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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
2
The White Star line announces the Mediterranean service will resume soon after the release of steamers Canopie and Cretic by the British government. The first sailing is expected between February 11 and 16, linking New York Boston and Italy via the Azores.
Elizabeth Emory Goddard widow of Moses B I Goddard was found by Judge Harry C Curtis to have made the will without undue influence. The proceedings occurred in Warwick R I with probate granted after contesting claims were dismissed.
An engagement from the past week links Miss Marion Menwick Foster of West Somerville to Lieutenant Lloyd W Knight of Dorchester. Knight recently returned from Texas where he served as a balloon observer in the military aeronautic corps. Knight is a Dartmouth College graduate class of 1912, and Foster was formerly a student at Wellesley.
The War Labor Board hearing in New York today heard attorney Paul Bonynge claim that parts of the harbor workers strike were financed with money from German sources. He pressed for evidence at the board's subsection hearing on the controversy.
Frank P Walsh asks owners to produce books and correspondence of owners’ organizations and payments to newspapers. Bonynge says documents to be produced if union records, especially money from German sources, are also produced. Walsh cites seriousness of treason charge. Two housewives rebut Ogburn on family budget, showing higher actual costs.
Funeral services were held for Dorothy L. Dorsey wife of Boston attorney James A. Dorsey at St Hugh's Church Roxbury. A solemn high mass was celebrated by Mgr YP J Supple with Father Crane as deacon and Father Deignan as sub deacon. Ushers included Theodore Logan James J Fitzpatrick and Walter L Collins. Pallbearers were Dr John T Bottomly Judge M J Connolly Joseph Maynard Bartholomew Buckley John C Heyer and Major Edward J Sampson. Burial followed at Old Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury.
United States submarine D-4 ran aground on a sand bar near New Harbor Block Island. The vessel lay about 200 feet off shore with 28 crew aboard as Sandy Point Coast Guard Station kept lifeboat on standby. Coast guards hoped to refloat the craft after high water.
New York January 16. Mayor Sundeland of Danbury Connecticut and a delegation from Fairfield County will join the local committee of welcome to greet homecoming soldiers of the 56th Coast Artillery when they arrive tomorrow aboard the battleship South Dakota.
A vintage advertisement touts curing a cold in a day with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. The text shows garbled marketing copy urging readers to take the product for rapid relief.
Dorchester High School hosts a French Night program this evening in the school centre. Lieutenant Vincent de Wierzbicki, formerly an interpreter at the front, will speak about British and French lines. Ushers from Liberty Unit include Marion Owen, Marion Decrow, Helen Hardy, Miriam Wallingford, Marian Wilson, Ruth Sears, Florence Keith, and Gladys Barnes.
Francis Burton Harrison governor-general of the Philippines heads home for a six month vacation sailing via Panama and due in New York in about a week.
Washington January 16th The next war loan will be named The Victory Liberty Loan announced by Secretary Glass The exact spring flotation date was not fixed The initial plan called it The Fifth Liberty Loan Victory issue The loan flag features a blue V on white with a red border signifying five and victory
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