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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1917

Page

6

Readable War Time Novels and Upbeat Adventures

The reviewer surveys recent novels by William J. Locke Alice Cholmonde lay and others noting The Red Planet Christine Bromley Neighborhood Where Your Treasure Is Helen of Four Gates Martie the Tenconquered The Inner Door Erewhon and more. It highlights vivid portraits of wartime themes and social life with strong interest in character and narrative craft.

Lane William J. Locke Wellingsford Mars Flanders France Leonard Boyce Locke Red Planet Europe Bromley Macmillan Alice Brown America New England Ellen Brock Ellen Larry Greene Alan Sullivan Riviera Lohmer

East Boston Man Drowns Off Dredger

Harry Fenton aged 49 from East Boston fell from a dredge in the Pines river at the Point of Pines Revere and drowned. He worked on a dredge owned by F E Burnham of East Johnston.

Boston Harry Fenton Pines River Point of Pines Revere Fenton Pone Street East Boston F. E. Burnham East Jonston

Boston Heat Toll Increases With Six More Deaths

The heat wave in Greater Boston claimed six additional lives and caused two more prostrations. Cooler morning weather brought relief, while activity resumed across industries and city streets. The report lists seven named victims, with one unidentified man described in detail. Municipal weather outlook predicted fair conditions with little temperature change.

Boston

190 More Die From Heat In New York

New York Aug 3 The Board of Health reports 533 deaths in the city for the 24 hours ending noon with 190 attributed directly to the heat as relief arrived with a cooler temperature after three days of extreme heat.

New York Board of Health

Page Honored By Plymouth Amid War Anniversary Visit

Plymouth England greeted Walter H Page the American ambassador and Mrs Page with a flag bedecked town and a guard of honor. The ambassador inspected troops and dined with Viscount Astor at Hever Castle while plans for a luncheon military display and patriotic demonstration were announced for the following day.

Plymouth Eng Walter H. Page Page Guard of Honor

Queer Shots Wound Boy In Quincy Yard

A nine year old boy, Arvo Aalto, was wounded in multiple flesh wounds by an unknown shot in his Quincy yard. Doctors could not determine the type of shot and found no remaining pellets. Police and doctors were puzzled by the incident as they treated the boy and sought the weapon charge details.

Arthur Guy Empey West Cheyenne Wyoming America South New York Cavalry Europe France Broadway London the Somme Arvo Aalto Quincy W. L. Sargent

Confessions Heard from 1800 Massachusetts Guard Soldiers

Cardinal O Connell ordered 40 Catholic priests to Camp M Guinness Framingham to hear the confessions of more than 1800 soldiers from the Ninth Regiment Field Hospital companies and the Ambulance Corps during a day of religious visitation and a dress parade in their honor.

M’guinness Framingham Ninth Regiment Ambulance Corps Massachusetts National Guard Cardinal O'Connell Boston

Mass Service Led by Ninth Regiment Priests at Chapel

At sunrise tomorrow the entire regiment will parade to the chapel for an outdoor military mass celebrated by Rev Father Michael J O Connor chaplain of the Ninth Regiment assisted by multiple priests from churches in South Boston Roxbury and Washington DC. The mass will include holy communion for the troops. Bugler McCarthy will wake the men and the regimental band will lead the procession. The visiting clergy include Mer J J Chittick and many Jesuit and Pious orders from local churches and colleges in Boston Cambridge Roxbury Georgetown College and St Marys North End among others.

Michael J. O'Connor Ninth Regiment Father O'Rourke Father O’brien SS. Peter and Paul’s Church South Boston O'Connor Mer. J. J. Chittick Church of the Most Precious Blood Hyde Park C. J. Donovan Roxbury J. J. McQuaid C.ss.r Joseph Pp. Turner C. SS. R Thomas G. Raynor Theodore Noonan Stephen Sweeney C. P Augustine Cotter The Mission Church Eustace John Duran William E. Murphy S. J Boston College J. I. J. Corrigan South Boston Alexis Walter Blessed Gabriel Brighton Mather Charles A. O’brien St. Mary's Church Lynn Joseph Connolly

Five Barely Escape Death In Newbury Bridge Crash

Five people narrowly avoided serious injury when their automobile plunged over the bridge from Newbury to Rowley. In the car were Samuel B. Willis of Somerville and his wife plus three other passengers. The car struck the railing then toppled into rocks below. all occupants escaped with only scratches.

Newbury Rowley Samuel B. Willis Hudson Street Somerville

New Officers Named for Christian Science Institutions

Edward A. Merritt, C. S. B., elected to the Christian Science board of directors. William P. McKenzie, C. S. B., named editor of the Christian Science Journal Sentinel and Der Herold. John R. Watts, C. S., becomes manager of the Publishing Society. David B. Ogden and Lamont Rowlands elected trustees to succeed McKenzie and Merritt. Merritt, a Marquette native and 1887 Massachusetts Metaphysical College graduate, has long served in multiple church roles.

First Church of Christ, Scientist Christian Sccience Publishing Society Edward A. Merritt Christian Science Board of Directors William P. McKenzie Chrstian Science Journal Christian Science Sentinel der Herold der Christian Science John R. Watts C. S Christian Science Publishing Society Ohio Christian Science Board of Lectureship Mother Church Merritt Cleveland

Navy Secures Week's Quota at Tremont Street Offices

The navy recruiting office filled 11 sea service vacancies with a flood of applicants while the army lags and the Marine Corps, though small, nears full war strength. General Clarence R. Edwards and staff visited Squantum camp to push for expansions and improved efficiency.

Navy Army Marine Corps Tremont Row Plattsburg Navy Office Tremont Street Sam Katz Clarence R. Edwards Charles J. Glidden Aviation Department Squantum Edwards

Buried Loot Bared in Field on Belmont Street

Sixteen steam radiators unearthed in a Belmont street field in Somerville last night by Patrolmen McGrath and Doolin. Boys digging spotted two radiators and alerted Lieutenant Carter. A patrol wagon and officers retrieved the remaining fourteen. The radiators were stolen from a Belmont street house about four years earlier by John Greenicks, who was employed on the project, arrested, but bailed and disappeared.

Belmont Street Somerville McGrath and Doolin Carter John Greenicks

Boyle Receives Thorough Summer Boxing Defeat

Eddie Shannon of Frisco dominated Phinney Boyle of Lowell in twelve rounds at the Commercial A. C. Boyle used backhands and elbows, while Shannon’s left jab and sharp right hooks controlled the bout. In the semi final Johnny Donovan defeated Howard McRae in twelve rounds, and Tommy Shea stopped Tony Vatlan in seven of ten.

Eddie Shannon Frisco Phinney Boyle Lowell A. C Boyle Shannon Will Johnny Donovan South Boston Howard McRae Cambridge Donovan Tommy Shea New Haven Tony Vatlan Brighton Vatlan

Bathhouse plea for East Boston soldiers relief

East Boston resident William H. Hearn urges Mayor Curley to open a bathhouse near Leyland Pier No 2 to ease heat stress for local soldiers and youths. He notes past facilities on Border Street and Jeffries Point were removed due to unhealthy dredging work linked to new docks.

William H. Hearn Lamson Street East Boston The Highway Commission Curley Leyland Pier No. 2 Kronprinzess Cecilie Hearn

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