Coal Ban Extended Into Stores and Offices
The committee extended the coal ban on stores and offices and signaled a possible rescission before Sunday, outlining the ongoing coal outlook and regulatory steps.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
5
New England Textile Shutdown Threat and Coal Embargo Impact
Since January 30 the fuel committee has limited coal sales. only brief periods of supply have occurred. Ellis expects stores and offices to stay open, but New England manufacturers fear a full textile industry shutdown next week, risking about 225,000 workers. A delegate heads to Washington to seek coal transport aid as 12 barges head toward Boston and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bince
Ellis
New England
Storrow
Washington
McAdoo
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertises Indoor Sport Metaphor
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the solution for postmeal digestion. It promises relief from gas belching sour stomach and distaste for food, claiming the tablets protect and prepare the stomach after meals and rest the stomach while meals are digested. The copy urges a 50 cent box at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Don’t Let Soap Spoil Your Hair
Advice on hair care advises using plain coconut oil instead of soaps or shampoos. It claims alkali in commercial products dries scalp and brittles hair, while coconut oil cleanses, lathers, and rinses easily, leaving hair soft, fluffy, and bright. It suggests buying small amounts at a drug store for long use.
Old Boston Resident Credits Remedy With Healing Rescue
An elderly Boston resident, deemed beyond help by five physicians, credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with rapid relief from stomach trouble. He had 10 days without food, yellowed complexion, and faced surgery before trying the simple preparation. One dose reportedly convinced him at Liggett's Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Liggett
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
No Trouble to Keep Skin Free From Hairs
An old beauty tip explains removing unwanted facial hair with a paste of delatone and water. Apply for 2 3 minutes, rub off, and wash the skin to avoid blemishes. Cautions include ensuring the product name is correct to prevent irritation.
Heatless Mondays to be Revoked by Garfield Amid Storrow Tension
Washington Feb 12 National Fuel Administrator Garfield is expected to revoke the heatless Monday order tomorrow while James J Storrow New England Fuel Administrator may issue a special Monday closing for the New England states The New England coal shortage remains the sole regional concern while other states show no immediate move to add closing orders The suspension of heatless Mondays was postponed until tomorrow awaiting final reports from state officials and regional railroad authorities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garfield
New England
Storrow
Sary
Boston Fuel Committee Extends Coal Delivery Ban
A Boston fuel order keeps in effect the coal distribution ban by retail dealers with priority rules. The extension lasts until Sunday at 4 a.m. if conditions do not improve. Boston's coal reserves remain tight as 31,000 tons remain in dealers yards, down slightly from Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod Canal
New England
Hampton Roads
New York
Ellis
Boston Fuel Commission
Boston
Boston Fuel Committee
Boston Schools Delay Start Awaiting Coal Cargo
Boston schools wait for 20 tons of English coal promised by the fet administration to open 112 buildings for students. Weather could delay the shipment. distribution by Metropolitan Coal Co. planned. Several school sessions and timetables listed for Roxbury, Eliot, Christopher Columbus, Dearborn, Lewis, Russell, Roger Clapp, Harbor View, and Pierce buildings. North Harvard Street School closed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fet
W. T. Kough
Metropolitan’ Coal Company
Roxbury High School
West Roxbury High School
Jamaica Plain
Eliot
Christopher Columbus
Aaron Davis
Winthrop Street
Dearborn
Sarah J. Baker
Julia Ward Howe
W. L. P. Boardman
Lewis School
Edward Everett
Richard C. Humphreys
William FE. Russell
Russell
William E. Russell
Roger Clapp
W. E. Russell
Harbor View Street
Henry L. Pierce
Harvard Street
List of offices to obtain ration cards across Boston area
Committee distributes locations where residents can obtain coal ration cards. The list includes Uphams Corner Mt Bowdoin Meeting House Hill Ashmont Cadman Square Neponset Wellington Hill Mattapan National Bank Dorchester Centre Savin Hill Fields Corner Roxbury Neighborhood House Robt G Shaw House Ruggles Neighborhood House Mission Church Norfolk House Eliot Square Bowes Warren Street South Boston Jenkins Street etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel Committee
Uphams Corner
Mt. Bowdoin
Meeting House Hill
Ashmont
Cadman Square
Neponset
Wellington Hill
Mattapan National Bank
Dorchester Centre
Savin Hill
Fields Corner
Protests Prompt Action on Shipping Coal Screenings
New England Fuel Administrator Storrow plans to wire the federal fuel agency to stop using coal cars for screenings amid a transport shortage. James B. Noyes calls the practice an outrage, saying the shipments are mostly gravel and coal dust. The Barnstable delivered 1200 tons of coal to Boston, and three British barges brought 5991 tons more. Weather improves and rail shipments rise, with coal moving from gateways into New England. Three Vineyard Haven barges were towed back due to ice, and one tug continues search for a lost barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Storrow
Federal Fuel Administration
James B. Noyes
Fuel Department B
Barnstable
Boston
Hawser
Portland
Vineyard Haven
Lodger Hangs From Window Ledge in South End Blaze
James Hulteren a lodger at 109 Chandler Street in the South End clung by his hands to a window ledge 30 feet above ground as flames from a third floor lodging house driven by Mrs Adelaide McGowan spread. Firemen rescued him with a 35 foot ladder after Patrolman McGarry raised the alarm. estimated loss is $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hulteren
Chandler Street
Hulteren
Adelaide McGowan
Nora Carr
McGarry
Dedham Street
Manton
Credit Men Hear Eliot on Trust and Credit Standards
Dr. Charles W. Eliot told the Boston Credit Men's Association that the German people's trustworthiness is worst in war, noting Germany's failure to honor treaties with Denmark over Schleswig and contrasting Austria-Hungary. He spoke on why credit should be given or refused to individuals and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Eliot
Boston Credit Men's Association
Young’s Hotel
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Denmark
Schleswig
Dr. Eliot
National Canners Convention Focuses on Feeding Forces
Attendees at the 11th annual National Canners Association meeting in Boston discuss cooperation between canners and the government to supply food for the armed forces. The second day highlights the alliance with the National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers' Association and the Canning Machinery and Supplies Association. One delegate from Lake Mills Iowa attends with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mills
Iowa
National Canners’ Association
National
Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers’ Association
Canning Machinery and Supplies Association
Copley Plaza
Army Food Needs Highlighted At Tomato Convention
Colonel W R Grove outlined daily provisioning for 1 500 000 troops totaling 3375 tons with canned goods dominates including 275 000 milk cans 130 000 tomatoes 36 000 corn 25 000 peas 25 000 beans 1800 cabbage 7500 peaches 300 pineapple 2200 apricots 225 000 jams 1000 pumpkin 100 clam juice 125 lobster cans and 3000 ketchup bottles. Dr G A Meckstroth discussed bean seed disease resistance while Albert T Bacon presented cost accounting. Officers elected J D Fuller and N G Griffith. Red Cross urged sending safety pins tobacco candy raisins cakes preserves. Banquet closing event featured Joe Mitchell Chapple as principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Grove
Quartermaster-General
Washington
G. A. Meckstroth
Department of Agriculture
Albert T. Bacon
Canners’ Association
J. D. Fuller
Cleveland
N. G. Griffith
New York
Katherine B. McMahon
American Red Cross
National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers’ Associations
Boston City Club
Joe Mitchell Chapple
King's plea for all-out war effort in Parliament speech
King George urges full energy and resources to prosecute the war. He cites German actions, calls for recognition of postwar principles, and asks Parliament to approve measures for combatant services and national finances while pledging allied support. The monarch summons imperial representatives to advise on empire matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Imperial War Cabinet
House of Commons
No Hope for Peace Seen by Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George warned the house that the supreme war council may have to disclose decisions to meet the German threat. He cited Russia's exit, German troop shifts, and the need to unite the Allied army for a decisive blow, while Asquith argued for clarified functions and a just, lasting peace with international backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Protests Over Treatment of Negroes Mark Lincoln Day
Clement G. Morgan addressed over 1000 people at Lincoln Day in Faneuil Hall voicing vigorous protests against alleged discrimination by public works officials and army officers that kept colored troops from serving in France. A loving cup presentation to Moorfield Storey was planned but he could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Clement G. Morgan
Faneuil Hall
Moorfield Storey
Storey
Pose lam Skin Relief Ad Promises Quick Comfort
An advertisement touts Posslam as a lotion for irritated itchy skin offering relief for facial breakouts, inflamed complexions, red noses, scalp scale, eczema, pimples, barbers itch, and itching feet. It invites free samples from Emergenc Laboratories at 243 West 47th Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergenc Laboratories
West 47Th St
New York City
Pershing Promotes 101st Regiment Officers and Enlistments
General Pershing announced promotions for 15 officers and enlisted men in the 101st Regiment and related assignments. He also advised the War Department that 90 enlisted men have qualified for West Point entrance exams next month, with 100 examination papers to be mailed. The list includes promotions to first and second lieutenant and names multiple sergeants and a corporal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
War Department
American Expeditionary Forces
West Point Military Academy
National Army
West Point
John B. Cummings
Orchard Place
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William J. Knowles
Winthrop P. Mandell
Clarence W. Clark
Wilfred H. Turcotte
Albert W. MacAuley
Alden C
Logan brothers stretch military ranks from border to war
Francis V. Logan of 560 Broadway South Boston has been promoted by General Pershing from second to first lieutenant. He is a brother of Colonel Edward L. Logan of the 1101st Regiment. The lieutenant served with the old Fighting Ninth on the Mexican border as a sergeant before receiving a commission as second lieutenant when the National Guard mobilized after the war declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
United States
Wilson
Czernin
von Hertling
Brest-Litovsk
Ukraine
Russia
Francis V. Logan
Broadway
Boston
Pershing
Edward L. Logan
1101St
Logan
Old “Fighting Ninth
War Department
National Guard
Ashby Brothers Rise in AEF 26th Division France
Lieutenant Bertrand W. Ashby of Medford has been commissioned captain in the headquarters troop of the 26th division AEF now in France. He is 27. his brother Robert T. Ashby, 25, is sergeant of the same troop. They descend from Virginia Ashbys famed in Revolutionary days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand W. Ashby
Summit Road
Medford
France
Commonwealth
Ashby
National Guard
Washington
Robert T. Ashby
Ashbys
Virginia
Independence
Vernon Ashby
Washington, D.C
Harriet G. Jones
Wendell Phillips School
Captain Ashby
Suffrage Endorsed by GOP in Susan B Anthony Vote
The Republican National Committee endorsed Republican Congressmen for the Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment. The panel split on candidates John T. Adams of Iowa and Will H. Hays of Indiana, with 23 votes each and five noncommittal according to reliable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
Susan B. Anthony
John T. Adams
Iowa
Will H. Hays
State Central Committee
Indiana
Adams
Hays
Not in the race says Fred Stanley dark horse
Fred Stanley of Kansas dismissed reports of a presidential bid saying I am not in and I won't be in it. Opposition attacks on Mr Adams did not occur as planned while his supporters pledged to refute claims he acted to convene a Dubuque mass meeting before US entry into the war to protest Americans traveling on munitions ships. Women featured in the day with Abbie Scott Baker of the Woman's party against suffrage and Minnie Bronson Lucy Price opposing her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stanley
Kansas
Adams
Abbie Scott Baker
Woman’s Party
Susan B. Anthony
Minnie Bronson
Lucy Price
Baker
Henry Preston White
Boston
Charlotte Rowe
New York
William R. Willcox
House of Representatives
Anthony
Bay State Plans to End Street Railway Lines
Receiver Charles W. Dunham told the street railways committee that many Bay State lines may be discontinued soon. When pressed to name lines, he declined to identify them but offered to file his court report with the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State Street Railway Company
Charles W. Dunham
Committee On Street Railways
House
Worrall
Russia declares end to war with Germany and Austria
The statement from the Brest-Litovsk delegation declares Russia will not continue the war with Germany and Austria Hungary and calls for immediate demobilization on all fronts. It rejects annexationist terms and urges troops to return home while preserving food supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Austria
Council of the People's Commissaries
Austria-Hungaria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Leon Trotzky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coal Outlook
James J. Storrow
English Coal
Dorchester
Roxbury
South
Jenkins St
Dorchester Ave
Athens Sts
East Sixth St
Riley's
Church St
East
Parmenter St
North End
West End
North Grove St
Noyes
ARMY
Col. Grove
I. A. Nelson
King
Britain
Vigor
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Great Britain
America
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Reichstag
Morgan
101St Regiment
Lieutenant Logan
101St
26Th Division
Antis
Stanley
Bay State
PAINE
Sheraton
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
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