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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
4
Lawrence May 6. Karam Jabbam 34 of 294 Oak Street stabbed himself after his mother chided him for drunkenness during Greek orthodox Easter. He is on the danger list at General Hospital.
The body of Walter A. Latimer a 19 year old private in the Marine Corps who died of pleurisy at Brooklyn navy yard arrived in Somerville yesterday. Funeral services will be held at his home 54 Partridge avenue at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The article urges the stay of white flour use until September as part of the Liberty Loan drive. It argues the sacrifice is as valuable as government bonds and thrift stamps, urging private citizens to minimize white flour usage as a wartime contribution.
Henry B. Endicott urges housewives to stretch flour supplies until the next harvest, about Sept 1, 1918. He notes penalties for hoarding but says reports before May 11 avoid prosecution except in large-scale cases, and asks minimal use of wheat flour with pledges to conserve.
In a cen tennial observance at Hawes Unitarian Congregational Church South Boston Rev James Hux tle recalls the First Society founded a century ago its union with the Second Society in 1888 and eight prosperous years in the pastorate The church featured a decorated setting and a special musical program led by Organist George A Goulding A large congregation included about 100 boys from the State Farm and Trades School on Thompson's Island with Superintendent Charles Bradley and Mrs Bradley.
The body of Emma Higginbottom, 50, of 46 Butler Street, was found in the Merrimac River after a note cited despondency over her son Harold in action in France, her husband's recent death, and ill health. Coroner Dow ruled death by own action.
Miss Avonia Eldridge of Ashland recites Shakspere to her cow while milking. She asserts that a $20 weekly chorus wage is excessive and that farming at $2 a day would suit chorus girls better.
Avonia Eldridge, a former stage performer turned farmerette, milks a Jersey cow at The Bolders farm in Ashland. She recites selections from Shakespeare and performs arias from Carmen and Rigoletto while milking, arguing that chorus girls should till soil for wages soon.
Miss Stone Miss Nickerson and Miss Eldridge recount a shift to farming as a viable career for women. They cite health benefits and financial independence while criticizing men for laziness and long breaks. Eldridge, once an actress, now tends cows and grows crops, reciting Shakespeare to cows for better milk.
President John M. Thomas of Middlebury College told a graduating class of war–era volunteers that the current conflict would strengthen religious life. He described faith born on the battlefield as direct and forceful, and urged revising virtues to value service and manhood over cultivated manners.
Henry B. Endicott food commissioner of Massachusetts denies any political ambitions and states he would not consider a political office. He note s his lack of time and inclination as reasons and says name mentions in newspapers were irrelevant.
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