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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1917
Page
14
The veteran stage figure Barnabee, recovering from a long illness, will observe his sixth birthday Wednesday while convalescing at Emerson Hospital.
Henry Clay Barnabee, age 84, speaks from his hospital bed of long stage runs with Jessie Bartlett Davis and the Boston troupe. He recalls Pinafore days with the Boston Ideals and Bosonians, shares memories of Booth Cushman Ober and Poe, and sings lines from The Sheriff of Nottingham.
The veteran comic opera star Henry Clay Barnabee is recovering at Emerson Hospital Jamaica Plain on the eve of his 84th birthday after a serious illness. Four weeks ago he was injured in a fall at his Roanoke avenue home and has been between life and death in hospital care.
Percy W Wanamaker former Harvard hockey captain writes from Melrose he will return home soon from France where he serves in the American Ambulance Corps His family denies rumors he was blinded months ago In another note brother Elmer Wanamaker serves in the American Engineers Corps enlisted in Montana
A construction foreman and two laborers died when a caboose was crushed after a rear end collision between two work trains of the New York New Haven Hartford line in the Bronx. One laborer was injured in the crash as trains stood on a siding.
Channing Pollock in Boston questioned paying the war tax to view his musical comedy The Grass Widow at Park Square Theatre. Manager Fred H. Wright wired Washington and received word that an author may watch his own work without paying the war tax.
The American congressional party and four prominent private citizens completed a four day tour of western Allied forces and left the British front after visiting the front lines in France and Belgium during the congressional recess.
The article notes Judge Henry K. Braley of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court endorsing a Rochester petition to aid local post office service. Braley urges residents to draft a signed appeal to their congressman and postmaster general, given wartime routing changes and potential loss of Rochester Centre’s postal status. He offers assistance if needed.
A massive blaze raged through the Washburn Wire Company factory in Harlem along the East River, damaging buildings from 117th to 118th streets. The disaster, tied to war order production for the United States, caused an estimated loss near 2 million dollars. Patrolman reports three separate blazes across the factory complex.
An investigation led by Fire Marshal Brophy found about 1000 workers in the factory with Germans and Austrians forming a large portion. The fire began before noon and burned until 4 PM, leveling multiple structures and forcing nearby tenements to be evacuated while fireboats and railroad floats assisted with water streams. Five firefighters were hurt by falling walls as explosions from oil accumulations intensified the blaze.
Paris facing a total shortage as French cigarettes and tobacco vanish from shops. Dealers display bilingual signs stating no French cigarettes or tobacco available, with all French varieties scarce for some time and now unobtainable.
A Detroit monastery letter from the Dominican Sisters praises Father John’s Medicine for colds and coughs. The note claims lasting strength benefits, safety for children, and wide institutional use across the country.
The Chinese minister Chang Tsung Hsiang delivered a protest note to Viscount Motono amid Japan United States understanding on China. Market reaction cooled as the press debated the pact’s practical China limits. Notables Marquis Okuma and Viscount Kato comment that America’s assent mirrors long held views.
British premier David Lloyd George arrived in Paris after attending a conference with British French and Italian representatives in Italy. Greek premier Venizelos who had been in Rome also arrived in Paris.
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