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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
5
Report notes armies evacuating Belgian territory and declares Belgium will remain neutral for the rest of the war. The correspondent adds Belgium’s formal answer is not yet known and awaits clarification.
W. H. Pleasants was elected yesterday president of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah at a board meeting in Savannah. The long held post of vice-president and general manager was abolished.
A massive 85 foot pole weighing 3.5 tons was raised yesterday on the Lexington battle green in front of hundreds including town officials. Eight men hoisted the staff and set it in the ground without incident as the ceremony proceeded smoothly.
Former Vermont governor Urban A. Woodbury died at his home in Burlington at the age of 76 after months of illness from a stroke. He had been hospitalized in Battle Creek Michigan for several weeks before returning home.
Governor Woodbury born in Acworth New Hampshire served as sergeant in the Second Vermont Volunteers. He lost his right arm at Bull Run and was captured then paroled. After healing he re enlisted as captain of Company D Eleventh Vermont Volunteers. He later led Burlington as mayor 1885 86 and served as lieutenant governor 1888 99 and governor 1894 96. He was Vermont Grand Army of the Republic commander in 1900 and earned an MD from the University of Vermont in 1859.
Amsterdam dispatch via London reports the German embassy in Rome asking the Belgian government through the Belgian legation to the Quirinal whether, if Germany quits Belgium, Belgium would be affected or required to respond.
The 15 graduates from the South Boston Art School Working Girls Class perform readings, pantomime, and two comedies at Dahlgren Hall this evening under Miss Catherine Bail. Miss Mary L. McGrady impersonates the only male role in After the Game, playing Jack Morton half-back.
Superintendent William J. Brickley warns that over 40 percent of Haymarket Relief Station accident cases involve intoxicated patients. He says drinkers have weakened hearts and cannot meet sudden extra demands. two weeks saw heart failure after overexertion. The article notes a weaving story in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
Muiden, Netherlands April 15 German warships captured four steam trawlers flying the Dutch flag and towed them into Cuxhaven, according to local fleet owners notified in London.
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