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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
4
Foreword notes the author, an American, enlisted in the French Army at war outbreak in 1914 and was later transferred to the Lafayette Escadrille.
A narrator describes marraines or godmothers for soldiers in France. They send weekly treats and arrange companionship, with ages from shopgirls to young girls guiding veterans. Aviators also have marraines, letters arrive, and meetings are planned at spots like the Cafe de la Paix.
In France the Red Cross and the YMCA support soldiers and refugees with care at stations and hospitals. Volunteers distribute clothing and food while providing coffee and meals. The author urges Americans to back these efforts with membership and support, stressing their morale value for the military.
Seventy one draftees from East Boston depart at 9 20 a m from South Station for Fort Slocum New York. Division 1 and Division 2 members march with officials addressing them at the Court House before a police escorted parade through Meridian street to the ferry. One hundred forty two selectives later receive $5 gold pieces and comfort boxes from relief associations.
More than fifty Elks from New England and women guests left yesterday afternoon for Atlantic City to attend the national convention. Another group took the 4 50 train from South Station for New York. A heavy shower canceled the parade from the Elks Home on Somerset Street to the station and wharf.
J Weston Allen of Newton announces candidacy for attorney general on the Republican ticket. He has four years in the Legislature representing the fourth Middlesex district and ten years in Governor John D Long's law office. He has sponsored many laws and earned a strong reputation.
H P Faris of Clinton Missouri a noted banker and treasurer of the national Prohibition committee visited Boston to outline four wartime reasons for prohibition He argues that ending liquor production saves grain speeds labor coal and freight for the war effort and reduces bottlenecks in transportation and essential supplies.
Twelve year old Isadore Caplan of 45 Compton Street is hospitalized with a broken leg after a truck from New England News Company driven by Russell Alvertz struck him on Emerald Street yesterday.
Sergeant Giofelice Gino of the Royal Italian Flying Corps was killed in an airplane accident at Hazelhurst Field while performing a tail spin for the Italian mission to the United States and Major-General William L. Kenly. He had been instructing American aviators and tutored Captain Antonio Silvio Resnati, who died here last May.
A typhoon struck the Philippines causing wires to be blown down and damage across several provinces. Manila was hard hit but the overall loss was not yet known due to interrupted communications.
Nearly 30 deputies from northern and eastern Vermont raided the Bennington Club Elks Foresters Eagles Moose and French Canadian Club and a private house during the night. Liquor valued at about 7000 was found in the county jail corridor. One member from each club two gamblers and the private house occupant were arraigned and held on 500 bonds for tomorrow.
The Rev John F Cummins and parishioners of Sacred Heart Church Roslindale mark the parish silver jubilee The first Roslindale mass was July 7 many years ago A tent on Poplar Street stood where the current church and school are now Father Cummins led a 9 15 solemn high mass with Fathers Toomey and Reardon assisting and Toomey delivering the sermon
A delegation of men from various parish societies and a unit from K Company 10th Regiment Massachusetts State Guard join the Roslindale company in a community event. The gathering highlights local civic ties and orderly participation by national guard units.
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