This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
10
May 1 Holyoke union painters from the Building Trades Employers Association walked off the job seeking a 10 cent hourly raise. Contractors who are union members granted the demands.
The body of George H. Childs former Lexington Selectman and senior partner of Sleeper Childs Co was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery yesterday after funeral services at his home 14 Percy Road Lexington.
In Bangor Maine the will of lumberman banker John Cassidy is being contested in the state Supreme Court. Testimony shows Cassidy remained of sound mind until a fatal illness, though cataracts affected his walk. The case involves an estate potentially worth $10 million and details of the Eastern Trust and Banking Company’s management and a $280 000 new home.
Testimony describes Cassidy's bank salary rising from 1000 to 8000 a year and outlines his control over loans and securities at Eastern Trust & Banking Co. Crosby notes Cassidy's vast knowledge of bank operations, with trustees often directing decisions and the eldest son of the timber baron serving on the board.
Belfast, Me, surpassed its Victory Loan quota of 193,500 by reaching 198,350 on May 1. Waldo county raised 349,000 of 410,800, with 13 towns over the top including Brooks, Searsmont, Morrill, Thorndike, Jackson, Knox, Swanville, Searsport, Liberty, Waldo, Belfast, Winterport, and Monroe.
Lexington High School baseball meets Weston High School in a second game this season at Lexington Athletic Field. After a Patriots Day defeat, coach Chick Carrigan leads hard practice as the team aims to rebound with a strong showing.
Dispatches from Athens report Greek unions proclaimed in Dodecanese islands on Easter, Rhodes led a procession, Italian troops dispersed crowds, a priest and a woman were killed at Villanova, and arrests and food blockades followed. Reports cite censorship and martial law across the islands. Also noted are anti Polish Jewish rights protests in New York with planned mass demonstrations and a Kishinev-like mourners parade at Madison Square Garden.
A 200 member Jewish committee in New York sent a cablegram to President Wilson urging action by the peace conference to halt atrocities in Poland and Galicia and prevent further pogroms.
Paris May 1 The Berlin Temps Berlin correspondent says the best known Parisian among the 15 German delegation reporters is Paul Block former Paris correspondent of the Tageblatt Theodor Wolff. Redlich Vienna correspondent of Vossische Zeitung now chief assistant to Georg Bernhard. Redlich and Bernhard lead an anti French propaganda editorial campaign in Germany. Friedrich Stampfer Vorwaerts leading Socialist writer and chief contributor. Dr Guttman was London correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1914.
Paris May 1 The German prisoners held in France under armistice terms will be returned to Germany by the peace treaty The exchange requires Germany to send to France a specified number of skilled artisans and laborers for reconstruction in devastated areas This summary notes the prospective prisoner release and reconstruction labor commitments while citing the Temps as the source.
May 1 report notes German plenipotentiaries presented credentials at 3 10 pm to allied and US representatives, marking the first step in peace negotiations. Also brief item: Anthony Di Benedetto, 21, fractured both bones of his right leg when a target boulder fell in a trench at Robinson and Mt Ida in Dorchester. A civic appeal urges lending to the Victory loan.
We guarantee the quality and value of all merchandise as good as or better than any New England store. Our guarantees are as old as the business, and we apply them scrupulously. If a case escapes our vigilance, please inform us and the necessary correction will be made immediately.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.