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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
6
The Daily and Sunday Post begins a series of firsthand World War stories from members of New England’s division. These personal experiences will be continued in forthcoming issues.
The narrative details a WWI assault described as the team advances behind a creeping barrage through torn earth and craters. German resistance is described as demoralized, with Austrians portrayed as ineffective. about 14,000 prisoners are taken and Vigneulles is reached ahead of First Division arrival. The report notes the advance continued for 3.5 kilometers and the 102d Infantry relieved the assault.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment to banish neuralgia and general pain. It promises quick, lasting relief by rubbing a small trial bottle on the ache, claiming soothing nerves, reduced congestion, and no skin burn. The product is described as harmless and in use for half a century.
Edward Gray oversees Hast Cottage street greenhouse and reports shamrocks are stocky and hardy this year thanks to a mild winter. He plans a fine batch by March 17 to present to city officials, noting legends attached to the shamrock elevate its value beyond beauty.
The $300000 drive to support the Central New England Sanatorium has raised $135421 by last evening. Campaign managers expect volunteers to push total higher by Friday close. Today is named for Dr Vincent Y Bowditch, renowned tuberculosis specialist who runs a Sharon sanatorium for women and children at ten dollars weekly. Pauline Fenno's team won the fourth banner in a row at the Ford hall rally with $11484.25 in subscriptions. men's division $5345, women's division $5801, hotel lobby workers $338.25.
Paris dispatch from March 12 reports Former Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, brother in law of the former Emperor, arriving from the Crimea, pressing Allied armed intervention to prevent Bolshevik advantage. He says order must be kept in territories wrested from Bolshevism and criticizes Wilson for inaction at the peace conference.
Paris March 12 recommendation to open the Rhine navigation to all nations without discrimination was made by the commission on waterways railways and ports. It suggests Rhine control by a Danube Commission type body and opposes Belgian calls for special duties on German vessels. A general conference is urged within a year to resolve wider international waterways questions.
An open mass meeting will be held at Fay Hall at 3 PM Sunday under the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks North and South Lodge affiliated with the AFL. The topic is Unity with speakers from the Massachusetts State Branch, following I W W charges against the A H B of L by Railroad Express officials.
War Department releases show 151 dead, 1138 died of disease, among 256 total casualties. Noted dead from disease include Lieutenants David E. Henry of Boston and George B Norton of Northampton. Additional figures list killed in action, died of wounds, severely wounded, and missing in action.
Casualty list from New England names multiple service members with statuses including killed in action died of wounds died of disease and other statuses. Names include Herman Kaskinem John Mayer Joe Ciserilla David Henry George Norton Louis Short Clarence Wisner Joseph Zukosky Charles Roberts Hermand Lauzon Charles Longtin Floyd Deforest Robert Burrows Frank James Thomas Judge Willard Pike John Potter among others. Locations include Worcester Malden Boston Northampton Calais Three Rivers Springfield Leominster Lowell Needham Fairhaven Brockton Williamstown East Hartford Stamford Greenwich Connecticut Massachusetts and Maine.
A wartime casualty roll lists service members with home towns across New England and beyond. Entries include wounded, missing in action, died, returned to duty, and hospital status for personnel such as Lt. Clarence Scarborough, Lt. Peter Merriman, Pt. Leonard W. Wands, Pt. Martin Jennings, Pt. Herbert Collins, Pt. Lila Moriarty, Pt. Michael Butler, and Pt. John Jamrog along with their addresses.
Spokane naval aviator Albert J. Perry said he has been ordered to report to Cape May New Jersey as chief engineer of a dirigible balloon for a government directed trans Atlantic crossing. The plan calls for a Newfoundland launch next month to Queenstown with endurance tests already proving feasibility.
Providence March 12 A Rhode Island General Assembly proposal seeks to challenge federal prohibition by authorizing the attorney general to seek a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of Congresss prohibitory amendment. The measure cites the 18th Amendment as transforming the government and notes two prior state legislatures did not ratify it. Representative Jacob A Eaton introduced the resolution, to judiciary committee, with anticipated support in the lower chamber.
Alexander Foster of Winchester Mass a notable figure in lumber and banking passed away Wednesday morning from heart trouble and pneumonia. He helped found the Winchester Co operative Bank and served as director and worked with Stetson Cutler in Boston and New York. Survived by wife Mary Morse daughter Miriam in the Army Nurse Corps and son Winthrop in the 101st Field Artillery with two brothers William C. and Frederick A. Foster.
Boston officials and longshoremen deny any prospective strike in the port. Despite 20,000 New York dock workers quitting, Boston expects no diversion of ships or work stoppages. Two New York union men reportedly in town. William F. Dempsey says he has no knowledge of their visit.
Under heavy guard in Wichita Kansas the 32 I. W. W. members were brought to federal court to face charges under the espionage act. A jury was being selected and testimony was expected to begin tomorrow. Federal attorney Fred Robertson aims to show ties to the Bolshevik movement and notes that about 10 000 I. W. W. members left for Russia during Kerensky and many have since returned including a leader in Seattle's general strike.
Washington March 12 Henry B Spencer was named by Director General Hines to head the railroad administration division of purchases effective next Saturday He will resign as vice president of the Southam railway and has chaired the administration's advisory committee on purchases
The Springfield local telephone plant employees' union asked New England Telephone & Telegraph Company to remove George W. Hayden, division traffic superintendent, after a state guard posting and building search described as a practice stunt. Hayden serves as a State guard lieutenant, and workers say the action aimed to intimidate them and smear their character.
A medical tip promotes a homemade cough syrup using Pinex two and a half ounces in a pint of sugar syrup or alternatives like molasses honey or corn syrup. It claims to loosen phlegm stop throat tickle and soothe irritated membranes with rapid relief and warns to demand two and a half ounces of Pinex from druggists.
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