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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
13
A Boston reader defends American girls amid drafts and patriotism debates. He argues girls worldwide share faults and virtues, criticizes a writer named Just a God for antiwar tone, and notes Boston girls with loved ones serving in the war effort.
New York January 16 The third section of what is said to be the largest floating dry dock in the world was put in commission today. When completed the dock will comprise six sections with a lifting capacity of 30 000 tons and handle vessels up to 720 feet long.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children claiming a fruity taste and harmless formula. Warns to look for the California name on the package and notes full dosing directions on each bottle.
Sealed list of furnishings and fixtures from former S.A.T.C. and Naval Aviation Detachment spaces in Cambridge Massachusetts. Items include steel lockers ovens steam kettles dish washers soda fountain equipment and sanitary fixtures plus office and classroom furniture and hoists. Contact J. E. Jobling Stone & Webster 75 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge after January 27.
Official War casualty list names multiple New England service members by status and residence. Killed in action, died of wounds, died of disease, and various wounded categories include personnel from Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and beyond, with home towns such as North Waterford, Lynn, Northampton, Boston, New Haven, Exeter, and Hartford.
Casualties from combined lists show 588 soldiers nationwide with over half fatalities. New England figures include 53 men on corrected lists, previously reported as missing. Lieutenant James J. McDevitt of Brighton leads wounded. no commissioned officers among fatalities.
The report lists personnel returning to duty and others erroneously reported wounded. Names include Pt. Roman T. Stamatel of Stamford Connecticut and Pt. William C. Phillips with Wayne Pt. Robert E. Walsh of Somerville, plus Pt. John Clark of Waterbury, Connecticut. Also noted are Corp Henry J. Dube and Pt. John Oslega of St. Albans Vermont and Nashua New Hampshire.
In federal court Frances M. Porter of Burlington Vermont received a sentence of two years and six months in the Atlanta penitentiary for breaking and entering the Mascoma post office New Hampshire. Howard M. Porter of Manchester was sentenced to one year and six months for using the mails to defraud. They escaped from Merrimack county jail in November and were recaptured in Covington Kentucky. Mathos Zaharopoulos of Chicago under the Mann act was ordered returned to the Illinois district. Governor Keyes, in
A December ruling denied extradition in a case involving a suspect named in court records. The decision pauses transfer to the requesting nation, with authorities citing legal or procedural reasons for the refusal.
Edward K Warren president of the International Sunday School Union died in Evanston Ill. He lived in Three Oaks Mich and Evanston was his second home. Born Ludlow Vermont in 1847 he made a fortune manufacturing a whale bone substitute he invented in 1883. He led the world Sunday school convention held in Jerusalem in 1965.
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