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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
2
North Brookfield officials settled a petty claim by paying $2 for a bed sheet used in a death by hanging. The overseers of the poor said there was no obligation, but chose to avoid legal costs and accepted the bill to settle the matter.
Thirteen probationers were appointed to the fire department yesterday under the plan to address weak spots created by the one day off in three order recently enacted.
An advertisement extols ONLIWON Hygiene, combining interfolded toilet paper and a cabinet that protects each sheet from dust and germs. It touts 1000 sheets per roll, low price, and easy insertion, listing numerous retailers and stores across cities such as Chester, Boston, and Cambridge with numerous firm names and addresses.
A long consolidated notice lists promotional offers from numerous drug stores and retailers across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut and Rhode Island. Entries include Waters Drug Store J Himmels Jason Drug Co Freeses Bangor Eastport Hutchinson Fairfield Fort Fairfield Drug Co Rockland Sleeper Bros Paris Chas Howard Co Dunbars Hannaford and many more detailing names of shops and associated locations in cities like Bangor Portland Manchester Nashua Providence Hartford Bridgeport and New Haven among others. The compilation appears as a regional chain of promotional notes for varied druggists and merchants.
Naval Intelligence probes in New York over ten days target German eateries serving enemy aliens and sympathizers. Reports say patrons toasted the Kaiser and Hindenburg, sang German war songs as Central Powers advance news spread.
Naval intelligence in New York monitored German and Austrian celebrations at a German restaurant on East Eighty fourth Street. Forty present were searched. eleven identified as leaders were arrested for failing to register as enemy aliens while others faced immediate scrutiny. Names include Fahler, Loyh, Helfer, Kott, Beere, Deindorfer, Yoltz, Baarme, Wolters, Baumenkempff, and Bautz.
War conservation reshapes Easter hats with no plumage and flowers replacing feathers. Navy blue, khaki, artillery red dominate, mirroring uniforms. Shapes favor broad brims and high crowns, satin bands and bows, or large floral decorations. Ostrich feather remains only as glycerine treated, and straw sailors gain status with coarse shiny pineapple straw.
Manager Nat Butler plans a late May start for the Revere cycle track season, likely on Decoration Day, instead of the traditional April 19 opening. The move shifts the schedule to a later spring kickoff as preparations continue.
Boston restaurants may add whale to menus after a consignment arrived yesterday. Planked whale was served at the fish pier lunch room at noon, broiled and roasted to praise from fish merchants. A carload is due around April 2, priced about 13 cents wholesale, 2 to 80 cents retail, with 25,000 pounds eaten on the Pacific coast last year.
At the annual Arlington Boat Club meeting the following officers were chosen for the year: President Parker Webb, vice-president Richard B. Ambrose, secretary CC G Parsons, treasurer W Whitney, and directors Peter Gray C A Alder F H Hewitt James Coke George H Rice H J Webber A B Harlow Chas P Ritchie F B Crockett S L Dillaway and W Ik Moore. Ten club members are in the service.
A soldier’s identification tag was found yesterday in a telephone booth at the Kimball building by Mrs. J Harkins of the superintendent’s office. The tag reads D. M. R. Kenney T 947 R D F Bac. The finder asks the owner to claim the item and recover his property.
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