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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
4
State food administration men seized 800000 pounds of sugar from the RE Sherburne Sugar Company of Boston in Holyoke. Eight carloads totaling 480000 pounds were taken plus more than 800000 pounds in storage, following license revocation for food regulation violations.
Augusta July 2 Maine draft calls for August will match July totals about 2400 white men and a proportionate number of colored men will be called according to Pro vost Marshal-General Crowder via Adjutant General George McL Presson.
Police recover a bloodstained bread knife near Fall River wharf close to the Thomas Coal Company site. The knife and two torso fragments were found by Peter Carroll a teamster of 263 East Main Street. The items are linked to the Taunton River murder mystery.
A nine inch knife with a black wooden handle and three rivets was found at the Thomas Coal Company wharf on the Fall River side. Police suspect the dismembered body parts were bagged and dumped, with a cotton pillow slip found near the head and legs on the Somerset shore.
More than 3000 United Drug Company employees will attend the first annual field day and outing at Riverside recreation grounds. Offices and Liggett candy factories will close for the day. Events include a laboratory vs executive baseball game, a noon luncheon, band concert, and dancing with $590 in prizes.
Boston residents from all walks wore purple sprays tied with red yellow and black to aid Belgian children. Back Bay society women war workers and Salvation lasses led sales for King Albert and Queen Elizabeth’s babies and funds go directly to the Belgian queen for distribution. Similar days and drives are planned in other cities to aid Belgian children.
Harry E. Starr aged 17 of Washington Street Wellesley fell 70 feet from a fourth floor elevator shaft at 68 Chauncey Street while hurrying to exit. He sustained broken right wrist and left elbow with possible internal injuries at the Relief Station.
Governor Milliken weighs calling a special Maine Legislature session to require able bodied men aged 18 to 50 to engage in some useful work. Harold Sewall of Bath, leading the Public Safety Committee, presented letters to lawmakers and received 161 replies with 131 in favor of the session and law.
Eye writer recalls fourteen years in Berlin as the Kaiser’s American dentist from 1904 to 1918. He describes Kaiser Wilhelm II’s optimism over Italy’s collapse, plans for Western front action, and the long exit from Germany as the last American male to leave, reflecting on behind the scenes access to major figures.
A dentist recalls how the Kaiser’s public persona hid darker traits until the war exposed them. The Kaiser openly flaunted his public image, praising the dentist as a good advertisement while showing keen interest in the dentist’s Berlin practice and progress.
A doctor recalls Kaiser's visits that disrupted patient appointments and his growing patronage. The Kaiser sometimes arrived before breakfast or as early as five in summer, always to minimize disturbance. He paid inflated bills, gifted autographs, and sent a grand wedding portrait, which hung in the office and drew childlike awe from visitors.
A note from the 1918 Post announces continuation of a McClure Syndicate illustrated feature each day in both the Daily and Sunday Post editions. The brief urges weekly readers to follow forthcoming installments and enjoy ongoing syndicated content.
Oswald Kunhardt former German consul-general and prominent clubman was arrested as an alien enemy and spent hours at the U S Marshal’s office in Manchester. He awaited a conference with Assistant United States Attorney Judd Dewey after transfer from East Cambridge jail.
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