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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
A British steamship carrying Canadian overseas army veterans docked at an Atlantic port on December 19. Soldiers in khaki lined the rails readying for transfer to rail transport back to Canada to recuperate from wounds shell shock and other trench warfare ailments.
Aboard the vessel 1206 officers and men and 803 women and children traveled home. Captain Miller R. Taylor of Macon Georgia, linked with the Royal Flying Corps for over a year, was aboard with his wife and baby daughter born in London during a German air raid on October 81.
An old advertisement highlights Bromo Quinine as a remedy with the single product name Bromo Quinine in a boxed U S style. The box bears W Grove’s signature and claims 380 c as a content or price.
Judge George of the Probate Court induced Mr and Mrs Harold A Seyd to renew their marriage hopes after Mrs Rose Seyd sought a decree of separate maintenance. They will form a new home and resume married life once they can leave their current residences.
Mrs Seyd testified to a February 1913 marriage and missing personal effects after her absence. Letters from travelling salesman Seyd showed affectionate plans and a Boston honeymoon. He claimed wife must share a home for his mother, causing disputes. Judge admonished their bickering as they plan a fresh start. Seyd pays $10 weekly.
War Department control of baggage and storage cars worsens postal moves for Christmas mail. Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general, says delivery should be possible by Christmas Eve barring blizzards or floods of late packages. Since Nov 15 the department has faced an unprecedented surge, matching 1916 Christmas volume.
Washington December 19. Senate military committee hears heads of large private munition plants recount early delays in rifle and machine gun production for the army. Manufacturers say current output is accelerating and moving forward rapidly.
Manufacturers praise new weapons while attacking the ordnance bureau for delay in ordering machine guns. They say rifles and cartridges are contracted on cost plus terms and warn that factory capacity is not yet maxed. The inquiry will expand to quartermaster delays, cantonment planning, and disease/sanitation issues in camps.
Vassar College in Poughkeepsie will host a summer program to train students as registered nurses for hospital service. A trustees committee will develop the nursing school with cooperation from a Council of National Defence committee.
The Cathedral of Holy Cross announces a Christmas midnight mass to be celebrated by Cardinal O Connell with Cathedral priests assisting. No tickets. first come first served. A special music program is arranged by Pio De Luca, Cathedral choir leader.
John N. Cole, chairman of the Waterways and Public Lands Commission, told a Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange luncheon that transportation facilities are failing. He warned that auto trucks will supersede rail and urged a link between land and water transport with rail profits redirected to improve service and pier to station connections.
Daily at 9 30 a m lectures on federal income tax laws in the State House hearing room lower east wing announced by the Internal Revenue Office. Intended to train tax inspectors but open to the public for help in preparing income tax returns.
Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes railroads to file slightly higher class rates from Rochester Syracuse Albany Elmina New York Williamsport Scranton Cumberland and other eastern points to Central Freight Association territory raising freight costs for shippers in multiple states.
The court appointed Doctors John C. Rogers and Charles B. Sullivan to determine Nathan Schwartz's sanity after he killed Emil Knab. They find him sane while Dr E E Southard's hospital report says he is insane. Grand jury indicted Schwartz for first degree murder. trial timing hinges on court ruling based on the medical opinions.
Harvard alumni who gathered at the old Hotel Victoria cafe toasted the reopening as the renovated house debuts with music. Proprietor Emile I. Coulon announced at least 75 000 dollars spent on renovations as Boston social figures attended the dinner and dance.
Secretary Baker announced woolen uniforms have been provided and sent to camps and cantonments to address unsatisfactory health conditions at training posts shown in Surgeon General reports released yesterday.
The secretary stated most medical department recommendations have been complied with and noted only General Gorgas finalizes the observation camps plan. The two week quarantine aims to curb epidemics by segregating new recruits at Camp Devens Camp Upton and other northern centers before joining their units.
Reports from Camp Deade in Maryland state that health and clothing equipment conditions are entirely satisfactory. The assessment notes adequate shelter supplies and medical readiness, reflecting diligent management and compliance with standards.
Nicholas C. Cockinos of the Watch and Ward Society, a principal witness in the case against the Vere House proprietors, was assaulted with a razor near his Cambridge home at 65 Ellery Street. Secretary J Frank Chase noted no clear suspect, citing past assaults on investigators including Harvard medical students during previous Reven House prosecutions.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic herbal tonic for women at all life stages. It promotes its use to strengthen, cure weakness, anemia, nervousness and sleeplessness, and offers tablets or liquid forms with a trial packet by mail. It claims free medical advice from Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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