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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
11
Navy planes prepare a large seaplane flight tomorrow afternoon or early evening with favorable weather. Officials expect no wait for the third transoceanic flyer, still delayed at Chatham.
Crews on NC-1 and NC-3 finalize adjustments and await favorable weather to begin the 1240 mile leg to the Azores under Commander Towers. Nine officers on board are reduced to five per craft for the actual flight while 8 war ships and 20,000 personnel stand by along the route.
Boston barbers endorse Noonan's Hair Petrol as a tonic for dry hair and scaly scalp. Widely used in salons and available for home use at druggists or from Noonan & Sons, price one dollar per bottle or fifteen cents per application.
Philadelphia woman testimonial claims seven years of back pain and weakness eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter from Mrs. Margaret Ness cites relief and urges others with irregularities or inflammation to try the root and herb remedy, noting widespread letters proving merit.
Harbor Grace hosts Colonel Porte's Handley Page flying boat arrive in ten carwaggon train from St. John's to contest the London Daily Mail prize for the transatlantic flight. Eighteen mechanics accompany the aircraft shipped in parts. assembling now underway at the harbor town.
Relief settled at a Newfoundland base as American seaplanes prepared a transatlantic flight. Weather conditions were cited as the key factor for a possible getaway as the navy continues its transatlantic flight guard.
Lieutenant Charles G. Little and a special aviation group from the cruiser Chicago selected a landing site near St John’s Newfoundland for the navy dirigible C-5. The airship is to fly here within days from Montauk New York, weather permitting. The voyage is described as a test cruise, with no decision on a transatlantic flight or homeward shipment aboard the Chicago.
Edward F. Lonergan of 293 B Humist Street Roxbury, a member of Elm Hill Council and the Knights of Columbus, has been named a secretary for overseas service. He has provided secretarial service at Camp Devens and Langley Field Virginia. Lonergan is past chief ranger of Sherwood Court MCOF and a member of the past chief rangers association MCOF Granada Caravan Mystic Nobles Alhambra and the Catholic Union.
The Sym phony Hall program lists Wedding March from Mendelssohn Overture Jeanne d Arc Gavotte Martini Fantasia Puccini Roma Bizet Ave Maria Shubert Wilhelm Prelude Rachmaninoff Overture to Wagner Jack o Lantern Daryll Canzone Van Westerhout Waltz Repagna Waldteufel Finale Fourth Symphony Tschaikowsky.
Princess Radziwill offers her opinions on Bolshevism in an upcoming Boston Sunday Post article. The piece promises her distinctive views and provocative reflections for readers seeking political analysis.
Berlin May 10 AP reports on a court martial for the killing of Dr Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Defendants and witnesses were moved under guard to Tiergarten. Captain Heitz von Pflug-Hartung is accused of firing the first shot. Witnesses described the scene and hotel actions at the Eden Hotel after the shooting amid guarded testimonies and conflicting accounts.
Memorial services in Tremont Temple honor Miss Jane Alane who died serving with the American Red Cross at Iasi Hospital No 69 in Savanne France on April 15. Delano directed nursing recruitment for over 30 000 nurses for US army and navy. hundreds from New England will attend in uniform with hospital superintendents staff and pupil nurses.
The Finance Commission advised Mayor Peters to reject pension for Timothy R. Sullivan a Court House janitor and for an annuity to the widow of Thomas JH Lynch an inspector. Sullivan remained fit for duty after March 16 1917 bomb incident. Lynch died of influenza and commission warned against broadening city bounty to cover illness deaths.
The Fusilier Veterans Corps will wear full dress uniforms including red coats and parade in Boston this afternoon for a 1324th anniversary observance. They assemble at 3 pm at the Armory on 1151 Washington Street, marching via Washington Walham Clarendon Columbus Arlington Beacon School Washington Elm to disband at the American House for dinner. Lieutenant Jacob Turner carries the national colors and Sergeant M F Murphy bears the State colors.
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