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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1918

Page

9

Call for 300 000 in August draft authorized

Washington July 17 Forty six thousand white registrants from all states and the District of Columbia are called to the colors. Movement into camp set for Aug 5 to Aug 9. first general August call for entrainment of 300000 men. Quotas assigned for New York and New England camps.

Washington States District of Columbia Crowder New York New England Connecticut Fort Slocum N. Y Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Camp Greenleaf Rhode Island Vermont

July Mass draft call exhausts Class One in many divisions

The July draft call for 880 Massachusetts men will exhaust Class One in several divisions as divisions with small original allotments are asked to supply more. Notably Division 9 Boston rises to 210 men and Division 10 to 100, with other divisions adjusting to 47 to 158 men per the amended order.

Massachusetts State House Boston

Wellesley Starts Second Girl Farmers Squad on College Farm

Thirteen Wellesley College girls in khaki rompers and straw hats begin a month on the 20 acre Weston road farm with three housekeepers joining the squad. Daily schedule runs from 6:30 to 11:30 and 1:45 to 4:45 with meals at set times. Readouts list the squad members including Rita Pond and Lillian Miner among the farm hands and housekeepers from various towns.

Wellesley College Weston Road Wellesley Rita Pond Providence

Americans Praised Abroad for Fossoy Jaulgonne Fight

London newspapers applaud American troops for a bold counter attack on the Marne at Fossoy and Jaulgonne. The Telegraph lauds the action as a moral milestone in the war, and the Daily News notes Americans held a critical front while defeating German advances.

London Fossey Jaulgonne Telegraph Marne Ludendorff The Daily News Fossoy

500 Die Daily of Cholera in Petrograd

Petrograd suffers a severe cholera outbreak with daily deaths reported around 500. The figure underscores a worsening health crisis in the capital as authorities struggle to contain the epidemic.

Petrograd London

Cholera Epidemic Spreads From Petrograd Region

Travelers report daily deaths in Petrograd and a dispatch notes thousands ill at Saratov. The outbreak has reached Finland and now covers broader regions, signaling a widespread public health crisis.

Petrograd Copenhagen Xchange Telegraph Company Saratov Finland

River murder mystery deepens as missing woman found

Fall River July 17 The Taunton River case remains unsolved after police locate a missing woman whose description matches the slain girl. Investigations span Newport Chelsea and New Bedford with waterfront searches, vessel boardings, and extensive questioning. A reward may be offered if progress stalls tonight.

Fall River Taunton River Newport R. I Somerset Chelsea New Bedford Hopsay Michael Fieming State Police Abel Violette Fall River Police Department

Drop Hunt for Spy

Police have recovered a body fragment and ruled out a German spy motive, making the case more baffling. The missing man’s whereabouts are unclear as investigators continue to search for answers and maintain hope of solving the mystery.

Fall River

Pledges of Loyalty From Cambridge Businessmen at War Outing

Four hundred Cambridge merchants pledged themselves to carry on with war work at the Cambridge Board of Trade annual outing held at the Pemberton Inn Nantasket. Senator Weeks, introduced by President Ferris Norris, led speakers including Congressman Dallinger and Mayor Quinn Cambridge. Weeks said the war progress is satisfactory.

Cambridge Cambridge Board of Trade Pemberton Inn Nantasket Senator Weeks Ferris W. Norris Trade Board America Norris Dallinger Quinn

War Bond Banquet Portraits Wartime Unity and Jokes

A Cambridge banquet highlights support for wartime mobilization with speakers praising President Wilson and Congress. Dallinger warns against peace talk as German propaganda while volunteers tout war efforts and prize for “fattest man” sparks lighthearted pageantry among local business groups.

Bonnet Rouge Director Executed for Treason

Paris reports M. Duval, director of the Bonnet Rouge Germanophile paper, executed for treason at Vincennes Forest at 6 am. He faced the firing squad unmoved, refusing girth or blindfolding and uttering a defiant remark as he went to the post.

Bonnet Rouge Paris M. Duval Vincennes Duval

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