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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1916
Page
7
Charles I. Stielow, to be resentenced to death, will appear personally before the New York Court of Appeals in Albany. His counsel will make one final effort to save his life after a stay delayed execution due to newly discovered evidence. Previously Rochester hearings found no merit for a new trial.
George B. Bartlett of 23 Milford Street was arraigned in East Cambridge District Court on a manslaughter charge for the death of Arthur A. Brown, a 14 year old Arlington boy. Bartlett was held to await action by the Middlesex grand jury in 1000 dollars bond.
With the German submarine U-53 not sighted for almost two weeks, marine insurance rates fell back to their pre raid level. The prior day five steamers were sunk, pushing rates up five percent. A week later a British decree easing Atlantic departures caused a three percent drop, and yesterday’s cut negated that advance.
Miss Alice Theresa Magurn daughter of Mr and Mrs Terence F Magurn of Concord married James Franklin McCarthy son of Mrs Timothy McCarthy of 110 Woburn Street Lexington. The ceremony took place yesterday evening at the parochial residence of St Bernard's Church Concord conducted by Rev Michael P Mahon.
Edward Payson Nichols a prominent Lexington citizen and retired manufacturer died yesterday at his home 21 Oak Street East Lexington.
In St Louis on October 24 the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church approved a resolution by the House of Deputies declaring support for legislative actions to preserve temperance and repress liquor traffic. The move marks the first time the church has taken a stand on liquor policy.
A memorial urging nationwide prohibition, submitted by the Church Temperance Society via Francis L. Stetson, spurred a committee led by Rev. James E. Freeman to score the saloon. The house heard a state of the church report noting 1,000,000 communicants, 5,700 clergy, 8,341 parishes, 7,310 buildings, endowments of 55 million dollars, and a triennium parish activity rise with 1,504,890 sittings, inclining 194,672 from 1913.
The Milwaukee Journal reports an effort to mobilize German Catholic priests and German Lutheran and Evangelical pastors and their parishes to back Hughes. A meeting at the Republican House in Milwaukee was held to organize the German Lutheran and other German Evangelical churches, with a further meeting planned to organize the German Catholic church through pastors and German Catholic society presidents.
Invitations at the American Independence Conference sessions promised to cover expenses for participants. Jeremiah O’Leary leads the effort with German clergy and church leaders urged to back Hughes over Wilson, while Niefer condemns Wilson and endorses aligning with Roosevelt and Lodge.
Pietro Popolo, 24, of 19 Murray Court, East Boston, was found guilty of assaulting his 38 month old baby and received a suspended one month sentence in the House of Correction. His wife cried that she could bear it but not see him harm the child. He admitted the baby’s crying enraged him and said neighbors meddled in domestic affairs.
John Barry, a strike breaker at Fore River Shipyards in Quincy, was seriously hurt yesterday afternoon when he slipped into a hold of a vessel under construction. He received treatment at the corporation hospital and was later moved to Quincy City Hospital.
In Laredo Texas on October 24 Private Byron J Linehart of the Second Missouri Infantry and Miss Ruby Swartz of Butler Missouri were married by Episcopal rites via telegraph. Clergymen in Laredo and Butler officiated as messages conveyed the full marriage ceremony.
Natick officials closed the Bacon Grammar School, housing about 200 pupils, this afternoon amid plague fears. The action followed health reports and aimed to curb possible spread while investigations continue.
The town reports a first infantile paralysis case at the local school. Helen Keniston, 6, daughter of S C Keniston, a jeweler, is ill and quarantined at home following a Health Board report.
The Melrose Board of Aldermen conducted a closed hearing into the police department's administration last evening. Police officers were summoned one by one and exited with puzzled looks as the room was kept quiet. Neither aldermen nor officers disclosed details of the inquiry despite public curiosity.
Alexander S. Browne urged Boston Life Underwriters at Young's Hotel banquet to hire college graduates who chase a girl, arguing such men will work hard for effort and support. About 200 agents celebrated a banner year in life insurance.
Mrs Martha De Wolfe of East Ship Harbour reports dramatic relief from constipation and headaches after using Fruit-a-tives. An ad promises 50c per box, six for 2.50, or 25c trial size, with postpaid availability from Fruitatives Limited in Ogdensburg, New York.
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