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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
18
Fisher's Island N Y April 10 Sergeant James Boyle Coast Artillery shot and killed two men wounded several others seriously including First Lieutenant Jean Be cheud and then killed himself with a service revolver at Fort Wright after returning from leave of absence.
In the Fourth Company office, Boyle killed First Sergeant Fred H. Cook and Private Thomas G. Guzdek, then wounded several others including First Lieutenant Jean Becheud and Sergeant Adolph Hollant. He wounded Green, Sullivan, and Becheud before barricading the doors. A guard confronted him and Boyle was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
Morris D. Smith, a cadet flier from Leominster, was killed at Hicks Field near Fort Worth when his plane toppled during a spinning nose dive. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Smith, he lived at 28 Manning Avenue and had recently entered service after graduating from Dartmouth College two years earlier.
Private Paul Maynard of the 102d Infantry, a former Leverett resident, was wounded in action in France on March 15. He and his brother Ek. F. Maynard formerly ran a general store in Leverett before moving to Torrington, Connecticut, prior to enlistment. He is well known throughout Franklin County.
Colonel House avoids public office by health limits and preference for advisory work. He values results over praise, plans campaigns behind the scenes, and mentored Texas leaders like Culberson. His early political rise built on rail regulation battles, with Hogg and Reagan era reforms shaping Texas politics.
Mr D J Lane chemist at 532 Lane Bldg St Marys Kas claims a simple home remedy cures asthma. He offers a post paid $1 bottle only if it cures, asking recipients to judge its effect within ten days and send name and address on a postal card.
Scientific tests prove Father John s Medicine supplies nourishment far beyond ordinary foods and is six times richer than milk, seven and a half times oysters, and five times codfish. It is a pure tonic for colds, energy, and tissue building, with no alcohol or habit forming drugs, advertised as a doctor s prescription.
London dispatch describes General Careys improvised army on the western front with American railway engineers playing a key role in delaying a German breakthrough toward Amiens. The force formed quickly, held a front against fierce assaults, and later deployed artillery to effective use.
Captain Christopher F. Lee of IT Company 101st Infantry, transferred to the general army staff in France, hails from Dorchester and resides at 72 Hancock Street. A graduate of Dorchester Grammar School and English High, he earned his promotion through trench service.
A wartime exhortation urges citizens to support the effort by purchasing bonds. The message emphasizes sacrifice and collective responsibility in financing the fight for liberty, urging immediate action to contribute funds to the war effort.
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