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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
11
New York March 10 Mrs Vincent Astor and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr will speak in the New York Federal Reserve district for the next Liberty Loan campaign. Mrs Douglas Robinson sister of the late Colonel Roosevelt also will be a member of the women speakers division.
In Spandau riots, 5000 Russian prisoners escaped from Ruhleben camp as soldiers left to quell unrest. They roamed the countryside causing fear among local German villagers. Some authorities report ongoing searches and efforts to recapture the escapees.
The article notes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as a universal remedy for headache and influenza symptoms, offering prompt relief with minimal distress. Adults may take one to two tablets with water, up to three times daily after meals, in a £0 cent package of the original world famous tablets owned by Americans.
An American soldier recounts a brutal 1918 battle facing German forces. Outnumbered four to one, he fought from a trench parapet, threw grenades, was wounded multiple times, and saw his unit hold the line as French Croix de Guerre and DSC were awarded. His bunkmate went West at Chateau Thierry.
The Rev. Michael J. O Connor chaplain of the 26th Division and 101st Infantry in France is on a brief leave in Ireland to visit his parents homestead and old friends. Boston officials announced the departure of the 2th Regiment for the country and granted the leave due to his birth in Ireland and wish to see his homeland. He previously served at St Francis de Sales Roxbury before going overseas.
Mrs Ellen R Richardson longtime president of the New Hampshire Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Mercy Home trustee dies in Concord at age 79. Born December 28 1840 in St John New Brunswick she is survived by husband George W Richardson and son Guy Richardson editor of Our Dumb Animals Boston.
At Bow Street Court six Canadian and British soldiers faced arraignment over the Eagle hut incident. Two were fined for offences, while four were remanded for further investigation as testimony differed on who attacked whom.
New York March 10 Morton F Plant financier and yachtsman leaves 280000 to Connecticut College for Women in his will filed today. The estate value not stated after a 100000 bequest to Francis D O Sullivan for faithful attendance. Remainder to widow Mrs Sarah Mae Plant and two sons. Executors may finance a Shore Line Electric Railway option to purchase the Connecticut Company.
Combined casualty releases from the War Department show 299 names today with 131 fatalities. New England adds 34 to the list, including nurse Katherine V. Golden of Somerville who died of disease, among five local men. The killed and wounded breakdown cites 13 killed in action 2 died of wounds and other categories with missing and undetermined statuses.
A compiled notice lists New England service members with statuses including severely wounded returned to duty and killed in action. Names span several states with addresses in Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Connecticut Vermont and Rhode Island. Specific entries include Elmer Bolinder underwounded in action Raymond Ellison and Harold Tuttle among others with hometowns in Worcester Boston Lowell Springfield and Manchester.
WOUNDED, DEGREE UNKNOWN Corp. Ashley M. Morton, WARNER, N. H. Pt. Charles M. Clark, 10 School st., ST. JOHNSBURY, VI. Pt. William H. Caine, Wicket St., PINE MEADOW, Conn. Pt. Lorenzo De Pascale, 15 North st., THOMASVILLE, Conn. Pt. John D. Freitas, Rockymeadows st., MIDDLEBORO.
Washington March 10 The War Department announced President Wilson approved death sentences from a Camp Funston military court martial for Private Meyer Bernstein Julius R Greenburg and Samuel Solnitsky for disobeying orders. The President ordered their restoration to duty.
United States Senator Frederick Hale was informed by the War Department that the 801st Heavy Battalion United States Tank Corps now part of the 280th Brigade Tanks has sailed on two ships the Europe and the President Wilson for New York. Several Maine men in the battalion.
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