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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1916
Page
4
George Grover Mills denounces Sunday in Copley Hall remarks, saying the gutter style of preaching depresses the community and diminishes true conversions. He criticizes Sunday’s evangelistic songs as detrimental to moral influence.
The Federal Children's Bureau reports municipal child welfare efforts reach two thirds of the nation's 600 cities with populations over 10 000. In 20 cities special divisions for child hygiene were added to city health departments.
Civil Service authorities announced multiple openings in city and government service. Positions include city clerk building department, sanitary inspector in health department, and numerous Watertown Arsenal trades plus a tugmaster at Charlestown navy yard. Applicants must meet U.S. citizenship and residency requirements. exam date is November 8.
Augusta Me Oct 22 orders posted by Col H M Merriam U S A assistant mustering officer set Oct 25 as the mustering out date for the Second Maine Infantry returning from duty on the Mexican border.
William Healey aged 30 of 13 Norseman Street Watertown was struck by an outbound Boston and Maine train near Mt Auburn Station in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. He required amputation of one arm at Cambridge Hospital and remains in critical condition. He was employed at a Watertown rubber factory.
A Belmont accident on School and Common streets left 7-year-old Virginia Senders unharmed besides a torn dress after she was pitched head first against a hedge when a car collided with another vehicle yesterday afternoon.
Grace Senders, 5, escaped uninjured after their car collided with Dr. George E. Smith’s coupe on Common Street near School Street. Rosella, 4, suffered a broken nose and bruises. Four adults had minor injuries. The car overturned, victims thrown about. fence visibility issues blamed for repeated accidents. The Senders family live at 1388 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.
Joseph E. Hickey of Charlestown was killed and Matthew I. McCarthy of Somerville badly injured when an auto struck an elevated manhole in Central Square Randolph. Hickey died instantly at 28 Pleasant Street Charlestown. McCarthy of 88 Wisconsin Avenue Somerville suffered severe head and face wounds and was not expected to survive.
Doris MaccCurdy aged 12 was struck by an automobile yesterday afternoon as she left an electric car on Washington street Quincy. James N Nowland operated the car and the girl was taken to her home on Adams street with bruises and a severe shaking up.
Ernest Patch of Portsmouth New Hampshire was arrested in Waltham for driving an automobile without a license after colliding with a machine driven by Edwin Curtis of Boston. Neither vehicle was seriously damaged.
Readers urged to prevent colds and bronchial distress by taking Mentho Laxene. The ad promotes raw drops or a granulated sugar syrup preparation, claims a pint bottle lasts a family, and guarantees satisfaction with money back by The Blackburn Products Co. of Dayton Ohio.
Reverend Herbert R. Whitelock of Brighton Avenue Baptist Church argues suffrage won t solve national issues. He says the country needs more old fashioned mothers to guide sons in how to vote.
A rubbish fire in a basement at 8 South Margin Street caused panic among 75 tenants as they fled via fire escapes. Firemen freed a stuck wire holding the lower escape, after which residents were directed back inside. Damage was slight.
Mrs. Arthur G. Emerson, 60, wife of the metropolitan reservation highway commissioner, was struck by a car in Reading while about to board a vehicle. Driver Carl E. Reinans of Somerville said a dazzling headlight blinded him. She suffered a compound leg fracture and bruises.
An owl car collided with an unoccupied touring automobile on the road near Medfield two miles from town center. The touring car, standing on the tracks, was hurled across the road and down an embankment, ending against a tree after the impact at about 12 40 o clock yesterday morning.
A well dressed woman about 27 who died by suicide in a Hartford hotel remained unidentified late tonight. She registered as Mrs Beth E Dagger Rockhaven New Jersey but the name and address appear fictitious. Clues include Bible passages and a cryptic note to the hotel manager mentioning using the shower bath room to avoid staining the bed, signed Mrs Dagyer.
Two men, Joseph Morella and Ross Gadadan, were arrested in the South End after a police stakeout. Morphine totaling 11 ounces was found in Morella’s rooms at 54 Appleton Street and Gadadan’s address 613 Columbus Avenue. They face arraignment in Municipal Court this morning.
All corns look alike to Pierce's Corn Plaster says old timers and newcomers alike. Reliable relief drives off corns. money back if it fails. Available at all druggists or by sending a dime for a trial package to Winthrop Salts Co. New York City.
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