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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
9
The defense in the George J. Rollins murder trial rested after noon as J Frederick Hanson now a member of the 101st Engineers A E in France testified. Government rebuttal evidence was to follow and a jury verdict could come by night.
Genevieve Sheehan now Mrs ONeil described being at a party at Mrs Michael Rose’s 56 Adams Street Dorchester at 8 45 p m the night Hall was shot. She denied government statements and fainted on the stand. Other witnesses placed Rollins near the 21 February 1917 events at the Dunley and Dudley Street areas.
An advertisement extols Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for soldiers. It claims benefits for hot tired feet, sprains, blisters, corns, and bunions and recommends shaking it into shoes and foot baths. It notes use by American French and British troops and urges readers to mail orders to soldiers in training camps and the armed forces.
Former Suffolk County trial lawyer and journalist Michael J. Dwyer was ordained a priest in St. John Lateran Rome under a papal dispensation. He will report to Bishop Cusack of Albany and may serve as army chaplain in France. Born May 13 1861 in Quebec, he previously led a Boston newspaper and the Marcella Street Home.
In Salem Essex County suit Babian and Abdo claim Lynn manufacturers' trio Reed Cotter Donahue Creighton hired them to sway Armenian and Greek shoe workers in a July 6 1917 contract. They allege a $4000 payoff for winning a referendum to end the strike and restore three year wages, with only $150 paid so far.
Hans Sulzer, Swiss minister, met President Wilson before a brief trip home to discuss pending US Switzerland questions. He will return later in the summer. In his absence, Charge d'Affaires Huebscher handles diplomacy and Frederick Oederlin covers commercial matters.
Lenox society women plan to can woodchuck meat for their dogs this summer as meat prices rise. They believe beef bones will be expensive for Fido next winter and note a plentiful woodchuck supply as experienced trenchermen say woodchuck meat offers a flavor similar to raccoon.
The author and several Americans join the French Foreign Section at the outbreak of World War I and are sent to the trenches.
A soldier recalls long nights in a water filled trench near No Man's Land. He and his squad perform advance guard duty signaling events, engaging briefly before orders halt hostilities. The piece describes fatigue, a routine of firefights, and a creeping army of totos that disrupt sleep, with a makeshift remedy of changing shirts to blunt the insects.
A World War I recollection describes a small patrol near German lines where orders limited shooting. Six moving silhouettes proved to be six cows, while other dangers included friendly fire, vermin distress, and scarce cigarettes. Stewart Carstairs appears as the narrating soldier.
A housewife recalls following the Federal food ration pledge during World War I. She notes her husband Jim initially resisted rationing but now appreciates the savings and new dishes, describing a meals of war bread hors d oeuvres with tomato and herring, celery stuffed with cream cheese and Al Sauce, praising its economy.
A WWI memoir recounts resting in mud during a two day halt, then marching and digging new trenches named Picadilly Circus. The network is complex, with marked “streets” and three men per yard to cover the 675 kilometre front in France.
Lake Charles La June 7 Lieutenants John L Hegarty and Travers Lee Halton were killed when their aircraft collided during battle practice near Gerstner Field Halton came from San Antonio Texas and Hegarty from Mt Vernon New York
A man identified as Rillo Tiannen of Gardner Mass died after being found under the Grand Trunk railway bridge in Bethel Maine with a self inflected throat wound He could not speak English but indicated he had harmed himself before dying
Trustees at East Greenwich Academy voted unanimously to eliminate German from the curriculum at commencement. The academy operates under the Southern New England and New York Methodist conferences.
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