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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
11
Feature profile by Holworthy Hall examines a man who penned a play on a contract theme. A breezy Sunday Post Magazine piece highlights his craft, the creative gamble, and the era’s theatre mood.
An advertisement extols Plant Juice as a cure for stomach, liver, and kidney troubles based on testimonials from local users. It features a traveling man from Lexington Street praising the remedy after two weeks of use and notes the drug dept at Houghton & Dutton for product access.
Washington June 27. Conferees from the Senate and House on the Hay resolution to draft National Guardsmen into federal service failed to agree on including a million dollar relief appropriation for dependent families of the drafted men and ordered the disagreement reported to both houses.
Massachusetts and New England troop movements force removal of nearly 170 passenger coaches from local Boston trains. Officials deny need to pull more trains. 75 cars sent from Boston and Albany to El Paso and eight added to New Haven troop runs. Shortages cause standing passengers on some locals, with efforts to limit to short routes.
A New York conference under the National Security League adopted resolutions asserting Congress has not fully grasped the need for a complete military preparedness plan. The group urged a system akin to the Swiss universal military training.
The Amoskeag Mills in Manchester announces through Agent Herman F. Straw that it will pay half salary to all employees enlisted in the National Guard for the duration of their service. The mill employs more than 15 000 textile workers and many militia members hail from its workforce, a move seen as boosting recruiting.
A car ranza reports that Mexico City has requested Ambassador Arredondo in Washington contact Latin American diplomatic representatives to mediate and to urge concerted efforts to preserve peace amid the present situation.
Carranza’s note to Arredondo thanks Washington representatives of Latin American republics for mediation. He asserts Mexico will defend sovereignty despite US military pressure and warns of inevitable conflict if peace cannot prevail. He emphasizes industrious pursuit of liberty and denies provocations by Mexico or its people.
The upcoming Sunday Post highlights Pa Van Loon with a page feature on his declaration of independence. The piece promises insight into his stance and its impact.
The British consul in Chihuahua City reports to the State Department that American troopers captured at Carrizal are interned in the Chihuahua penitentiary. He lists 2 sergeants and 23 privates of the Tenth Cavalry plus one Mormon interpreter, two were slightly wounded, and all are fed and cared for with ample exercise and no danger to their lives.
City Auditor Mitchell ruled that the new ordinance granting three months' pay to militia service does not cover county employees. The decision leaves county workers without the additional compensation.
Colonel Sweetser, commandant at Camp Whitney, ordered no visitors on the muster field until after 5 p m to keep recruits focused on rigid training ahead of potential deployment to the front.
Colonel Edward Logan of the Ninth District Court in South Boston will not forfeit three months pay while with his regiment. Several county officials face similar pay actions, but a prior law allows 30 days vacation without loss of pay for Logan in his role as judge.
At Camp Whitney on June twenty seventh the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness ran two entraining booths distributing sandwiches cold drinks and cigarettes to soldiers. The troops lined up to receive provisions and carry extras to their destinations while cheering echoed through the station.
At Camp Whitney all medical and surgical cases linked to the camp have been moved to Framingham hospital. Names include Private J. F. Lynch Worcester sunstroke Private Joseph Bean Springfield appendicitis Private O. Z. Lamb Holyoke appendicitis to be operated tomorrow Gunner C. H. Maxner Holyoke blood poisoning from insect bite J. P. Grumsley Worcester strained back discharged today E P Nichols Everett chest strain discharged Sergeant J R Monahan Cambridge sunstroke and rifle fall Gunner H L Mooney Fifth Regiment Machine Gun Company Sergeant P S Sheridan Worcester leg fracture from horse kick.
A Hughes Campaign Club was formed in Lexington at Cary Hall with former Congressman Edwin A. Bayley leading the effort. Bayley is supported by a majority of city officials as aides to the organizing group.
Springfield readers report Roy E. Talcott, ex-Winthrop High athlete, tried to join the Ninth Army troop train as it passed through. Officials refused to let him entrain and did not wake officers. Talcott departed for Boston to contact Sixth Regiment authorities.
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