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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
30
Major John Purroy Mitchel, former New York mayor and noted soldier statesman, was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery after a remarkable funeral attended by about 5000 mourners in New York. The ceremony reflected his public service and wartime contributions.
The funeral featured prominent world figures including former President Roosevelt and envoys from the War and Navy Departments, alongside official representatives from England, France, Italy, Japan, Cuba and Persia. Eighteen American aviators flew in formation over the procession from Fifth Avenue to St Patrick's Cathedral and on to the cemetery, as thousands of American Beauty roses were laid in tribute.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Father John's Medicine as a powerful food tonic with vast nourishment. It compares calories to steak oysters cod and milk, asserting five to six times greater nourishment and noting absence of alcohol or habit forming drugs.
The Boston Post states it has operated on a no return basis since March 17 1917 and asks readers to place advanced orders with news dealers to help gauge demand and ensure regular receipt of the Post.
The body of Mayor Mitchel is laid to rest as airmen drop lilies on streets and rooftops. Thousands attend from City Hall to the cemetery while bells toll and a long cortege moves through a still city with public life paused.
Wollaston girl Miss Gladys L Bain, a 1915 Wellesley graduate, wed Ensign Reginald H Sprague yesterday. The ceremony at her Wollaston home was performed by Rev I W Sneath. The groom, recently finishing naval training, is on leave. The couple depart on a brief auto trip.
Men who fled from England Scotland and Wales to avoid military service must report to authorities for medical examination within one week. The order aims at their incorporation into the army and specifies action after the deadline.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that William W. Ormsbee and his wife Elogian D. Ormsbee are the parents of three year old Dorothy A. Ormsbee. They sought to overturn a Suffolk Probate Court decree naming Parker B. Field guardian of the child.
The Provost Marshal General Crowder announced a minimum height of five feet three inches for military service. Registrants under 63 inches must be rejected for all service, following a State House inquiry about limited or special duty eligibility.
The Assumption parish of East Boston plans a Wood Island Park picnic on Saturday July 20 with baseball games and sports. A married women’s retreat runs July 23 to 26 at the Convent of the Cenacle led by an Oblate father, followed by a general retreat August 5 to 10 by Rev Father Murphy S J. Summer Masses are listed for Hull Nantasket and Stony Beach locations with daily and Sunday schedules.
Amsterdam July 11 The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports there will be no shift in Germany’s foreign policy after Dr Richard von Kuehlmann resigns as foreign minister. The paper says his aim was a speedy and honorable peace and that pursuit remains the immediate task for his successor.
The late Abram T Eddy bequeaths 25000 to Tremont Temple Baptist Church with other conditional gifts to Baptist institutions. Amounts include 2000 to Baptist Old Ladies Home Cambridge 3000 to New England Lord's Day League 3000 to Gordon Training School Boston 2000 to Colby Academy and 2000 to First Baptist Church New Bedford. Lorenzo A Williston prominent local lumber dealer and former association president dies in Holyoke after a long career.
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