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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
4
George H. Vater of the Boston Ice Company says ice prices will stay fixed at 6 cents per 100 pounds through the summer. He downplays any chance of a 10 cent increase, noting that a rise would be beyond Boston dealers’ control and could push customers to cash and carry at local ice stations.
Elisha Williams, 72, superintendent of Richmond Iron Works, died at home from a paralytic shock. He is the third Williams family member to die in six weeks in Berkshire County, following the deaths of his brother George W Williams and sister Mrs Charles H Scott. Surviving son Raymond C Williams is vice president and secretary of Richmond Iron Works.
Professional boxers and entertainers from the North End plan their annual reunion tonight at Roughan's Hall in Charles Town. The event features dancing and cabaret entertainment, with committee members Joe Flynn Al Gerard and Battling Hurley leading the arrangements.
In Boston's North End a thunder shower interrupted the annual May procession held by Church of the Sacred Heart social groups. Hundreds of children led in white veils as statues and banners moved along North Street, then resumed after shelter. Chief marshal Benjamin Fuccello and Rev. Oreste Alussi attended. processions also ran at several other city churches.
James L. Albee aged 99, longtime Lenox and Lee resident and bearer of the Post's gold headed cane, died of old age. Born in Dorset Vermont, he spent the last 40 years in Lee. Survived by son Henry Albee and two grandchildren.
Members of the Willard C. Kinsey G. A. R. Post in Somerville attended morning services at First Baptist Church where Rev. Chellis V. Smith preached. In the evening they joined Broadway M. E. Church for a patriotic sermon by Rev. John Ward who is a chaplain in the recent war.
The Francis Washburn Post No. 92 G A R veterans held memorial services at Brighton Congregational Church. Senior Vice Commander Ellis W Knowlton led a march from the post hall with Joel Dudley Camp Sons of Veterans as ushers. Beethoven Quartet performed. General orders read by Adjutant J F Chickey. Commander John Welch welcomed comrades. Invocations and readings were offered by local clergy.
Miss Emily Scudder of Huntington, a portrait painter and art teacher, died suddenly in Pittsfield at age 80 from acute indigestion. A Lasell Seminary and New York Academy of Design graduate, she taught in Santiago, Chile and was active in suffrage and YWCA work in New York and Washington. A brother Marvin Scudder survives.
General French reports British progress at the Aisne front with observations from hayloft vantage points. He details river crossings at Venizel and Missy, shifting corps, and fears of German flank moves toward the Channel ports, prompting warnings to London and a contemplated northern retreat. The narrative notes hospital train improvements, French raids, and the Sixth Army’s defensive plan under Joffre while promising continuation.
Rev John B DeValies former 104th Infantry chaplain praised soldiers return from 18 months of war saying they forget themselves and grew closer to God amid No Man s Land and shellfire. He spoke at a Dorchester Columbus Club reception honoring 475 veterans with eight deaths.
During evening services at Pilgrim Congregational Church Upham's Corner a bronze memorial tablet was unveiled dedicating it to 129 church members who served with Allied armies in the Great War. The gift of Captain William H. L. Odell, it honors five yeomen, Rea Cross, and hospital workers, and is placed on the rear auditorium wall.
Burglars smashed a shop window with a beer bottle at Bouve Sterling Company, 14 Water Street, slipping away with costly footwear. Several valuable pairs missing, with losses estimated between 50 and 100 dollars.
Jordan Marsh pledges price parity with or undercuts any New England competitor on every article sold. The store asserts equal or superior merchandise quality and emphasizes longstanding, scrupulous application of the guarantees. Readers are asked to report any lapse for immediate correction.
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