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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1916
Page
9
Roger W. Babson, the Wellesley Hills statistician, told a Ford Hall audience that manual labor is parasitic and that wealth grows with less manual work. He argued higher wages require higher productivity and warned minimum wage laws raise prices without efficiency gains.
Miss Susan A. Watson of Winchendon and Miss Edna Semple of Franklin Square House were injured when an automobile driven by Charles V. Douse and owned by Miss Alice L. Powell of 250 Billings Road Wollaston ran wild at Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues Saturday night. Both women are reported resting comfortably.
Colonel William E Craighill of the United States Army engineer corps dies in Washington after illness lasting nearly three months. He directed harbor improvements and fortifications in Boston and Portland and served in the Boxer campaign in China and in the Philippines.
In Bryantville an oil stove bought in Brockton burned a caretaker of cranberry boys at Indian Head Pond. Hugh O'Donnell, 43, unmarried, perished when his shanty was destroyed by the blaze. his body was found amid the ruins.
Rabbi Harry Levi in a sermon titled The Real Tragedy urged America to seize its role as the world’s leading neutral nation to ease the vast distress the world faces. He spoke yesterday at Temple Israel on Commonwealth Avenue.
Andrew T. Hunnewell, manager of the Boston branch of Swift and Co. meat packers, admitted that the packers are reaping a long profit from eggs butter and cheese in cold storage. He said prices would be higher if these supplies had not been held in storage since last spring.
The official contends packers gain long profits from risk if eggs shortages end, while fresh egg prices set market levels and stored eggs keep prices down. He disputes large meat stockpiles in Boston cold storage and says shipments abroad are negligible, with only some Canadian meat awaiting export.
The Roslindale Metropolitan Improvement Association has completed arrangements for a barn party at Cary Hall next Wednesday evening. Proceeds go to fund the Christmas tree celebration for district children. Four prizes will be awarded for best costumes, two for men and two for women. Master Thomas Dunn will ride into the hall on Spig the Mexican burro, dressed as a cowboy, a featured act from the border troops arrival.
Commissioner-general of immigration Anthony Caminetti told an Old South Meeting House audience that immigrants arriving at Boston face poorer education and advancement prospects than those entering via New York and other ports. He praised local officials but faulted Boston station facilities and urged New England groups to press Congress for a new immigration station.
The barge Dunmore, which broke loose from its tug during a gale, was towed to safety as the sea subsided. There was only minor damage. The Dunmore and the Newark, the other barge in the tow by the tug De Witt Co igins, are bound light from Boston for New York.
The schooner William H. Clifford bound from Jamaica for Stamford Connecticut was reported in distress seven miles south of Montauk Point with four feet of water in the hold. The coast guard cutter Acushnet from Wood's Hole Massachusetts was ordered to assist. The Bath Maine vessel carries 10 crew under Captain Stuart and has a net tonnage of 1886.
Fitchburg Mayor Marcus A Coolidge announces Massachusetts contributions totaling 345 toward the 300000 deficit of the Democratic national campaign. Massachusetts share is 12600 with many donors listed. contributions received at 60 State Street Boston.
Pittsfield will enter logging and lumbering to beat coal and plank costs. Watershed trees will be thinned and sawn into cord wood and planks. Cord wood will fuel tar kettles and asphalt mixers, while planks serve city departments. Work begins after sufficient snow in the woods.
Peabody votes in the state election to become a city and will hold its first primary tomorrow under the new charter ahead of the city election on December 19.
Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis received a testimonial of gratitude for his services to the Jewish people on his 60th birthday. The gift bore 8000 signatures from 210 cities and 43 states plus the Panama Canal Zone. A fund is being raised for a Jewish purpose Brandeis will announce soon.
About 400 people heard Moorfield Storey declare in the Columbus A M E Zion Church that any segregation law is unconstitutional and that the end of segregation has come. He argued that no group should be cut off from general society or oppressed by state attitudes toward Black people.
The fishing sloop Resolute, dismasted off Sankaty head Nantucket in a heavy gale Friday, was towed to Vineyard Haven by the coast guard cutter Gresham for repairs tonight.
An advertisement urges readers to make Mentho-Laxene syrup at home claiming it cures colds and coughs, prevents pneumonia, and requires no opiates. It touts a full pint bottle, guarantees satisfaction, and notes Dayton Ohio company The Blackburn Products Co refunds money if not pleased.
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