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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1919
Page
9
Henry Trancis Fuller at 18 months stands 32 1 4 inches tall and weighs 30 pounds 2 ounces. Born at Woonsocket Hospital he has lived a year on barley milk and is described as the city marvel by his mother who has been married 12 years.
The College of Business Administration at Boston University starts a new course in scientific office organization and office management at 25 Boylston Street. W H Leflingwell of Chicago joins the teaching staff to present The Modern Office and its Possibilities. The course welcomes both men and women, despite earlier remarks suggesting it was for women only.
Warsaw reports that Ignace Jan Paderewski announces Poland has reached the first rung of freedom. He points to peaceful elections against the Socialists and claims no injuries, insisting Poland will become a great and prosperous state as its foot lands on freedom.
Senator elect David S Walsh received a cablegram from President Wilson in reply to a January 86 resolution. Wilson thanks Boston Italians for their mass meeting at Tremont Temple and offers best wishes as resolutions urge Americans to support Italy at the peace table.
Forty one women who have served the American Red Cross through the Boston Metropolitan Chapter were decorated with Red Cross service badges at a meeting at chapter headquarters presided by Chairman Allston Burr. Thirteen more veterans were unable to attend. The badges are gold and enamel medallions on a blue ribbon, featuring a red cross on white within a blue circled edge engraved with Service American Red Cross.
Matthew Corbett a 3 year old discharged Canadian soldier who claimed to live on Webster avenue and 169th street New York was rescued from Boston harbor near the North End park pier after a failed suicide bid. Within about an hour he announced affection for a nurse at Haymarket Relief Hospital and showed no wish to die.
Corbett, intent on ending his life, wrapped wire around his ankles and leaped from a harbor pier. Ensign De Courcey of the USS SP 315 dove after him, bringing him to free water and pulling him ashore with help from bystanders. He was rushed to Relief Hospital and treated for water immersion. authorities note temporary despondency and a plan to marry a nurse once well.
The Senate approved a House deficiency measure reducing war appropriations by 13.0 billion dollars and providing 295 million in deficit spending. It repeals roughly 7.18 billion in War and Navy Department appropriations and cancels 8.22 billion in authorizations, mostly deemed unnecessary. Conference action follows.
An article in the annual town meeting warrants for Acton Concord Hudson Maynard and Stow asks for an appropriation of 1 on each 910 of valuation to support the Concord Maynard Hudson Street Railway. The road is under creditor control with a two year deficit totaling 30,000 dollars following a recent conference of the road treasurer D. P. Abercrombie and town finance committees.
The article notes a 1918 deficit around $20,000 and says the railroad’s borrowing and earning capacities are exhausted, threatening cessation of service unless aid is secured.
Representative Sherwood told a special House committee that the Security League fostered interests behind wartime aims and used underhanded tactics to elect lawmakers willing to obey its wishes. He criticized the organization as guiding war declarations and influencing political outcomes.
A traveler Mrs Harry Kalachian arriving at Broad and Munroe streets was greeted by about twenty Armenians. Miss Hago pian says she escaped eight massacres of Armenians and reports hundreds of countrymen killed and their property destroyed or confiscated.
Advertisement note from Sepyright 1919 for Aunt Jemima Mills Company located in St Joseph Missouri highlighting product branding and local distribution details.
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