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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
14
At the Charles Sumner School on Ashland Street the cold pack method of canning will be demonstrated this afternoon at 2 o clock. The event showcases practical canning techniques for home use.
An advertisement promotes Poslam as a safe remedy for pimples rashes and all skin troubles promising prompt relief from itching and rapid improvement even on stubborn eczema. It claims harmlessness and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
Under the Florence Street School Mothers Association, Miss Hermine Shultz will demonstrate canning of dandelions rhubarb and asparagus plus other garden products in season. A general invitation is extended to district women to attend.
Five hundred men have signed up for the allied military course at Cambridge this summer through the Harvard summer school. The university aims to recruit 1000 for the program to be held at Soldiers Field and the trench system at Thresh Pond under French oversight.
George M. Church of New York, famed as a tennis player and multiple world championship runner-up, arrived in Fort Worth on May 23 for aviation training. His home is New York.
New England soldiers of the 26th Division, including regiments 101st 102d 103d and 104th, figure in 86 War Department casualties. Twenty two from New England listed. six killed for world democracy. Most losses in the 102d Infantry, likely from raiding or patrol defenses near Seicheprey. Names include Corporal James G. B. Lighthall and Sergeant Prescott W. Gould among the fallen and wounded. Private Francis L. Kearney and others from Lowell and Boston areas are also cited, with several missing or severely wounded.
The May 2 list reports 8 names in action and deaths from various causes. Officers include James Palache of Farmington and lieutenants Maguire and Sutherland. The roster lists sergeants, corporals, and privates with homes from Conn to Ill, Mass, Tex, N J, N Y, and beyond, reflecting widespread losses.
Ottawa May 23 names of Americans in today’s casualty list show Died of wounds Martin Crows Brookline Massachusetts. Wounded O P Wood Brandon Vermont W A McKenna Waterbury Connecticut.
At a Boston meeting the Central Council of Irish County Associations unanimously disavowed any link between the Irish race in the United States or Ireland and German propaganda. The resolution declares Irish loyalty to America is 100 percent and rejects British propaganda aims to besmirch the race.
A whist and dancing party at Bloomfield Hall Dorchester tonight to aid St Ambrose Church building fund led by Miss Marion Broderick daughter of Lawrence Broderick Fields Corner. Prizes donated by parish business men and residents make attendance promising.
A WW2 casualty list from New England shows names and addresses of service members with statuses including killed in action died of wounds died of disease and severely wounded. Entries cover many towns across Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire and Vermont with units such as 6th Engineers 102d Infantry and 9th U.S. Infantry.
The Vorenberg Company store will donate 10 percent of today’s sales to the Red Cross War Fund. Every employee from manager to porter will contribute a full day’s pay to the relief effort.
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