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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1917
Page
2
The Lexington police have summoned eight fathers of Lexington school children to appear in District Court at Concord this morning on charges of neglecting to send their children to school. The men are fathers of more than a dozen pupils kept from attending classes this fall allegedly due to claimed proper transport.
Technology's cross country team will run at the Hare and Hounds event this afternoon in Newton. The full squad including freshmen starts from the Newton YMCA at 2 30 p m and will cover three to four miles with about 50 runners.
Boston area schools face temporary closures as heated rooms are deemed unsafe for children. Teachers insist on maintaining health while conserving coal, urging that occasional fires be allowed to remove damp cold, with authority for heating limited by Superintendent Dyer and custodian Mark Mulvey.
Mayor Curley announced a conference in City Hall to address the heatless public schools. He stressed relief options while denying any intent to supersede the school committee and noted plans may yield aid as fuel arrangements are finalized.
Miss Nellie Barber of Emerson College founded a Boston club called The Camouflage of Sorrow. Members pledge to disguise sorrow by laughing for one to five minutes daily, to forget troubles even briefly, and to recruit others to join. The announcement was made at the Hotel Lenox yesterday.
Congressmen clash over an investigation into Mr. Heflin's charge that several members have not acted loyally during debate on war policy.
In a heated House exchange, Senator Heflin and Representative Norton confronted each other over alleged disloyal remarks. The confrontation escalated into shoving before sergeants and aides separated the pair as members watched from the crowded galleries.
The British repelled another German counter-attack against new positions near Zonnebeke last night. The action was broken up by British forces, according to the war office.
London reports the controller of shipping says the Allied war effort depends on a massive shipbuilding program. The United States should launch a 6,000,000 ton per year program to offset and exceed U boats losses, with Germany expected to destroy about 200 ships more than could be built by next spring.
Shipping controller urges a broad scale U S merchant ship program arguing that the shortage of shipping threatens Allied mobilization and victory. He cites potential 200 ships lost next spring, Italy France and Britain needs, and a target of 6 000 000 tons annually with steel and labor requirements.
A fire dog in Cambridge was fatally run over by a truck. The canine’s death ends years of service and famous public recognition among fire crews nationwide.
Skip, beloved fire dog of Walter E. Chapman at Engine 4 Cambridge, was killed when struck by a passing truck while racing to meet a test run of the station’s new motor truck. For ten years he alerted horses, chased crowds, and accompanied firefighters into fires, even following his master through a sky light to a roof.
Members of the entering classes at the Harvard Graduate School and the School of Business attended a reception at Phillips Brooks House in Cambridge last evening. Dean C. H. Haskins and Dean P. B. Gay addressed more than 100 new students.
Governor Carl E. Milliken greeted the Royal Canadian Highlanders Black Watch Regiment as they visited Portland Maine. General W A White accompanied them. They were entertained by Rotary Club and paraded with 150 Coast Artillery troops. A mass meeting at City Hall featured speakers including Senator Rufus Pope and Mayor Chapman.
Richmond Indiana woman recounts two years of weakness raising stairs by hand. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her strength returned, she moved into a new house, gardened, built, and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks.
A home remedy mix of saxolite powder and witch hazel is claimed to remove wrinkles by tightening skin and boosting vitality. The solution, used as a wash, purportedly improves sagging cheeks neck and under eye areas and is described as safe and simple to prepare at home.
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