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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
3
Hyde Park High defeated East Boston High 27 to 7 at Wood Island Park in East Boston. Both teams move to one win and one loss in the Boston District High School league standings.
Advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous debility and insomnia. It features John Pollock of Youngstown Ohio who credits four boxes with restoring sleep appetite and removing distress after eating. Pills billed as building up blood to feed nerves and restore vitality.
News from Bohemia says the Czecho-Slovak national committee has established authority across German cities such as Olmutz and Leitmeritz. German garrisons are surprised and disarmed as Czech forces reorganize the national army and revise soldier lists while Budapest blocks Danube freight.
In retreat through West Flanders German forces committed organized pillage and deliberate arson near Ghent. The town of Deynze suffered brutalities reminiscent of 1914, with Bavarian troops under General von Ostrowski active in looting and destruction. The general himself took items from a private house after a meal.
An official telegram from Crete reports a German submarine torpedoed a Greek sailing ship and fired on the crew as they attempted to escape. The lifeboat inspected at the scene was found shattered by gunfire, challenging German denials of such actions.
In Munich, postcards show the German Emperor wearing a silk hat and carrying a handbag as he travels to a railroad station. The cards are described by a traveler who just arrived from Munich.
Berne Nov 7 The Hungarian government would allow Field Marshal Mackensen’s army to pass through Hungary from the Balkans to Germany only if the troops lay down arms on entering Hungarian soil. The arms are to be forwarded to Germany later.
Charles D. Mitchell presents another page of humorous cartoons on contemporary life in the series Follies of the Passing Show in next week’s Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
The night returns show Republicans at 48 Senate seats with 46 Democrats and one Independent, leaving control still uncertain in Michigan and Idaho. House results place Republicans at 238 to 195 with one district uncounted in Montana, confirming a Republican House majority.
Chicago and the Midwest celebrated peace rumors that proved untrue as crowds filled streets, causing injuries and industry disruption. Relatives of overseas soldiers cheered, then despaired when officials denied any armistice with Germany. Police used clubs to control rioting crowds downtown.
After an extra edition claimed Germany signed an armistice, New Haven residents flooded streets with flags and parades. Rumors spread despite official silence from Washington London and Paris, drawing derision and anger as bulletins failed to confirm peace.
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