This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
8
Mayor Andrew Peters urges Boston auto owners to donate 200 cars for a Saturday outing to Camp Devens for sailors visiting army life. Cars and drivers meet at Charles Street at 1 PM, then travel to Camp Devens with a naval band as motion pictures are made.
Mrs. George W. Coleman praised Washington Lincoln and Wilson as enduring symbols of the nation during a Fourth of July tea. The Radio School at Harvard boys attended as guests and performed a musical program after Mrs. Coleman’s address, with Mrs. Charles B. Perkins introducing the president.
In Rome on July 4 Pope Benedict XVI met Baron Denys Cochin, a former member of the French war cabinet without portfolio, for an audience.
Foreword notes an American writer who enlisted with France at the war start in 1914 and later served with the famed Lafayette Escadrille.
An interview recalls American airmen in the French Army facing combat, showing courage and the need for individual skill. It describes looping, tail spins, wing slips, and other stunts taught in acrobatic schools as essential to health and effectiveness.
Paris July 4 Alexander F Kerensky, ex Russian premier, told the Associated Press he hid in central Russia from November 1917 to May 1918. He moved from Petrograd to Moscow and stayed until May 25, kept contact with anti Bolshevik leaders, and feared for his life while condemning Brest Litovsk.
Weymouth marked the Fourth with riots and a bonfire tying up traffic in Washington square. Firemen faced rioters using the cold water cure while a hose was cut. A large stable and hay barn on Commercial street burned, 13 fire alarms sounded, six stills seized, and three men arrested for false alarms. Three injured when a Bay State car derailed near Weymouth.
German newspapers split over the torpedoing of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle with some denying the attack and others defending it as a mine strike or a war measure. Articles cite the ship’s presence in the barred zone and question British reporting while noting the crew of 164.
The Rev Edward L Sullivan rector of Trinity Church Newton urged that the Kaiser be given a Keeley cure amounting to a surfeit of war. He spoke at the Cathedral Church of St Paul with a large crowd present. Patriotic songs opened the service with bugle calls and hymns including America The Star Spangled Banner Onward Christian Soldiers and God Save the King among others. Inside the church the Marseillaise and Garibaldi s Hymn were sung as well.
Quiet Weymouth celebration devolved into chaos as fireworks sales surged, false alarms strained four fire stations, a bonfire in Washington Square damaged property, a horse stable burned on the Pierce estate, vandalism and a trolley wreck injured three. Police rounded up ringleaders amid ongoing disturbances.
Thousands of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River workers and families pledged allegiance to the flag at Merrymount Park Quincy during a holiday picnic. The spacious grounds drew men women and children in large attendance.
Miss Lula Southworth Doane daughter of Mrs Lula M Doane of this city and organist and director at Church of the Ascension married yesterday afternoon to Richard Stearns Sanders son of Dr Charles B Sanders of Lowell The groom works for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.