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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
7
Private Best, a cook at Camp Devens base hospital, drowned last Saturday night returning to the camp by a Shortcut. A detail from the base hospital and the 801st band from Camp Devens escorted the body from Revere to the church in Chelsea.
Boston's three day progress report shows inspectors enforcing a two week sanitation campaign. Some residents refuse to clean up and will be prosecuted for violating city sanitation rules.
Brookline's Red Cross marks Old Shoes Day on Saturday May 11. Boy Scouts will visit each home to collect shoes, preferring men’s footwear, with drop off at 1304 Beacon Street headquarters.
White dimity rompers in baby colors sizes to 2 priced at 2.50. Suspender crepe suits with white blouse for ages 2 to 6 at 3. Trouser suits of colored crepe pair with tucked white dimity blouse priced 2. White dimity rompers with belt cuffs and lace, sizes to 2 at 2.50. Colored dimity dresses with long white lawn sashes, sizes 2 to 6 at 3. Baby dress shop third floor mail orders filled.
Little ankle ties in sizes 2 to 11 offered in patent leather black kid and white canvas or white buck with plain or buckle bow accents. Priced from $1.50 to $2.65, advertised as Filene values.
Vitagraph Company files in Suffolk Superior Court a $250000 damages suit against Louis B Mayer Colman Levin and J Robert Rabin alleging a conspiracy to force Anita Stewart to break her contract The piece traces Stewart from a 17 year old extra at 25 a week to a 127000 a year star as the alleged motive for the dispute.
New York injunction blocked Miss Stewart from work for defendants. Daniel H. Coakley of Boston handles suit in this state claiming Vitagraph paid her to breach a one year exclusive contract begun January 1917 with a guaranteed $127000 in earnings plus royalties. The company asserts she was enticed away by Mayer with higher pay.
The evening performance of Her Country at Park Square Theatre starring Lady Chetwynd donates all proceeds to the New England fund of the women's overseas hospitals. Committee head Mrs. Benjamin F. Pitman leads the event under the National American Woman Suffrage Association auspices.
A 1000 pound machine jumped its holdings at Worcester Manufacturing Company and crashed to the floor injuring Charles Tidd, 45, of 451 Park Avenue. He is on the way to City Hospital in critical condition.
Katherine Morey of Brookline, the first woman arrested for suffrage picketing, sails with her mother for Washington to urge Senators Lidge and Weeks to back the suffrage amendment when it faces the Senate Friday.
A 1916 advertisement from Tilton New Hampshire features Druggist George W Lord praising Kilmer's Swamp Root as a splendid remedy for kidney troubles. He notes its long market popularity and high local standing with customer testimonials.
Reports from 59 banks indicate New England has reached 333 729 000 in third Liberty Loan funding. Oversubscription likely by Friday with Boston leading cities over 500 000 in population and Hartford tops all city categories at 251 percent.
Gustave A. Taubert of Manchester was found guilty by a United States court jury under the espionage act. The panel was out ten minutes. An appeal will be taken by counsel. Taubert was charged with making disloyal statements.
Rear Admiral S S Wood ordered immediate erection of 11 dormitories and an official building on Cambridge Common for the Naval Radio School. The facilities will house 1800 personnel now in private quarters. The Cambridge City Council, after a public hearing, unanimously approved the navy use amid few objections. Only five shade trees will be removed.
An admiral announced a shift in policy stating the common resources are now to be used to expand production and support new projects. The declaration signals broader use of shared assets to accelerate development and meet demand.
Augusta Me May 8 A hearing on the proposed tariff to raise passenger rates on the Lewiston Augusta Waterville street railway from 6 to 7 cents will be held in Lewiston May 21 Public Utilities Commission will decide if the schedule goes into effect without investigation and suspension
The Postal Telegraph Co refuses to hand over original Bay State Fishing Co telegrams or copies to the legislative fishing investigation. A summons orders James D. McDonald Boston manager to appear with the documents at 10:30. Barrett of the company again declines to deliver papers, despite prior permission for copies. Western Union supplies originals and copies.
Last summer a firm bought a large stock of men’s underwear on credit looking at a rising market. The gamble paid off as the stock now sells at or below wholesale prices to the public. The shop specializes in hosiery and underwear and is located inside the doorway.
Advert says Khaki clothing protects garden work and saves money on wool. Khaki pants range from $2 to $3, khaki canvas shoes $2.75, khaki shirts $1.65 to $2. Buying a motor duster allows coat storage and winter clothes to be hoarded, preventing moth damage.
Proclaiming what Swamp-Root will do for you, the ad asks ten cents for a sample bottle from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York. It claims the sample will convince any one and includes a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mention Boston Daily Post. Medium and large bottles sold at drug stores.
A vivid ad lists assorted clothing items with price points for soft collars shirts and underwear. It promotes a private athletic shop for discreet undergarment shopping and highlights a range of footwear from inexpensive straws to high priced Oxfords.
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