18 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1916
Page
1
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair Saturday then cloudy and warmer Sunday with fresh westerly winds turning variable. In the broader New England area northern and southern sections expect fair Saturday and Sunday with warming temperatures.
The record presents fragmented temperature readings and average temperatures for yesterday and last year. It includes numeric values such as 16 15 116 and 18 and 30 21 24, plus a postal code 98181 and stray time-like markers, indicating a damaged or incomplete data page.
More than 6000 members of army, naval and militia detachments along with veteran and civic groups trudged three miles through ice and slush to mark the evacuation of Boston by British forces 140 years ago. Homes and stores in South Boston wore patriotic colors mixed with green for St Patrick's Day as flags adorned windows and porches.
The streets drew 100000 mourners, men women and children, braving the cold to cheer Governor McCall Mayor Curley and guest Congressman Edward Keating who arrived with his wife from Pueblo Col to attend the exercises.
Continued on page I second column notes Grover Cleveland born 1857 is listed among today’s anniversaries and related notes about his status as a United States resident.
Dodd's Forge advances 25 miles from Villa Pershing with a Flying Column at Casas Grandes and a 110 mile record since start over two days. Main body moves past Guzman, 60 miles south of Columbus. Infantry regiment and colored cavalry break from Columbus toward a southern route as Funston denies Mexican trouble reports.
In Brooklyn on March 17, a letter found in Miss Addie Richardson’s room at 246 Cumberland Street expresses a fatal longing and accuses a man of murder. Richardson, a corset model from Barre Vermont, died by her own hand in the boarding house.
The coroner released a letter addressed to a man living at No 216 Cumberland Street, confirming the recipient’s residence and presenting the document for official handling.
About 75 Gold Beaters Union members in Boston planned a strike after a meeting at 724 Washington Street voted for wage increases and union recognition. They will suspend work at the end of today and not return until demands are met, establishing strike headquarters at the same address.
Fire erupted in the basement of the National Sailors' Home at Wollaston Beach Quincy just after midnight. Within an hour the blaze raged upstairs, endangering 35 residents including 20 old sailors, the superintendent family, attendants, and farmhands. Attendants and farmhands carried many inmates, some cripples, through smoke filled corridors to safety.
A two year old girl named Jeanette is in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Harry as she stays with them.
Theodore Beaudry sues for divorce from wife alleged to sleep with an axe under her pillow and to throw dishes and a butcher knife. He says the axe caused fear and sleepless nights. wife’s jealousy and threats cited. Beaudry promises weekly support to avoid jail while case pending.
Official dispatches report multiple German assaults on Vaux repelled by French forces, and German attempts at Mort Homme thwarted. Verdun area bombardment continues with intermittent activity. French gains on Dead Man's Height halted. British mine failures noted near Loos. British retreat under Turkish pursuit on the Tigris. Italian offensives on Isonzo repelled by Austria Hungary. Austro-Hungarian forces advance near Tarnopol west of the Russian border.
Reports say Villa’s force holds Casas Grandes with Dodd’s flying column 25 miles northwest and 110 miles covered. Pershing’s heavier force moves through Guzman toward the Janos River area, 60 miles south of Columbus, after 65 miles. Villa rests near Galeana.
Reports from El Paso cite rumors of thousands of Carranza former Villista troops in a valley near Casas Grandes ready to strike if U S forces advance. Another tale says Cananea garrison plans revolt and would burn the town and mines upon any crossing into Mexico.
El Paso March 17 report from State Department agent George Carothers cites Mexican sources claiming Carranza was assassinated though no confirmation exists. Villa is said to base at Galeana while American flying cavalry under Col. George A. Dodd bivouacs near Casas Grandes. Pershing’s column moves west toward a Janos River line, about 25 miles east of Ascencion and Janos, with Columbus, N. Mex., origin.
Military officers express support for Colonel Dodd's leadership, signaling confidence in his command style and decisions amid ongoing operations. The tone suggests unity within the ranks and expectation of effective enforcement of orders.
Villistas burned a 250 foot railroad bridge near Corralitos blocking the path of the American advance as reported from reliable sources in El Paso Texas on March 17.
General Gavira at Juarez says Carranza forces will bar American entry into Casas Grandes and other Mexican towns by order of General Carranza. The plan involves a march tomorrow from Pearson toward Galeana with Pershing’s forces pinning in from the north.
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