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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1916
Page
11
Shouts of Vive la France echoed at the North station as 200 French civilians bid farewell to nine wounded soldiers headed home to St. Pierre Miquelon. Banknotes and cigarettes were tossed from passing cars as the St. John express pulled away. All the soldiers had sustained wounds from trench service in France.
About nine fishermen from St Pierre Miquelon arrive in New York aboard the steamer Chicago. They describe 380 men from their colony serving with France, with 30 killed and many wounded. The group, quiet and modest, joins a city scene of cheering crowds and a French consul farewelling them.
The Work Horse Relief Association announced that horses with prior blue ribbons will be judged more leniently this year due to winter hard work. Newcomers are excluded. Judging focuses on health, spirits, coat, and flesh gain across five championship classes with eligibility tied to prior wins.
A Post story led to identifying a missing man as William Wood of Somerville. He suffered two amnesia episodes, one in Winchester and one in Hyde Park, and police took days to locate his relatives after each incident.
An advertising blurb touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a harmless non dye liquid that darkens gray hair to an even shade. It claims to leave hair soft fluffy lustrous and fully gray free. Sold for 5c per large bottle at local drug stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea with mail service for out of town buyers.
Baltimore reports Billy Sunday’s eight week evangelistic drive ends with large offerings. Free will collection plates show two bushels of gold and silver coin and four bushels of checks and notes. An experienced bank official declined to estimate total value, though ushers reportedly contributed about $3000 and several individuals sent $1000 checks.
A Sunday campaign saw a large free will offering, likely at least 25000 dollars, with gold and silver coins filling bank satchels. Billy Sunday preached four sermons at the tabernacle, ending with farewell messages to night and a men’s service at 1:30, 3:30, and a final evening talk. Judge Rose urged more giving and Joseph R. Wilson gave benediction prayers. Sunday praised eight weeks of gospel work and warned women about reforms through marriage.
Charles Barkman of Roxbury 11 Linden street injured at The Stoneholm 1514 Beacon Street Brookline when he stepped into an elevator shaft rear of the hotel. He fell about 12 feet and was taken to City Hospital with a severe back injury.
By order of the Navy Department at Washington no work was done on any battleships at the Charleston yard yesterday. Plans had called for a work gang on the battleship New Jersey then in drydock, but late Saturday night orders arrived to suspend Sunday labor.
Hilaire Beauvais, 99, the city's oldest resident and among New England's elders, died at Gale Hospital after a fall two weeks earlier on church steps. Born in Montreal in 1816, he moved to the United States at 30 and lived in Haverhill 31 years. He worked as a carpenter and is survived by two sons. Funeral services are set for St. Joseph's Church Tuesday morning.
Beverly April 23 many guests attended a dinner party given by Mr and Mrs Frank T Wentworth to announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Inez Lillian Wentworth to Dr Cornelius P Murray of Beverly Farms. Miss Wentworth’s father is an official of United Shoe Machinery Company. She is a graduate of South Boston High School and the Sargent School. Dr Murray is a graduate of Beverly High School and Tufts Dental School. The couple will be married next autumn.
Harvard undergraduates will submit essays for National Foreign Trade Council prizes about developing foreign trade via an adequate American merchant marine. Prizes total $150 with $100 and $50 awards. 5000 word limit applies. Similar contests have been offered in Wisconsin Chicago Kansas and Texas.
The first Easter season wedding at Gate of Heaven in South Boston united Timothy Casey, a patrolman of East Dedham Street station, and Jennie V. Toomey at 2 p m. Rev. George A. Lyons presided. Casey’s brother John Casey served as best man and the bride was attended by her sister Mary P. Toomey.
Clinton Mass was selected as the Turnverein Clubs New England District headquarters for the coming year at the district convention in Springfield. Morning and afternoon business sessions preceded a noon banquet.
Ottawa reports William Edward Mahoney of Roxbury Massachusetts killed in action and Humphrey Moynihan of Lawrence Massachusetts listed among wounded in the casualty list of Canadian Overseas forces issued today.
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