Neither Parent Gets the Carpenter Boy in Tutor Arrangement
Professor Kent will take the Carpenter boy into his home to live and be treated as family. The temporary guardian is described as a famous Harvard athlete.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1917
Page
3
Professor Kent will take the Carpenter boy into his home to live and be treated as family. The temporary guardian is described as a famous Harvard athlete.
Court decree grants each parent weekly visitation with son Ralph and splits Christmas holidays evenly between father and mother, reflecting a past Harvard Crimson baseball trip remembered by alumni.
A historic health ad claims Plant Juice, an herbal stomach remedy sold by Houghton & Dutton, relieves indigestion and dyspepsia by aiding digestion. It cites buyer testimonials, including Frank Bean of Tremont Street, and notes the product demonstration by a local agent.
Mrs Emerson Lewis of S Gardner Missouri reports her baby’s severe eczema cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes four boxes of Ointment and two cakes of Soap healed the condition. Cuticura advertised as pure gentle daily soap with optional Ointment. Free samples by mail. Soap 25c Ointment 25c and 50c.
State and city officials and thousands attended the Roxbury housewarming for Representative Simon Swig at 194 Humboldt Avenue. The 12 room brick house featured a blue red white fountain and guests included Swig family, his elderly parents, and notable figures such as Richard F. Anderson, David I. Robinson, Judge Robert O. Harris, Colonel Peter H. Carr, Judge Edward Mee Manus, Augustus Bacon, Frank R. Lincoln and Alexander MacGregor.
Riziano Capabassi allegedly attacked Giuseppe Rosetti, keeper of a lodging house at 346 Highland Avenue Malden, with a knife during a dispute over liquor and cards in the lodging house last evening.
Families facing dangerous sea work aided by local volunteers as contributions to the Provincetown fund total $599.77, with under $100 coming from outside the town.
Plans for children's entertainments and collecting expeditions fill the week, culminating in a big theatrical benefit at the Colonial Theatre next Sunday night. The event aims to aid the mothers and children of Provincetown and families of the 19 fishermen lost in the recent gale. Charles J. Rich provides the theatre and his staff pledges support for what promises one of the season's best performances.
Chemist D. J. Lane of 532 Lane Bldg St. Marys Kan. offers a home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He sent samples to sufferers who claim they were cured. Lane will mail a $1 bottle postpaid to anyone who writes. payment only if effective, judged by the user within ten days.
The Provincetown Fund subscription list will be printed tomorrow after the Exchange Trust Company reopens. A. Paul Keith and F. J. Albee present an all star programme at the Colonial Theatre. tickets go on sale this noon at multiple outlets for 25 to 1 dollars. Funds aid bereft families with no earnings.
About a thousand people attended ex Mayor Fitzgeralds lawn party at his Summer home at Allerton Point near Hull. Automobiles and trains transported guests from Back Bay Brookline Cambridge and nearby areas. Officers from local military camps and naval stations attended. The event was a grand success and a considerable sum was netted for Provincetown fishermen.
A cool autumn night on the bay hosts a dancing lawn with electric lights and a tennis court turned into a pavilion. Notables, musical acts, and a fortune teller entertain as funds support orphaned fishing village children.
Brigadier General Crozier and the Senate military committee moved to investigate defective cartridges sent to American forces in France. Crozier asked for a board of inquiry after finding bromide in about 2 percent of army cartridges, contending the flaw was likely unavoidable and not due to manufacturer or inspector negligence.
A Senate committee will summon Secretary Baker tomorrow to explain the matter and decide whether to open its own investigation. The decision to pursue General Crozier’s suggested inquiry rests with Secretary Baker when the request arrives tomorrow.
The article notes a farewell program prepared for the first group of draftees before their departure tomorrow. Details on participants or speakers are not specified in the readable text.
Boston appeal board plans to finish certifying enough men this morning to cover all local districts possible.
The advance guard heads to camp this week with divisions distributing the first draftees. Division 7 picks Arthur A. Huggan and Sidney M. Goldberg from Boston, to report tomorrow. Division 4 sends none. Division 11 starts with Gerald Doherty and William Harris tomorrow. Others include Franklin and Wellesley picks, with transport by auto or train as noted.
The funeral for Mrs Margaret Mullin who died Sunday at her daughter's Dorchester home will be held tomorrow at 9 the mass will be at St Matthew Dorchester Burial will be in Holyhood Brookline She is survived by two sons and two daughters including former Representative Michael J Reidy and John F Mullin of public works department Boston Mrs Edward Cribby and Mrs R W Knight of Dorchester
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