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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
9
Reader-visible fragments show scattered letters and repeated vowels with no cohesive event or named entities. The text lacks discernible people places organizations dates or numbers to form a valid summary.
A brief catalog line shows outerwear items with prices: 11.00 13.50 25.00 7.50 9.50 17.50. The fragment records typical apparel pricing across multiple categories.
Local group on Tremont Street urges residents to donate as only a small portion of food aid can be sent. Volunteers coordinate pickups and emphasize maximizing supply to families in need amid shortages.
A sale listing offers Black Messaline at 36 inches wide for 1.19 and Black Brocade Crepe de Chine reduced from 3.00 3.50 to 2.00. Hollow Cut Corduroy 36 inches wide drops from 1.25 to 0.95 each.
The United States case to break up the alleged fish trust moves forward with Judge Dodge appointing William Mathewson as examiner to take testimony. The suit targets 28 Boston fish dealers filed last June. Hearings will occur mainly in Boston with evidence also to be taken in Gloucester Provincetown Newburyport New Bedford and Barnstable.
James Thompson of La Crosse Wisconsin announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States Senator to succeed the late Senator Husting. He is understood to have the support of Senator La Follette and spoke from Madison on February 26.
A U S cavalry border patrolman was shot in the arm while patrolling near San Tutarte, two miles southeast of El Paso. He and a comrade were fired on by two Mexicans.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts a Red Cross Flower Show from March 13 to 17 at Horticultural Hall. Superintendent James Wheeler expects full capacity as private and commercial exhibitors reserve space. Proceeds benefit the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Larz Anderson and his gardener Duncan Finlayson will showcase in multiple classes occupying about 200 square feet.
The British freight steamship Philadelphia of 6120 gross tons owned by the Leyland line was torpedoed and sunk while sailing from New York to British ports. She left on February 11 and was torpedoed about February 21. loss confirmed by Leyland line offices with no further details available. The vessel was built in 1891.
President Wilson issued a proclamation placing the fertilizer industry under government control. Manufacturers and distributors must obtain licenses from the Secretary of Agriculture by March 20 under the food control law. Licenses cover fertilizer and its ingredients with enforcement by Secretary Houston. some ingredients are already licensed.
Bolshevik headquarters shift from the Smolny Institute in Petrograd to a neighboring military camp. Exchange Telegraph reports workers in the city gathering en masse under red banners at the new site as of Monday dated dispatch from Petrograd.
Secretary Lansing said France and Italy have accepted in substance the proposed treaty with the United States on the military service of nationals, similar to the agreement with Great Britain and Canada. The alien slacker bill, aiming to compel service of foreign nationals, is expected to reach discussion in Congress.
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