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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
9
Readers were invited to submit reasons labeled Why with their name date and address. The notice urged one dollar payments for the best contributions and requested thoughtful thinking, asking for several sample Why prompts to develop a collection.
Edward Powers of 148 Battles Street was attacked by two masked men at 172 Cherry Street. His wife Teresa Powers rushed to aid him, driving the assailants off before they fled, leaving a cap and mask as clues as police search for them.
Portland officials met Mayor Oakley C. Curtis to discuss replacing the gutted high school with a new building costing at least $230,000. Temporary sites for 500 pupils, including a theatre, were offered. Chief Eldredge linked the fire to electrical wires under the principal's office, noting the blaze burned for an hour before discovery.
Semi centennial notes recount the Monticello and Freeborn bombardment of Sewall's Point Virginia on May 18 and 19 1861. Confederates hurried to mount guns yet both sides suffered no injuries while rebel artillery and sand obstructions were targeted. Parallel tales describe a Knoxville street incident where Miss Lacey Wilde and her brother faced down a mob, reinforcing Civil War era tensions.
Tomorrow's Post will recount how the United States steamer Freeborn intercepted rebel troop vessels on the Potomac River, detailing the action and its strategic implications for the Union effort. The report promises field details and the role of this naval engagement in the larger campaign.
The Boston Post reports Southern papers especially from Mobile criticize the so-called flower of Alabama youth for rushing into the rebel army. It questions how these young soldiers will perform away from home and what kind of warriors they will prove to be.
Doctors, pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities favor Castoria for harmless use and digestive relief. It states Castoria quiets nerves and aids assimilation, serving as a safe, non narcotic substitute for castor oil, unlike soothing syrups or cordials. Hall’s Journal endorses informing readers to prevent poisoning of children.
The Boston Post reports Southern women training with firearms amid the conflict. Opelousas Louisiana and other towns have formed ladies shooting clubs meeting regularly for target practice.
A dispatch notes 61 general orders for regiments encamped beyond Washington. Signals of rapid cannon fire and bells at night trigger marching to the city only if an attack is imminent. Lincoln nomination anniversary marked. A New Orleans Delta leader urges Maryland invasion. Rhode Island regiments to receive boiled clam chowder on election day. Confederate privateers expand along Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Beecher declines to join the wars.
General Butler, staying at the National, received a serenade from Mass friends in Washington. About 2000 people gathered as he defended liberty and war, invoking fathers and debt, warning that more soldiers would replace losses. women with broomsticks would drive enemies to the Gulf if needed.
Fifty years ago today on May 48 1861 the steam transport Cambridge left Boston for Fortress Monroe carrying five detachments for the 4th Regiment and three full companies with the East Boston unit. The list includes Co. HB Quincy Hingham Co. F Floxbury and others with sergeants and captains named, en route to war.
Letters from William Thompson of Boston and others challenge a reprint calling Colonel Cass regiment the Thirteenth. The reply confirms that designation as original, but records show the regiment served as the Ninth when sent to the front. signatures in enclosures identify Cass as colonel commanding the Thirteenth, then changed official designation.
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