19 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
1
The Post Santa Claus asks automobile owners to help distribute Christmas gifts to poor children. He invites reporters to report to headquarters at 163 Washington Street or call Main 7150 to participate and ensure no child is unhappy on Christmas morning.
New aeroplane passenger and express service will connect Boston and New England with New York in two to two and a half hours. The 40 passenger planes will operate as direct by air taxis with regular landings near Boston and other major hubs such as Cleveland Chicago Detroit Washington.
President Frazee and the Boston Red Sox management again electrified baseball by purchasing three stars from Connie Mack's Athletics, continuing the spree announced in Chicago and shocking fans with a dramatic trade that shifts power toward the Yankees.
President opposes distributing surrendered naval craft to allied powers based on losses arguing it conflicts with declared war aims. Wilson maintains commitment to League of Nations as a peace guarantee and opposes measures that undermine that principle.
In Schenectady New York December 18 sympathy with unions in the Erie Pennsylvania plant of General Electric will cause a tie up of Schenectady and four other plants.
Ossipee New Hampshire December 18. Major Ralph G Carpenter testified to deny his wife Marguerite Paul Carpenter custody claims. She seeks custody of their 12 year old son Ralph while in Carroll county court sheath her assertions that he struck her and twisted her wrists were declared false from the witness stand.
Paris dispatches report British assurances that no great reduction in the size of the royal navy will be undertaken. The piece notes President Wilson's Paris prominence and Mrs. Wilson's fashion attention, including a violet outfit and a jeweled olive branch brooch. It also covers American delegates at the peace congress advocating sinking surrendered enemy ships and opposing dispersal by naval losses.
A brief note warns the grip epidemic could return this season. It urges taking Father John’s Medicine at the first sign of a cold to build strength. The advisory highlights early treatment and preventive measures.
Washington merchant F Gray Co advertises coats made from melton kersey and Scotch heather fabrics priced at 19.90, with a 35.00 overcoat noted as continuing on page 17 Fourth Column. Corner Manhattan Hanover maybe misread.
Continued on Page 9 Third Column fair forecast for Boston and vicinity fair Thursday Friday partly cloudy fresh northeast winds. Washington December 18 forecast for eastern New York and southern New England fair Thursday Friday partly cloudy. northern New England fair Thursday Friday partly cloudy slightly warmer in New Hampshire and Vermont. Winds along the north and middle Atlantic coasts will be fresh northeast and moderate to fresh northeast.
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