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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1915
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Walter F Carley announce the birth of a son at their home Madison avenue Greenwood on Tuesday November 9 1915.
Notices list numerous obituaries and funeral arrangements across Boston area towns. Entries name deceased, residences, and service details with dates from Nov. 9 to Nov. 12, including Jamaica Plain Dorchester Melrose Cambridge Medfield and Roxbury, with church services, private burials, and mass times.
A banquet in London featured remarks by Asquith and Balfour predicting Allied victory. The dispatch details ongoing Balkan fighting with Serbia under pressure from Austro-German and Bulgarian advances, while French and British forces press the Bulgars from the south.
Bulgarian forces push along the Belgrade Saloniki line north and south of Nish and occupy Leskovac and Aleksinac, while German and Austro German units advance to Djunis and Krusevac. Montenegrins slow western advance as Serbians defend rugged hills with mountain guns amid expected siege.
An advertisement touts Tonoline Tablets as a miracle cure to gain weight and nerve strength. A quoted gentleman claims forty pounds gained in forty days and urges thin men and women to try the treatment for lasting change and improved appearance.
Berlin reports gains in the Balkans with missions near Krasjevo Krusevac Leskovac and Morava including 60 cannons and 7000 prisoners. In Russia von Hindenburg gains claim small advances near Riga Dvinsk and Jacobstadt with 872 prisoners and 367 Russians captured. western front notes no major actions with French trench attempts repelled.
Paris dispatch reports artillery actions on much of the front with strong fire on the Nouvron plateau. Violent Champagne cannonading near Tahure and the Butte du Mesnil. Vosges trench guns destroy enemy blockhouse south of Lusse. Infantry fighting near Loos. Violent bombardments by Beauvais and renewed Champagne artillery activity.
A semi official note suggests Italy will not join the allied expedition to aid Serbia but will oppose the Austro German Bulgarian drive. It says Bulgarians threatened to invade Albania to reach the Adriatic, prompting Italy to take immediate measures to frustrate the plan.
The French steamship Yser formerly the American Dacia, seized last February while carrying cotton to Germany, was sunk by a German submarine off Algiers. Passengers and crew were landed. The vessel, 3545 tons gross, built at Newcastle in 1899, had been renamed after being sold to a French owner in Brest.
The prompt quotes praise toward an unnamed man and directs readers to review the following Sunday Post Magazine for context. The fragment implies a feature or tribute but provides no identifiable names or events.
A British wartime pageant at the Guildhall features Premier Asquith and Lord Balfour praising allied unity and strategic aims. Paul Cambon denounces German methods and cites Edith Cavell, while Kitchener’s near east mission draws support. The banquet honors war effort with restrained menu and uniforms.
Mrs. Dilbert Hines of 12 Dartmouth Street Everest Massachusetts reports the Osmo-Chemic Physicians removed an unsightly growth from her son Albert's nose using their Snow pencil.
In Paris the Greek premier Skouloudis sent a telegram to Athos Romanos affirming Greece will remain neutral with sincere benevolence toward the Entente. He reiterates no deviation from the declared friendly attitude toward allied troops at Saloniki and asks that rumors not sour relations with the Powers.
London reports the government issued a home office rule requiring 19 and older UK subjects considering emigration to apply for passports at the foreign office. If refused, they must surrender the foreign office reply and birth certificates with photos to embarkation officers. The Cunard line’s refusal prompted Anchor Line and White Star to follow suit and other lines may join.
Premier Asquith and First Lord of the Admiralty Balfour predicted victory for the allies at a Lord Mayor of London banquet. Greece reassured the entente of its benevolent attitude while England moved to restrict emigration of military age. In the Vosges French trench guns hit German positions as fighting continued near Loos and in Champagne. Germany claimed gains in Serbia with guns and prisoners.
Montenegrin war office reports important artillery engagements along the front on November 7. The enemy launched infantry attacks at several points but failed to gain any ground.
Paris report quotes Minister of Munitions Thomas stating all branches of the munitions service are extended and shells supplies now meet nearly all demands. General Joffre’s estimates for 155 millimeter shells are exactly met, and efforts are said to intensify further.
Baron Reading cites Joseph Choate on America's stance with 90 million in favor of the allies. Sir Frederick E. Smith notes legal contentions in the American note and urges the English bar to engage when the reply is made.
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