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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
7
Paris reports Germans executed nine French prisoners at Langensalza prison camp in Saxony with one hundred others wounded. Paris notes the act as severe and unjust and says France will seek reparation. The incident follows other gravities and may influence allied occupation plans in Berlin.
A Columbia University laboratory has perfected a dry drying process allowing meats and fish to be kept indefinitely and later restored to freshness with water. The method, announced from New York, claims to boost world meat shipping capacity over twelvefold by removing refrigeration needs.
During extensive tests at Harriman laboratories and later Columbia University researchers report dried meats and fish can be preserved indefinitely without refrigeration. The process removes waste fat and connective tissue, vacuums and dries at low heat, yielding 100 percent edible meat with no visible changes or germs. Dr. K G Falk Dr J M Frankel led the early work with Dr Ralph H M Kee and others.
The Italians of St. Leonard's parish in the North End held a Victory Procession and a feast of Our Lady of Peace, uniting to honor the Armistice and Immaculate Conception. Cardinal O'Connell endorsed the effort, with Enrico Carboni leading the Third Order of St. Francis. A large crowd followed patron saints, and musical vespers concluded the event at Prince Street church.
Cyrus Townsend Brady presents The Ready Made Star a humorous story to be printed in next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The feature promises light entertainment from a noted authority.
A soldier writes home about a cold delaying duties and mud covered days in camp. He jokes about the cook and questions war as a cook’s tour while recounting a near mishap during guard duty and mud spattered hair between chores.
A diary style note describes rain, cold, and cramped shelter chatter. The Captain resists going out in bad weather. Mable is mentioned with humor about mistaken shoe placement. Angus Mackenzie endures holes in his cot and a bottle of medicine with 17 percent alcohol.
A vivid, informal wartime letter from Bill to Mable describes sickness, crowded streets, scarce taxis, and YMCA routines. He jokes about daily hardship, lists, and the chaos of wartime life, ending with a note on singing lessons and a request, dated 1918.
The Rev. William M. Gilbert of First Methodist Episcopal Church preached on Our Debt to Great Britain. He recalled Lloyd George's remark that Britain was down to the bone and praised the sacrificial spirit of the empire and dominions in the world struggle, noting the British fleet shielded the United States from dire menace.
A series of reconstruction lectures will start Thursday in Cambridge under the Red Cross Chapter. Responding to President Davison’s appeal the course will run for a week at Browne and Nichols School, 20 Garden Street, with lecturers including Paul A. Kellogg Dr Frank Glenn Dr Thrace McKallen and J Randolph Coolidge.
Hipolito Lazaro tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company and Sasha Jacobsen violinist gave a concert at Symphony Hall to a large enthusiastic audience. Lazaro's opening aria O Paradiso impressed. his vocal steadiness and expressive phrasing showed artistic progress over prior seasons. He performed encores from Rigoletto Donna e mobile and M aparri, delighting listeners with youthful vigor and style. Jacobsen complemented with Italian works and smaller Gems, showing warm tone and technical polish. the duo’s recital drew praise for vitality and refined musicianship.
Mrs. E K K. Super proclaims herself the smallest woman in Vermont, asserting the title as a novelty claim in local chatter.
Mrs. Mr. OK Soper of Jamaica in Vermont claims the title of tiniest woman based on height of 1 foot 1 inch and weight of 77 pounds. She has a 10 year old daughter nearly as tall, does her own housework, and remains active in local social life.
Walter Ly McMenimen announces that nearly 400 men over 45 found jobs in Boston factories this past week as part of the federal handicap section of the unemployment service. The nationwide reclaiming of labor aims to place older workers and others displaced by age into positions earning a living, with Massachusetts leading the effort and inspiring similar work in other states.
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