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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1919
Page
11
Combined War Department casualty releases show 88 men listed with 84 fatalities most from disease. Four men are severely wounded in action. New England honor roll lists eight mortalities among its 19 names, including Lieutenant James D. Beane reported dead after being listed as missing.
Official list reports casualties from Jeffersonville Vermont with names including Pt. Nelson Burner among New England youths. Details are limited in the fragment. The report notes casualties without elaborating on dates or causes.
The notice lists service members and next of kin from Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts with statuses including died of disease, previously reported missing, died in hospital, returned to duty, and current hospital status. Names include Ovila Blouin, Peter Kaloumiris, George J. Daly, Joseph B. Roberts, Raymond Chamberlain, James D. Beane, Thomas P. MacGarrah an, Joseph E. Doherty and their addresses in Wallingford, Haverhill, Chelsea, Concord, Dorchester, Brookline and Thompsonville. The report notes Pt and Lt ranks and hospital or duty status.
Caspar Knoble who is credited with capturing Jefferson Davis at the end of the Civil War is dead at Mountain Branch Soldiers Home in Johnson City Tennessee. He was born in Switzerland and enlisted at Cincinnati. A son Charles C Knoble lives in Philadelphia.
The bottle carries full directions and dosage for babies and children of all ages. Look for the California label and reject any other Fig Syrup. The ad urges asking your druggist for genuine California Syrup of Figs.
Francis J. O'Hara Jr, longtime Boston fish dealer not tied to Bay State Fishing Co of Maine, described a heated exchange at the fish exchange. John Burns Jr reportedly lost his temper and muttered threats about putting the O'Haras on the bun.
The witness describes discussions in 1916 about forming the Bay State Company with John Burns Jr and others, naming Rich Dyer Ford and five O’Haras as involved. He testifies on concerns over assets, profitability, and alleged manipulation of fish prices during wartime, calling the plan a bunco scheme.
Captain Edmund G. Chamberlain of San Antonio Texas testifies at a court martial over claims of aerial feats on the British front last summer. He cross examines Royal Air Force Captain W S Bennett who says the supposed compass incident could not have produced the claimed escape from three Germans and capture of one. Lieutenant L F Mitchell testifies to a failed attempt to wrench a compass from a wrecked Camel.
Funeral for Thomas Chamberlain of the State National Bank of Boston takes place at 2 PM at his Brookline home 4 Summit Avenue. He died Sunday in his 80th year and will be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery Dorchester. He was born June 4, 1885 in Worcester and leaves two daughters Helen Clare Chamberlain of Brookline and Mrs Nestor W Davis of Lakewood New Jersey.
Edwin S McFields alias John T Re gan alias Roger North was taken to South Manchester Connecticut by a deputy US marshal to answer for shipping kidney pills wrongly labelled from South Manchester to Centre Falls Rhode Island. McFields, a druggist, was arrested in Worcester last Saturday.
The Boston Post previews continuation of Botchkareva's thrilling Russian soldier memoir My Life. The narrative recounts danger and resilience as she describes a battlefield injury and ongoing adventures.
An intricate power struggle unfolds as Ward 8 leader Martin backs Edward J. Donovan against John F. Fitzgerald in a fierce mayoral contest. Donovan’s rise is aided by rival insiders, with a late-night coup dissolving a Republican trade and solid funding reaching tens of thousands. The saga culminates in a dramatic primary day and a promised continuation in the Daily and Sunday Post.
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