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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
26
A War Department statement July 4 rejects any link between army officers and wrongdoing in the raincoat contracts. It says no evidence supports the accusations and that magnified rumors unjustly harm officer reputations amid the New York inspection scandal.
New York July 24 The Kenyon Company has been awarded contracts for 1 305 000 raincoats since the war began The firm had secured 46 percent of all clothing contracts through the army quartermaster's depot in Philadelphia over the last 10 years This shows the extent of its government business through wartime procurement.
The North Shore Association for the Extermination of Mosquitoes in Manchester, Massachusetts says its fight against pests has cost about $30,000. It has paid $24,500 to a New York firm, faces a $4,500 suit, spent $6,000 on its own book, and expects at least $10,000 more, with mosquitoes remaining stubborn.
The United States Drainage & Irrigation Co of New York sues the North Shore Association for the Extermination of Mosquitoes in Salem alleging a 1916 contract to eradicate breeding from Beverly to Gloucester, with permits and payments totaling 30,500. delays and missing permits stalled work until 1917. The suit outlines performance after permits were obtained and seeks unpaid sums plus details officers of the association.
The case involves D. Sohier and trustees of the finance committee with a $7000 attachment on the association’s property. The North Shore association denies agreeing to obtain permits for a New York company to access all land in the area and claims the plaintiff performed work inadequately. It asserts the plaintiff halted work in September 1917 despite permits and full payment, failing to eliminate mosquito breeding.
The St Marys St Ann novena at Cooper Street North End ends tonight with most attendees to receive holy communion on the feast day. St Josephs Montvale field day features a tug of war among local teams. The Convent of the Cenacle married women retreat, led by an Oblate father from Lowell, closes tomorrow morning with about 200 participants.
After 31 hours adrift with crackers only, five survivors from the fishing schooner Robert and Richard, sunk off Kennebunkport by a U boat, were brought into Boston aboard a government patrol boat. One survivor is a 14 year old boy.
Guidance on loading, pacing, watering, cooling, and feeding horses during hot weather. Instructions cover shade breaks, sponge baths, limited feeding, headgear choices, night care, bran mash with saltpetre, ammonia or nitre remedies, coffee, and signs of heat stroke. Emphasizes monitoring for rapid breathing, collapsed stance, and sweating loss.
A 14 year old Gloucester boy Charles Gover and his father Harry Gover aboard the schooner rescued from a sensational sea encounter were taken to their homes in Gloucester after naval questioning. The full crew arrived in Boston while others landed earlier in Portland and Kennebunkport.
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