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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1904
Page
8
During encampment week the Mechanics building will house over 500 veterans with beds arranged in double rows and passageways. A large check room will hold overnight items, and a basement restaurant will serve meals at nominal cost. The South and East armories will also be used, plus ward rooms and public synagogiums, totaling over 12 900 accommodations.
At the G A R encampment in Combination Park Medford on August 17 and 18 about 1000 children from every state and territory will join in Young America in time of War. Funds raised will erect on Mt Hood Melrose an illuminated column memorial to soldiers and sailors who rest in unknown graves. Committees Wendell P Hood Melrose and Mrs Lera Stockwell Chelsea organize. The human flag and Uncle Sam with Columbia will be featured with booths from territories.
Patriotic decorations graced Houghton and Dutton's nine story store on Beacon and Tremont streets drawing crowds during the Day of 61 parade. Flags and streamers cover the two facades, with new flags chosen to keep the display fresh for veterans. The firm avoids incandescent lighting this year, preferring daytime visibility for the veterans. Water color designs by a noted artist were used to optimize the distant view and close-up appearance.
Major P. J. Grady Camp 3 of the Spanish War Veterans join Joseph Hooker Post 123 G A R for a Boston Harbor sail on August 17. Afterward a stop at Fort Warren features a baseball game between the two veteran groups.
Joseph McMann known as Chelsea Joe will lead the G A R drum corps in the Commonwealth avenue parade next Tuesday. The Taunton born veteran, six feet three, formerly with Company B of the Eighteenth Massachusetts, joined at 19 and fought at Bull Run Antietam Chancellorsville Fredericksburg Gettysburg, being wounded only by shell concussion at Fredericksburg.
The Fifth Artillery of New York State Veterans Volunteers announce reunions and meetings during the encampment week at Crawford House Scollay square. The committee assigns Room 8 at Winthrop School for Wednesday August 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ex members, families, friends and ex members of the Eighth Army Corps are invited and expected.
Estabrook and Eaton selling agents promote a special offer listing five meals for the price of one. The advertisement highlights value and invites customers to take advantage of the deal at their shop.
A Boston widow appeals through the Post for a place to sit during the G A R parade. She notes many stands will be occupied by those unfamiliar with the Civil War and asks for a designated seating area for widows of old soldiers.
The automobile committee of the encampment effort surveyed the route for the auto ride. Chairman Charles H. Baker Secretary Joseph B. Maccabe Leonard D. Ahl and Elliot C. Lee led the trip. With 1600 veterans to transport on parade day the 785 volunteered cars fall short. organizers seek more owners to cover every veteran.
United States cruisers Columbia Minneapolis and Prairie of the North Atlantic training squadron arrive at Gloucester from Frenchman's Bay under Rear Admiral W C Wise. They will remain until Saturday and then sail to Boston for the G A R encampment celebration.
Scenes at the encampment HQ in the Old South Building grow busier as hundreds seek seats on the grand stands. A committee vote plans a new 3000 seat stand at Charles and Beacon streets with lemonade stands and relief stations for soldiers along the parade route.
An 83 year old Civil War veteran from Lynn Massachusetts recounts illness, heart trouble, and leg weakness, crediting Father John’s Medicine with full recovery. He notes his daughter’s grip and asthma and consumption claims, recommending the remedy and praising its effectiveness and guarantees.
Charles E. Merrill a Civil War veteran from Medford vows to march if able. Shot at Petersburg 1864 he has endured a leg wound and has served 20 years as a Boston Central Post Office clerk. He hopes to attend Boston’s final G A R encampment.
All G A R Men and the Ladies of the Women's Relief Corps are invited to make Free Use of the Post Want Columns until the close of Encampment Week for all G A R Purposes.
Encampment week will begin with a grand naval parade on Monday in Boston harbor. About 2000 sailors from war ships, 3000 Civil War veterans, surviving ex prisoners of war, and around 1000 Sons of Veterans from Massachusetts are expected to join the procession.
The Nudd estate may reach $100,000 with 13 cousins as heirs. Executors seek papers as administrator Leroy Sanborn applies. Investigators probe missing titles and a potential will values stocks and bonds in Boston vaults while clashes loom among kin.
John H Richards of Lynn known as the Poet of the Star Brigade sends verses to the Post to honor the G A R encampment. He hopes the poem will be sung at Mechanics Hall as Boston welcomes the veterans with lines praising their service and the dear old flag. A note promises a Mask of Reynard the Fox for children free with the next Sunday's Post.
It is estimated that over 1,000,000 will be left in Boston by visiting delegations and outsiders next week. Hotels cut rates for veterans while stores aid the committees. Metcalf Company offers to fill veterans’ prescriptions for medical comfort. Moxie Nerve Food Company provides free dispensing to veterans on the day of the event.
Private detectives trailed a man who called himself Thomas Warburton of 896 Third Street South Boston and Mrs Bertha Fletcher of the South End. They were arrested at 61 West Newton Street by Patrolman Morse of Division 5. Rumors hint at a divorce suit as a possible sequel.
A fragment notes Sheet Music for The Star Spangled Banner and Dixie in the Great G A R Rally edition available next Sunday at Fr Johns Medicine cures consumption claim.
The Rev. Francis E. Clark quotes ex-Mayor Carter of Chelsea, shocked by vulgar articles on sale at the Old Orchard Midway between Velvet Hotel and the pier. Carter recalls July 30 viewing sexually explicit goods sold by female attendants and overheard remarks that “Everything goes here” with indecent articles displayed on multiple counters.
Clara Sulzer daughter of Hermann Sulzer of Harlem died after an appendicitis operation in German Hospital. She had planned to wed William Gibson on Sept. 7 at St. Andrew s Church. Gibson stayed at her bedside and collapsed at the news. She will be buried in the ready wedding gown.
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