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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1918
Page
2
The Boston School Committee voted to ask the General Court for legislation to provide half fare transportation for city school children. Superintendent Frank W. Thompson reported Boston public schools have 107,789 in attendance this year, a drop of 655 from last year.
In Rumford Maine on November 18 the body of four year old son of Harry De Long Bemis guide was recovered from Upper Richardson Lake. The incident confirms the drowning of De Long his wife and their son ten days earlier when their boat capsized in a squall returning from a hunting trip. Reverend Joshua M Frost superintendent of the Portland district of the Methodist Episcopal church connected to the family.
Major General William C. Gorgas, former surgeon general, will be returned to the retired list on December 1 after a recall to active duty for a health investigation. His report is now with Secretary Baker.
In Bangor residents joke about the Pony Express failing to secure a route or place for the latest mail venture. The dry spell is the punchline as towns discuss the effort and its setback.
A U S deputy seized 15 barrels marked potatoes and 9 quarts of whiskey hidden under crates labeled Ink and Bangor High School at Charlestown. The booze was destined for auction for Massachusetts sale after investigation by a Kansas City marshal.
Washington reports the navy has begun reducing its enlisted force with applications for discharge from both regular and reserve personnel. Priority is given to youths returning to school or civil life, with indications the navy could spare 60000 men in the next month.
Romeo Hindenburg, once the newspaper row’s terror, returns in love with Victoria the Post’s black mascot. She rejects him, calling for a respectable suitor, while Hindy pouts in the pressroom cellar awaiting a possible return.
The War Industries Board announced that its July order blocking gingham sales for delivery after April 1, 1919 is cancelled. Sales may resume for delivery at any time as long as prices do not exceed the maximum price schedule.
November discharge orders reduce depot brigade from 12 white and one Negro battalions to four battalions. Development battalions cut to one white and one Negro battalion. Sixty enemy aliens receive final papers. 18 000 soldiers affected. transportation by train to Boston Portland and other cities arranged. Public carnival to display modern warfare gear November 26 and 27 at Plymouth Division training fields.
An old advertisement notes that colds cause grip and influenza and promotes Bromo Quinine tablets to remove the cause. It lists a single product, E. W. Groves signature on box, price 80 cents.
An old medical ad urges readers to avoid risks during influenza by consulting a doctor and using Mustarine. It claims fast throat and chest relief, anti inflammation and pain reduction, boasting wide user adoption for sore throat, chest colds, pleurisy, tonsillitis, and bronchitis.
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