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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1917
Page
6
Dr John A Sutherland of Columbus avenue was held for the grand jury in 3000 bond in Central Court on illegal practice charges. A young woman found ill in his apartments when police visited another errand. She is improving at City Hospital.
United States District Attorney George W. Anderson indicated on his return from Washington that he would accept the Interstate Commerce Commission appointment if confirmed. He noted many candidates for his current post but did not know who would be chosen. Special Assistant Attorney General H La Rue Brown accompanied him and said he had no plans to leave his position.
An advance militia battalion was organized at a mass meeting of Technology upper classes in Smith Hall. Major Cole outlined the course and about 300 men have signed up with more expected. The battalion will follow a regular Tech course and the schedule may be lengthened by an hour daily.
The Boston Post invites entries for a Dog Story contest with three prizes including a Double Gold Eagle and multiple gold pieces. Submissions must be original or not, signed with real name and address, on one side of paper, under 200 words, and may be published by the Post. Judges include Dr. Francis H. Rowley and H. C. Merwin.
Benjamin T. Clarke of Marlboro reports his St Bernard Pudge repeatedly seeking bread in exchange for wood. The dog collects a small green apple stick, then a large maple, drops it, retrieves an axe, and awaits a reward, showing notable problem solving.
A hundred years ago in a New York state country home a large dog named Lion served as chore boy and right hand man. He nightly filled the wood box by carrying single sticks in his mouth and even navigated a locked woodshed to fetch one. When a fire was needed he swiftly retrieved a burning stick from the hearth and carried it to the pasture to aid his master in burning rubbish, demonstrating keen intelligence and devotion. ESTELLE M. HURLL. 22 Langdon avenue, Watertown.
In a well known physical education school a psychology professor disputed dogs power to infer. A student cited her clever dog Pitch who answers breakfast questions by rolling over, asserting the animal has learned an expression of desire.
Lucia Bosley of Newbury Street Boston recalls Moses a fox terrier with a “Keep Busy” slogan who delighted a church audience by grabbing the Duchess Auntie’s train. The dog slipped from confinement, leaped to the platform, and held the train for the singer to walk off stage.
An old blind Alaskan dog and his devoted mate lived in a sea side cabin near Nome. The city protected the dog by ordinance while the mate found shelter and food, guiding the dog to sunny spots and tending to meals from nearby restaurants until nightfall. The tale is signed by Eleanor P. Tilton.
A Halifax area observer recounts a night when a gentleman’s 18 month old English setter aided in locating a brood of week old chickens lost in fog. The story, told as eyewitness memoir, notes the dog’s intelligence and affectionate nature in a country setting near the city.
A Roxbury note recalls Madge the intelligent St Bernard who protected a sleeping baby at the water, holding him with her paws. The baby grew to manhood and is now in France. the writer, Mrs. Wm Nixon, cherishes the memory after 16 years.
Dr Anna G Mack of 362 Commonwealth Avenue and Louis L Homme a senior student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons were married yesterday afternoon at the Church of St Cecelia. Dr Mack was a faculty member at the medical college where she met L Homme as a student.
The Majestic Theatre opens its stage with a melodrama titled Seven Days Leave about German spies submarines and Secret Service men. The piece blends romance with serious and comic moments and hints at postwar social change in England through a duke’s son and his cook’s son.
Major Terence Fielding sparks a wartime plot when a seven day leave leads him to Hampton Sandy. A secret service warning reveals Belgian refugees posing as siblings are actually German spies seeking Fielding and ordnance secrets. A submarine waits offshore while destroyers stand by to intervene. Fielding feigns drunkenness to approach the conspirators.
A mixed plot features a submarine rising on cue via a cut wire tied to a buoy with a female swimmer. Lady Mary forgives a lover under orders and they reunite as spies face justice. The cast includes Courtenay Foote, H. Cooper Cliffe, Ann Andrews, Evelyn Warden, Miriam Collins, amid khaki clad audiences and national color decor.
Patrolman Thomas F Moore of the City Hall avenue station died at his Dorchester home on Carruth Street. He was in his 60th year and had served at City Hall for the last two years after a long illness.
Army regulations issued today suspend the requirement that field officers of the mobile army provide their own horses. Private mounts bought after now will not be paid for by the government, except for those officers with permanent regular army commissions. The quartermaster's corps will supply suitable horses for National Guard National Army or Officers' Reserve Corps officers on mounted duty, and no auxiliary officer below major may have a mount unless on special duty.
William J. Dower longtime Boston firefighter is appointed chief of the Charlestown navy yard fire department. He will organize workmen into squads, drill them using hydrants, and give short talks on fireman duties. Dower was recommended by District Chief Taber.
Robert Allen of this city was sentenced to East Cambridge jail for four months by Judge Morton in the United States District Court yesterday for raising a one dollar bill to five.
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