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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
5
Dr Samuel Abbott Green longtime Boston figure and former mayor died yesterday at the Lenox Hotel in his 89th year His funeral will be held tomorrow in Boston at a time yet to be announced The city mourns a grand old man of Boston history
Cold weather brings influenza risk and urges public precautions. An advertisement promotes Hyomei inhaled oil treatment as a simple, affordable defense against influenza and related illnesses. Also notes biographical details of Dr. Green the former Boston mayor and Harvard alumnus.
The Rev. George A. Gordon will officiate the funeral at 11 30 o clock at the Old South Church. Burial follows in Groton in the family lot where Dr. Green was born and spent summers until his death.
Whitman dentist Dr. F P L Goodspeed and assistant Miss Pearl Rose, missing since Friday, are now thought to be in Canada. Mrs Goodspeed travels to Abington to seek relatives. Rose parents report no news. A military gratuity bill for soldiers and nurses moves to aid rapid demobilization per Secretary Baker.
Secretary Baker urged Congress in a letter to Chairman Dent to provide 30 days extra pay to the army as British losses were summarized. In London reports, 4475 ships were sunk with crews, and 147 vessels were sunk with crews adrift, per Sir Eric.
Geddes in an address backing a women of the empire fund to erect a memorial to British merchant seamen. He noted 670 fishing vessels lost during hostilities and merchant marine casualties exceeding 15 000 men.
Mayor Whiton welcomed the Italian Labor Mission which arrived in Quincy after a Boston stop. He praised the Italian army’s wartime work and noted the U S friendship for Italy and its people. The mission traveled from Boston to Quincy after breakfast at the Quincy House.
The Italian visitors led by Dominic D Allessandro toured Squantum and Fore River plants and attended a luncheon at the Neighborhood Club with speakers including Lieutenant Vittorio Orlandini and Henry Skefington. Alceste De Ambris urged Americanization, then the party saw the Farre exhibition at Horticultural Hall and planned State House greetings in Boston.
An old advertisement touts Poslam as effective against virulent eczema with quick soothing effects. It claims rapid relief on itching and raw skin and mentions Poslam Soap as a medicated wash. The notice invites free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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