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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1917
Page
9
Washington Oct 29 Government recreation work at training camps was discussed by Secretary Baker and leaders of major fraternal organizations. Baker urged enlistment of fraternal societies near camps to provide wholesome amusements for soldiers during leisure hours.
In the Malden divorce case of Mrs. Mary A Sweezey versus John A Sweezey and his cross libel, Eugene L Morse of Syracuse New York testified in Superior Court. Morse proved a difficult subject for former Middlesex District Attorney John J Higgins as he pressed for answers.
Morse, called by Henry Richardson for Sweezey, testified about accompanying Sweezey and a man known as Holmes in Syracuse hotels. He admitted drinking water coffee and ginger brew and said he would drink liquor only if asked. The cross examination sparked a heated exchange and the trial resumed the next day.
Harry C. Hahlbeck of the Boston Post art department leaves Boston for Omaha to join the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps. He will enter the Army Balloon School to study for a commission as first lieutenant and serve as a balloon pilot and observer in observation missions. Hahlbeck, born July 28 1884 in New York City, was educated there.
He came to Boston thirteen years ago and worked as assignment artist and cartoonist under the name Hal. Former art manager for Frank A. Munsey, he served seven years on the Boston Post art staff. Residence was Winthrop.
In Cambridge a series of more than a dozen accidents in three weeks including a fatality spurred a speeders crackdown. Joseph Sorine of 75 Washington Street died after being hit by a truck driven by John G. Davis of West Acton. Davis faces a manslaughter hearing November 12 with $100 bond. Sorine leaves a wife and four children. Davis claims Sorine stepped into the path of the vehicle.
Two milk dealers were fined in East Boston District Court. H. P. Hood & Sons of Charlestown faced two counts of possessing foreign substance in milk and paid $50 on each count. The Acton Farms Milk Company received $65 for possessing milk not up to standard. Inspector James O. Jordan of the Boston Board of Health was the complainant. The fines were appealed.
In Hoboken New Jersey on October 29 six society women were sworn in as police officers after volunteering without pay to help keep young girls off the streets at night. They will escort girls to their parents as investigators note the seriousness of the problem.
Mrs A Dixon a Brooklyn nurse endorses Orlex powder for restoring black brown or light brown hair at home. Dissolve a box in water apply with a comb 25 cents per box and a $100 gold bond guarantees no harmful metals. The product supposedly removes gray hair leaving hair fluffy and looking younger.
Several hundred members of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club pledged to support Boston's War Camp Community Fund drive of $200 000 opening Monday. Frank B Mulholland of Toledo urged community service and linked giving to safeguarding soldiers sons and the nation in a forceful appeal.
Miss Hazel Smith, 11, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Howard B. Smith of Hudson Square Baptist Church Lynn, received a bronze medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for saving a woman and two children in the Saugus River on July 31 1917. A letter from Ellery H. Clark secretary of the society accompanies the award.
Word from Charlestown navy yard says Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will not make his official visit until Saturday. It had been expected for November 1.
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to treat scrofula and eruptions. It touts forty years of use and urges readers to buy from local druggists, stating the medicine is a special blend of roots barks and herbs.
Maurice P. Bradford pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Miss Alice B. Richards, a teacher at the School for Feeble Minded in Laconia. Bradford, the school’s physical director, invited three teachers to his cottage, bound and beat them, and later fled to report the crime to police. The court ordered him sent to Concord State Hospital for observation.
A freight wreck near Sharon Vermont halted the Central Vermont railroad for six hours. The crash killed a large number of livestock, delaying service and causing property damage in the area.
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