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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1919
Page
5
The Post prints a series of personal World War narratives by members of New England's division. Readers are invited to follow the continued stories in upcoming issues.
Massachusetts commission including ex Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham and Dr. Coughlan tours the 101st Regiment before a planned 30 day rest. Mud dominates scenes as the visitors wade knee deep. an earlier raid by E and H Companies yields a captured German captain whose iron cross is seized by a colonel as a souvenir.
Tommy Murphy tried to coax the thief to return the iron cross but the men suspected a court martial. During a visit, Pug showed Charlie Baxter the cross and Murphy realized the cross had been found. The colonel praised the raid’s spirit and unity as the cross traveled to Medford.
Action on the Public Service Commission petition to restrain New England Telephone and Telegraph Company from enforcing new Burleson rates was argued yesterday before Judge DeCourcy and postponed until the full bench will hear it next month.
Attorney General and company counsel argued whether federal action to seize nationwide telephone lines overrides state police powers. Judge DeCourcy urged swift briefing as the matter heads toward the Supreme Court, with questions on rate control and wartime powers.
The National War Garden Commission will send Victory Garden motion pictures into Massachusetts in cooperation with the Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst. Grace Tabor will tour New England to promote increased home food production speaking to women's clubs and chambers of commerce.
Miss Minnie Buschmann of Union avenue, a high school student, received a medal from the First Congregational Church for not missing a Sunday school session in 14 years and for learning many Bible verses. Leota Burgum and Genevieve Johnson earned awards for eight and seven years of perfect attendance respectively.
Sobei Mogi a 26 year old Yokohama silk magnate and Japan's richest bachelor travels to the United States seeking astrology guided luck. He rose to immense wealth after his father’s death and heads firms tied to raw silk with influence in at least 20 major Japanese companies. The trip appears motivated by pleasure rather than business as he hopes to return unchanged under favorable stars.
Paris Feb 3 Premier Venizelos of Greece tells the Associated Press he believes England will not refuse Cyprus to Greece. He says Britain offered Cyprus to former King Constantine to lure Greece into the war and hopes Italy will concede the Dodecanesus Islands.
Mrs. M. D. Gillespie of Kansas City advises a home mixture to darken gray hair and improve its appearance. Mix half a pint of water with one ounce bay rum, a box of Barbo Compound, and one half ounce glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade. claim is non dye and not greasy.
For the second time since last fall’s influenza outbreak volunteers from the Deer Island battalion form a death squad to study the virus. The investigation on the cause and mode of spread starts this morning at the Gallups Island quarantine station under U S government oversight.
Fifty healthy young men, described as gods, were selected from the Deer Island bat talion for tests. Every man volunteered, accepting unknown dangers of the duty.
Professor M J Rosenau will direct a joint study with the federal public health service the Navy Department and the State Board of Health at Gallups Island tests. Volunteers will receive ordinary food barracks and liberties as germs are introduced to their bodies with the aim of learning value from serums and protective measures. Some volunteers may die as the trial proceeds in hopes of benefiting humanity.
Copenhagen Feb 4 Bolsheviki advance from Dvinsk claims Vilkomir captured 45 miles north northwest of Vilna according to a report from Vilna.
Tomorrow at 3 pm a mass meeting of the Mothers and Homemakers Clubs of the Boston School Centres will be held at Dorchester High School. Mrs Herbert J Gurney state federation president will speak with a program of community singing solo cello numbers and refreshments to follow.
Genoa D O I held its seventh anniversary with a banquet at Hotel Westminster. About 125 people attended including many court officials. An original poem was read and a leather week end outfit was presented to Miss Julia Enegess for serving a third term as grand regent.
A St Ambrose whist party at Parish Hall Adams Street Field's Corner supports a banquet fund for returning soldiers and sailors. Organized by St Ambrose T C B A and Red Cross unit with Mrs Allan Mahoney as committee chair. Souvenirs well chosen and lively rivalry expected.
Poslam promises fast relief for eruptions with concentrated healing powers. Use at night and day for quick improvement. is described as harmless and effective over large areas. Free sample offer and Poslam Soap advertised for medicated brightening of complexions.
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