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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1919
Page
5
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell said upon her return from New York that Madame Catherine Breshkovsky the Russian revolutionary expects to arrive in Boston on February 17. She plans to stay about a week and may give several addresses during her visit.
An advertisement touts Orlex powder as a home hair dye to turn gray hair black brown or light brown. It claims a $100 gold bond guarantee that the product contains no silver lead zinc sulphur mercury aniline coal tar or derivatives and that it does not rub off or feel sticky.
Mrs. Daisy H. Gohn of Philadelphia files breach of promise suit in the Superior Court seeking 25000 from Louis TH Regnier formerly Lenox merchant now unclear residence. She alleges he proposed marriage May 22, 1918 while already married and claims a Lenox real estate transfer to George F. Bourne as trustee is fraudulent. Warner and Barker previously attached Regnier property in Lenox for 25000 in her behalf but did not reveal the reason. Gohn worked in Regnier's Lenox household last summer. Regnier left Lenox to enter government work. She is described as about 38 years old with children. Regnier as 45.
Recruit Nicole Mosis of Aroostook County Maine received one year of hard labor in the Disciplinary Battalion at Fort Jay New York and a dishonorable discharge was suspended by General Edwards to allow possible removal by good conduct during confinement. He stated he would not fight for the United States but would serve Russia instead because of his wife and child.
A catalog-style note lists fabrics 36 to 40 inches wide priced 1.25 to 0.79 per yard, highlighting a large range of patterns and colors. It emphasizes inexpensive options suitable for summer beach wear and subdued town or business use, with another price point at 38 inches wide.
Washington announces five transports with about 300 officers and 5500 men of the American Expeditionary Forces sail home today. The Santa Teresa arrives New York Feb 9, Dante Alighieri Feb 12, Princess Mateika Newport News Feb 11, Baltic Feb 7 with a few officers, El Oriente Newport News Feb 9 with a few civilians. The Dante Alighieri carries the 61st Regiment Coast Artillery.
A clipped weather note records Boston temperatures on February 4 with lows around 188 and 1908 and highlights a warmest 52 degrees in 1873. It also notes rain or snow occurred on this date in 1910 1911 1914 and 1917.
The An nual Sales begin with guidance from a Shopping Counsellor in the Bureau of Individual Attention on the 2nd Floor. A Children’s Barber Shop offers haircuts for toddlers, Matt Campbell in Sporting Goods meets shoppers, and a men’s putting green tournament is underway. The Brade Section on Street Floor aids officers with Stars and Chevrons. A February Furniture Sale invites visitors to explore fine furnishings in the Furniture Section.
Washington Feb 3 managers of the Senate women suffrage resolution planned to call up the measure next Monday and push for a final vote if possible. The leaders said the result would be very close as pressure mounted on a few senators to secure the two thirds.
French refugees arriving in Stockholm report dire conditions in Moscow with food prices at 15 rubles per cup of milk and 25 rubles per pound of bread. Typhus is causing many deaths and cemetery gates are crowded as families bury relatives, with the dead wrapped in paper shrouds due to coffins’ scarcity.
At a New York dinner honoring Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker titled America’s ace of aces General Pershing’s message read by Secretary Baker praised the U S air service and Rickenbacker for his role on the western front and his daring aviation feats.
The famed French pilot Guynemer vanished after shooting down 52 enemy planes and is believed dead as neither his body nor aircraft were ever found. The full tale of his wartime exploits appears in next Sunday's Post.
A letter to Mrs Nathaniel S Simpkins from Captain John Simpkins of the 102d Artillery states the 26th Division has priority over the 1st Division and will sail home soon. Lieutenant Willard Billy Simpkins, aide to Brigadier General Shelton, at General Hospital No 10, is reported to be recovering from gas exposure and minor wounds.
Everett W. Lord, state director of the U S Employment Service in Massachusetts and Boston University dean, will be the orator at Ellsworth Maine's 50th anniversary of incorporation next Thursday. He was born in Surrey and spent his youth in Ellsworth.
Governor Coolidge said Winthrop Coffin of Brookline might decline the Boston Elevated Railway board post due to poor health. Coffin has withdrawn from business to rest but believes public service offers great opportunities. physicians will decide and Coffin will follow their advice.
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