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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
4
Harvard's zoology course faced a mistaken boom when Venus, a mussel species, was misinterpreted as the Greek goddess. The professor explained the mix up at yesterday's meeting and the class will stay in the zoological museum while normal registration resumes after war related snail supply issues.
Funeral services for William Whytal held at his Avon Place residence in Arlington. The deceased attended the dedication of Bunker Hill and heard Daniel Webster speak. Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell led the service at Pleasant Street Congregational Church with selections by a quartet. Burial followed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington.
An elderly, respectable looking woman with white hair entered Court Square station and begged officers to arrest her so she could be sent away for winter shelter and food. She gave the name Carrie Barnard and claimed to be the adopted daughter of a former East Boston police captain, now deceased. Police said arrest requires just cause, she admitted intoxication but was not believed.
Department Commander C. F. Glidden and most of his staff were re-elected at the closing session of the State encampment of the Union Veterans' Union in Brewer Maine. New officers include J. W. West first deputy Joseph A. Glazier Gardiner Chaplain, and Thomas T. Taber Verona Park Judson Ames Foxcroft on the executive committee. Reports show a net loss of 17 members during the year.
Lawrence Oct 5 William H Sawyer longtime business manager of the Lawrence Telegram and noted New England newspaper figure died today after a long illness leaving a widow and daughter.
In Atston New Jersey a payroll of sugar berry pickers was targeted by foreign bandits who shot Henry Rider killing him and wounding A J Rider and Mrs Elsie Smathers. Mrs Smathers escaped by speeding away in the car despite two bullet wounds. The group fled into swamps and evaded capture.
Theodore Roosevelt has consented to increase substantially the number of campaign speeches he will deliver. The earlier plan called for five speeches, though the exact total beyond five was not specified.
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