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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1917
Page
9
Urgent job call for boat builders, shipfitters and shipsmiths at all navy yards especially Boston and Portsmouth New Hampshire. Charlestown yard needs six shipfitters now with pay 3.28 to 4.48 daily. Portsmouth yard seeks 25 boat builders 10 shipsmiths 10 shipfitters and three flange turners with various daily wages.
Wartime demand boosts need for stenographers, typewriters, stewards, messengers, and lab specialists. Examinations begin in Boston with May 11 test date. salaries range from 90 to 1200 dollars annually and daily wages quoted. Apply to the United States Civil Service Commission by May 2 at the State House in Boston.
President Wells of the Senate will address Methodist ministers at Wesleyan Hall on duty of the church in the present national crisis. Rev James E B Coons will preside. A union meeting at First Congregational Church Georgetown featured Frank Curtis teaching God’s Son and Sons of God with congregational hymn singing. A mission at St John’s Jamaica Plain runs through May 4 with varied daily services and a children’s service Friday. Cathedral Service Units to host May 8 food and agriculture discussion by Prof John T Wheeler on practical food crop methods.
Four Brown University servicemen will leave Providence to join the Field Ambulance unit in France. A. S. Browne of Brookline Massachusetts John T. Walker of Chicago Illinois H. W. MacNair of Houghton Michigan and W. H. Reese of Parsons Pennsylvania are listed. More Brown men are expected to enlist in July.
Winship trunks and bags advertise lower prices with a bold offer. A note lists the seller at 71 Summer Street Boston, promoting affordable luggage options.
A reader asks if marrying a man who wants to escape military duty is right. The advisor condemns slackers, praises sending lovers to enlist, and urges firm resolve. Responses from readers emphasize loyalty, honor, and duty, with personal anecdotes of pride in soldiers and warnings against shirking.
At Tremont Temple Chipman Hall a team luncheon plans 200 volunteers to solicit 200 Boston residents daily for the New England Hospital for Women and Children fund. Through Saturday the drive raised $51 051.95 from 1021 donors, about a quarter of the goal, with large gifts anticipated next.
A patriotic poem speaks of places to visit and deeds untold. It asserts a pledge to stand in Freedom's land and bless the graves of the dead. The speaker vows to place America first and follow freedom’s light to a cherished mother country. The cadence reflects reverence for liberty and national loyalty.
A Norwegian steamship, first to sail to the United States since February, arrived in New York with 1163 aboard including many Americans stranded in Denmark Norway and Sweden after German submarine actions. The group included physicians from German and Austrian hospitals and several German representatives of a U.S. firm. Passengers reported food in Germany tight but not yet catastrophic and noted government controls in Norway and Denmark.
Annie Soderholm an eighteen year old from 111 Gardner street Lynn may return to work in a soap factory tomorrow but will not sign any more soap wrappers. She followed a claimed fiancé Nick Krinis to Bridgeport where authorities detained her and she was brought home by her father after her mother intercepted a letter and telegrams.
Berlin reported via London that Germany treats Americans as non neutrals rather than enemy foreigners. The foreign office says the classification is modified and that Americans are not interned but must report to police twice daily and stay indoors 10 p m to 6 a m while other Allied nationals face stricter rules.
The writer recalls a pleasant evening at Lucille's bridge session. After lunch with Janette, they arrived late as dessert and conversation lingered. Janette wore a black satin gown with a white straw band, pink silk roses, and a Tam o' Shanter hat, while sharing news and light gossip.
A fragment describes desserts and cookies with measures for steamed chocolate pudding macaronis and filled cookies. The list includes sugar eggs milk flour baking powder and lemon filling, with notes on cooking and frosting. Signed by M. Dugu eau.
American relief work for Armenians and Syrians in Turkey will continue despite the severance of diplomatic relations. Dr. James L. Barton says funds remain to support relief for weeks. Since the break with Germany over $375000 has gone to Constantinople and nearly $700000 since mid December. Also, Mer Peter Rowan, pastor at St Peter's Church Meeting House Hill, is improving after illness. prayers for recovery were requested and Sunday school was omitted.
Advice column about a young man judged for kissing his girlfriend twice a year on her birthday and New Year. The expert urges privacy and holds that kissing frequency rests with the couple and should not invite outside scrutiny.
In a flag raising address at Hill Memorial Baptist Church Allston Mayor Curley said Americans stand united behind President Wilson and the war effort. He urged everyone to contribute by farming and doing their share as the nation endures insults and savagery, insisting workers in each role must stand by Wilson.
Catholic devotion month announced for May with scheduled prayer sessions in all churches. Cathedral of the Holy Cross holds devotions on Monday Thursday and Friday at 8 pm with 7 am mass for Friday first Friday. Prayer requests for Father Ronan's recovery noted.
A flag raising by Ward 20 residents in Dorchester took place yesterday afternoon under the Ward 20 Democratic committee. Notable speakers included William S. McNary John F. Cusick John Dillon commissioner of the park and recreation department and Matthew Sumene.
Several thousand people attended a flag raising yesterday afternoon under the auspices of Rev. Augustine J. Millet and the Church of the Assumption parishioners, mostly French, at the school and rectory grounds on Clark Avenue in Chelsea.
Miss Elizabeth Keith unfurled the national flag at the First Baptist Church on Commonwealth avenue and Clarendon street during a patriotic morning service. Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of State, voiced a wartime pro AMERICA sentiment as Post 1 6 A. R. members and attendees gathered outside for the ceremony.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineer Corps completed its two day and night practice camp at Turtle Farm in Bedford returned to Cambridge in a special electric car. Captain W B Downing and Captain A L Smith led the camp for the U S Army and Reserve Corps.
Ex Governor John Quincy Adams Brackett is forecast to receive a large vote as he runs for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Massachusetts eighth district. Supporters say his election is assured while other governors Walsh Foss and Bates also seek delegate seats.
New York April 29 acceptance by the government of an offer of three steel airplane hangars from W Earl Dodge a New York millionaire was announced by the Aero Club of America Rear Admiral Usher commander of the third naval district will designate the naval aviation stations where the hangars are to be built
The American legation in Berne denied a Zurich paper's claim that the US gunboat Scorpion, interned at Constantinople, was found provisioning a British submarine early in the war. Germanophile papers in Switzerland have published anti American articles the minister seeks to counter.
William Nolan of 9 Emerald Street Nonantum was shot last night on Washington Street Newton. He is at Newton Hospital with a bullet in his right hip.
The General Medical Board of the Council of National Defence announced plans to send 1000 American surgeons to Europe for service with allied armies. The surgeons will be selected by the American College of Surgeons and aim to reach the firing line within three months. Colonel T K Goodwin attended the conference with the British War Mission in Washington.
Paris April 29 reports from the department of agriculture show crops will be far less satisfactory than last year. The investigation cites insufficient soil preparation lack of fertilizer and unusually heavy rains as main contributing factors.
Amsterdam reports that no German newspapers have appeared in Bohemia since Thursday as Vienna dispatch says all German papers have been suppressed. The Lokal Anzeiger notes the ban was coordinated with Austrian authorities and affects multiple towns.
Through the generosity of Associate Justice Elihu G Loomis the Bedford Public Safety Committee provides 14 residents with quarter acre plots on land owned by Loomis opposite St Michaels Church. More land is expected to open for gardens soon.
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