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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1915
Page
11
Baby Ellen Wilson McAdoo, six months old, posed with her mother Eleanor Wilson wife of the Treasury Secretary and daughter of the President on Thanksgiving Day. She is the President’s second grandchild and shares a birthday with her parents wedding anniversary. Her cousin Francis Woodrow Sayre is six months older.
The British embassy in Washington on instructions from London denied reports of a revolutionary conspiracy in Cairo led by courtiers of the new Sultan. The foreign office officially contradicted the rumor noting there is no truth to it.
Physicians favor magnesia to neutralize excess stomach acid and halt fermentation. Bisulated Magnesia sold as powder or five grain tablets provides rapid relief after meals, with two tablets or a teaspoonful of powder in water. Regular use restores normal digestion without artificial aids.
A Daily Mail correspondent describes the British helmet as plain and warm, noting its protection against hand grenades and shrapnel. The piece highlights 30 head injuries avoided in four days, the helmet’s psychological security, and the potential for broader trench training including grenade throwing.
The Boston Real Estate Exchange and Auction Board will hold its 25th annual dinner at Copley Plaza on Wednesday December 22. Speakers will be nationally and locally prominent addressing topics of interest to business men in general.
In Fall River on November 27 delegates from New Bedford and Fall River unions formed plans for a new international cotton mill workers union. They will convene in Boston on January 13 to seek a federation of New England textile workers and may later align with the United Textile Workers of America. A week’s vacation proposal for summer 1916 and labor measures from the State AFL committee will also be discussed.
Two French bulldogs are lost or strayed along with their owner Mrs F M Richardson of Roxbury.
Mrs F M Richardson of 5 Tupelo Street Roxbury reports her two goats brindle trench bull terriers Teddy and Bonnie are lost since last August. The blue blooded dogs famed for tricks vanished when sent to a friend's home for the summer. A liberal reward is offered for their return.
Congressman Richard Olney 2d of Quincy arranges a 30 foot gig whale boat from the Navy Department for the Boy Scouts of Quincy. The boat is being overhauled at Charlestown navy yard and will arrive in Quincy in a few days to aid practice in seamanship and lifesaving.
In observance of a new Electrical Prosperity Week the State House front and tower will be illuminated nightly. Flood lighting from multiple neighboring buildings will render the Capitol the section’s most spectacular display, running from early evening until midnight each night.
In Boston hotels a social scene unfolds with the Emery family honored at the Vendome and Miss Jessie F. Emery attending the International Genealogical Congress. Notables include Al Davis and Eugenia Kelly seeking hotel reservations, Fred A. Powers of Maine and George F. Skillings of Chicago as guests, while Dr. Frederic Poole entertains at the New England Bradford Academy Club. Dr. Harry Haiselden travels to Boston as debate over the Bollinger baby lingers. Dancing gains traction with drums and varied music at major hotels.
Professor A Lawrence Lowell and Mrs Lowell give a reception for all students at their Quincy Street home in the college yard this afternoon from 4 to 6 o clock. Harvard faculty members will be present and all students are invited to attend.
Thousands of Jews in Greater Boston prepare for Hanukkah starting Thursday. The eight day festival celebrates the Maccabean victory and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple.
Boston area temples and Jewish centers plan Hanukkah services with multiple rabbis officiating at Temple Israel and other houses of worship. The Home for Destitute Jewish Children will host an elaborate program and a children's Hanukkah play. The Y M H A schools and West End group will stage events with gifts and candy for local Jewish children and prisoners.
Toledo reports two public affairs during Minister Brand Whitlock’s Toledo vacation. A public reception on his arrival, called Whitlock Day, is planned for the middle of next week. Also, a meeting and dinner of the Ohio Commission for the Relief of European War Sufferers with the minister to Belgium will be held December 7 at the Toledo Club.
Margaret Senecal of Franklin New Hampshire seeks information on Rawley Hamblin who disappeared five years ago from Claremont New Hampshire where he worked in a foundry. He was 23 at the time. Any information should be directed to Margaret Senecal care of B M Pelletier Station A city general delivery Boston Massachusetts.
Mrs Ebba Lunderquist a department store detective chased a professional pickpocket pair through a Washington street store. After four hours of standing by a row of elevators she identified the suspects and followed them to the street where they were arrested in a dense crowd.
Mrs Lunderquist identified a couple on Summer street after a theft of two pocketbooks. Suspects Charles Hansus 30 of Brooklyn and Eva Stein 26 of West End denied speaking English, bail set at 5000 each. Found items include stick pins watches a chain a diamond heart necklace and a wedding ring with an inscription.
Patrick Regan a 44 year old longshoreman at the New Haven docks South Boston suffered severe injuries when a slip noose on a cotton hook tore his clothes and ripped skin from abdomen to neck during a hoist. He was moved by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition and lives at 106 High Street Charlestown.
Lieutenant Michael O Leary VC spoke at a Castlebar recruiting meeting praising the Connaught Rangers and urging Irish reserves. In Straide he visited Michael Davitt’s birthplace and prayed at the grave, receiving a warm welcome from locals and church figures.
Allied forces continue landings at Saloniki with British reinforcements arriving on Thursday. Serbian retreat follows Pristina occupation by Austrians and Germans as winter slows Balkan operations and Greek guarantees of army freedom are confirmed.
Copenhagen datelined note cites Berlin Lokal Anzeiger claiming Bulgarians will refrain from crossing into Greek territory to avoid offending Greek sentiments. The report attributes the decision to a reliable source and ties it to maintaining regional goodwill.
Lynnfield seven year old is the youngest contestant for a beauty prize offered by a leading film producer at the third annual movie ball in Boston Arena on December 1. Governors Walsh and Curley will attend along with top film stars as the Motion Picture Exhibitors League of Massachusetts runs the event. An all star parade from New York will reach Boston and lead a grand march headed by Governor Walsh and Clara Kimball Young.
The Rev Edward Caldwell Moore professor of Christian morals at Harvard will lead Harvard students at Appleton Chapel Cambridge this morning at eleven o clock. The chapel gallery will be open to the public.
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