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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
16
In Columbus New Mexico on August 30 preparations to relocate the Second Regiment from its current camp to a new site a mile away are complete. Twenty seven motor trucks have been requisitioned to haul all property and equipment in one leap on Friday morning.
General Pershing is due to review the regiment in full field equipment as state property transfers to the federal government tomorrow. Troops will get new tentage and winter clothing, with mustering for federal pay. A guard from Worcester fired at a man on outpost, while a New Mexican National Guardsman was hit by a stray bullet during a court-martial. Greenfield defeats the headquarters baseball team 22 to 3, forcing a pennant decider with Worcester’s H Company.
Seven year old Karl Adams of Newton Center died after being struck on Commonwealth avenue near his home by a car driven by Charles W. Masten of Boston. Witnesses say he dodged from behind another vehicle. Six year old Antonio Costa of South End was gravely hurt rolling a hoop on Pleasant street and admitted to City Hospital on the dangerous list. Clinton R. Wood of Providence was arrested on assault and battery charges.
El Paso Texas August 30 Eighth Massachusetts militia 1500 men led by colonel Graves wage a comic yet serious fly battle at Camp Cotton using carbolic acid and covered streets with cinders to curb a growing infestation. The effort prompts sanitation lectures and hints at a mass fly swatting bee by the Massachusetts brigade. The Ninth Regiment arrives from border patrol and other units prepare for tactical tests by regular army officers.
A committee announced that Republican presidential candidate Charles H. Hughes will travel by automobile from Nashville to Lexington next Tuesday if a railroad strike disrupts plans. The 250 mile trip will be staged to ensure his speaking schedule in Kentucky proceeds.
Charles West of Centre street Woburn appeared in Woburn District Court charged with driving an automobile in Winchester without a light. He testified water flooded the lighting tank and he relied on a match every few yards to light the machine. He said he had just used the last match when arrested. The case was placed on file.
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