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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1917
Page
4
George Hernia fifty runs half a mile from 1 Worcester place Roxbury to City Hospital after clothes ignite while smoking in bed. He was placed on the dangerous list. Lodgers aided him as he dashed out screaming with burning trousers and shirt.
Two 17 year old mill workers Everett Burewinkle and Fred Ortung of Clinton believed drowned after their canoe capsized on Bear Hill Pond near Harvard. Their bodies not recovered. cries heard by nearby farmers earlier in the day.
Mrs Chauncey H. Smith of Millbury introduces Teddy a large gray tiger cat about 10 years old and 15 pounds who loves egg and toast and can open doors with his claws. Miss Ruth Chanon of Hyde Park writes about Rags an Angora nearly two years old who rides on his owner's shoulders and snoozes atop the piano while avoiding noises.
The Blue Cat known as Archangel Cat or mixed prefixes such as Russian Spanish Chartreuse or American appears as a light colored form of the Black Cat to some experts. A prize winner descended from a Tabby and White mother and a Black and White father. Some lines show blue color despite blue-less parents. The finest Blue Cat is blue-lilac evenly colored with dark nose pads and orange-yellow eyes. Archangel derived cats are deeper blue.
A reader from Champaign Waltham recalls finding a cat named Bobbie with a bob tail and her kittens. He later discovers another litter in a tree hollow ten feet high, noting tails differ from Bobbie’s.
A young narrator recounts naming a thin black cat Tom after a friendly encounter at a father’s store. Tom befriends other cats, disappears for days after winter outing, returns limping with a broken paw healed, leaving a white fur circle. Tom has lived with the family since.
A tale recalls a father's habit of visiting a bakery with a bag of catnip. When the son borrows the bag, a tiger cat at the shop recognizes it and meows, eager for the treats inside. The father explains the cat's memory and attachment to the bag.
A large cat has grown and attracted attention in Dublin NH as locals remark on its striking appearance. Christine Allison notes the feline’s notable presence in the community.
Albert M. Kreider of 188 Centre Street Dorchester recounts how his dog Hero protected a canary on the porch last spring. Hero sprang at a neighbor’s cat attempting to attack the bird, saving it from injury and earning the dog the name Hero. The two animals now share a home and duet in song.
Snowball a gray and white cat loved children and never scratched them. After her owner's brother died she wandered seeking him. She led to a rabbit too large to carry, then died of old age at age 16 in Wolfeboro New Hampshire.
A garbled notice references a Provincetown fund action with liens involving Bedford and Mason entities. The fragment suggests financial adjustments or acknowledgments but lacks clear dates or amounts. Further readable details are unavailable in the text.
Nov 18 report says a clever captain aboard a heavily loaded American freighter ignited fake fires on the ship’s grates to fake a blaze. The ruse frightened off a German submarine that was poised to attack, saving the vessel from probable destruction during a mid Atlantic approach.
While approaching a European port, a German U-boat stopped a heavily loaded freighter. The crew faked fires on three holds filled with munitions as smoke rose. The U-boat commander, misled by the manifest, fled under tow and the freighter’s gunners stood down to launch lifeboats.
In St John’s Newfoundland government officials say selective conscription may be adopted to maintain the colony’s overseas forces. Some speakers propose raising 1000 men. With a union government in the colony the solution is viewed as achievable.
More than 1000 residents witnessed the dedication of a Wordsworth and Saratoga flag memorial. A white center bore 42 blue stars for local youths serving Uncle Sam in the Fourth Section of East Boston. The event featured speakers including Mayor Curley and Congressman Tague.
Peter H Kerr of 53 Chubbuck Street Quincy was arrested twice in one day for gambling. He first sat in a poker game at the Social Club Quincy Point at 1 30 AM and posted bail before returning home. In the afternoon he played dice with friends in Eldridge Wood and was arrested again without bail.
The Lowell United Irish League adopts a manifesto denouncing German intrigue in Ireland. It appeals to party leaders in Ireland and declares loyal American citizenship and strong opposition to policies aiding the enemy or prolonging the war.
The manifesto rejects any independence promises from Germany as hypocritical and insincere while condemning Irish support for a German-cued crisis. It cites past Irish wrongs, the Asquith betrayal, and Sinn Fein leaders executed, preferring England to German domination and warning against Germany using Ireland as a catspaw.
A service flag with 241 stars was unfurled at St Francis de Sales Church Charlestown after morning services. Fred E. Moore in the service pulled the cord as Star Spangled Banner filled the churchyard. Luke W. Mullen and Rev James Supple spoke, while John Shea read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Christine Gallagher delivered a poem titled Freedom.
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