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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
2
A noon blast at the Republic Iron and Steel power plant in Youngstown Ohio killed four men and injured 11 others. Five of the injured were seriously hurt and one may die. Investigators consider war plotters as a possibility, though officials doubt it. The explosion occurred in a turbo generator in the open hearth department.
More than 1000 people watched the unfurling of a 14 by 21 foot flag from a 150 foot flagstaff atop the First Baptist Church in Arlington. The flag ceremony followed the morning service on the church lawn as attendees renewed their pledge to Old Glory.
Uncle Sam invites travelers to Glacier Yellowstone and Estes Park via the Burlington Route. Cars replace horse stages on Cody Road with Shoshone Canyon views. The offer promotes a single rail trip to Glacier Yellowstone Cody Road Rocky Mountain Estes Park Denver and Colorado Springs with Pike's Peak Garden of the Gods.
News from Washington states Colonel Charles L. Phillips of the North Atlantic artillery district is listed for promotion to brigadier general. Coast defense commands will be elevated as coast artillery districts expand. Phillips has led harbor and river defences from Hastport to Narragansett Pier and previously commanded Fort Adams.
In Somerville at St. Ann's Church last night several hundred women joined the Woman's Sodality and a number of young girls entered the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin.
Lee Whitman, a Peabody Mass. foreman with Mark Kelly & Co, was detained by federal officers in Waterbury on Saturday for sending an improper letter to his sweetheart Laura Fairclough of Watertown. The arrest followed an irate father’s objection to the courtship as the two planned marriage. The case will be decided by Boston federal officers.
17 year old Lillian Hilderbrandt of Ashmont was dragged several feet as she clung to a mudguard and was knocked down by a car on Main Street Stoneham. She was taken to Malden Hospital with a badly lacerated left knee and right hand. The vehicle was driven by Fenton J. Fitts of Brookline Naples Road, who struck her from behind while she watched traffic.
At 4 pm a Ladder 24 fire truck collided with a Roxbury Crossing trolley at Cambridge and North Grove streets. The truck driven by Cornelius Harrington sustained rear wheel damage. The trolley vestibule windows and woodwork were smashed. Passenger Oliver B. Cannon escaped serious injury along with motorman C J Wallace and conductor William P Murray.
Advertisement touts Toe-mint from a Japanese product to remove hard and soft corns between toes with finger lifting. Claims no pain, no skin irritation, reduces swelling and heals cracked toes.markets to foot-sore workers and high heel wearers.
Cardinal O Connell spoke at the dedication of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in Chelsea. He urged mindful reflection on God and eternity amid war and global turmoil, noting brothers fighting, resources wasted, and the suffering of young men and women.
A large crowd welcomed Cardinal O Connell at the Church of Our Lady of Grace. The ceremony included a solemn procession from the rectory, blessing of walls, and a high mass led by Rev Peter C Quinn. The cardinal thanked priests and laity for the parish's humble beginnings and devoted effort.
A religious exhortation praises church devotion during war time urging faithfulness and for believers to seek God’s peace. It extols the church as a shelter from world distress and promises divine reward, blessing priests and parishioners for their service.
Members of the Louis Pasteur Club of Tufts College received holy communion at the 8 o'clock mass in St. Cecilia's Church Back Bay. A communion breakfast followed in St. Cecilia's Guild Hall with talks by Rev John J McGarry Dr N E Brown Ambrose H Lynch and Louis J Grandison. The gathering closed with The Star Spangled Banner. The Confraternity of the Holy Cross holds a 3 PM Friday service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross conducted by Rev William B Finigan. The 8 AM mass is offered for confraternity members and a holy hour is set from 8 to 9 PM.
Mrs. John E. Hayes of Lynn was injured and her husband daughter granddaughter and grandson were shaken up when their car collided with a machine owned by E. J. Pelletier of Newmarket New Hampshire in Newburyport. Both vehicles suffered heavy damage during the May 20 incident.
Officials at the Watertown Arsenal have permission to hire Italians and Portuguese non citizens for unskilled labor roles such as chippers and cleaners of castings. Skilled positions will be reserved for U.S. citizens.
Various federal positions listed including six steel moulders at Watertown Arsenal earning 4.16 dollars per day, a marine gasoline engineer for the Tar ragon vessel with 900 dollars yearly salary, a copyist ship draughtsman at Boston Navy Yard, and high explosive plant superintendent at Picatinny Arsenal. Other posts encompass hull and draughtsmen in Philadelphia and Washington, junior chemists, aero nautical sub inspectors, actuary, illustrators, shot firer,analytical chemist, and chemical engineer with salaries ranging from 1200 to 3500 dollars annually or daily rates.
The Rev. Dr. Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple denounces partisan politics as he calls for big revolutions in Congress and in the White House. He says Democrats should stay at their posts for war legislation, while Republicans should go to fight, and he contrasts democracy with Democrat.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church at 41 Temple Street celebrated its 125th anniversary yesterday. It traces to a 1792 organization following Jesse Lee’s preaching on Boston Common in July 179. Initial meetings were held in a private house on Sheafe Street and later in the North School Street schoolhouse before meeting at the Green Dragon Tavern.
War Department orders recruiting the Second Regiment Infantry to full war strength with 150 men per company. Colonel Frank K. Hume reports the regiment’s peace strength is 100 men per company.
The 59 quality bungalow aprons are on sale for 37 cents at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland Streets with legal stamps included.
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