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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
2
A fragment from the diary of France’s air hero Guynemer describes a perilous encounter where he and four companions faced five adversaries. The Sunday Post promises a full story detailing his thrilling combats and wartime exploits.
An old advertisement promotes Celery King a purely vegetable formula made into Pilatable tea. It claims to relieve senstication upset stomach and coated tongue and can be given to children. It emphasizes low cost and widespread use for feverish conditions.
Madame Katherine Breshkovskaya, famed as Little Mother of the Russian Revolution, told the Women's City Club that Russians are like children. She spoke of peasant misery, lack of education, and the long wait for news, praising their willingness to follow a good leader and endure hardship.
Portland Maine reports 481 627 tons of cargo carried by 67 trans Atlantic liners over four and a half months. Grain shipments totaled 10 575 637 bushels.
An old advertisement touts Tickle Heals the throat and cough relief with Hayes Healing Honey price 250 and includes 4 free boxes of O Pen-Trate Salve for chest and head colds and croup with every bottle.
Sergeant William L. Norris of the 10th Engineers and son of former Alder man Michael W. Norris of 23 Oakley Road Brighton has returned after 18 months in France. He recalls Brest camp conditions for 28 days after the armistice and notes the Yankee Division's celebrated performance. He arrived in the U S on February 9 and was discharged at Camp Mills early this week.
The Leyland line steamer Bohemian from Liverpool docked at East Boston with four war brides among its 116 cabin passengers. Mrs. E F Kelly and Mrs. Blumenthal along with Mrs. Crease and Mrs. Pratt met their American husbands and will settle in Baltimore Providence Binghamton and Douglas. Seven Canadian officers aboard included Captain C R Rischbieth and Lieutenant M T McKelvey who survived a crash near the Somme last April.
Knights of Columbus councils nationwide plan memorial services for deceased members. Major observances unite five Dorchester clubs at St Peter's Church with Bishop Anderson officiating, while South Boston groups worship at St Augustine's Church. Various councils hold high mass and sermons across parishes in Roxbury Cambridge Somerville Hyde Park and Chelsea.
The Boston Victory Celebration opens tonight at Mechanics Hall with 24 nations represented by a 1400 member American chorus and a 75 piece Boston Festival Orchestra. Alfred Hallam conducts joined by Frederick S Converse George W Chadwick Percy Grainger and others. The program features operatic arias, national anthems, Armenian Turkish Russian and Czech pieces, and a grand finale with a march and 24 nationalities presented by Boston soldiers. Tickets are limited and early attendance is advised.
Thirty officers and men of the American forces in northern Russia received French war crosses for gallant service on the Vologda railway front during the Bolshevik offensive from September to November. The awards were made by the French commander in the presence of Major-General Edmond Ironside and Colonel George S. Stewart. Most honorees are from Michigan.
About 400 Hog Island Shipyard foremen decide to return to work tomorrow after a strike for higher pay. They request raises to 70 dollars per week, overtime at time and a half, double pay on Sundays, and a two and a half day monthly sick allowance. They blame fleet retrenchment for handling two shifts.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford station in Melville Rhode Island burned to the ground tonight. An overheated stove caused the blaze and firefighters battled a large fire near the naval coal depot with its oil tanks prompting rapid response.
In Springfield Police Court Alfred Day an assistant manager of John Hancock Life Insurance and Edward Sullivan an agent plus Albert White a tailor pleaded guilty to larceny of a $2000 policy on Mrs Fannie Brownweber's life. White fined $600, Day $500 with six months' suspended jail. Sullivan received a suspended sentence without fine. The trio were arrested Feb 11 after a $2000 policy was issued on the dying mother-in-law. Day admitted a conspiracy to insure the dying woman as 62 and in health, with steps to mislead a physician.
Seattle reader F. T. Evans reports using Nedlin Soles on his shoes for fifteen months then adding half soles. he says the footwear remains in good condition. The Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. offers Nedlin Soles and Wingfoot Heels in many styles to reduce shoe bills.
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