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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
19
In a memoir fragment, Private Stankevitch recalls near Belleau Wood a shell burst wounding him and a comrade, the fallen Bocie bodies, evacuation to Columieres and Vichy, then returning for the St Mihiel drive and Verdun. The narrative promises a second installment tomorrow in the Post.
A WWI diary fragment recounts carrying a box of candles jam and tobacco to battalion HQ under bombardment. Rain smothered darkness as shells burst, heat struck the face, and a frightened corporal led the way toward a dressing station before the narrator reassured him and returned.
A Victorian style health ad claims keeping young comes from a healthy liver and bowels. It touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, olive colored substitute for calomel to tonify the liver and clear impurities. Sold in 10¢ and 25¢ boxes by all druggists.
A column explains guests may be free in mornings and afternoons while the hostess plans the evening. Over entertaining is poor form. neglecting guests is worse. On rings, the bridegroom typically buys both wedding rings unless the bride insists on paying for his.
Portland April 16. The Maine Central Railroad Company reduced its board from 12 to 10 at the annual stockholders meeting. The old board was re elected and the vacancies from the deaths of Joseph W Symonds of Portland and Weston Lewis of Gardiner were not filled. Present officers were re elected by the Directors. Directors and officers were also re elected at the annual meetings of subsidiary companies.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, veteran commander of the Atlantic fleet, is designated by Secretary Daniels as commander in chief of the United States fleet. The order, issued weeks ago, would place Mayo in supreme command only if the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic fleets were united.
A letter to the editor salutes the Boston Post for sending its paper to every trench and dugout in France. The writer, a buck private, fifth class with the Yankee Division, credits the paper and its Uncle Walt column with boosting morale and supporting soldiers in every fight.
Herbert J. Wehes of E Battery 108d FA recalls how the Boston Post used the unit during hard times in hot places. He offers thanks and asks the piece be published as truth.
The passenger steamships Turrialba and Metapan, two of United Fruit Company’s 20 ships, once in army transport service, have been turned back to owners and will be re-entered in service between the United States and parts of South and Central America. Definite assignments not yet made.
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