple home recipe cured his drinking problem after two costly treatments failed. The plan uses water with muriate of ammonia Vartex Compound and pepsin to be taken a teaspoonful three times daily, discreet in beverages or food.
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