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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
4
A Petrograd telegram via Amsterdam says Mme Katterina Breshkovskaya the little grandmother of the Russian revolution was shot by Bolsheviks on Oct 27 for opposing their regime. A London dispatch claimed she died in Russia of malnutrition on Sept 14.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Dorchester disputes Bolshevik involvement in Madame Breshkovskaya death saying she was loved and unlikely shot. She believes starvation and famine caused the death and notes the leader’s habit of sharing food with prisoners despite poverty and long imprisonment.
The army chemical warfare division telegrams to governors urge proclamations of a gas mask day to collect fruit pits and nut shells for charcoal. It follows Massachusetts Governor McCall, seeks statewide observance and nutting expeditions in rural areas.
London dispatches report Austria-Hungary cannot continue fighting as railways vital for army supply are disorganized. Communications between Agram Fiume Budapest and Vienna are severed and Berlin Vienna links cut, leaving the monarchy in near total internal chaos.
For a second time in nine months a large lumber yard owned by William H. Sawyer in Lincoln Square Worcester was struck by a blaze early this evening. The damage is estimated at 250000 and the fire threatened nearby St. John's Church and homes on Keese Place. It is believed incendiary in origin.
A letter to the editor discusses cruelty by boy drivers and runaway accidents. The Boston Work Horse Relief Association offers free instruction and certificates to competent drivers, with Henry C. Merwin, president, at 15 Beacon Street.
The War Industries Board announced that shoe pricing will be divided into four classes instead of three. Class A covers $9 to $12, Class B $6 to $8.95, Class C from $3 to $5.95, and a new class for shoes selling under $3 per pair.
A Stockhol m announcement describes a new bread made from two thirds wheat and one third spruce wood flour marketed as a healthy digestible substitute. Dr John W Beckman of the American Chemical Society notes its palatability.
Fire broke out in the one story Fort Porter hospital building in Buffalo this afternoon. The long frame structure held wounded and shell-shocked patients from France. All patients were safely rescued.
Senate Democrats derail Republican scheme in Washington on Oct 31 as lawmakers scramble to shape agenda. Party leaders counter moves to push through controversial measures. Republican opposition stalls progress and signals tense vote outlook.
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