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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
3
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman asked the Supreme Court to rehear their case after their conspiracy conviction under the selective service act was sustained. The motion was taken under advisement in Washington.
Advertisement touts Poslam and Possamy as skin healers offering quick relief for pimples inflamed complexions and red noses. Claims rapid healing for broken out itching skin with Poslam and Posiam medicated soap. Free sample requests directed to Emergency Laboratories New York City.
Harvard announced its annual scholarships with 295 honor men across three groups. Boston Latin leads with 21 scholars, English High 14, Cambridge Latin 9, and Central High Springfield 5. Notable winners include Louis B. Keane of Roxbury and William C. Plunkett, despite blindness, as Bassett and Crowninshield scholars.
Petrograd reports at Moscow an anniversary celebration of Blood Sunday turned violent with forty killed and about two hundred wounded during Tuesday demonstrations. Authorities in Moscow and Petrograd investigate the riots and casualties.
Mrs. John M'Donald says she has lost her father and brother in the war and her husband and another brother are serving overseas. Her five year old son Edward also faces an uncertain future as the family endures ongoing wartime separation.
In Framingham at 8 Proctor Street Mrs John McDonald 25 shows a service flag with four stars for family members serving or killed in Canada Britain She and her husband a brother and two fathers brothers enlisted in Canadian forces with one father and Garnett dead after shrapnel ended their service in No Man s Land The father John McDonald eldest died in action and Garnett followed soon after both from Somerset Massachusetts area units were the Canadian Mounted Rifles and the Overseas Battalion.
Madame Smith-Falkner of the food control committee told the Associated Press in Petrograd that the city nears famine and aims for a gradual, organized shortage. She cited war civil war and ruble depreciation as Russia's main causes, noting forty months of conflict have overwhelmed the economy and railways.
Washington Jan 24 The New Haven railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise storage charges on all freight at New York and Brooklyn and on export freights at Boston by about 50 percent to align with rates of other railroads.
A 10 by 20 foot service flag was raised at City Hospital before the board of trustees meeting led by President A Shuman. Brief remarks were made by A Shuman, Superintendent John J Dowling, Dr Edmond G Wilson and Dr J W Manary while Chief Engineer Donovan released the banner above the administration building entrance.
A cut fragment notes 76 stars representing the institution now overseas and a larger central black star. The brief item emphasizes the emblem pattern without providing further context or details.
The circle honors Dr George Howe of the Back Bay, a visiting physician on staff who was killed in action recently in France, according to local report.
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