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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1919
Page
9
New York, Feb 17. Captain Matthew Douglas, Portland Maine saloon keeper turned sea rover and seven time spouse, hints at eight marriages as he sails toward Havana to join Wife No. 8 awaiting him there. He recounts wives 1 through 7 with playful bravado and blunt humor in a recorded interview.
A man describes starting an American restaurant, earning money until he joined the army in 1917, and plans to marry again. He praises his partner as one of the sweetest women he ever met and mentions knowing Nat Goodwin and De Wolf Hopper as famous figures, joking about being greater than them.
Kansas Governor Allen told the House rules committee that American troops in the Argonne fought German artillery with infantry due to a horse shortage for artillery and a lack of aircraft signaling. He presented official reports claiming needless sacrifices as Americans pushed Germans beyond the Meuse. He will testify to the Senate military committee tomorrow with General C. S. Martin scheduled to appear.
All 125 female operatives in the rope walk at Charlestown navy yard are to be discharged Friday night due to an oversupply of stock. The rope walk was the yard’s sole civilian female workforce. This marks the first major postwar cut, even as total yard employment exceeds wartime levels.
Mayor Peters asks Senate and House to consider his annexation bill and other measures with goodwill. He argues union of metropolitan communities benefits all cities around Boston, preserves autonomy, and avoids coercion while urging public discussion and harmony.
Sacramento announces a shipment of California lady bugs to France to combat the mealy bug damaging fruit trees. State commissioner of horticulture George H. Hecke confirms the immediate dispatch to aid French growers.
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