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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1918

Page

9

No Trace of Lightship Missing Off Georges Bank

No word tonight from Lightship No. 9 or the lighthouse tender Azalea after both vessels, with Inspector Goddard aboard, searched Georges Bank for the missing Cross Rip Shoal Lightship. Six men were aboard the drifting beacon as wireless was expected to relay news. experts plotted wind trends to judge if the lightship remains afloat.

Woods Hole Azalea Goddard Lighthouse Service Georges Bank Cross Rip Shoal

John McCormack Sings Second Symphony Hall Concert

Tenor John McCormack presented the second in a four concert series at Symphony Hall. His programme featured Martini Lotti Geordani Hue Tosti Gretchaninoff Rachmaninoff Treharne C Burleigh Hartz Coleridge-Taylor and four Irish folk songs. Andre Polah violinist and Edwin Schneider pianist accompanied.

John McCormack Symphony Hall Martini Lotti Geordani Hue Tosti Gretchaninoff Rachmaninoff Treharne C. Burleigh Hartz Coleridge-Taylor McCormack Andre Polah Edwin Schneider

Baldwin Says Shipyard Will Lay 50 Keels This Year

George J. Baldwin chairman of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation told the Senate commerce committee the firm expects to lay 50 keels during February and March for ships under wartime contracts with the Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Washington George J. Baldwin American International Shipbuilding Corporation Emergency Fleet Corporation Senate Commerce Committee

Lent Services Observed Across Episcopal Churches

Ash Wednesday services are listed for Trinity Cathedral St Paul and Emmanuel Advent and Church of the Advent. Trinity offers Holy Communion at 8 am and 10:30 am services with sermons by Rev. Alexander Mann and Rev. Reuben Kidner. Cathedral includes multiple Holy Communions prayers and sermons by several pastors. Emmanuel schedules Holy Communion and evening addresses plus a health conference. Advent lists eucharists sermons by Rev. Harman van Allen and litany and procession with Bishop Babcock.

Trinity Alexander Mann D. D Price Reuben Kidner St. Paul Dean Rousmaniere Johns Moses Henry Goddard M. Paul William Harman van Allen Babcock

Divorce Granted to Mrs Frost from Deserter Husband

Mrs Maizie G Frost of Newton was granted a decree nisi in her uncontested divorce from Ran dall H Frost in the Superior Court at East Cambridge. She alleges cruel and abusive treatment including striking, swearing, and desertion in 1916 after their 1913 marriage.

Maizie G. Frost Newton Randall H. Frost East Cambridge

Standards vary among mill workers in Fall River

In Fall River the Post reports mill workers including Joseph Bagnall and his family feel wage increases only barely cover rising living costs. Many youths enter mills for work rather than schooling, and local dining rooms offer 25 cent meals with rough but nourishing fare typical of textile towns.

Fall River Post Joseph Bagnall Bagnalls Maine New Hampshire

Mill Life in a City of Dinner Pails

A Post reporter surveys mill families in a diverse city, showing wage gaps and immigrant hard work. Winnie Bagnall, a weaver, earns 10 to 13 dollars weekly, supports home life, and plans to keep working. The "city of dinner pail" scene includes dinner routines, layoff effects, and earnings from instalment buying.

Bagnall Winnie Bagnall Winnie Joe Ida Bagnalls Post Bill

Minister Decries Missive In Prisoner Letter Case

The Rev. Henry Leeman of St. Pauls Evangelical Church Ogden was arrested after attempting to pass a note to a Fort Douglas prisoner. He said a church attendee posed as the brides of the prisoner and that the note concerned money matters. Leeman remains in custody as federal officials decline comment.

Salt Lake City Utah Henry Leeman St. Paul’s Evangelical Church Ogden Fort Douglas Leeman

5000 Strike Demands Double Holiday Pay

More than 5000 shipyard workers at Gloucester New Jersey and Wilmington Delaware refused to work seeking double pay for holiday labor. Employers say union contract covers six holidays New Year s Washington s Birthday Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. Workers walked out to press the demand.

Philadelphia Gloucester N. J Wilmington Del Washington’s

Professor George W. Bingham Dies at Pinkerton Academy

Professor George W. Bingham of Derry New Hampshire principal emeritus of Pinkerton Academy and longtime educator died at his home after a two year illness He was in his eighties a Dartmouth College 1863 graduate and represented New Hampshire Sunday School Association at the London world convention in 1899 He served as Pinkerton Academy principal for nearly 30 years

Derry N. H George W. Bingham Pinkerton Academy Dartmouth College New Hampshire Sunday School Association London

Orrine Drink Habit Cure Promises Real Sobriety

An advertisement touts Orrine as a home treatment to cure drink habit with two options No 1 and No 2, costing $1.00 a box. A money back guarantee promises refund if no benefit after a trial, with a booklet available. Sold by Liggett's and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Washington DC.

A. O. Leonard Boston Woodward Drug Co Tremont St Walker-Rintels Summer St Jamaica Plain John J. Tobin Dorchester St L. B Gammon Drug Co Beacon St Coolidge Corner Brookline Dudley Cor War L. P. Drury Corp The Warren, Cuddier & Joyce Broadway Edward Everett Sq. Phar Columbia Road Dorchester Mass la Pierre Drug Stores Cambridge Billings & Stover Harvardey Geo M. Olive North Geo. H. Smith Washington Ave Chelsea Geo. C. Ketchum Hyde Park Grover Somerville Leonard Ear Oil A. QO. Leonard 70Th Ave New York City Orrine Orrine Co Wash D. C Liggett’s Riker-Jaynes Mr. Hill

Lincoln praised as greatest American in history

Governor McCall at King's chapel commemorates Abraham Lincoln calling him the greatest man in American history and perhaps in world history. He lauds Lincoln for a clean-cut Gettysburg Address and for upholding democratic ideals and the nation’s laws and institutions.

George Washington Lincoln Governor McCall King's Chapel McCall

Farrell Named ICC Chief Counsel Succeeds Folk

P J Farrell of Newport Vermont solicitor for the Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation was appointed chief counsel to succeed Joseph W Folk who resigned to join the St Louis Chamber of Commerce Farrell has 15 years with the commission and was its first examiner He previously partnered with C A Prouty now head of valuation bureau

Washington P. J. Farrell Newport Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation Commission Joseph W. Folk St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Farrell C. A. Prouty Commissions Bureau of Valuation

Beginning of Lent Today Ash Wednesday Observances

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent with ashes blessed at early masses and distributed after all services. Children receive ashes this afternoon with additional distributions at some churches. St Marys North End will hold a noon distribution and another from 5 to 6 pm.

St. Mary's North End

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