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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
2
Arthur Lynch, Nationalist MP for West Clare, has accepted a commission as colonel in the British army and will join Ireland recruiting efforts. Lynch led the Irish brigade in the Boer War, was convicted of high treason, and pardoned by King Edward.
Everett council approved an order for sale of land at Alford and Dexter streets in Charlestown to the city for a playground. The price is set at 1900 dollars. Mayor Weeks noted an adjoining land parcel donated by Mary L. Cochrane for Everett’s playground use.
The Dorchester tunnel station at Andrew Square South Boston finishes construction and will open to the public Saturday morning after Friday inspections by the Transit Commission and state officials. A shuttle will run Broadway to Andrew Square with cross routes on both sides and several surface car changes including a switch of Neponset bridge cars to Andrew Square. Emergency exits are provided along the tunnel for safety.
Pittsburg June 24 A formal announcement by Zionists of America outlines a plan for a Jewish state in Palestine. Jacob DeHaas of Boston presents a Zionist convention resolution affirming political and civil equality for all, land ownership by the whole people, cooperative business, free public instruction, and Hebrew as the language of instruction.
Mrs Karl Muck wife of former Boston Symphony Orchestra leader registered yesterday as a woman alien enemy under the alien women enemy act. She registered at the Back Bay police station on Boylston Street along with 1683 other women alien enemies in Boston bringing total registrations to 632 since the period began a week ago.
Mrs. Arthur E Haley of 42 Benton Road Somerville reports her son Ernest A Giroux a Lafayette Escadrille member has been missing since May 22. He was last seen chasing a German airplane over enemy lines. A letter from Lt Dummond Gannon confirms the status. Giroux joined in 1916 with Dartmouth students and served in the aviation corps after a time in the passportation service. The family fears he is a German prisoner.
Washington reports indicate entente powers are negotiating a Russian rescue plan while the United States maintains its policy of non intervention. Progress is noted though no agreement exists, except potential U S involvement in Mourmansk under General Foch, with Konowaloff meeting Secretary Lansing.
Italy erupts in joy as Austrian retreat follows Italian victory along the Piave. Despatch notes Italy’s navy battering positions along the Ta gliamento and north of Castel Lazzo, with prisoners taken. Italian and British air forces retaliate against Carrato and Durazzo. Romanian officers and the Romanian legion praised at a British embassy garden demonstration before heading to the Piave front.
Thomas Haverty was hurled 30 feet through an opened door when a gas heater exploded at the Eustis Pennock and Co plant on Electric Avenue. Two ovens were demolished and part of the building wrecked. Haverty is at St Elizabeth's Hospital with a fractured skull. Mortimer Shay of 200 Market Street, Brighton, also was blown 30 feet but sustained only minor injuries. Damage estimates reach $6000.
Mrs Bernard E Pollak of New York was elected president at the league biennial convention held at Wellesley College on its final day. She succeeds Mrs Henry Ollesheimer of New York as first vice president. other officers include Miss Jessie Hunt of Providence as second vice president and Miss Edith M Howes of Boston.
The convention named third vice president Marion Niles of Newton and fourth vice president Virginia Potter of New York, fifth vice president Jessie Budlong of Providence, with Misses Potter and Budlong serving as officers. A secretary will be appointed later. The final action was sending a telegram to President Wilson urging support for the federal amendment to the suffrage bill.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a simple treatment for all corn types and calluses. A few cents buys a small bottle to apply drops directly, with claims of no pain or irritation and easy removal by fingers. The copy emphasizes the product as a “magic” Cincinnati discovery and urges trial at drug stores.
Misery from weakness and pains described by Mrs Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa, who credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief. The ad urges women suffering from displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration backache nervousness or menopause to try the remedy and cites letters from other women nationwide as proof.
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