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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1918

Page

2

Misses Silk and Cotton Dresses Price Range

Silk dresses priced from 15.00 to 95.00 and cotton dresses priced from 6.95 to 25.00 for miss sizes.

6000 Men Join 6th Division at Camp Devens

At Camp Devens on May 22, over 1500 men from Camp Upton arrived, completing the last quota from that camp. The total of New York cantonment troops brought here reaches 6000 as these men are assigned to organizations within the 76th Division, including artillery regiments trains and other outfits.

Camp Devens Camp Upton New York 76Th Division

Transfers from Depot Brigade reshape Boston regiment

Starting tomorrow transfers will begin from the Depot Brigade to the Boston 801st Infantry with several hundred men, and by week’s end 2000 draftees will join the division. Officers are reassigned to permanent organizations, new battalion captains named, and multiple company and train assignments announced as the division reorganizes.

Boston Regiment 801St Infantry Boston E. F. Potter J. P. Pinkerton H. S. Werrel W. F. Wilkie J. S. Stone J. H. Mack H. M. Tryon J. S. Wiley H. J. Coolidge R. S. Codman BH. Nem- Ser Warnock J. B. Peniston E. P. Wadden Eutenant Fl Tidesbuyt Pitan G. P. McDonald 84Th Infantry Leroy Corwin Herbert Lord Earl Beckner John A. Butler Clarence R. Smith Walter B. Vogel 801St Engineers Clayton S. Waite Frederick I. Billingsley George C. Eldridge Joseph N. Cunningham Nea Cheshire 808D Field Artillery Daniel Floyd B. H. Jose Thomas Blummer William B. Cobb Depot Brigade Dental Reserve Corps 301St Charles E. Congdon Thomas F. Patterson L. Stewart Franklin Bishop Stewart 801St Bell

Cradle Holds Fourth Liberty Loan Support at Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall once called the Cradle of Liberty is set to rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan. The Bay State Historical League voted to offer President Wilson use of the hall to inspire victory in the war for democracy and freedom of the world.

Faneuil Hall Bay State Historical League Executive Committee Wilson America

Record Set by US Shipping Board Recruiting at Waet Roetan

United States Shipping Board recruiting service set a new daily enrolment record at the federal wharf in Waet Roetan with 83 men admitted. The prior best was 76, and the current demand favors firemen and coal passers as wages rise further.

United States Shipping Board Federal Waet Roetan Teammnea Fax

Home oven drying of vegetables demonstrated by Nellie Ewart

Miss Nellie Ewart of Arlington demonstrated home oven drying of spinach and dandelions at the National Civic Federation cottage on the Common. She described blanching in a cheesecloth bag, cooling, and draining before drying on a three tier rack, with final packing in bags for storage.

National Civic Federation Nellie E. Ewart Arlington Boston

How to Dry String Beans For Storage

The guide instructs washing and cutting string beans, boiling ten minutes, cooling, sun drying and then slow oven drying. Beans are packed when no moisture remains and stored in a warm dry place. It covers oven types and settings to avoid cooking and ensures moisture escapes. Soak dried beans two to four hours before serving, longer for beans or peas.

Carpenter plans jobs for war cripples at plant

Bridgeport May 22 E W Carpenter president of the E W Carpenter Tool Manufacturing Company announced plans to hire crippled soldiers equal to the plant size and set a minimum wage of 1200 a year. The workforce supports the plan and pledges to assist soldiers in learning trades as Carpenter and his wife plan to entertain cripples and fit up a club room.

Bridgeport E. W. Carpenter E. W. Carpenter Tool Manufacturing Company New Hingland Carpenter

Handsy-man Clark? Arrested for larceny in Boston

Howard L. Clayton 40, with multiple aliases, posed as handyman at Simmons College and stole about 400 in personal property. He allegedly stole a $35 check from Miss Mary Souther at Pierce School on Boylston Street and cashed it. Police say he rifled watches and valuables in dressing rooms while students were away. Clayton has a long criminal record from St. Louis to Boston. He will be arraigned this morning.

Howard L. Clayton Simmons College Dorsey, Haggerty and McCarthy Mary Souther Pierce Boylston Street Clayton St. Louis Fair Chicago Seattle New York Boston

Hospital bid to for U S war departments

Representative Siegel of New York offered to erect a $1,250,000 Beth Israel Hospital on a square block in NYC bounded by Second Avenue Livingston Place and East 17th and 18th Streets. The 500 bed facility would be for use by the War and Navy Departments during the war or afterward under government control.

Washington Beth Israel Hospital New York Siegel War and Navy Departments New York City Second Avenue Livingston Place East 17Th 18Th Streets

Canning Demonstration for Roslindale Women

The Mothers Association of the Florence Street School Roslindale invites district women to a canning demonstration tomorrow at 2 PM in the Charles Sumner School kitchen on Ashland Street. Miss Hermine Shultz, a noted expert, will lead the event and a large turnout is expected.

Canning Roslindale Mothers’Association Florence Street Charles Sumner Ashland Street Hermine Shultz

Haverhill Aviator Taken by Germans

Corporal Herman K. Whitmore of Haverhill an aviator with the Lafayette Escadrille has been reported a prisoner in Germany. He crossed the German lines with four other aviators and was separated during the return. Whitmore is a Brunswick native with relatives in Haverhill.

Portland Washington Herman K. Whitmore Haverhill Lafayette Escadrille Germany Whitmore Brunswick

Mrs Lewis of Brooklyn Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound

Brooklyn woman Mrs Elsie G Lewis reports a year of weakness displacement headaches and side pains improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised as restoring strength to muscles and tissue with letters published nationwide supporting its merit.

Brooklyn N. Y Lydia E. Pinkham Elsie G. Lewis Vernon Ave

Sulpheric Tablets Offer Blood Cleanse

Promotes sulphur and tartrate tablets to clear blood in winter months. Claims include relief for greasy skin pimples coated tongue and foul breath. Customer testimonial praises the product sold by druggists at 905 Main St Buffalo.

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