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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
22
Chicago November 15. The food administrator warned the Chicago Board of Trade members as four traders were called before the district attorney and cautioned against heavy dealings. Board directors had issued warnings yesterday urging restraint and the quartet said they would comply with board rules.
The Railroad War Board recommended denying rail transport to more than 500 nonessential commodities as railways warn of winter demand. The panel said carriers may be unable to handle all public needs and urged distinguishing essential goods. It noted a dramatic traffic rise, coal movements, and troop transports, with 4509 items in a broad list and 75 deemed dispensable with minor inconveniences.
Boston welcomes Winifred Mooney a graduate nurse and daughter of an Irish father and Chinese mother arriving from Shanghai illustrating a rare racial mix in the city.
The 20 year old Miss Mooney describes her Irish American father James Mooney and Chinese mother in Shanghai, her nine siblings, and her training at the Red Cross Hospital there. She earned a Rockefeller fellowship for three years of study in America and chose Boston for its quieter atmosphere.
A student discusses returning to District Nursing work in China and plans to train as an R N at Massachusetts General Hospital for two years. She believes China is on the verge of change and expects a revolution similar to current events.
The text notes a divide in Russia between those favoring a revived republic and a reactionary group aiming to restore the ancient empire. This clash fuels instability and complicates China's situation as it watches Moscow's turmoil unfold.
Jimmy Kelly a Tammany district leader used his Hester Street saloon as a free sugar dispensary giving away 1000 pounds of sugar in 350 bags to poor housewives after a district vote for woman suffrage and Mayor John W HyIan. Children with tickets drained the surplus. an orchestra amplified the festivity.
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