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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
8
Company advertises brand new merchandise priced far below normal due to months of delayed delivery from shipping conditions and favorable procurement. The note highlights underpriced stock obtained through fortunate sourcing.
A sale listing reduced prices on china and glassware including patterns such as French and Nippon china. Items range from fancy china sets, plates, vases, tea sets, and berry dishes to cut glass bowls, water sets, vases, candles lamps and stemware with discounts up to half price and special prices on discontinued lines and selected pieces.
Numerous china sets in 100 to 130 piece lots with patterns in blue, gold, yellow, and border motifs. Prices range from 5.00 to 75.00 per set with several 122 to 130 piece configurations and a few incomplete options.
A German shell hit the roof of a chateau serving as an American regiment HQ near the front. No injuries reported though several officers, including the regimental commander, were inside. An American brigadier general had a narrow escape in the same town. Shelling is heavy on roads, with a burst killing one and wounding three soldiers at supper. The artillery answer, and four patrols waited in front of enemy lines to ambush Germans.
A dealer lists a set of six white handle knives in best steel plus two roasters and Russia iron roast pans in all sizes. Also offered are potato picks fry baskets squash strainers and jelle moulds at special prices.
At the Bay State Gas Company annual meeting in Wilmington Delaware on November 20 the stockholders voted unanimously for 2 681 117 shares for directors Thomas W Lawson J Frank Allee W Harry Miller E A McSweeney J W McCommons Newell Ball and S John Abbott The board elected Thomas W Lawson president J Frank Allee vice president W Harry Miller treasurer and E A Mc Sweeney secretary
The Navy Department reports the destroyer Chauncey sank after a collision in the war zone early yesterday morning with a probable loss of 21 lives. Secretary Daniels announced the incident, detailing the ship as a small American destroyer involved in wartime operations.
Advertisement touts Surest Cough Remedy made at home using Globe Pine Compound with glycerine sugar and water. It claims ease for children and prompt relief for bronchial coughs and colds.
A home remedy combines Toris Com ad one ounce and Syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce with Simple Elixir a pint. The directions urge taking one tablespoon four times daily for prompt lasting results.
The destroyer Chauncey, completed in 1902 and built in Philadelphia, was sunk in a collision early Monday morning while on patrol in foreign waters. Initial dispatches report 21 lives lost. Full details await official reports as information is released.
Four women drivers appeared today on laundry wagons in New York for the first time. A large company advertised for women to do outdoor work and received hundreds of replies. The company president said men were unsatisfactory replacements for workers now in war service, and an experiment with women was decided.
Captain Howard E. Sullivan of Battery B 10th Field Artillery was convicted by court martial at Camp Wadsworth for ordering the whipping of Private Otto Gottschalk for disobeying sanitary rules. He received 30 days suspension, camp restriction, and a reprimand, a sentence Brig. Gen. Phillip did not approve, who believed dismissal was warranted, and returned the finding.
Victor A. Heath, chairman, reported to the Post on how the $70,000 appropriation was spent by the Boston Public Safety Committee. He referenced council questions about expenditures, noting that funds were redirected toward food relief and public health programs.
Mr Heath, head of the Boston Public Safety Committee for seven weeks, defends past expenditures as justified by war conditions. He cites 70 000 total, 20 000 for the committee and 50 000 for food production, with 8 000 diverted to a base hospital.
Ten Boston postal clerks left for Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg S C to handle soldiers mail volume. All are exempt from the draft. Names include Jarence M Brine John A Schworn Thomas J Kilduff Fred T Roth James H Kenny William F Judge Joseph W Walsh Francis M Sullivan Daniel Dugan and Thomas F Minton.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to aid digestion after meals. It claims the tablets help digest all food types from eggs fried in pork fat to highly seasoned dishes and salads, promising energy and nutrition. A 50 cent box is recommended at any drug store.
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