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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
20
President Wilson alone can avert a country wide strike of telephone workers in early March the emphasis states. The report notes the influence of the president as decisive to prevent the potential work stoppage nationwide.
Across New England and Pacific coast regions more than 39 000 telephone employees cast ballots on a strike, with early expectations of a strong yes vote. Union leaders plan to demand an early strike date and wage increases while negotiators weigh amicable adjustments and potential federal involvement. Balloting at 995 Washington Street in Boston ran from 10 AM to 10 PM.
Camp Devens February 26 Private William T. Driscoll a wounded veteran of the All-America Division Company J 327th Infantry returned to camp with a notice of his own death received at his home in Manville Rhode Island where he was visiting his mother Mrs Jeremiah Driscoll The document proved false as the man was alive and well signaling a mistaken report from his hometown newspaper.
Private Driscoll reads a French front letter from Captain Collins stating his son William T. Driscoll died of wounds in October 1918 during the Argonne campaign. The piece also notes women at a base hospital preparing patient meals, 800 patients, and details on deserter Texas Tracey and underage recruit Joseph Duchesne's wartime evasions. It closes with Camp Devens to discharge 12,000 men monthly as a demobilization site.
Methuen February 26 Mr and Mrs Franklin W Cluff of Tremont Street celebrated the golden anniversary of their marriage with a reception from many friends. Cluff a Civil War veteran and member of Colonel William B Greene Post No 100 G A R was born February 17 1844 in Salem New Hampshire. He and Ellen Louise Merrill married in 1869 and have lived in the area except for a spell in Haverhill. Mrs Cluff also was born in Salem and lived there until marriage. Both are in good health.
A 0 day drive to raise 300000 toward a 500000 New England fund for the Central New England Sanatorium at Rutland Mass begins with a 6 30 PM dinner at Ford Hall. Over 300 volunteers hear speakers led by B Nason Hamlin with Dr Vincent Y Bowditch and Dr Charles W Eliot outlining need and plans.
Paris Feb 26 Allied representatives at the Quai d Orsay met to allot commissions for frontier questions affecting enemy states. An official announcement sets conditions for Belzian claims. The supreme war council reported conclusions on creating an intermediate zone in Transylvania between Romanian and Hungarian troops. Armenia claims were presented by M Ahrounian and Boghos Nubar Pasha.
Mrs. Paul Gran of 916 Fourth Street Milwaukee Wisconsin says epilepsy plagued her for fourteen years. After using a medicine from R F N Lepso at 22 Island Avenue Milwaukee she has been seizure free for over ten years and urges others to request the same remedy by mail.
The sheriff moved to remove the group as described on the first page and acted to eject them, executing the removal accordingly.
Three jailed suffragists are evicted and retake a sidewalk vigil after a mysterious donor named E H Howe pays their fines. The group plans night pickets at the jail while Sheriff Kelcher resists the jail-as-stage critique and seeks injunctions to prevent further protests.
In Vilna the Bolsheviki seize the Church of St. John and convert it into a theatre. The church, begun in 1288, becomes a public venue amid the Polish front.
Police confront Muste and Long leading groups of 40 to 50 strikers on Broadway and Holly Street as two Parsons are arrested after a riot near Arlington Mills. Patrolman Sullivan injured when his horse slipped. bail set at 800 dollars each. Strikers vow further marches despite Commissioner Carr’s ban on parades.
A Milwaukee company offers a free trial of a remedy claimed to expel tapeworms within an hour and relieve stomach trouble without pain dieting or danger. The Schoenherr Co Dept 63 Milwaukee Wis guarantees results or no cost and urges readers to write for the free trial.
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