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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
6
The Boston Post editorial titled 900,000 nest eggs advised former soldiers and sailors to avoid spending the $100 bonus. State Treasurer Burrill endorsed the piece and arranged 200,000 copies be mailed with the checks to all New York veterans in the war, suggesting Victory bonds or savings deposits.
United States destroyers Champlin Foote Maddox Morris and Thornton sailed from Narragansett Bay today bound for European waters.
A Sunapee feature profiles comedian Jess Dandy during a lakeside vacation. He jokes about fatness aiding humor, recalls early work with Charlie Chaplin, and recounts stunts and mishaps from canoeing to shaving escapades with friends from the Friars Club.
A Lake Sunapee voice announced that more people being fat would make the world better natured. The speaker added that too much focus on a sylphlike figure is especially among women.
The All-Dorchester Post of the American Legion will meet tomorrow in the Municipal building Uphams Corner Dorchester to boost membership. National VP Sergeant John L Sullivan of Washington will speak as the post aims for 3000 members from about 1000 current enrollees. Any Dorchester veteran may join.
Washington August 26. Two soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force remain unaccounted for after the latest war casualty list. The War Department reports total casualties at 291,722 with 77,422 deaths from all causes and earlier lists showed over 100 missing in action.
General Erich von Ludendorff, in a Sweden dispatch, condemns Lloyd George for forcing a war on Germany and says Britain's victory grants world dominance to Great Britain. He argues Germany’s defeat ends with Britain’s dominance and promises an inside story in a forthcoming book.
Carl Stearns 28 of Norway Maine is held for the grand jury on alleged larceny charges after unlawfully endorsing and cashing checks tied to advance payments for orders from a New York tent and pump firm. Boston manager Carl Brancz valued the loss at about 709 dollars and 50 cents. Stearns was traced to West Virginia, arrested, and turned over to local police.
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