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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
7
The Charlestown navy yard has been awarded a $1.5 million fuel ship contract. The vessel, fuel ship No. 16, will be the yard’s largest and extend work for the crew. It measures 475 feet overall, 56 feet beam, 33 feet draft, with 14,500 tons displacement and capacity for 12,100 tons.
Five supervised Quincy playgrounds closed their fifth season with exercises on Pfaffman oval. Mayor Bates awarded the prizes. Louis I. Le Rose directed the program.
John P. St. John a candidate for the Prohibition presidential ticket in 1884 and twice Kansas Governor died in Clathe Kansas at age 83 after months of frail health following a heat prostration during a speaking tour.
Born February 23 1833 in Brookville Indiana St John rose from Civil War captain to Kansas State Senate and Governor He helped defeat Samuel Pomeroy, backed Ingalls for Senate and became a controversial Republican turned Prohibition candidate in 1884 He faced effigy burnings and bullet threats and after years of campaigning helped push prohibition and woman suffrage He also started the Kansas Capitol water banquet enforcing liquor abstinence at the State House.
The Canal Street property now used by the Transit Commission as storage is expected to become a site for a high priced building. Mayor Curley said two parties want to lease the property for 40 years or more, favoring lease over sale. Earlier the commission leased the lot and a $100,000 block was erected there.
The firm expanded to 13,000 American workers and doubled factory space to raise efficiency and build a larger engineering staff. The Twin Six engine yields maximum mileage from low grade gasoline, reflecting the refined Packard upgrade.
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