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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
3
Memorial Hall at Harvard University will close to visitors at noon meals due to crowding and damage. Students have historically pounded crockery and hurled bread to deter onlookers, causing breakage and waste, prompting management to bar curious travelers during dining hours.
Dr. Franklin P. Dyer, newly appointed superintendent of Boston schools, declared his opposition to strict military training for boys. He warned it would arouse an unhealthy war spirit, aligning with many educators nationwide who favor less emphasis on firearms instruction.
A proposed War Department plan would recruit high school boys into the National Guard and State militia. Dr Dyer warns against a movement that could create an unhealthy war spirit while supporting civics through military discipline. Acting Secretary Oliver is said to notify adjutants general and state legislation may shift militia admission age from 18 to 45.
Cardinal O Connell outlines October visit plan with two dedications and a cornerstone laying at St. Joseph Belmont St Benedict Somerville and St Margret Lowell plus a Sept 29 dedication at Sacred Heart West Lynn and Sept 30 ordination at St John s Seminary Brighton. A series of clerical transfers is announced including O Brien to Campello Logan to St Edward Montello Desmond to Medford and McGuinness to Beachmont.
Newport R I Sept 26 The bronze trophy for record work in engineering among torpedo boat destroyers during the past year was presented to the Burrows crew by Captain Edward W Eberle of the Atlantic torpedo flotilla. Each of the 26 engineering men received the letter E for excellence and the trophy will be held by the destroyer for one year. Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus and his staff attended the exercises.
Bernard Rollo filed papers in New York courts alleging that Stuyvesant Fish and his brother Hamilton Fish Jr seek to block Hugh Northcote in a English asylum from accessing the $59 000 grandfather left by Hamilton Fish. Northcote has $1 600 000 in trust with $6 700 annual English income. trustees refused to forward American income to cover debts.
New York Sept 26 William J Harahan is elected president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway to succeed N B Meldrum who retires at his own request Harahan also becomes a director replacing W B Donhan who resigned
The article explains a condition with pale skin and low red blood cells and suggests hypo-nuclane tablets as a remedy. It claims regular use for several months will improve color and weight, and advises self administration via apothecary shops.
A teaser for the big comic section in next Sunday's Post promises laughs with Hank the Hermit and Percy the Mechanical Man. The note highlights two featured strips in the Sunday edition.
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