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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
9
Col Daniel V. Chisholm of Washington DC was unanimously elected commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans at the annual Chicago reunion. The next reunion will be held in Cleveland Ohio.
Mr. D. J. Lane of 532 Lane Ridg St Marys Kansas promotes a home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He will send a $1 bottle postpaid to anyone who writes for it and reports results within ten days. No money required, just name and address on a postal card.
Mrs Sarah Hooper, described as an aged paralytic, lies dying on a hospital cot at the Tewksbury State Infirmary. A 65 mile night ride in an automobile hearse from her Middleboro home to the State poorhouse preceded her collapse. She cannot speak or hear and is fully paralyzed on her right side.
Indignant at a paralytic woman being driven to an infirmary in a hearse the night ride prompted state scrutiny. Dr Nichols reports to the State Board of Charity as officials investigate delays, a broken hearse, and questions about ambulance use and patient care.
The State Legislature recess committee studying workmen's compensation and accident prevention voted to seek governor and council approval to visit New York to review the National Workman's Compensation Service Bureau. The bureau is said to set rates for nearly all states except Massachusetts. Hearings are planned for October.
Herbert B. Church a Bromfield Street broker declines to answer 120 of 170 interrogatories in a Suffolk Superior Court dispute with the Fred F. Field Company over a $193,500 commission for an order of 1,000,000 shoes allegedly secured from the Italian government.
As soon as the strike vote was announced union scouts notified subway and elevated crews. Interborough Rapid Transit Company plans jitney service as traffic shuts off. Five thousand patrolmen are deployed with trains guarded by three officers each.
Ruth P. Johnson daughter of Police Sergeant Edward Johnson of Quincy marries Paul E. Palmgren of Anita Pennsylvania in a Swedish Congregational Church ceremony. Rev Ay J Sporrong officiates. Attendants include Hazel W Johnson sister of the bride and bridesmaids Ruth Palmgren Cora Richards Victoria Johnson Signe Willias. Best man Fritz Blomquist. After a wedding journey the couple will reside in Wollaston.
The 48th annual Woman's Suffrage Association convention wrestled with whether to push for a federal amendment as the immediate aim or to concentrate on state campaigns. Miss Laura Clay urged state action while Mrs. Ida Husted Harper defended federal efforts. Debates highlighted party neutrality and calls for broad support across affiliations as delegates from 19 states discussed the path to universal suffrage.
The Lafayette statue was unveiled in Lafayette Square in New Orleans with patriotic exercises at the Cabildo in the French quarter. E Gener, acting consul general of France to New Orleans, delivered the principal address.
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