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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1916
Page
7
John J. Dillon, commissioner of the State Department of Foods and Markets, urged a central market in New York with direct unload from steamships and rail spur connections as the best way to lower the high cost of living by reducing handling and rehandling of food products.
A disappointed North End couple was lodged in Station 2 for several hours after a clerk at City Hall’s marriage license bureau mistook them for a wanted pair. Orders had been sent to stop the underage couple expected to apply for a license, leading to a wrongful arrest and confusion at Court Square police station.
Two individuals were taken to the station by officers after a chaotic scene. They did not understand English and were terrified, the groom most of all, when the bride's father reclaimed the bride. After hours in the guardroom a Hanover Street sergeant explained they were the wrong people.
Michael Hallice of Arlington was fined for failing to protect a cow kept in a North Street pasture overnight on November 15. The case, brought by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, marked a first in the Somerville Police Court.
Police say burglars who hit the Rudnick building at 324 Harrison Ave Monday night stole clothing from several workshops on the third and fifth floors. Loot exceeds $2000 with 75 to 1000 finished overcoats lost from the Jacob Falkson Manufacturing Co. and other firms.
Edward Kearns six years old of 22 Charles street place Charlestown was struck while crossing Main street opposite Miller street by a truck owned by D. Whiting and Sons and driven by Colin V. McIsaac of 32 Stevens street Stoneham. He was taken to Charlestown Relief Hospital with internal head injuries and possible skull fracture. condition serious.
A reviewer recalls switching from a standard phonograph to the Vocalion Aeolian and discovering dramatic improvements. The device’s Graduola and enhanced natural sound astonish, transforming favorite records like Ave Maria by Eugene Ysaye into a new, expressive experience.
Mayor Curley urged city staff to join the Municipal Credit Union and use cooperative purchasing to fight high living costs. The call came as city employees assembled as members of the credit union to promote affordable essentials.
Boston Mayor Curley unveils a plan for yearly contracts on flour coal and other goods for 14 800 municipal employees. He cites potential savings 140 000 in coal and 67 500 in flour and proposes loans to unpaid workers repaid in weekly installments. The union backs the plan and re elects him president.
Dorchester man touts Plant Juice herbal remedy claiming relief from indigestion, dyspepsia, and related ailments after using the product at Houghton & Dutton store. A machinist, C. A. Brahm of Mountain Avenue, reports complete recovery and urges others to try Plant Juice.
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