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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
7
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, originator of the Boy Scouts, told New England scout officials at the Hotel Bellevue that the movement trains boys to reason use their heads and consider opposing sides of arguments. He called it an eminent safeguard for the world in troubled times.
Sir Robert and Sir Baden-Powell praise scout training that counters ill advised strikes and class barriers. A discussion on what to do with a rotter shows how boys learn to balance argument. An English American scout entente could cement relations between the nations.
The Czecho Slovak commissioner Charles Pergter will visit Boston May 27 to 29 and speak at Faneuil Hall and several New England colleges. He is joined by Mrs. Pergler Dr Stauck Messrs Pille Paneak Major Paul Sheldon and James Keating of the mission entourage.
The article notes a collection of Dere Mable’s correspondence with her rookie sweetheart Bill, highlighting a night letter telegram as the last found document. It lists Florence Elizabeth Summers as author and Natalie Fontaine Stokes as photographer, with the text framed as a discovered entry in a larger set of missives.
Western Union night letter to Wak t President Private Bill Smith and U S Army Dere Bill records a missive full of playful sarcasm about letters, sensors, and personal remarks. The writer laments delayed replies, mocks cut-and-dried wording, mentions Charlie Foote and Maggie, and notes a father’s illness while declaring enduring love. Copyright 1919. Frederick A. Stokes Company.
The body of Mrs Grace M D Dwyer of Pittsfield, missing since March from a sanitarium in Amherst, was found floating in the Connecticut River in Springfield. She last boarded a car for Northampton and is believed to have jumped into the river in that city.
John Byrnes a 36 year old Mendon farmer and his fiancee Mary Carrol 24 of East Upton were killed when a Boston bound New Haven passenger train struck the automobile they rode in at White's Crossing. Passengers Andrew Byrnes 36 and Miss Anna Mason 23 suffered minor injuries and were taken to Milford Hospital.
Locomotive struck the car in the rear, hurling it 40 feet and scattering occupants into an adjoining field. Miss Carrol and Andrew Byrnes died, Byrnes mortally, driving by clump of bushes hiding the oncoming train. Dr M P Quint examined bodies before Milford transport. Both victims well known locally.
The battleship Georgia with 41 officers and 1409 men, many from the 121st Field Artillery, will dock this afternoon at one. The Mayor's Reception Committee will escort her down the harbor aboard the Monitor at 11 30. Relatives and guests are expected to join the welcome. The F J Luckenbach with the 109th and 110th Infantry is expected tomorrow, time TBA.
Funeral services for Judge Enos T. Luce, longtime Waltham District Court justice and Maine probate authority, will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at First Congregational Church. The 87 year old war veteran and civic leader died Saturday night after a 10 day illness at his son Congressman Robert Luce’s home. He shaped Maine probate practice, drafted Waltham’s charter, and led local banks and civic groups before retiring in 1916. He leaves two sons, Edgar and Robert, and two grandsons.
Judge Luce was born in Auburn Missouri in 1832 to Jonathan Fr and Sally Washburn Luce. He gained education by sea surveying and teaching to fund studies at Kent Hill Hebron and Farmington academies. He later supported himself through Bowdoin College and graduated in 1856.
The coal laden barges Northern l and Consolidation 18 broke from the tug Georges Creek last night. Northern l was found anchored off Nauset when fog lifted. Coast guard crews at Nauset and Cahoon's Hollow prepared to aid if needed, but rough seas prevented launching. Consolidation 18 remained unfound. tug and other barge proceeded to Vineyard Haven.
The 101st Major Frederick L. Bogan devised a practical blood pressure apparatus from simple components while with the 102d Field Hospital. His improvised gauge, using a mercury U-tube and atomizer bulb pump, achieved accurate readings in hundreds of Toul sector cases. It was sent to Colonel Ashford at Langre and then to the U.S. army medical museum in Washington for permanent display.
The first Sunday band concert of the summer for Boston’s military and naval hospitals was held yesterday at Chelsea Naval Hospital. It was organized by the central bureau of entertainment W. O. C. S. in cooperation with the American Red Cross and supported by Boston War Camp Community Service.
Major Bogan devised a home made blood pressure device when medical supplies in France were scarce. He used an inner tube cut and cemented into an airtight bag for the arm, sewed a triangular bandage, and added a valve stem while attaching a rubber tube to a metal piece from an old stethoscope.
A Smith College club has been organized in Arlington among local alumnae. Mrs. Nancy Hodgdon Tuttle was elected president with Secretary Mrs. Howard N. Lacey and Treasurer Miss Louise Hatch. The club invites Belmont alumnae to join the Arlington group.
William Johnstone’s novel features love, mystery, and murder as core elements in its plot. The story will headline next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
The most significant statement at the time claimed the Swiss watch was inferior in quality to the American watch. Waltham proved this at the Exposition by discarding Swiss competitors in every test with M Favre-Perret serving as one of the judges.
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