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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1916
Page
2
In Chicago the 12 member Diet Squad reported a net five pound gain after four days on a 40 cent daily menu. The group aims to prove nourishing meals can be affordable during the high cost of living. They began a two week test last Wednesday and remain confident of success.
The New York Chamber of Commerce reports the United Kingdom tops October imports with 14.5 million dollars, followed by the East Indies 11.6 million, Brazil 9.1 million, Cuba 8.8 million, France 7.65 million, and Argentina 5.24 million.
Colonel Stover of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment appeals to Jewish Americans to back an adequate national defence. The address occurred at West End YMHA, 47 Mt. Vernon street, during a reception for Jewish soldiers who served on the Mexican border. More than 1000 people attended, including about 100 uniformed soldiers.
Over 80 Boston residents gathered at Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zion Church to mark the 15th anniversary of the Guardian. The publication began on Nov. 9, 1901. Speakers included William D. Brigham E L Morris Moorfield Storey Willam H. Lewis and others. A poem by George R. Margetson and music by James Onley J Sherman Jones Susie Jones and Elmer B. Paine accompanied the event.
Police seek identity of touring car driver after it struck William H. Munroe of Brockton and a woman near Tremont and Winter streets at about 10:30 last night. Munroe a severe scalp wound sent to Relief Hospital. Woman companion uninjured. Car fled. license not learned.
The renovated chapel at Charlestown State Prison opened yesterday with Mass at 9 o’clock celebrated by Chaplain Rev. M. J. Murphy. Sermon by Rev. William H. Grant of SS Peter and Paul Church, South Boston. A 10 30 general service followed with Rev. William Bradley Whitney officiating. repairs were done under an expert architect directing a crew of 15 inmates.
Governor McCall and state dignitaries will be among invited guests at a grand military ball under the Massachusetts Naval Militia. The January 6 event follows a string of Saturday dances, the first set for December 2, all at the Naval Battalion Armory in the Mechanics building.
Firefighters rescued seven horses as a blaze swept the sales stable of William B. Vincent at 434 Somerville Avenue Somerville. The cause is undetermined and damage totals about 500 dollars.
A small Villa band of raiders seized a foothold near Santa Rio de Guadalupe church and were dispersed by cavalry fire. The night held tense expectation, and early reports say Villa arrived by car within three miles of the city, his auto shelled but he escaped.
Mrs Florence Kelley former National Consumers League secretary urged a full hour for lunch and shorter working hours in an Union Forum address. She argued that leisure boosts efficiency and employer attention to worker welfare should rise.
Miss Thompson describes American leadership in French medical work, with Americans directing care for the wounded at La Chapelle and hospital services in France. She notes French fortitude, wartime hardships, tuberculosis escalation, and mixed sentiment toward Americans and the Allied effort. The piece ends with the story of Robert Warren, a Rhodes scholar, who cannot sail home due to illness and is left to die in France.
At the archiepiscopal residence Cardinal Gibbons presented the red cap to Countess Spottiswood-Mackin, a papal countess of Paris and New York, as a memento on the Federation of Catholic Alumnae convention closing day. The reception welcomed about a thousand women.
Cardinal Gibbons greeted the Countess Spottiswood Mackin at a reception after a solemn high mass at the Cathedral. He removed his red zucchetta and gave it to her, promising an autographed photograph later. The event closed the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae convention with tours and teas.
Several hundred members of the Boston Postal District Clerks Branch welcomed National President Frank L. Rogers of Chicago at a meeting in Intercolonial Hall. Rogers discussed postal legislation since 1907 and proposals for Congress, urging action on the Martine bill and a measure for superannuated clerks. State and local officials spoke, including Fitzgerald of Lynn Rigby of Fall River Gallagher of New York B. J. Rorke and C C Leach Attleboro.
Prescott Abbott a Brockton street railway starter credits Var-ne-sis with relief after four years of rheumatic arthritis. He details knee and shoulder pain, difficulties walking, and eventual freedom from rheumatism. An exhibition of wheelchairs and crutches accompanies the Boston office display at 140 Boylston Street. Var-ne-sis is advertised with a call to action.
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