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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1916
Page
14
Minute hair like wigglers found in Second Regiment water supply cause stomach and bowel trouble among men and officers. Medical corps officers report the cause solved and no recurrences expected.
Lieutenant Johnston oversees sand charcoal filters for water and tanks to safeguard the Second Regiment’s supply. Private Stake wounded by stray bullet. civilians barred from camp outskirts. Troops endure rain at Tres Hermanos range. Rank-up Renth and Robbie move to new posts. Van Schaick travels to Mexico for Pershing talks on Hugh Clark case.
Paris August 8 General Joffre welcomed Miss Grace Casette a Chicago artist the first American woman presented to him at his headquarters He thanked her and American women for personal services in the war and praised American ambulance work.
Washington August 8 The Senate approved the bill to curb interstate commerce in products made by child labor. The tally was 52 to 12. The measure had already passed the House and was brought to a vote at the insistence of President Wilson after the Democratic caucus delayed action until December.
Southern opposition led by cotton mill owners and southern Democrats kept the measure from united support. Eleven Democrats from the South and several Republicans backed the bill which prohibits interstate commerce in products from mines and mills employing under sixteen. The act would enforce a one year delay before it takes effect and sets hourly and weekly work limits for minors.
William Kennedy aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs John J Kennedy of 50 Clinton Malden was playing at Pine Banks Park when he touched a live electric pole chain escaping a non conduct resistor and was shocked knocked several feet. He lay unconscious for about 15 minutes.
An official statement from London reports that on July 30 British naval aircraft, in coordination with French forces, bombed benzine stores and the barracks at Maelheim. The planes endured heavy anti aircraft fire but achieved their objective and returned safely.
Massachusetts troops under General E. Leroy Sweetser tighten outpost duties to curb firing across the border. Night skirmishes near Camp Cotton prompt fresh orders as officers and men receive special outpost instruction and examinations. Eight veterans leave service on furloughs while chaplains form an aid network for dependents.
Acting Secretary of Commerce Hughes refutes charges in Mr Redfield and Mr Sweet telegrams about census and Coast and Geodetic Survey appointments. He cites Durand retirement, Harris succession, Tittman voluntary resignation, and Jones merit for deputy fisheries, with Jones praised for revitalizing the bureau.
Berlin reports a German hydro aeroplane shot down an Allied battleplane off the Flanders coast. Naval Lieutenant Boensch is credited with conquering a fourth hostile aeroplane, and on the return flight compelled another to land behind enemy lines.
An advertisement credits Dr. Lewis with a free prescription to strengthen eyesight. Bon-Opte tablets dissolved in water are used as eye baths two to four times daily, with testimonials claiming dramatic improvements and reduced dependence on glasses. A physician cited backs the claim and guarantees a 60 percent improvement or money back.
In a letter to Miss Alice Carpenter of the Hughes Alliance women's committee Roosevelt endorsed forming an organization in suffrage states to push a federal amendment granting woman suffrage. The note responds to a prior inquiry from Miss Carpenter.
The president voiced support for an suffrage amendment stating the time is ripe. The letter also praised Mr Hughes for clearly taking the right stance on the issue.
John Altmans 22 of Cambridge nearly drowned when a fierce yesterday afternoon storm whipped the Charles River to white caps. Lifeguard Thomas F O Hara pulled him from danger and a half hour of first aid revived him.
With 37 Massachusetts General Hospital staff including physicians and nurses confined in the South Department of City Hospital, officials believed last night that the diphtheria outbreak had been checked after the confinement and isolation measures.
German Government counsel filed a petition for appeal to the Supreme Court in the Appam prize ship case. A $2,000,000 supersedeas bond was posted by five American bonding firms, with Lt. Hans Berg prize master and German consul L. M. Von Schilling signing. Bond premium totaled $20,000.
The Moxie Company unveils its Human Telegraph Pole stunt featuring Wilson the tallest man with 10 foot pant legs. He promotes Moxie across Boston streets and New England, tangoing aloft, riding streetcars, and drawing crowds with his kitten companion.
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