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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1915
Page
7
Lieutenant-Governor Cushing asks the Federal Trade Commission to investigate charges that United Shoe Machinery Company controls a Massachusetts newspaper chain and runs a press bureau for political and business use.
Lieutenant-Governor defends fair treatment by Boston papers while alleging United Shoe Machinery Company exerts control over a news chain. He cites a 1912 Boston American story and a 1913 Thayer speech, asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible press bureau use for political aims.
A three days' playground carnival opened yesterday in Concord marking the end of the most successful season for the Concord and Concord Junction playgrounds. Yesterday was Parents' Day with many parents visiting the grounds. The program featured ball games for boys and girls, activities for small children, and folk dancing.
Augusta Maine August 31 The Governor and council refused the pardon petition of John E Roberts of Smyrna serving a life sentence for murder Attorney General Pattangall advised against pardons without exhaustive evidence review and supported a conservative policy in granting pardons
Mrs. Alice G. Burke of 76 G Street South Boston returned with her five year old son Henry G. Burke whom she was obliged to kidnap in Porto Rico from a Spanish family. She has retained Felix McGettrick to pursue legal proceedings to establish her maternal rights in local courts.
Mrs Burke describes a playful afternoon at Dorchester Heights with Henry and cousins James and May while discussing Henry’s rescue from Comerio Porto Rico. She explains she kidnapped him to prevent a family from withholding him, citing long legal processes and an auto arrival in time for the Carolina steamer.
The Boston Equal Suffrage Association stages rallies Citywide with multiple venues. Speakers include Mrs Frederick Milliken Mrs Richard Hamlin Jones Miss Jennie Loitman Miss Mabel Willard presiding at each location. Chelsea East Boston and other neighborhoods host sessions with local presiders and guests.
Christie A Scheele, a clerical worker in Clerk Cronin's office at the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk county, died yesterday at Cushing Hospital after several weeks of illness. He was appointed February 1, 1909 by Clerk Walter F. Frederick, having previously served since November 1834 as an officer of the Supreme Court under Sheriff Fred Seavey.
Arthur Richard of 571 Shawmut avenue was fined 50 after his car struck Manuel Silva riding a motorcycle on Wellington bridge last Sunday. Silva was badly shaken and suffered minor bruises.
A road race planned by Katherine Dahlgren and George E. Turnure Jr. is postponed after Turnure wrecks his motorcycle and is bruised, and Dahlgren’s car sustains engine damage. Officials say no ruling on permission yet, race rescheduled in about a month.
A Sunday Post Magazine feature profiles a jeweller who travels the world for work, detailing his craft, voyages, and the life of a trade that blends art with nautical adventure.
The American Forestry Association leaders including Dr. Henry S. Drinker and Prof. H. H. Chapman left Boston for the White Mountains after a morning in the city. They travel after a breakfast at the Algonquin Club and a North Station train ride. The group notes that new express rates reduce less than a third of last year’s cut despite an Interstate Commerce Commission order in 1914.
Lloyds quarterly report for the period ended Aug 12 shows British shipping losses from submarines mines and other hostile craft totaling 68 steamers equaling 180713 gross tons and nine sailing vessels.
A sales pitch extols filmy golden flakes of cereals with delicate texture and crisp bite. It touts Kellogg’s as the original Toasted Corn Flakes and asserts their trusted goodness for over a million homes.
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