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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
6
American troops occupy a sector of the Lorraine front in France as air battles and artillery intensify. German bombardment wounds two Americans, and a field dressing evacuation follows a sniper hit.
Report advises staying dry and hydrating to reduce uric acid buildup. It promotes Jad Salts or a lemon grape lithia mix as a kidney stimulating remedy, consuming four ounces daily for a week to combat rheumatism symptoms.
The eastern end of the battle line runs through French Lorraine including Meuse Meurthe et Moselle and Vosges with Verdun Nancy Epinal as capitals. Front length about 150 miles. trenches near St Menehould Marne to Verdun north St Mihiel Leintry Badonviller Senones St Die to Colmar.
Amsterdam reports the arrest of a designer who created a 50 pfennig note with marginal drawings mocking the fatherland. The Maaschode cites Rotterdam as the source. The currency features include a ham captioned “A tender memory and a fond hope” and a design of three turnips with the line “This is how the Germans live.”
Six of twelve missing American soldiers were found by the Red Cross in a prison camp at Tuchel West Prussia. General Pershing reported to the War Department at night that they were captured in the first trench raid on November 3.
Despatches list eight prisoners including Sergeant Edgar W. Halyburton and Privates Daniel Gallagher Clydel L. Grimsley Iloyt Decker John P. Lester Herschel Godfrey Harry Loughman and Vernon Wendall plus Press notes on Private Roy Garner dead in an airplane crash and John Goodrum severely wounded on Jan 24. Also John Bray wounded Jan 30 and Roy Doughty Feb 1. Seven deaths by natural causes announced including Sergeant Philip Callery on Feb 1.
A German assault targeted an American sector in a continuing frontline clash. Reports describe heavy artillery and infantry maneuvers as Allied troops respond with counterattacks and defensive fortifications.
Philadelphia reports the death of Joseph T. Bailey president of Bailey Banks and Biddle. He was a well known figure in U S and European jewelry centers and died at the age of 83.
A government statement from Herbert Hoover, food administrator, declares that conservation of food begins in the home, indicating household efforts as the starting point for national food policy.
A statement by a Hoover family member explains the efficiency drive in Mrs. Hoover’s cooking. The converted cook follows strict Hooverite rules using meatless meals, substitutes for lard and butter, limited sugar, and wheat flour hardly used. Corn bread recipe concludes the excerpt.
The notice promotes Filene's automatic plan as unique and profitable. It invites readers to study the plan elsewhere and profit from its approach.
Reserve Officer Charles M. Crimmings fired during a half mile Main Street chase and wounded one burglar in the back. Charles Brennan and Michael McCarthy, both 17, fled from a store on Swan Street and were cornered in the Medford Ice Company stable. Police say they used a false key at George K. James Jr. store but fled before stealing anything.
A $2,000,000 relief fund for Navy officers and sailors families who lose men in the war is organized by a volunteer committee led by Edmund L. Baylies. Rear Admiral N R Usher announces it. the Naval Relief Society supports, with public subscriptions nationwide, especially along seaboard states. The fund will be called the Emergency War Fund Committee.
Amsterdam February 3 A Breslau despatch to Vossische Zeitung reports Count von Roon, a German nobleman, has lost his fifth son in the war Emperor William telegrams deep regret and sympathy noting prior losses of wife and four sons and praising sacrifices for the fatherland.
Miss Cora B. Hutchins of 5 Fountain Street was struck on Regent Street Roxbury at 10 30 last night. She was knocked to the sidewalk, later found conscious and reported her handbag with 13 49 in cash stolen. Police described the attacker as a 20 year old man about 5 feet 7 wearing a long black overcoat dark clothes and a dark hat.
In a Lynn garage fire at 613 Summer Street the Kelley Morroco factory building and two trucks were destroyed. Chauffeur George W. Monahan and Herbert Barnard suffered serious facial and hand burns as they fled through a window. Damage totaled about $10,000.
Clinton Feb 3 The silver jubilee of Rev Dr W W Jordan as pastor of the Congregational Church was observed with a union service of all Protestant parishes. About 700 attended.
Paraguayan minister to the United States Senor Gondra departed from Buenos Aires for Washington today. He will travel via the west coast and Panama, on a mission to the U S government.
The Dorchester Board of Trade voted yesterday afternoon that a committee confer with the fuel administration and ask that retail merchants be permitted to burn a 1M-watt electric bulb at the entrance to their stores.
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