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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1919
Page
5
Fabric listing describes night gowns using blue birds patterns and fan Tin motifs along with Windsor crepe in pink and white. Items highlighted compare colors and textures for sewing or shopping. Includes blue birds and pink white Windsor crepe as main varieties.
Nearly complete at Camp Devens the 103d Infantry moves into permanent quarters between 10th and 11th and Main and Liberty streets. The 108d Infantry completes the 5d Brigade except for the 108d Machine Gun Battalion. Visitors increased, including Mrs Christina Gagne and her two daughters, waiting two hours to see Private Teter Gagne of I Company, still nursing cooties. Regimental HQ for the 108d is empty of furniture but records are stocked. YMCA Building 27 opens for 108d. The 104th Infantry begins light drill in prep for a potential Springfield parade ahead of the division parade in Boston on April 25.
An advertisement from Philadelphia promotes Bon-Opto tablets as a eye strengthening remedy. Claimed testimonials describe drastic improvements, including reduced eye strain and ability to read without glasses, with a guarantee of 59 percent improvement or money back. Drugstores and Houghton & Dutton are named distributors.
News from the Northeastern Department confirms the final unit of the 26th Division has sailed for home after the Mongolian reaches Boston, with 5709 officers and men aboard including artillery and medical detachments. Welcoming ships and committees prepare to greet the homecoming at Commonwealth Pier and Camp Devens, with Rhode Island and Worcester delegations present.
Message notes all divisional trains except five companies of the ammunition unit sailed on the Winifredian April 6. Five companies and casuals of the 103d Artillery sail today on the New Jersey. Others sailed on the Patricia yesterday. Massachusetts legislators will greet Brigadier General John H. Sherburne aboard the Rogday as the Mongolian arrives, a plan decided at the State House, with docking expected at 7 and a Mons arrival at 6:30 tomorrow morning.
Announcement states 101st Supply and Ammunition Trains of the Yankee Division sail from Brest aboard the Winifredian, due in Boston April 16, with 120 officers and 2207 enlisted men plus 7 civilians. They shift from the Von Steuben to free space for other troops aboard the latter. No sick or wounded are included.
An ad-promoting Cure for throat and chest ailments claims relief from tickle, croup and colds. It offers a free box of Pen-Trate Salve for chest and head colds with each bottle, priced at Sic. The message uses archaic spelling and aims to entice buyers with a complimentary salve.
The 26th Division marching song, written just before the author died at Verdun, expresses soldierly spirit as New Englanders depart Yankee land for France. It honors General Edwards, the Doughboys, and their resolve to win the day with chants of victory and unity despite hardships.
Private Wilmer H. Hicke of C Battery 108th Field Artillery, killed by a German shell in Death Valley before Verdun, wrote lyrics to La Madelon and sparked a division wide singing of the march. A Naragansett Pier, R I, native and Brown University graduate of 1915, he was an ardent musician.
Fragmentary lines recall times of war and defeat with marching rhythm and cries. The speaker notes a Kaiser fall and soldiers losing step, plotting a vivid dramatic moment amid memory. The tone echoes a cautionary reflection on leadership and mass response.
At Camp Devens on April 8, twenty five percent of the 101st Engineers YD were on passes. An additional quarter of the men would be out over Saturday and Sunday, on top of regular passes, totaling fifty percent home for the weekend. The plan aims to have the entire regiment out on three day passes in several days.
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