29 May 1916
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
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Bulgarian army crosses into Greece forcing a retreat by Greek troops and captures several fortified positions. The Serb army maintains positions at Saloniki as the invasion unfolds.
Colonel Roosevelt leaves New York for Chicago Kansas City and St. Louis with planned stops in Newark on return. The Western tour follows Oyster Bay demonstrations and may spur a possible third ticket if Republican leaders do not heed public demand. The trip aims to influence the fight for the Republican nomination at Chicago.
Report notes Roosevelt unable to control followers within the Progressive party as supporters in the Republican camp align with his leadership. The piece describes divisions and potential realignments among key figures and factions.
May 28 meeting of Germans from across the country adopts a creed stating that Germans may be hyphenated Americans but their Americanism is unhyphenated. The creed, submitted by the German American newspaper publishers' association, will be acted on at a subsequent gathering tomorrow.
A meeting led by Philadelphia manufacturer J. B. Meyer urged preparedness, free seas for American ships, and Panama Canal access. Organizers aim to form a Chicago central body to coordinate German American organizations on political questions while noting attendance at the Republican convention. An advertisement promotes Colorado vacations via Rock Island Travel Bureau.
One man was killed and several others injured in a string of New England auto accidents up to midnight. George Darton of Portland died when his car rolled down a bank on the Kennebunk road. Adam Talmosis of Cambridge may die after a neck injury from being run over. Edward Austin of Webster, 19, fractured skull in a bicycle collision. Mildred Swanson, 14, also hurt on a Webster bicycle with internal injuries. An unknown woman was in an overturned car near Danvers. Arthur Dow of Methuen injured when his auto struck a Canobie Lake train. William Steinmetz, 20, of Everett injured after bicycle collision.
George H. Darton of Portland dies after his runabout skidded on foggy State highway between Biddeford and Kennebunk and rolled down a 10 foot embankment. Passenger W F H Folwartshny, also of Portland, survived uninjured. Darton, 35, was a noted trap shooter and Portland Gun Club member.
New York despatch reports that Charles Evans Hughes will not issue any new statement before the Republican national convention. The Tribune says the justice will stay silent, regardless of whether he is nominated, with delegates knowing no more about his positions than he does.
In St. Paul Minnesota on May 28 doctors Biggs and Gilfillan released an official statement denoting extreme seriousness of the matter as the latest bulletin.
James J. Hill, railroad builder, lay critically ill at his St Paul residence. Doctors reported his pulse was good but his temperature high and he endured much pain with intermittent unconsciousness as family and medical staff kept vigil.
Shortly after 1 pm Rev Father Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar general of the St Paul diocese and St. Paul Cathedral pastor, hurried from the cathedral to the Hill mansion on Summit avenue. By 4 pm Mr Hill had rallied somewhat with pulse improving but high fever. At 6 pm the temperature remained unchanged. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, opened his big property to observers.
Madame Fannie Harmon a 50 year old clairvoyant and lodging house keeper at 165 Essex street was found murdered in the attic of her home tonight with the head battered most likely by a milk bottle there is no clue to the murderer at present
Autopsy confirms brain concussion from severe blow as police hunt a violent killer. Lodgers recall a man seeking a room at 1:30 AM and later assisting Mrs. Harmon before screams echoed from the attic. Landlady found murdered, with signs of attempted felonious assault noted by the associate medical examiner.
New York advertising executive desires to communicate with a progressive, well established New England manufacturing enterprise to assume charge of advertising. May also act as confidential representative. Requires tact and executive ability. Address V 118 in the Post.
The engagement of Charles Brickley, Harvard football captain and famed fullback, and Miss Agnes Coakley, 19, is to be announced this week. Both families declined a definite engagement but did not deny a possible forthcoming announcement. Brickley, a 1915 Harvard graduate now with Obrion & Russell in Boston, resides in Everett with his parents. Coakley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coakley, has two sisters, Mrs. James E. Mahoney and Miss Jessie Coakley.
National League games saw Cincinnati beat Chicago 3 to 2 and Pittsburg sweep St Louis 4 0 in the first game and 4 1 in the second. American League action had Chicago 2 Cleveland 0 in the first game and Detroit 6 St Louis 3. Eastern League notes Lynn defeated Bridgeport 4 to 2 with Springfield New Haven Wet grounds.
The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America after a four hour session in the Continental Hotel endorses reinstatement demands for locked out telegraphers. Boston and Washington reps heard. If Western Union does not reinstate the discharged men a national strike may follow involving 20 000 to 40 000 telegraphers.
A Bulgarian force of more than 25,000 began an invasion of Greek Macedonia occupying four forts along the Struma and moving toward Kavalla on the Aegean. The advance signals a broader allied drive against Bulgaria as Greece protests but resists only cautiously.
Allied reports confirm the landing of the rejuvenated Serbian army at Saloniki. Rebuilt on Corfu after escape from Albania, the force numbers 80 000 to 100 000 and is described as highly equipped and effective.
One year ago today Germany warned neutral shipping not to travel incautiously in war zones around Great Britain. The note appears in a late page column listing anniversaries and settings of daily alerts.
Forecast notes local showers in Boston area Monday with Tuesday turning fair and moderate variable winds. Washington reports northern New England showers Monday Tuesday with partly cloudy conditions. southern New England to be partly cloudy Monday, showers east, and Tuesday partly cloudy.
Weather data shows yesterday's average temperature 59 degrees with highs around 68 and lows near 58. Record includes time stamps and extraneous OCR artifacts alongside a yearly comparison of minus 161 degrees for yesterday.
Washington reports a flood of congratulatory telegrams after Wilson’s League to Enforce Peace address. Officials say the plan for a postwar world peace alliance with the United States as partner could prompt European discussions on ending the war. Receptions vary by country with Berlin and Vienna more receptive than London Paris or Petrograd.
Louis I. Alvord, 61, a wealthy South Hadley Centre farmer and property owner, committed death by own action by drowning in the lower pond at Mt. Holyoke College at 3:30 this morning. In ill health, he planned a sanitarium stay, and left his house while his wife slept to walk to the pond.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a superior tonic for nervous disorders mental exhaustion and lassitude claiming it strengthens nerves and restores energy.
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