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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
6
Kiel Zeitung reports a nationwide plan to have major towns adopt submarines and crews. Each town would cover upkeep costs supply clothing provisions and luxuries and pay pensions to disabled crew or widows.
Advert shows Plant Juice herbal tonic with local testimonials. It cites Mrs Lottie Margeson of 233 Poplar Ro Sendale describing indigestion improvement and weight gain after using Plant Juice. Plant Juice Man tours Houghton Dutton Drug Dept meeting the public.
Small raids and reconnoitering actions, plus artillery duels, continue on several sectors of the Italian front. No major battle has begun, as fighting remains largely in local clashes and counterattacks.
Weather hinders French front operations while British patrols claim minor successes near Armentieres and Ypres. German raids south of Le Transloy meet resistance and shelling of Sailly Sailisse and nearby sectors cited. Russians and German allies clash in multiple regions with no clear edge. Austrians push into Italian trenches near Casere Zebio Pastorile but are repulsed in hand to hand fighting. Carso and Gorizia see heavy artillery duels. Bir el Hassana seizure and Nekhlu garrison evacuation noted. Two Americans aboard Dalbeatie survive sinking by submarine. Two small fishing schooners sunk. U S ambassador seeks clarity on submarine warfare. Britain prepares a neutral shipping policy proclamation.
British forces surprise attacked and captured the entire garrison of the Bir el Hassana post on the Sinai peninsula including three officers and 21 men. The Nekhl post fled leaving prisoners to British control. Intermittent Western Front artillery actions continue and a Russian submarine sinks a Bosphorus area steamer and eight schooners.
The Spanish steamship Joaquin Mambra swung from a North River dock and struck the ferryboat Scandinavian bound for Hoboken. Thirteen passengers were injured. the ferryboat was leaking but towed to Hoboken after all aboard were removed. The Joaquin Mambra appeared unharmed and kept moving after inspection.
Joseph F. McKeon, 31, owner of the Cumberland Hill Inn, Woonsocket, is hospitalized with three bullet wounds. Police seek Mrs. McKeon, who fled to Providence after the quarrel that led to the shooting.
The Norwegian collier Dalbeattie, en route from Glasgow to Gibraltar, was sunk by shell fire. Two Americans aboard were John Guerre of Los Angeles and Frank Wood of Keene New Hampshire. Wood suffers bronchitis from 13 hours in a boat. The 1327 ton vessel was built in 1879 at Middlesbrough.
Consul Frost reported two Native Americans aboard the Norwegian coal steamer Dalbeattie when it was sunk by shell fire near Fastnet. The ship had no guns or wireless, stopped on first shot, was shelled during abandonment, with no injuries. Frank Wood and John Guerra were named passengers. Wood hospitalized with bronchitis.
A witty sketch by W. E. Hill appears in the upcoming Sunday Post, capturing social scenes and notable attendees at a club banquet. The piece blends humor with pointed observations of personalities and interactions among members.
Berlin reports that Brand Whitlock the American minister has not discussed lowering the U S flag at the Brussels legation with German authorities. The German governor-general informed him of continued interest in Belgian relief work and Whitlock and his staff will maintain their activities with the Belgian Relief Commission.
Brand Whitlock the American minister at Brussels and his staff will continue relief commission work. After Germany and the United States broke relations, the governor-general welcomed continued aid. The flag on Whitlock’s building was not lowered, and he spoke mainly with the Spanish minister who allowed continued activity. Attache Herter was recalled after rupture. Christian N. Herter, serving at Whitlock’s legation, faced detention at Mainz but was released after hours.
Mayor John J. Mullen of Everett announces a bid to succeed Congressman Alvan T. Fuller in 1919. He says his two years as Everett’s mayor will be the record he rides to victory and plans to sweep the district. Councillor James A. Watson hints at readiness for combat with Councillor Hagan after remarks at a smoker.
The Finance Commission criticized the City Council for attempting to fix higher wages for municipal laborers elevator men and janitors. It states wage increases are an executive matter vested in the Mayor and cites penalties for charter violations including fines or imprisonment.
Arthur H. McDonald 39, a Tremont street wine store clerk, died last night at 33 Winthrop street Roxbury likely from ill health and bronchial trouble feared to be tuberculosis. He had been married six months.
In the House of Commons today pacifist speakers led by Arthur Ponsonby Charles P. Trevelyan and Philip Snowden accused the entente of pursuing a war of conquest and reproached the government for not responding to a German peace overture.
Mr Snowden warned longer war length lowers chances of terms acceptable to both sides. Andrew Bonar Law argues no peace terms without defeating Germany, disputes German submarine warfare timing, and accuses Berlin of terrorizing civilians. He says neutral nations see clear right from wrong and Germany must be taught that crimes do not pay.
Attorney General Attwell told the legislative constitutional amendments committee that Governor McCall Lieutenant Governor Coolidge and Supreme Court justices are excluded by the State Constitution from joining the upcoming constitutional convention. The AG noted that only the statute prohibiting more than one salary from the State affects legislators and other state employees. The current bill seeks to extend this to cover salaries for service in the convention.
A woman in night attire and a man were saved from the Washington House when fire from the Champion Shoe Shining Parlor spread to the hotel. Mrs. Charles Cloutman slept on the third floor and escaped after collapse in smoke. Patrolman Gartland and Officer Bates aided her to safety. Francis Hart, on the third floor, was brought down by firefighters. The origin of the blaze is under police investigation.
A postal card mailed in April 1908 from Dr. Ralph W. Dennen to Anton N. Sederquist in Waltham was found yesterday. Dennen, a Harvard Medical School student then living near Sederquist, sent the card to his neighbor. The perfectly clean card bears the April 1908 postmark and has puzzled local postal officials for years.
An old advertisement touts Freezone a ether based corn medicine from Cincinnati. Apply a few drops to any corn or callus to instantly stop pain and loosen the area for removal. The product by Edward Wesley Co. Cincinnati urges women to keep it handy for aching corns with no irritation.
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