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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
9
The troopship Vedic of the White Star fleet returning from Brest is due off Boston Lightship at 2 PM and will enter quarantine an hour later to drop anchor. Preparations for the reception in Boston are complete.
The Vedic will stay at anchor until 7 am then move to Commonwealth pier South Boston. 2231 troops aboard including most of the 4th Regiment Coast Artillery from Maine and Massachusetts units will be sent to Camp Devens for medical exams before discharge at Devens and nearby camps. Officers and 361 enlisted will be mustered out at Devens while others proceed to Camps Taylor Upton Grant Sherm
A Portland special reception committee travels to Boston to greet returning Maine sons. The delegation, including men named Man, Lewis, Dodge, Logan and others, will join the local welcoming committee on the Monitor steamship from Eastern avenue wharf at 2:30 PM for harbor ceremonies.
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne for help selecting a future husband among three suitors. The letter cites wealth, a recently discharged aviator, and a foreign aristocrat about to graduate from an American professional school, with Maeterlinck’s guidance urging patience and letting the heart decide.
James Oliver Curwood crafts a northern frontier tale praised by readers of his memorable far north stories. The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will feature the work next week.
A nostalgic product pitch promises instant relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims the cream clears air passages, stops headaches and nighttime breathing struggles, and urges readers to obtain a small bottle from their druggist.
Mayor Peters must trim the 1919 budget by 1 176 702 and seek a $3 tax limit increase from the Legislature to meet expenses. The total 1919 estimates total 20 851 000 with a proposed 100 raise for police and fire, but current law allows only 15 117 481, leaving a shortfall of 5 738 519 without legislative action.
Private Benjamin Yabovitz of B Company 101st Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in France. At 19, the Chelsea native accounted for 14 of the enemy by killing three and capturing 11 on the firing line. He came to the United States at age six, lives with his sister at 83 Bellingham Street, Chelsea, and enlisted in April 1917 after the war declaration.
Mrs. Alice M. Campbell of Lawrence sues her husband William M. Campbell a former laundry owner in Lawrence for divorce in Essex County Superior Court. They married August 8 1896 in Lynn and lived in Lynn Salem and Lawrence until January 23 this year. She claims his infidelity at Lawrence and other places between December 30 1914 and January 23 1919 and also between February 4 1913 and January 2% of this year. She names two co respondents.
Ex-Doughboy writes from New York about chasing a job amid a city full of job ads and fast sights. He describes Broadway movie theaters, the subway, and a fortune teller promising a $10,000 yearly job, while noting high living costs and busy streets. The letter teases Whitinsville readers with hopes of big earnings once employed.
Paris March 5 Inspector Tanguy of the Paris police raided the Franco American Parthenon Club saying games of chance were suspected and champagne sold at 15 dollars a bottle while orangeade cost a franc a glass. Thirty men including several American officers and 10 women were present as Broness Brault defended the club as a literary artistic group entertaining American officers.
A feature traces Maria Botchkareva of Russia, head of the Women's Battalion of Death, and her rise from peasant girl to global fame, contrasting with Emmeline Pankhurst as the era's most remarkable woman. The full story appears in next Sunday's Post.
Paris March 5 M Jonnent manager of the Libertaire newspaper was arrested after the attack on Clemenceau. He is on a hunger strike to protest not being treated as a political prisoner. Today marks the fifth day without food. Forcible feeding is proposed by the prison doctor, but his lawyer objects as degrading.
A cable from General Pershing's headquarters requests 150000 pounds of chewing tobacco for occupation troops in Germany. Shipments go via Rotterdam and the Rhine to Coblenz. Earlier, a million cigars were sent overseas and new cigar contracts totaling 750000 dollars were awarded.
The Sunday Post invites submissions for a welcome song or prose address honoring the 26th Division homecoming. Worthwhile prizes await the best pieces and the honor of winning among many entrants. Details in next Sunday's Post.
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