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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
5
Mrs Rosa Silva 60 widow of 117 Maverick Street East Boston died after being struck by a Boston Elevated car on Meridian Street Wednesday night. She sustained a compound skull fracture and died at the East Boston Relief Station yesterday.
A list of New England soldiers honored for bravery in France includes Chaplain Lyman Rollins and Major James F. Hickey of the 101st Infantry, along with Lieuts A W Thompson and J J Riley. Other recipients include Sergt H M McPheters, Corp A D Gustafson, Corp M Kyne, Corp E P McCarthy, and Privates Herbert L Bailey Oscar B Durand Adelbert Bressahan J J McKenzie Earl W Shea Joseph R Madden Bugler Frederick D Hurrell from various units and towns in Massachusetts and nearby locales.
A lengthy roll highlights numerous New England servicemen awarded decorations across units including Field Artillery Engineers Signal Corps Ambulance and Wagoners. Names span ranks from Private to Major with officers such as Major F S Perkins and Lieutenants T Sanders and T Holt recognized.
A Pilgrim Congregational Church youth group from Uphams Corner Dorchester presents The Girl who Gave Till It Hurts at Whiton Hall tonight with writer Eunice A Scriven in the lead role. The Zeta Tau Kappa troupe aims to raise funds for the Red Cross.
The First Presbyterian Church hosts a Moody and Sankey night this Sunday with Hold the Fort and other hymns. Rev. Isaac Ward notes future themes including Sam Jones night on June 28, Chapman and Alexander night on June 30, and Billy Sunday night on July 7. At Hyde Park's Baptist Church Rev. Frederick B. Greal speaks on Co operative Faith Sunday morning and asks Can We Ex terminate War? in the evening.
In Brockton Annie Ryan 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Ryan 95 North Montello Road sustained a fractured skull this afternoon following an incident at a local ball game involving a bat slip. William Cody 25 a firefighter on the steamer Bay State was overcome by escaping steam from a burst gasket at the Hodge Boiler Works Sumner Street East Boston yesterday afternoon and was found unconscious about a half hour after responders arrived.
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