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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1919
Page
5
The Daily and Sunday Post begins a series of narratives from actual World War experiences written by members of New England’s division. Stories will be continued daily.
The narrative recalls gas bombardments in February 1918 near Chemin des Dames and a five day trek to Toul. At Leideprey on April 19, German troops attacked. amid chaos three men sprinted to retrieve medics, flame projectors were used, and Captain Whitney was shot seven times after refusing surrender. A comrade’s head was severed by a shell, and I was wounded in the shoulder during a retreat. The second installment follows tomorrow.
Letters of commendation from Queen Mary will be read at a banquet for 40 returned soldiers and sailors of the Lord Kitchener Club of Everett, a branch of Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. Lady Lawley conveyed Queen Mary’s appreciation for Everett members’ wartime generosity. Bronze bars on badges will symbolize years of war work. The family gathering will welcome mothers, fathers and relatives for a reunion at Grace Episcopal Church in Liverett.
In St Louis on April 27 more than six million pelts valued around ten million dollars will be auctioned at the International Fur Exchange over the next two weeks. Three hundred buyers and shippers have arrived for the opening session, with another hundred expected tomorrow. Representatives from Belgium Holland Denmark and several smaller nations have been in the city for a week inspecting pelts.
Local produce merchants forecast flour reaching eighteen dollars before next September as foreign shipments push prices higher. Potatoes jumped last week and beans may follow, with traders noting volatility amid ongoing shipping disruptions. They caution prices will stay elevated until the September harvest arrives.
Hartsdale, N Y April 27 A Court of Appeals ruling upholds probate of Lemuel M Hart will. The will leaves 16 beneficiaries from 1000 to 3000 dollars each plus 23000 value homestead to Annie Wilson and 3000 plus other sums to several friends and associates. Tax questions loom as heirs ponder income taxes on bequests amid Hart’s real estate and mortgage holdings.
Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate among New England states per federal census figures. New Hampshire shows the highest rate with 158 divorces per 100 000 in 1916. Massachusetts records 63 divorces per 100 000 residents, with only six states lower. District of Columbia is lowest at 13, while Nevada shows 648 separations per 100 000.
At Dorchester’s First Parish Church Meeting House Hill Charles P Scott the organist and music director was given a purse by parishioners marking 25 years of service managing the church music. The occasion also marks the first anniversary of Rev Henry Foster Burns arrival with a sermon titled Our Anniversaries.
Joseph Hart and other heirs faced a complex probate after the testator died leaving over $50 000. His brother contended undue influence but Surrogate William A Sawyer admitted the will to probate after appeals to the Appellate Division and Court of Appeals. Edward Grune the village blacksmith praised the decedent as he prepared to receive a $2000 legacy.
Boston barbers endorse Noon an s Hair Petrol for dandruff and scalp tonic benefits. The preparation is used by barbers at fifteen cents a treatment and sold by druggists, barber shops, hairdressers, and department stores for one dollar a bottle from T Noonan & Sons Co. 38 Portland St Boston.
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