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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
5
Berlin dispatch reports Germany recognizes the Esthonian republic, evacuating Narva near Petrograd and leaving the ports of Reval and Riga as part of the move.
Dec 9 The school board voted to close Ware schools beginning tomorrow until further notice due to numerous influenza cases, largely among children. Action follows health board recommendation and marks the second closure for this cause.
A vintage appeal promotes Cascarets as a gentle effective remedy for children’s stomach liver and bowels. It contrasts with castor oil calomel or pills and claims kids love the candy like taste while ruling out worry and trouble for mothers.
Victor L. Berger, Congressman-elect from Milwaukee, and four co-defendants faced federal charges in Chicago for conspiring to obstruct U S recruiting, with not guilty pleas entered by Seymour Stedman for all defendants. The court, before Judge Landis, reviewed veniremen and panel, as two veniremen were dismissed and two challenges were resolved.
Providence R I Dec 9 Colonel Harry Cutler announced the American Jewish Congress will convene in Philadelphia December 15 to consider means of obtaining political and religious freedom for Jews worldwide. The congress was postponed two years ago until hostilities ceased.
Washington dispatch reports the department will auction wool now held, with sales sized to match market capacity. A minimum reserve price will be set below which bids will not be entertained, announced Brigadier-General Robert E Wood acting quartermaster general.
Dec by the Associated Press. The Bavarian Ministerial Council denounces the attack on Herr Auer by armed soldiers who forced his resignation at gunpoint. The government rejects the duress claim and confirms Auer remains in office. Soldiers occupied newspaper offices declaring the papers lied to the people during the war. The Courier printed a statement from Revolutionary Internationalists of Bavaria. Premier Wisner defused the occupation and urged calm.
Miss Mary H. Desrochers of Bingham Me, a 93 pound tiny woman, born on Saint Patrick's Day, stands 4 feet 5½ inches with a 11½ shoe. She aims to claim the tiniest woman title as she approaches age 22, amid playful notes on her French name and the Emerald Isle imagery.
Sewell Ford sends our old friend Torchy into the U S Secret Service in Torch y Pulls the Deep Stuff with humorous outcomes. The scene appears in xt Week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
Miss Mary Desrochers of Tringham Maine is described as the "tiniest vet's daughter" with a height of 4 feet 5.5 inches, weight 95 pounds, and wearing an 11 size shoe.
War Department lists New England officers and enlisted men as prisoners of war in Germany. Enlisted men include Harry St Legasey of Worcester Massachusetts and Humbert Scagliotti of Malden Massachusetts. Carroll Williams of Winthrop Massachusetts is listed at an unknown camp.
Morton Adams as assignee of Charles FE Adams and John Watson won verdicts of 14,298 each from a Suffolk jury before Judge White. The suits against East Boston Company sought 20,390 for commissions on marsh land sales in East Boston seized by the Commonwealth for public purposes under eminent domain.
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