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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
9
A soldier recounts a trench raid in France, praising courage and growth from combat. He and fellow doughboys vow revenge against Germans, noting lessons from danger and promotion under fire. The letter describes squad dynamics, hospital return, and pride in duty, with a wartime sales glimpse and media attention.
The Volunteers of America held a Christmas dinner for service members at the Volunteer Service Club on 39 Howard street, with 1500 basket dinners at Werrenton street and another feeding Malden Home children at 42 Seaview avenue. A concert followed the meal, and the large club tree was trimmed by the men. Many invited men, far from home, joined in the feast, and the gathering disbanded near 6 p m.
Count Karolyi, Hungarian leader, told the People's Assembly in Budapest that allies fail to meet armistice terms. He said order cannot be kept while food needs remain unmet and that he has sent a message to President Wilson reaffirming adherence to his principles and awaiting his decision.
Mrs. Mary F. Ives, 71, inmate of the Berkshire County Home for Aged Women, collapsed in the parlor while showing gifts. Born in Great Barrington, she left no known relatives.
Five persons were killed and 27 injured, 10 seriously, when a St Louis and San Francisco freight crashed into a passenger train at Norga six miles southwest of Chickasha Oklahoma. The passenger train had stood due to frozen pipes when the freight plowed into it, foreshadowing three coaches. A flagman sent to the rear to warn the oncoming freight reportedly paused to warm himself.
Dr Stephen Chapman longtime Presbyterian evangelist died in a New York hospital after gallstone surgery. Born June 17 1859 in Richmond Indiana he led Bethany Church Philadelphia and Fourth Presbyterian New York and directed evangelistic work for the General Assembly. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs Fred W Linder of this city. Funeral services are set for Sunday at Fourth Presbyterian Church New York with burial at Woodlawn New York.
Next week's Boston Sunday Post presents The Real Life of General Pershing with General Pershing recounting his Filipino fighting in his own words. The instalment promises unique insights from the man who led U S forces in the Philippines and shaped early 20th century military actions.
Two tons of turkey fed 1000 patients and staff at City Hospital. A festive display lit the children ward while volunteers staged vaudeville in the surgical amphitheatre led by Peter McCarron. Wheelchairs carried patients to the event as open house and cheer followed. Donations arrived from R. H. White Company hair department led by Addie Burdick. Dr. Edmond W. Wilson, with Doctors Manny and Foley, oversaw the effort.
William F. Strong, 40, of 208 Lamartine Street Jamaica Plain, under arrest for alleged assault and battery. Peter Lapin, 40, of the same address, at City Hospital with multiple head lacerations from the Strong residence Christmas Eve celebration. John Lapin of 4 Brookside Avenue treated for a scalp wound by Dr. William Perrin.
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