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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
2
Amsterdam report via London cites the Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung stating 412 American citizens reside in Germany. Of these 189 men 175 women and 78 children, with 46 students and 147 professionals. Only 186 were born in America.
The Senate, having cleared the way for war legislation but with no war bills ready, adjourned today until Monday. Leaders hope to take up the administration 7 billion dollar revenue bill then.
Dr John Lovett Morse led the eighth annual Milk and Baby Hygiene Association meeting at Copley Plaza. He said training mothers surpasses pure milk distribution and noted 67000 visits, increased breast feeding, and rising station use with 4952 total babies served and 26000 spent.
Harvard completed its annual spring collection of cast-off student clothing. Over 500 articles will be sorted by undergraduate volunteers for Cambridge and Boston charities. Some garments go to European war sufferers and a small portion to the South.
In Buenos Aires on April 12 the German minister to Argentina sought a meeting with President Irigoyen to demand an explanation of Argentina's note to the United States after the U S war declaration. A conference with Argentina’s foreign minister aimed to learn the note’s purport and the foreign minister said the reply was in proper terms.
An advertisement touts Freezone a ether-based corn remover from Edward Wesley Co. Cincinnati. It claims pain free treatment with a few drops directly on the corn or callus causing instant relief and eventual loosening for easy lifting away.
Assistant Engineer Louis J. Howard of Engine 16 Milton Lower Mills is retired from the Boston fire department after 16 years of service. Injuries from 1903 and a 1904 fall left him permanently disabled. He served 12 years at Egleston square Engine 42 and lives at 35 Moore Street East Boston. He leads Marranacook Associates, a Boston group vacationing at Marranacook Maine.
In New Orleans on April 12 the General Federation of Women’s Clubs adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass a nationwide prohibition law during the war. A telegraph was sent to President Wilson. The federation also pledged its roughly two million members to conserve food and materials and live simply to prevent waste.
Joseph Bonnnet, organist of St Eustache Paris, will perform a selected programme on the new organ at the New Old South Church at Boylston and Dartmouth streets. The recital is arranged by the New England Chapter American Guild of Organists and Dean Walter J.
City Registrar McGlewen reports 82 marriage license applications filed yesterday, doubling the 1916 figure for the same day. A large share of applicants are men of recruiting age, with two thirds aged 19 to 30. Total for the week reaches 347, with 86 on Monday, 91 on Tuesday, and 8 on Wednesday.
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