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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
14
Readers in New England express interest in subscribing to the sacred cow fund to buy monkeys for Franklin Park Zoo. The Post's Sacred Cow Editor received letters stating support for monkey purchases and zoo enrichment.
The Post reports a $150 over subscription from Sacred Cows part owners at Franklin Park. Children are asked to vote on using the fund for monkeys versus zoo upkeep. Curator Benson seeks to buy several blue faced monkeys or evaluate other options in New York while the Sacred Cow Editor awaits the vote results.
Judge Raymond presided as Annie Mabel O'Brien of Boston won $8000 a Suffolk jury awarded for personal injuries after being struck by George H. Lehman’s car on Warren Avenue August 16 1917. Lehman listed at 14 West Canton Street city disputed the verdict.
In Chicago on November 27 Judge William N. Gemmill ordered Frank Rieger to pay Mrs. Alice Rieger 8 a month after she complained the 74 year old husband kept another woman. She lives with her 50 year old son William Rieger and asked for support.
Washington issued orders to begin the demobilization of 133000 men in the Student Army Training Corps across 563 colleges. Demobilization starts December 1 and ends December 21, with contract adjustments anticipated as schools lose students and revenue.
Massachusetts Branch of the Jewish Welfare Board prepares Chanukah observances for Jewish soldiers and sailors. The eight day festival begins this evening and recalls the Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 B C.
Jacob Overby, 42, of Sawyer Street, was struck on the head by a heavy brick that fell from a seven story building under construction at 5 Park Street. He was examined at the Relief Station and walked home.
The Ukrainian Federation of the United States protests Polish forces seizing Lemberg, capital of Eastern Galicia, home to a 75 percent Ukrainian population, calling it an infringement of Wilsonian self determination. A mass meeting is planned December 1 in New York to discuss a Ukrainian congress in Washington on December 15.
Malden police seek a ghoul with possible cemetery prowling pattern. William M. Carr, cemetery superintendent, found the William Dexter tomb at Bell Rock Cemetery opened and the casket lid removed. A nearby tomb showed forced entry attempts. the body inside remained undisturbed.
Washington reports the Central Officers' Training Camps shorten by one month and will close February 15. Graduates receive commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps. Many students already accepted War Department offers to release those not wishing to finish the course.
The United States Employment Service announces removal of all restrictions on help wanted ads in Massachusetts. Everett W. Lord says war industry labor needs and prior limits are now lifted, allowing employers to advertise freely to secure unskilled labor.
Advertises Curés a Cold in One Day using LAXATIVE BROMO GUININE tablets. Signature claimed by E. W. GROVE. 380c. advt
The naval service navigation instruction at Boston University College of Business Administration will continue with a new six week course in elementary navigation starting next Monday night. Civilians may enroll at the same tuition as the service course. Registration is on opening night. classes meet three two hour sessions weekly.
The steam er Enterprise reported lost earlier in the week has arrived at Souris P E. Further owners J A Farquhar Co of this city announced today.
Secretary McAdoo announced a new war loan drive likely in late April to fund government bonds and indebtedness for the next six months. He described a one more great popular campaign with short maturities around five billion dollars, dropping earlier plans for continuous bond sales. A separate report notes a fatal incident with a man found dead after an open gas burner incident.
Leroy McVite aged 24 of 298 Columbus Avenue was found unconscious and later died from gas poisoning in a likely domestic accident. Police report no immediate foul play.
Mrs A Dixon Brooke lyn trained nurse claims gray hair can be quickly darkened at home with Orlex powder dissolved in water and combed through. Each box includes a $100 gold bond guarantee that it contains no harmful metals or coal tar derivatives and leaves hair fluffy.
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