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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
16
Excelsior reports De Maud'huy's assault began with heavy artillery on the 16th near Arras. The infantry struck the 17th with disappointing results though a small advance near Notre Dame de Lorette. The Twenty-first, Indian Corps saw limited gains and face stiff resistance as French command restructures.
The record recounts brigade movements near Givenchy and Festubert during late 1914, Haig assuming command, and the 27th Division detrainment near Arques. It notes Kitchener’s letter stirring cabinet fears of a German offensive and the author’s return to England meeting Prime Minister Asquith and Kitchener at Walmer Castle, with reflections on leadership and duty amid tranquil December shores.
Barbery Dignity the four year old Ayrshire bull that won the supreme championship at the Kilmarnock show in Scotland last month has been bought for Captain A Henry Higginson of South Lincoln Massachusetts for 7500 by Frank S Peer cattle importer of Cranford New Jersey. The purchase was announced by J G Watson secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders Association via cable message. Barbery Dignity defeated Hot Stuff at Kilmarnock which had set a world record price for the breed last spring.
City building contractors plan to answer at City Hall this morning on a compromise proposal from striking carpenters. Carpenters demand a dollar an hour for a 40 hour week and are said to accept 92 1/2 cents if the 40 hour week is set.
A striking image in the Pictorial Section shows the world peace delegates in session. The scene offers an unusual view of the men shaping history through diplomacy.
High School senior Esther Clark Rea and Edmund Ball Hopkins Jr. secretly married in Portland on June 5. The 19 year old bride is daughter of former councilman Everett C. Rea of Malden, the groom a 20 year old Malden resident and Cushing Academy alumnus who recently left the Coast Artillery. They will reside with the groom’s grandmother in Malden while he plans to enter the wool business.
The narrator recalls not seeing wartime devastation in Britain while others faced invasion abroad. He extols the empire’s immunity, notes enemy soil has been violated elsewhere, and recalls a visit to Walmer Castle where he was welcomed by the prime minister. He dreams of planting the flag at Waterloo but laments it may never happen.
The note indicates ongoing coverage across tomorrow’s edition and the Daily and Sunday Post until the story is finished.
Irish tenor John McCormack was sworn in as a US citizen in the New York State Supreme Court on his 85th birthday. He thanked the court with a quip about the oath and recalled his delayed Patrick’s Day citizenship, after announcing his intention earlier.
Poem urges cheer through images of morning light and nature. It finds misery replaced by the scent of honey and bloom with birds singing and a call to join the chorus in summer’s bright dawn.
The U S Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Supply and Sales Division announces an itemized lumber list including yellow pine fir spruce oak and small dimensions totals such as 115 834 feet 585 238 1 753 725 4 604 244 and others. Deposits of unsuccessful bidders are refundable and the board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. For the itemized list contact 140 North Broad Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
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