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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
15
Mystery of animal deaths in Lutterbach region solved as grasses grown in wartime gas zones poisoned by residue. Experts find gas exposure made forage toxic though plants remained alive and green.
Create sparkling root beer easily using Hires Household Extract sugar and yeast cake. One bottle yields eighty glasses, costing under a cent per drink, with natural flavors from sixteen herbs and berries.
Mrs J M Camus of Key West Florida says she suffered five years from irregularities severe back pain and weakness. After trying various medicines she found Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound best and can now do housework. She urges others to try it and offers the company address for advice.
The article recounts General French reassessing early wartime assumptions after the first battle of Ypres began October 15 1914. It describes his move to Armentieres to observe conditions despite ongoing shelling and to learn from emerging combat realities.
The account details Sunday scenes in Armentieres with panicked civilians and a running priest, then shifts to strategic fears in October as French and Foch assess German strength. It notes troop movements from Arras to the Aisne, cavalry gains, Second Corps limitations, and the risk of a northern breakthrough or a wedge south of Menin forcing surrender or coastal loss.
John McCormick, held on charges of complicity in the Dennis Clifford murder at Hookset Oct 12, 1918, appeared to have an alibi showing he was in Maine the day of the crime. Officials reserved judgment pending further investigation. It was previously alleged that McCormick confessed last week to being an eyewitness to the killing.
An advertisement touts Poslam and Poslam Soap as cure-alls for persistent skin troubles. It urges readers to request a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York City and claims the products offer splendid healing help for tender skin.
In the Boston Sunday Post Magazine William John ston’s mystery "The House of Whispers" accelerates as detective Spalding recruits a worthy ally. The plot deepens, promising a doubly entertaining next instalment for readers.
In a strategic briefing dated the 19th, the British plan to clear Ostend and Bruges to blunt German reinforcements is outlined. Haig is urged to advance via Thourout toward Bruges, with aims to flank and push toward Ghent, while coordinating with French and Belgian forces on the north and Rawlinson on the right. The Fourth Corps struggles near Menin as German pressure intensifies northward despite Belgian and French resistance.
The note promises continuation tomorrow and in both Daily and Sunday Post editions until the item is finished, signaling ongoing coverage or serialized content.
Paris June 3 Gabriel Hanotaux former French foreign minister recalls the late Mr Bacon former US ambassador to France sending the first wartime telegram France at war and hurrying to the Marne front to aid the wounded His death shocked French friends who valued his bravery and dedication to the Allied cause.
A stray quotation reflects a tribute to a friend of France praising unwavering devotion and reverent flourishes in times of crisis. The fragment suggests admiration and a vow of uniqueness in the reader’s view of the departed.
American minister to Poland Hugh Gibson informed the State Department that he has received no report of atrocities against Jews in Poland Galicia and Lithuania except for the Pinsk and Vilna affairs. The report was read to the House foreign affairs committee by Assistant Secretary Phillips.
The Queen of Roumania recounts a stirring tale of Transylvanian soldiers who surrender on the Russian front then return to fight for Romania. The exclusive article, The Brother from Beyond the Mountains, appears in next Sunday's Boston edition.
Senator Lodge testified in Washington that after a New York trip he had read the full peace treaty and knew of at least four more copies. The State Department had no official confirmation. His remarks sparked a sharp exchange with Senator Swanson over the treaty’s public release and objections by Clemenceau and Lloyd George.
Senators Borah Swanson Lodge and others clash over who holds and distributes a controversial treaty copy in New York. They accuse German and domestic interests, urge public release, and question President's role as debate ends. An unrelated order on fish prices follows.
Forty students from the Charles Sumner School district will bring in old newspapers magazines metals rubber and various junk to Florence Street School near Poplar Street for exchange against Thrift Stamps. A salvage bureau junk man from the First Federal Reserve district will attend with a sign announcing I give Thrift Stamps for junk.
The Boston fishing schooner W. M. Goodspeed, a leading local vessel, was cut in two and sunk early Monday in the South channel fishing grounds about 60 miles south of Cape Cod by the steam trawler Swell. All hands were rescued by the Steamer and landed at the South Boston fish pier yesterday morning as news spread.
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