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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
9
The funeral services for Michael J. Concannon a prominent South Boston Council No 78 Knights of Columbus member who died Sunday night at Carney Hospital will be held this morning at 8 at his brother John Concannon’s home 23 Sumner street Dorchester followed by a nine o clock high mass of requiem at St Augustine Church.
A dated note explains using plain delatone to remove facial or body hair. Mix powdered delatone with water to form a thick paste, apply to hairs, wait two to eight minutes, rub off, and wash. The skin should be clear of hair if real delatone is used.
T E Hedlund reports from Columbus New Mexico on July 11 that the border camp is filled with war dogs. Soldiers who went into Mexico with Pershing left their canine mascots behind at the base.
Hundreds of dogs accompany the Second Massachusetts Regiment in Columbus camp many join each company and a dog per squad is expected. Colonel Hayes warns to limit strays or dogs outnumber men and horses. Dogs name Villa and Carranza fight, settle by Carranza, night howls echo, and a misfired shot kills Villa.
The Second Massachusetts National Guard at Columbus New Mexico endures daily rain. Two men were briefly detained then released after proving identity. Guardsmen cobbled tents to keep dry, many awaiting orders to return home if border conditions stay peaceful. New recruits will be brought to the rifle range under Captain Woodruff today.
A large shipment of tobacco products and candy was sent by Blakeslee Manufacturing Company workers from Malden to Company L of the Fifth. The 65 cloth pouches included cheerful verses, serving as morale boosters for Malden’s soldier boys overseas.
An ad promises safe weight loss by spending time outdoors and taking oil of kerein capsules after meals and before bed. It claims noticeable weight reduction in a few days, improved digestion, lighter footsteps, and a buoyant feeling, urging all with extra fat to try the treatment.
Men enlisting in the Massachusetts National Guard will be sent to the Mexican border within days. Recruits from Framingham will bypass Boston Harbor forts and instead drill and learn tactics at the border.
The influx of new men accelerates the buildup toward war strength with 1500 more needed across companies. Three provisional regiments form the core with more than 225 men already on field drills under Sixth Infantry and Coast Artillery officers. Ambulance Company No. 2 arrives at muster field with 70 men. overall war strength near 79.
Nogales reports from the Mexican de facto leadership that all danger of war with the United States has passed. Calles directs immediate action to persuade American enterprises to resume operations in Sonora. Officials defer comment to the State Department as a first regular train carries refugees back to Nogales from Magdalena.
A tornado in the Vienna suburb of Josephstadt, reported via Vienna Neustadt, killed 31 people and seriously injured more than 100. The storm struck Monday, causing widespread destruction in the Amsterdam via London dispatch.
The North station bustled as 500 Massachusetts men depart at 8 p.m. for Plattsburg military training camp, joining 350 more en route to total 850. Leaders include Vincent Booth, Marshall Fanning, Frederick Goodwin, and Harvard figures Jonathan Lannan, Barrett Wendell Jr., and Charles Wing among others.
Two trains of 21 sleeping cars carry the boys from the Boston and Maine and Central Vermont lines to Burlington Vt for a 6 o'clock arrival. An 8:40 boat crossing Lake Champlain will transfer them to Plattsburg camp by 11:30 AM. About 3600 juniors plus seniors from across the country will push total to nearly 7000. Local figure J Randolph Coolidge among prominent delegates.
Mrs Ella S Gilpatrick widow of Dr Benjamin Gilpatrick and daughter of Dr Samuel S Wells former surgeon general of Massachusetts died at her Melrose Highlands home aged 73 She had lived in Melrose 25 years and leaves a daughter Mrs William A Morse of Melrose whose home will host the funeral this afternoon.
The Fifth Massachusetts Infantry veterans donate a fine replica silk color set for the barring patrol duty along the Mexican border. Colonel Stover plans to save the silk colors for a potential trip into Mexico, per a letter to Marshall P. Thompson in Boston.
A letter from a Massachusetts regiment near the Rio Grande describes dusty winds and worn colors. Col Stover arranged a replica silk color set after veterans funded the $35 cost, to be flown in view of Ciudad Juarez, with government support noted as improved since 1898.
Firemen battled dense smoke at Seventh Avenue and Twenty third Street during work on the new dual subway system. They removed 60 or more sticks of dynamite near a fire of undetermined origin as thousands of bystanders panicked on the planking above. No serious injuries were reported as crews moved the explosives to safety and extinguished the blaze.
The Post ran a photo labeled Miss Marion Pittfield of Roxbury but it showed Mrs. Charles H. Collings of Dorchester. The couple, married and esteemed, are not linked to the Pittfield case. The paper apologizes and corrects the record.
The Benevolent Fraternity Fruit and Flower Mission opened its 47th season in Parker Memorial yesterday and began distributing flowers and fruit to sufferers in homes hospitals playgrounds settlements and tenements. Mrs Grant William Nowell of Brookline chaired the committee aided by over twenty volunteers.
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