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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1919
Page
5
An expedition headed by Greater Boston men left yesterday for Labrador to reconnoiter wooded areas. The plan aims to accomplish in six weeks what would take six years by ground survey.
Dr Murdock M Graham leads a 32 member team including a surgeon and pilots to survey Labrador vast timber areas for future pulp and lumber needs. They sail from Annapolis Royal after preparations in Nova Scotia with Boston financiers backing the project.
A woman named Miss Mabel E. Puffer fled her Sandy Pond cottage to the detention pen in Town Hall seeking refuge from memories of an unhappy romance with a man identified as Honey Hazzard.
Sealed bids invited for a government sale of 17 000 meat hooks 14461 tins 2539 black iron S shape size seven inches 34 inch iron. Bids opened 10 A M July 24 1919 at Zone Supply Office 461 8th Ave New York. Bid forms available at Zone Offices including Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Atlanta Jeffersonville Chicago St Louis New Orleans Omaha. Refer to S P D No 1040 G S.
Miss Puffer remains under guard with State police matron Mrs Mary A Sughrue awaiting travel arrangements to the Pacific coast as counsel and temporary guardian George L Wilson finalize custody. Judge Atwood had released her from custody after a night recalling a past relationship with a colored swain. Attorney Wilson says about $6000 in cash and $1000 in furnishings are missing. A search warrant to locate missing property is expected and a sensational development promised for tomorrow.
A memorial service for the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is set at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on July 4 at 12 10 p.m. Roosevelt Club members are invited. Various ministers will preach during summer union services with South Congregational Society and Church of the Disciples, including Abbot Peterson and Professor Lake.
Commissioner Curtis announced the eligibility of nine men for the Boston police reserve and asked any informants to report unfitness. Names include Jeremiah J. Buckley Charlestown John A Callahan South Boston John J Casey South Boston Louis Cohen Dorchester Dennis W Murphy East Boston John J Murphy Brighton John B McGreevy East Boston Dennis J O'Brien South Boston and John M Sullivan East Pepperell.
Suffolk County L A A H board meeting changes time and venue to 7 30 p m at Hibernian Hall Roxbury so delegates can attend the De Valera reception at Fenway Park.
John W. Davis ambassador to Great Britain was named senior warden of the Grand Lodge of England Free Masons at Albert Hall. The honor, unique for a foreigner, was bestowed by the Duke of Connaught grand master of the lodge. Ten thousand people attended the ceremony.
Bells at the Old North Church on Salem Street to proclaim peace after the treaty signing. Charles Jewell will direct eight bells with a 40 minute patriotic touch. Ringers include Mrs Shurtleff and others as expert performers announce end of war.
John S. Neves and Miss Olive Grace were hospitalized with bullet wounds after a late automobile ride. Neves says the girl fired twice wounding him in the shoulder and forearm and then turned the revolver on herself, the bullet grazing her heart after deflection by a rib. Neves claims a romantic dispute and both expect recovery.
Stephen Koch, a Roxbury boy and student at the Boston English High School, has been chosen by Mayor Peters to recite the Declaration of Independence on July 4 from the Old State House balcony and later at Van Vliet Hall. He lives at 102 Seaver Street.
Dr. Edward Soper preached from the airship A 4 at 300 feet above the crowd during the Methodist Centenary in Columbus. Major Clarence Maranville commanded the dirigible from Akron. Former President Taft led Sunday school day speeches and attended a banquet at the Masonic Temple.
Letter to the editor argues for a 37 foot dredging depth to the dry dock entrance, criticizing prior four year work and urging War Department to meet contractual depths. Joseph A. Conry of Beacon Street signs the letter dated June 27, 1919.
The War Department warns the public against solicitors selling so called historical books and publications of no value. Agents allegedly offer parents of soldiers to publish photographs and service records in county or city books for varying sums.
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