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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
3
At Mechanics Building the Barnard Memorial Children's Festival featured a love ly dance with pantalettes replacing ballet skirts. Agnes Schutte led as the solo dancer amid the children's program.
The Children’s Church at 10 Warrenton Street marked its 69th birthday with a morning and afternoon program. Little Lilla Fries led a group of sixteen tots in a Woodland Elves dance while Bernice De Groff performed a solo sprite dance under director Mrs. Lilla Wiles Wyman amid a crowded hall of family spectators.
Captain William Rees Rush, commandant of the Charlestown navy yard, urged a navy strong enough to repel invaders at a Knights Templars dinner in Young's Hotel. The talk highlighted naval readiness to deter aggression before it reaches the coast, with supporting addresses by Reverend R. Perry Bush and Reverend Philip A. Nordell.
Philadelphia reports catcher William Killifer has agreed to terms and will sign for the coming season. The club also received the contract of first baseman Fred Luderus.
New York reports show Germany’s submarine warfare impacting exports from Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and New York. Figures from the American Railway Association and Interstate Commerce Commission indicate reduced cargo, fewer sailings, and tighter car movements with new rules to return empties to owners and curb congestion at Atlantic piers.
The statistics prepared for government show that February 1 to 14 grain deliveries to vessels at four ports total about 8 million bushels, far below January's 29 million and December’s 58 million. The association says deliveries align with vessel capacity and permits issued for 7 million bushels moved in the same period.
London reports that Britain Japan and New Zealand leaders pledge no return of German colonies in Africa Asia or the Pacific. Allies intend a global colonial realignment with Britain France Portugal and Belgium enlarging homogeneous possessions while Japan safeguards German Kiao Chau and Pacific interests for later settlement.
Urges readers to order the Britannica Handy Volume before supplies run out due to wartime India paper shortages. Highlights family benefits, easy payments of 1 down and 3 monthly, and the need to act now to avoid missing out.
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