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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
4
The man, in the country for ten years, refused to tell police his name. He was brought to the police court late yesterday and is detained on a $1500 bond.
Edward H. Peabody longtime editor of the Lawrence Eagle died at his Rockland home age 78. He retired from newspaper work in 1900s and was widely known in New England press circles.
John Quincy Adams Brackett former Massachusetts governor is returning home for Thanksgiving. He has been hospitalized for weeks with a weak knee but feels grateful to eat dinner with his family tomorrow and rest his foot in his chair.
The interviewee recalls growing up in Bradford New Hampshire during Thanksgiving as the major family holiday and compares old time meals with modern customs. He notes the lack of certain holidays and fondly describes grandmother's kitchen, mince pies and plum pudding, and sweet cider shared with an old school chum through yearly cider barrels. He explains his June-centered life milestones and the transition from Thanksgiving to June as his happiest time.
A Post representative confirms plans to go home tomorrow. Mrs Brackett has the turkey basted and the chicken pie prepared at 9 Pleasant Street Arlington. Mr Brackett expresses gratitude as the family readies Thanksgiving dinner.
Mayor Curley urged the War Department to authorize Boston to build a high pressure water station at Summer Street Extension and Dorchester Avenue in Fort Point Channel. Commissioner Edward Murphy noted six miles of pipe await Washington approval and proposed using a fire boat to supply power in emergencies to protect the business district.
The Bay State Street Railway Company tells Wakefield Selectmen all-night cars to Wakefield will end after this Saturday night due to low patronage. The company says the three week trial lost money.
Cardinal O Connell for Archdiocese of Boston purchased land on the Cavanagh Farm at Hough s Neck over 100000 square feet as the site for the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The current church will be replaced by a larger building with Rev Mark Madden to serve as pastor.
Four class teams will debate next week at Harvard. The series topic asks if it is in the United States best interests to lend economic and financial aid to the European belligerents.
Boston street car men’s union officers say they are indifferent on whether the Supreme Judicial Court ruling declaring the nine hour law for railroad employees unconstitutional should apply to the nine in eleven hour law enacted after a vigorous campaign by carmen organizations.
Thomas Shine and Frank McCarthy predict strong union resolve among carmen and railway workers to resist rollbacks in hours. They say state law and federal decisions underscore the push to organize for shorter, stable shifts across steam and electric railroads. The AFL stance echoes Gompers’ San Francisco convention emphasis on limiting working hours.
President Gompers urged labor to resist federal eight hour day bills. He warned politics cannot guarantee workers relief and favored organized industrial pressure to cut hours in specific trades. He argued Supreme Court rulings show such legislation may be unconstitutional.
Thousands of Jews across Greater Boston observe Thanksgiving with services in synagogues and temples. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Massachusetts hosts events at North Russell Street Synagogue for immigrants in care and self supporting. Congressman Peter J. Tague and other leaders speak as Isaac Heller presides. A union service at Temple Mishkan Tefila includes four major local congregations with rabbinic speakers from Temple Israel Temple Ohabel Shalom Adath Jeshurun and Mishkan Tefila.
A feature in the next Sunday Post Magazine profiles a cucumber magnate who earns sixty thousand dollars annually. The article highlights his business, methods, and market influence in fresh produce.
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