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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
3
Vienna dispatch reports Professor Lammasch the Austrian premier has been notified that Poland has assumed sovereignty over Galicia. The region north of the Carpathians covers about 30 907 square miles with a population around seven million in normal times.
Dedication exercises for Winchester's roll of honor were held outdoors at the town hall with nearly a large audience. Speakers included Rev. Howard Chidley and Rev. W. J. Merritt, and the audience sang The Star Spangled Banner. The roll lists 685 names and was conceived by Town Engineer Hinds.
Advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a nerve tonic that nourishes nerves via blood to relieve nervous indigestion and related symptoms. A testimonial from Miss Antoinette Bergeron cites weight loss choking spells and dizziness improving after one box. The ad urges contacting Dr Williams Medicine Co or purchasing through a local druggist.
The Finance Commission urges abolishing the city statistics department and creating a municipal statistician under the Mayor's department. It says the department has outgrown its usefulness and the higher costs of maintaining old routines should not be funded, a document filed with Mayor Peters.
The Finance Commission accuses the department of general inefficiency and stagnation since 1897. It notes unpaid board leadership with paid staff headed by Dr Edward M Hartwell at 3000 dollars, William T Seeger at 1800, and Horace R Keay at 1100, plus a vacant stenographer post. It proposes abolishing the department and creating a city statistician position in the Mayor's office to publish a Municipal Register, annual city statistics pamphlets, edit annual department reports, manage the Municipal Reference Library, and handle external inquiries.
Charlestown navy yard shuts all visitors and halts work on Sunday with only essential staff present. Fore River and Squantum see reduced activity but Fore River resumes mill work due to Navy Department orders limiting Sunday time and overtime. The Sunday ban will stay until an emergency prompts a change.
A Roxbury gathering hosted a banquet honoring Private Fred L. Barbour of E Company 104th Infantry. Home on furlough from Rahway Army Hospital after being wounded in France with a shattered leg, he will soon return to his regiment. Vocal selections were rendered by Miss Marion Taylor, Miss Margaret Tracey, Miss Julia Sullivan, and Miss May Banks.
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