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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
9
An audience of several hundred filed out of the new Columbia Theatre when automatic sprinklers triggered by an overheated boiler forced an immediate evacuation. The boiler room raised temperature to unsafe levels, prompting the brief alarm and swift exit.
An advertisement touts Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment that loosens stiff joints and eases pain. It promotes use for bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, lumbago and other pains, with jars priced at 30c, 60c and hospital size $2.50.
David Putnam, 238 Hemenway street Boston Harvard freshman, joined French aviation service after ambulance work and shot down a German plane at about 2000 feet. He escaped unharmed aside from two teeth lost in a prior altitude test.
Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin of Montana plans a Boston visit on Friday February 1. She will meet Governor McCall Mayor-elect Peters and representatives of women’s groups soldiers from allied nations and socially prominent women. She arrives at Hotel Lenox early that morning for a busy day.
Legislators on Beacon Hill seek the status of the State Guard and the proper appropriation for next year. House Chairman Warner and the Ways and Means Committee face uncertainty after the recess budget commission recommended 350000 dollars, admitting they cannot determine the expenditure needed for maintenance.
Major-General Butler Ames will be called before a Ways and Means subcommittee to present figures showing the Massachusetts State Guard organized with far lower per capita costs than Connecticut or New York. He asserts the guard, 11 000 strong with 150 companies in 12 regiments and three brigades, has high efficiency and minimal expenses, and credits its success to state cooperation and self managed administration.
Italian army dispatch reports Austrian forces evacuating northern mountain front behind Monte Tomba and retreating to Monte Spinancia. The move follows French victory on Monte Tomba, with Austrians placing dummy troops and wooden machine guns to mask departure as they pull back toward higher ground near the Brenta.
Lysander N Paine aged 86 years 3 months dies in Provincetown Massachusetts on January 23 obituary notice notes his longtime ties to the town and family legacy
A three alarm blaze at the American Rubber Company on Binney Street Cambridge caused about 30000 in damage to the spreader building used for a government raincoat order. Night watchman Manual Cabral was seriously injured and presumed dead after an explosion.
Washington reports the end of one cruel war with Billy Sunday and Ray—details follow as the events unfold and public reaction begins to form.
Indianapolis Jan 24 The United Mine Workers convention spent the day debating constitutional changes and adjourned with indications it will drop from the rolls any members who maintain affiliation with the Industrial Workers of the World or any non AFL affiliated dual organization.
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