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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
9
Athol Machine Company workers face bold posters declaring the dangers of rum and offering help to men affected by alcohol. The plain-spoken campaign asks if employers should pay staff who stay sober and urges those at risk to seek assistance.
Bids for paving Union Square, a key route for north shore traffic, were opened yesterday in Mayor Cliff’s office. The aldermen have appropriated 25,000 for the project.
Governor Curtis renominated John J. Keegan of Bath as Bath Municipal Court judge for four years and nominated Fred W. Thurlough of Cutler as a trustee of normal schools.
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a cure for nervous weakness and fatigue alluding to iron deficiency as the root cause. It describes a simple test of strength, dosage of five grain tablets thrice daily, and promises double strength in ten days with a money back guarantee.
Letter to the editor describes tighter mail censorship on postcards from Ireland. A father in Donegal sent photos with a letter that was returned with a censor slip, prompting the writer Quintin Y. Lawson of Lawrence Massachusetts to urge publication. The slip defines picture postcards as any illustrated card including photos, Christmas ecards, and local imagery.
The New Haven railroad has received six of fifty new locomotives from the American Locomotive Company. Five more will be delivered weekly until the order is filled. The fleet upgrade accompanies a major freight movement, while old passenger engines are nearly unusable. Each Pacific type locomotive costs about $25,000 and can serve passenger or fast freight duties.
A $500,000 memorial for the late Dr. John Murphy, noted surgeon, will be erected in Chicago. The plan calls for an institution dedicated to surgical research.
Francis B. Sayre, Wilson’s son-in-law, returns from the Mexican border where he aided American troops. He tells a Post reporter that border duty exposed weak points in state militia systems and warns that unless defects are corrected, the National Guard could vanish.
Service on the Watertown branch of the Boston and Maine was halted when a freight caboose jumped the track between Bemis and West Watertown stations and overturned. Three men, conductor Arthur Plummer of Medford brakeman Edward T. Tiernan of Boston and John F. McClure of Cambridge, were seriously injured.
President Garfield's son in law observed U S border militiamen noting excellent physical condition and low sickness beyond homesickness. He highlighted the border service as a test for the National Guard and described Y M C A efforts providing forty buildings and homes away from home from the Gulf to the Pacific, with Sayre working among New York and Western State troops.
Judge DeCourcy sends Suffolk county apportionment report to the full bench but election expert Julian Dillaby says Tuesday's primaries proceed as printed. If later ruled illegal, Governor McCall may call a special primary or election. otherwise the Legislature may act next year.
Mrs. P. W. Shepherd of Athol picked a 29.5 inch cucumber weighing 3 pounds 3 ounces, a mammoth specimen among several large cucumbers. The oversized fruit is described as the envy and despair of local gardeners.
In its annual session The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows elected officers today Frank C. Coudy of Denver as grand sire Henry C. Borst of Amsterdam NY as deputy grand sire J B Goodwin of Atlanta GA as grand secretary and William H. Cox of Louisville KY as grand treasurer.
Harvard varsity dominates the scrubs in a scrimmage, scoring 9 points on a touchdown by Eddie Casey with Billy Murray kicking the field goal for three points. Casey shines at halfback while Murray directs the offense as the team shows improved teamwork and interference. No goal after the touchdown.
A well dressed female infant wrapped in a blanket bearing a paper with the word Jewish was found abandoned in a carriage in the hallway of Mrs. Mary Weiner’s house at 76 Allen Street West End. The child was taken to a Chardon Street home.
Miss Isabel Stevenson Yeomans of New York and Plymouth will marry George Platt Brett Jr of New York. She visits Boston often and is daughter of Mr and Mrs George Dallas Yeomans living at Cherry Hill Plymouth. Brett serves in Squadron A with his troop at McAllen Texas.
Dr. Joseph B. Twadelle of 702 Tremont street South End was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Condon on charges he facilitated the transport of 4000 morphine and 16000 heroin tablets into the country in violation of the narcotic and drugs act. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner Hayes and is free on 1500 bail until a hearing set for Sept 25.
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