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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1916

Page

7

Assault on Reserve Officer at Milk Street Station

Reserve Officer James F. Silva was attacked by seven youths as he attempted to leave a subway car at Milk Street. Three suspects Meyer Green Louis Goldman and Samuel Miller were arrested and charged with assault and battery. four fled. The officer, wounded lip and facial cuts, turned Miller over to a brakeman and arrested Goldman and Green after a chase. The trio face Municipal Court arraignment next morning.

James F. Silva Milk Street Meyer Green Grape Street Malden Louis Goldman Bryant Street Samuel Miller Eastern Avenue Silva Federal Reserve Bank City Square Charlestown Miller Goldman Green Washington Street

Tacks Knock Out 20 Automobiles On Revere Beach Boulevard

Twenty automobiles were temporarily crippled late last evening after tacks were spread on a stretch of Revere Beach boulevard near Chelsea Everett line. The A. G. Walton Company faced a strike and the tacks are believed placed to target its automobile trucks.

Revere Beach Boulevard Chelsea Everett A. G. Walton Company

Funeral for C O Connell Galvin Held at St Ann’s Church

Worcester September 29 funeral for C O Connell Galvin noted writer and lecturer on Ireland affairs. Requiem high mass at St Ann's Church at 10 o'clock with Rev Dr John J McCoy delivering the eulogy. Interment at St John's Cemetery.

Worcester C. O’connell Galvin Ireland St. Ann’s Church John J. McCoy St. John’s Cemetery

Worcester Notables Attend Funeral Services

Pallbearers from Worcester include John O'Brien John F H Mooney Daniel Downey J Colby Adams and others led by Captain Walter N Crohan of the Worcester police with Mark H Crohan of Boston among the pallbearers. Ushers include William E Plummer Thomas J Harrahy John J Harrahy and attorney Francis P McKeon.

John O’brien John F. H. Mooney Daniel Downey J. Colby Adams Worcester Telegram William J. Larkin Worcester Gazette Herbert M. Sawyer Thomas J. Barrett Patrick J. McKeon Philip J. O’connell Superior Court John A. McGowan William H. Coonan Eugene A. Garvey Walter N. Crohan Worcester Police Department Matthew B. Lamb

Parker Denies Letter Offer as He Backs Progressive Tour

John M. Parker, Progressive vice presidential nominee, denies writing to President Wilson offering to speak for him. He says he would tour against Hughes as a Progressive, while stating such appearances would still favor Wilson. He noted he wrote to Bainbridge Colby and would speak against Hughes in New York.

New Orleans John M. Parker Wilson Hughes Parker Pass Christian

Boston chef sends aid to a distressed American in Switzerland

Paolo Contestabile, a noted Boston chef, sent $1 to the Post to be forwarded to John B. Mueller of St. Gallen Switzerland who is in dire financial distress after losing a leg. Mueller, formerly of Boston hotels Vendome Touraine and Jacot, was a Boston Chefs' Union member.

Paolo Contestabile Boston Post John B. Mueller Heilingkreuzstrasse Holy Cross Street St. Gallen Switzerland Mr. Mueller Vendome Touraine Jacot Boston Chefs’ Union Contestabile Mueller

Harvard Infantile Paralysis serum appeal for volunteers

The Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission issued a second appeal for recovered patients to donate blood for serum. It notes blood drawing is safe, volunteers from the past 15 to 20 years can help, and contact Harvard Medical School on Huntington Avenue. Serum is most effective in early disease stages.

Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission Harvard Medical School Huntington Avenue Commission

Soldiers Prepare for Hike at El Paso Camp

Weather fair and 76 degrees as 130 mile hike looms. In El Paso Texas on Sept 29 Bay State troops ready equipment and maneuvers for the march set to begin Sunday. Discussions center on orders for 10 000 border troops to start home amid the routine of prep and anticipation.

EL Paso Texas Bay State

Bay State artillery to go home only First Battalion ordered

Despatches suggest both battalions were to return, but reports here indicate only the First Battalion of the Bay State artillery, comprising A B and C batteries, is ordered home while the Second Battalion remains. The Second Massachusetts Infantry at Columbus is slated to go instead, lifting spirits in several regiments and prompting Colonel Sherburn to press for the Second Battalion's return.

Bay State Artillery Regiment Artillery A. B. and C. Artilleries Second Massachusetts Infantry Columbus Sherburn

Public hearing on school opening amid infantile paralysis fears

City health officials prepare for a public hearing as schools near opening and doctors MAHONEY and Shea clash with Place Mallory over the timing. Mayor Curley backs contrasting views, while Boston reports a record ten new disease cases linked to warm weather and the State Board of Health tallies 34 new Massachusetts cases in 24 hours.

Mahoney Shea Curley Edwin H. Place City Hospital Frank B. Mallory Boston Joseph Chaichonovitz Stamford Street West End Mary Donovan Chapman Street Charlestown Ethel Manson East Eighth Street South Michelina Carotti Commercial Street Cariie Chates Silver Street Rose Lagner Dedham Street Hyde Park Celia Bassignana Hull Street North End Leopold Camabusi Norman Street Margaret McCormick Burney Street Roxbury Felicia Kawks East Glenwood Street Tryde Park State Board of Health Massachusetts

Harvard Law Graduates Named Secretaries to Supreme Court Justices

Shelton Hale of Rogersville Tennessee and Calvert Magruder of Annapolis Maryland, both Harvard Law School class of 1916, named private secretaries to Justices Holmes and Brandeis. They begin duties Oct 9 at the winter term. Hale, 25, educated in Washington and Penn, worked for the Boston Post in summers and was a Harvard Legal Aid Bureau member.

Shelton Hale Rogersville Tenn Calvert Magruder Annapolis Harvard Law School United States Supreme Court Hale Justice Holmes Supreme Court Magruder Brandeis Mr. Hale Washington, D. C University of Pennsylvania Boston Post Harvard Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

No Peace With Taft And Teddy

Colonel Roosevelt issued a vehement written protest to Republican National Committee Chairman Willcox over a campaign button showing his portrait with Charles E. Hughes and William H. Taft and an ad for a Union League Club reception for Hughes. Willcox disclaimed responsibility and privately threatened to cancel the reception to avoid trouble.

New York Roosevelt Willcox Republican National Committee Today Charles E. Hughes William H. Taft Union League Club Mr. Hughes Taft Union League

Colonel Rejects Taft-Roosevelt Button Plan in Hughes Reception

The colonel protested a campaign button showing Hughes flanked by Taft and Roosevelt and demanded Willcox identify who ordered it. He pledged to attend Hughes's reception only to honor Hughes, not to align with Taft or Barnes, Jr., amid a heated exchange with reporters.

Hughes Taft Willcox Elihu Root William Barnes, Jr

Public reconciliation talk with Taft upsets campaign timing

The account describes a tense exchange at the national headquarters where a stenographer seeking discussion about a campaign button was met with denial. The chairman Willcox urged the messenger to inform the colonel that he disclaims responsibility for published reconciliation reports with Taft and prefers the reception be canceled to avoid trouble.

Taft Willcox N&tional

J. J. MacGreevey Dies Suddenly Real Estate Dealer

James J. MacGreevey a well known Boston real estate dealer died suddenly at age 50 in Worcester. Funeral services set for Sunday at his mother Mrs. Margaret MacGreevey 217 Grove Street Worcester. He had been active in area real estate for years and death cited as heart disease.

James J. MacGreevey Boston Margaret MacGreevey Grove Street Worcester MacGreevey Falmouth Street

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