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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
3
An unusually dressed man in working clothes pleaded guilty in Central Court to attempting to pick a pocket in the subway. His wife and Inspector O Neil testified to his past reform and present reformation. The judge suspended sentence citing his family and sobriety.
In Buenos Aires on February 6, reports say the special Mexican mission will split with General Montez heading to Chile and Gorzaga Ugarte to Brazil. The planned neutrality congress appears abandoned as the mission disbands, signaling the mission’s failure to achieve its goals.
A soldier in the 101st United States Infantry writes from Somewhere in France on January 14 1918. He praises army life saying the Germans are licked and describes training in the trenches, a French mascot, Christmas with magazines from Springfield, and plans to return home. He notes weather compares favorably to the States and asks about family, while hoping for news of brothers and friends.
Bertram K. Little is appointed student manager of the Middlesex School baseball team for 1918 with George Johnson as assistant manager. Duncan F. Thayer serves as captain and Wendell Phillips Raymond from the faculty is the coach.
Scores of women children and men suffered torn clothing scratched faces as traffic near the Devonshire Street East Boston tunnel station descended into near riot conditions for about an hour. Cars doors windows were broken and bars bent while fights erupted and people waited long to enter trains. Officials blamed abnormal traffic and expected relief only with new closing rules or Chelsea drawbridge resumption.
Chaos erupts as hundreds of Chelsea and Revere residents flood the tunnel causing gridlock near the navy yard drawbridge. A veteran station master keeps order despite aggressive shoves and flying glass as crowds jam cars and doors fail to open at Devonshire and Atlantic avenues.
A 1920 committee contemplates awards by the sophomore class at Harvard and will announce the plan at a mass meeting of the 1919 freshman class this evening. Last year the 1919 class funded a scholarship for a member of the 1920 class based on excellence in scholarship athletics and all round ability. This year the 1920 class will likewise offer a scholarship to the most deserving member of the 1920 class.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root praised for twenty five years of use with satisfied customers reporting benefits for kidney liver and bladder issues. Doctor Moran of Harvard Pharmacy Biddeford Maine confirms favorable outcomes from personal use and recommendations.
A letter directs readers to Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York offering a sample size bottle of Swamp-Root for ten cents. It promises convincing results and includes a booklet of information on kidneys and bladder. The note mentions Boston Daily Post and notes sales at drug stores in medium and large sizes.
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