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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1919
Page
16
The Daily Post begins a series of firsthand World War stories by members of New England’s division. Readers will find personal experiences and reflections printed daily and on Sundays, detailing veterans’ memories and wartime events.
Private Saccone recalls the 26th Division assaulting Epieds and Petruny woods during the Chateau Thierry campaign. He describes taking a railroad target, brutal fighting, heavy losses, and German counterfire with 88 mm shells while praising American riflemen and artillery. The narrative notes advancing with aid from the 101st Infantry, 101st Engineers, and French 75s, before vowing more in tomorrow’s Post.
Chicago April 2 The United States Court of Appeals upheld the FTC stance that Sears must not claim sugar saves due to buying power but allowed Sears to set any price. The ruling alters last June's decision that sugar could not be sold below cost.
Captain George F. A. Mulcahy of Dorchester now with the American army in Germany received the Croix de Guerre for actions October 3 to 10, 1918. He stabilized liaison between advance units and supply sources, exposing himself to enemy fire to ensure supply success. Mulcahy, a Dartmouth alumnus, attended the first Plattsburg camp and was commissioned a second lieutenant.
The Franklin Park Zoo reports an ostrich laid a two pound five ounce egg. Curator George F. Morse Jr. guards it and plans to incubate it since the female Ostrich may not hatch. He expects incubation of 54 days and a possible flock soon.
A Memory Garden will be planted at Franklin Park with Flanders Field poppies in June. Park Commissioner James B. Shea says the poppies may bloom each summer, linking American soil in France to local gardens as a tribute to fallen soldiers.
Two of Major J. W. Heard's squadron planes arrived in Springfield at 4:30 PM after looping over Worcester, then landed following dives and aerial maneuvers.
Baron Shimpei Goto, former Japanese foreign minister, told the Council on Foreign Relations that Japan stands ready to cooperate with Russia in Siberia after peace is restored but will not interfere in Siberian internal affairs. He said Japan would apply Manchuria and Korea–like policies if invited, and would accept a modest role alongside Russia and the United States in modern trade and development.
A wedding for military and naval circles will take place on Saturday May 10 at St Pauls Cathedral. Miss Catherine Rush becomes the bride of Lieutenant James Jackson Cabot of Cambridge. The reception will follow at the Rush home in the navy yard Charles Town. Cabot is a Harvard class ’13 member and active in Cambridge and Back Bay society.
Belfast resident Henry O Hanley credits Dr True's Elixir with saving his life and promotes the medicine as a family laxative worm expeller that tones the stomach moves bowels and expels worms. The ad lists worm symptoms and urges readers to buy from dealers in Auburn Maine noting a 60 year market presence.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as spring tonic to restore rich blood and energy. It cites Mrs Adelaide LaVaude of Claremont New Hampshire who describes recovered strength and weight after using the pills and recommends buying from local druggists or the Williams Medicine Co with a 50 cent single box price and free booklet offer.
Mrs Mary Caligure of Herkimer New York reports six years of female weakness and painful periods improving after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She claims a cure and a healthy baby four months old and invites others to write for advice. The letter promotes the remedy as a long standing root and herb treatment backed by the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
A judges remarks misjudge a lawyer as terminal and unhealthy with references to pain, morphine, and gall stones. The text shifts to an advertisement for Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claiming to cure catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation with a money back guarantee.
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