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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1917
Page
5
The bulletin titled Home Canning by the One Period Cold Pack Method is issued by the U S Department of Agriculture to promote food conservation. It states any child with no experience and minimal equipment found in most homes can can food satisfactorily using the method described.
Instructions explain canning methods for vegetables soups meats and fish using hermetically sealed containers when unavailable. Tips warn about mould from poor seals damp storage and rubber deterioration while detailing blanching methods for greens and avoiding flat sour flavors in fresh produce.
The National Board for Historical Service announces prizes for public school teachers in Massachusetts for essays on Why the United States Is at War. Two groups, high school and elementary, with multiple cash awards. Essays up to 3000 words due by 6 pm January 1, 1918, to Waldo G. Leland in Washington, D.C.
In London on August 5 at Westminster Abbey an intercessional service marks four years of war. King George attended in naval uniform with Queen consort household members including Prince John Princess Mary and Princess Victoria. Premier Lloyd George and Sir John Jellicoe sat nearby. A central block held wounded soldiers while the Archbishop of Canterbury preached about running with patience the race set before us.
Advertisement for Mi o na tablets from Liggett s Riker Jaynes Drug Stores. Claims quick relief from upset stomachs and soothing irritation, promoting digestive strength. Encourages purchase of a 50 cent box to avoid suffering another day.
D R Tanner of San Francisco quotes a National Socialist Committee speaker claiming socialism equals democracy and proposes eight hours work sleep and recreation with a platform including child labor abolition and worker control of production. He cites the Public Library to prove his point and attacks Democrats and Republicans for not abolishing child labor.
The Rev. William H. van Allen urged social ostracism for traitors who undermine the war effort at the Church of the Advent. He called for crushing defeat of the German army and discrediting Prussian rulers, praising loyalty to the United States and allies as Christians' duty.
The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Woodcock, Episcopal bishop of Kentucky, told a New York audience that worry shortens life and harms the heart more than drink. He called worry a sinful personal weakness and said it weakens the arteries and is as evil as drinking or gambling.
The free sea service bureau of the United States Shipping Board reports a flood of applications for junior officers and engineers. To meet demand, 50 free navigation schools will operate on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts within weeks. The Boston office names staff members including James Bennett, Ralph Brown, A. P. DeVera, L. R. McHale, and Daniel Mullins.
A Quincy woman was arrested yesterday after authorities say she assaulted her child with a large stick. The incident prompted police response and an investigation.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Lewis of 757 Washington Street Quincy was arrested for assault and battery after beating her three and a half year old son George until he turned blue from shoulders to heels. Her husband, away fishing, found the child and alerted police. Patrolman George Phillips and Dr. W J Middleton assisted, a warrant was secured, and Lewis was detained.
George Vocell, 30, of Cambridge, returned to the city and will be sought for a warrant on a Third District Court charge of manslaughter. He said he picked up Clifford Oulette, 29, while Oulette was intoxicated and Oulette was run over by Vocell’s two ton truck after a series of rides ending near Boston. Oulette had been drinking heavily and was later found at Harvard Square.
Friends of Harmon Craig son of Mr and Mrs John Craig gathered at Church of the Advent for prayers and a brief address by Rev Dr William H van Allen. Harvard friends in uniform attended as other uniformed men filled the audience.
Captain Joseph D. Sproul and six crew members of the American schooner William H. Critchett arrived in New York reporting the ship wrecked after running ashore on Bird Rock in the West Indies on July 17. The Critchett, bound from Philadelphia with coal to a Cuban port, was partly insured.
Congressman Gallivan of Boston said he will push a bill in Washington to grant full citizenship to aliens who have taken out first papers and serve in the current war, effective upon an honorable discharge from the army navy or marine corps.
The Boston congressman who led the drive to require aliens to serve in the military argues that aliens who join the armed forces and later seek citizenship should receive full citizenship with their honorable discharge. He declined to reveal his mayoral plans, saying he will speak for himself in the near future.
Larry Keasley was sunning at a Maine pier when he decided to swim for dinner. The cold water caused a cramp. a companion named Harry aided as the incident unfolded, highlighting a close call at OLD ORCHARD.
Lifeguard Wyseman swam to a victim in danger and would have drowned himself had the rescue not succeeded. The incident showcases the dangers faced by lifeguards while saving others.
Rev. Alexander Mann of Trinity Church Boston has not decided whether to accept election to the Western New York diocese. Speaking at his Wianno summer home he said he would announce his decision to the notification committee first and needs time to decide.
Several thousand residents and visitors attended the annual ceremony at State Fort Park to honor 33 Gloucester fishermen lost at sea this year. A procession and exercises preceded flowers cast on the water, with Rev. George Sydney Webster of the American Seamen's Friends Society delivering the address.
More than 800 canoeists raced the Charles River yesterday and only nine mishaps were recorded. None proved serious beyond a ducking for the unlucky participants, who were otherwise uninjured.
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