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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1917
Page
7
In a 9 am Mass at St. Paul’s Church Dorchester Bishop Anderson calls for loyal support of the government amid war. He says the nation faces conflict after trying to stay neutral while upholding justice and international law.
A bishop urges national unity and duty as the country faces war. He emphasizes loyalty to government, readiness to sacrifice, and faith in God as courage to face death. He praises mothers as the nation’s best result of divine providence.
The auxiliary bishop of Boston and vicar-general urged people to stand by the government in a sermon. He called on parents to prepare to sacrifice their children for the country as a noble duty while maintaining faith and prayer for peace and victory in God’s time.
Representatives from Notre Dame alumnae associations across Massachusetts met at Notre Dame Academy and formed a state federation with Cardinal O Connell's approval. The group, numbering between 3000 and 4000, offered war work, elected officers led by Monica Foley, and named several directors for the ensuing year.
Noted physicians surgeons dentists and specialists join the rosters organized and equipped by the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross to serve in three military base hospital units.
The Red Cross listed staff for three base hospital units led by Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. It names directors adjutants surgeons physicians dentists and specialists including Roentgenologists bacteriologists and nurses, with Carrie M. Hall as superintendent of nurses.
A wartime advocate warns Congress to provide large and prompt war appropriations while stressing they must be financed fairly. He argues adequate credits require taxation and cautions against hasty, unjust financing through bonds, certificates, and higher living costs borne by wage earners. He urges citizens to consider the pledge below.
A historical roster lists many physicians and surgeons at City Hospital Boston including directors chiefs and staff across departments such as otology ophthalmology radiology pathology and dentistry. Notable names include Dr. John J. Dowling Dr. Edward H. Nichols Dr. John J. Thomas and Dr. William H. Robey with several department heads and clerical roles.
Congressman Peter I Tague offers Boston residents a copy of The Small Vegetable Garden a government publication prepared under William A Taylor chief of the bureau of plant industry USDA. The guide covers soil preparation crop selection tools irrigation and winter storage as part of an intensive garden program for reducing living costs.
Boston women host a grand pageant and costume ball at Copley Plaza this evening. John ONeill of Brookline appears as King Neptune with a submarine grotto palace and an entourage of mermaids sea-fairies and rainbows as attendants.
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