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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
11
The real start of General Pershing as such began in his early days at West Point, a subject explored in depth in the article segment. It tracks his formative years, education, and influences shaping his later military leadership.
The next instalment of H F Wheeler's story appears in next week's Boston Sunday Post. The feature profiles General Pershing with focus on his career and personal life in a classic newspaper excerpt.
War time shoe policy shifts to conserve manpower and capital. As war restrictions ease, high quality shoes priced 5 to 20 dollars move slowly to spring stock, with limited colored kid boots and fancy tops once stocks run out. Dealers urged to clear inventories by June 1919.
New federal regulations prohibit artificial lighting for outdoor advertising signs and building ornamentation on Mondays through Thursdays. Communicated to Massachusetts fuel committees this week by James J. Storrow, federal fuel administrator for New England.
Reports to the fuel administration indicate widespread misunderstanding of the new order in Boston and other cities. Violations carry penalties under the Lever Act. The rule bans wasteful street lighting and usage of lights for ads or building exteriors on Mondays through Thursdays, and for shop windows when closed.
The article notes there is no place in Europe for sightseers as American interest to visit battlefields and ruined cities faces strict travel limits. Embassies report numerous applications but say transport is reserved for government use and urgent business, with Europe conserving scarce food resources.
Washington November 13 Fuel Administrator Garfield announced no change in fuel rules until peace is signed. The existing regulations and supervision by the Fuel Administration will remain in force until the peace treaty with Germany is signed.
Friends believed Heber Bishop injured in a Winthrop Maine hotel crash but he arrived in Boston sooner than expected with only minor bruises. The note adds a medical ad for Adamson's Balsam as a cough remedy.
State Director Everett W. Lord of the federal employment service announced that the government will continue to control all unskilled labor in Massachusetts after the armistice. He noted a nationwide Labor Department survey to align labor needs with returning soldiers and essential workers. The plan avoids flooding the market, regulating war contract terminations gradually and aiding workers who served home and abroad.
Search is underway for Frank Donovan aged 16 who vanished from 66 Village Street nearly four months ago. His father William Donovan now at 34 Warrenton Street reports the boy is 5 ft 5 in, about 130 pounds, blond hair, brown eyes, a scar on his right cheek, and wore a blue pinstripe suit, black shoes, stockings, and cap when last seen. His mother died Monday and wished for his recovery.
Mrs Blanche Winsloe of Dorchester sues Mabel McQuade of Quincy in Suffolk Superior Court alleging alienation of her husband Temple A Winsloe. The suit claims McQuade, while bookkeeper for Winsloe in Neponset and later at a Wollaston garage, won his affection and caused his departure from the Winsloe family in 1895 to 1908. It is alleged the pair were seen together and traveled to Bermuda and Maine.
Marciano Di Pega, proprietor of the Hotel Napoli, gave an Italian banquet to about 100 guests to honor the victory of the United States and allies and Italy over Austria. Patriotic speeches by prominent Italians stirred high enthusiasm and the menu honored the allied generals.
A vintage advertisement urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets in larger doses than for ordinary grip to prevent Spanish Influenza rather than wait to get sick. It promotes proactive use and frames the product as a preventative measure.
The will of Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage widow of Russell Sage was filed for probate in New York. The estate valued at about 50 million dollars includes a bequest of 8 million to her brother Joseph Slocum.
The bulk of the estate is divided among relatives and many institutions. Public bequests range from 10000 to 125000 dollars and include 62 equal parts of the residuary estate. The largest gift to a single institution is 125000 dollars to the Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females in this city. Specific bequests of 100000 dollars go to Northfield Schools Middlebury College Rutgers Syracuse Hampton Institute and to the Y M C A and Y W C A in New York City. The residuary estate’s largest portion goes to the Russell Sage Foundation with seven parts. Syracuse University
The will notes two parts, with Yale Princeton Dartmouth Amherst Williams Barnard Bryn Mawr Vassar Smith and Wellesley as recipients. Mrs Sage states she may prepay gifts During her lifetime to these schools, treating gifts of 10000 or more as advances on legacies and reducing future bequests accordingly.
A turkey golf tournament will be held at the Concord Country Club in Concord on the Saturday afternoon before Thanksgiving. Turkeys will be offered as prizes.
Advice urges mothers to give Cascarets candy cathartic instead of castor oil calomel or pills to children to save money and reduce worry and sickness.
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