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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
2
Judge Wait in the Superior Court equity session yesterday took under advisement the alimony petition of Mrs. Mabelle S. Whitney of Dorchester against her divorced husband Alfred H. Whitney, a salesman for a large paper concern, after hearing arguments from both sides.
Washington reports the Council of National Defence will apportion labor to vital war industries after the Buffalo convention of the AFL ends. W S Gifford says union leaders support helping the government place workers while decisions on hiring rest with workers themselves. The plan will involve the Department of Labor and union cooperation.
In New Bedford on November 2 the strike by 300 Soule mill weavers ended after two weeks. Workers will return Monday as management agreed to raise weaving prices on selected cloth styles following talks with labor officials.
General Pershing reports two American soldiers died in France from natural causes. Private James H. Hinchey of Bristol Connecticut aged 23, in the Medical Corps, died of spinal meningitis. Sergeant Humphrey L. Evatt, Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, died November 2 from pneumonia. public notices place Bristol and Kensington among involved addresses.
Washington November 2 1919 President Wilson ordered white arsenic and arsenic containing insecticides added to the Food Administration license control list. Dealers handling arsenic must secure licenses before December 10 to conserve supply and keep prices reasonable.
Mrs. Constance Taylor presents a Thanksgiving menu designed to cost 45 cents per plate. The itemized menu highlights affordable fare for holiday meals.
A fragmented ledger shows Mrs. Taylor computing meal costs for a Thursday dinner and Saturday luncheon. It details initial market outlays totaling 4.45 dollars, with per plate estimates derived from dividing the figure to cover ingredients like fowl, potatoes, squash, onions, cream, clams, oleo, lettuce, fruit, and spices.
Last year Mrs. George H. Gutterson of Winchester offered a regular turkey dinner with cranberry sauce and all the fixings at 40 cents per plate. This year her daughter, Con stance-now Mrs. Horace Taylor of 93 Binney Street, outlines a Hooverized five course Thanksgiving menu at 45 cents per plate.
The menu lists cream of clam soup chicken pie mashed potato baked squash boiled onions turkey may be substituted for chicken currant jelly lettuce grapefruit salad cheese and crackers apple pie mock mince pilé oranges nuts one stuffed dates ee no bread. Mrs Taylor notes meat shortages and urges substitutions to save beef for troops abroad.
Mrs Frederick Sprague Coolidge of Pittsfield is building a four‑hall concert complex and model bungalows on South Mountain. The Berkshhire Quartet members will study there aiming to rival the Kneisel Quartet, with a hall capable of hosting hundreds and a summer musician's colony in the Berkshires.
Washington reports that American tanks are anticipated to rival British models in effectiveness though no production details or counts are released. Secretary Baker declined to discuss specifics, but officials say progress aligns with British and French wartime designs.
A reader from Boston asks in a letter to the editor when the Boston Elevated Railway will warm its cars. Patrons traveling from eight to ten miles away complain of cold trains and conductors admit they do not know.
Mrs Alfred Wittig, a four day bride, spent yesterday with her husband at the United States marshal's office. He is under arrest charged with violating enemy alien permit.
Mrs Alfred Wittig spent a day with her husband four days after their wedding. Wittig, arrested on an enemy alien permit violation, was brought from East Cambridge jail to the U S Marshal Mitchell's office for a lengthy, uninterrupted reunion after their affectionate greeting.
A young wife expresses deep sorrow as her husband Wittig faces internment amid wartime security actions. Marshal Mitchell and federal officials ensure consideration for the bride while the arrest proceeds, with Assistant District Attorney Dewey and the district attorney’s office reviewing all aspects. The case may require Attorney General approval for any parole release, and Wittig is held in Cambridge after questioning in Chicago.
Mrs Wittig says her husband had no involvement with German propaganda. She recalls spending most of his Chicago stay with him and asserts his work was business related, not propaganda. She awaits government action on her future plans.
The Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defence says American housewives squander essentials and must adopt Italian wartime economies. It notes sugar use at 1.1 pounds monthly per person, bans confectionery, limits supplies for invalids and nursing mothers, and requires price lists, daily menus, and salt fish use to reduce meat demand.
Common Pleas Judge Phillips dismissed an injunction suit by 13 Cleveland exhibitors against 11 New York producers over war tax charges added to film rentals. He ruled the court powerless to act on pricing, noting it could fall under antitrust law. Exhibitors to consult on next steps.
The General Wartime Commission chaired by Robert E. Speer and Bishop Law rence urges a four day prayer observance from November 29 to December 2. The Boston Federation of Churches endorses the appeal. A Cathedral Church of St Paul service will dedicate the church members’ service flag with blue stars for members serving and red stars for allies.
Harvard marks John Harvard's 310th anniversary with a military observance. On Tuesday, November 27, the Harvard regiment leads the program at the Cambridge statue, with the band and a detachment of soldiers, as "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Fair Harvard" are sung.
Last night in Symphony Hall Newman lectured on Our Pacific Coast detailing San Diego Coronado Beach Tia Juana and frontier towns then moving to Los Angeles where a movie factory sequence was shown. The talk continued with San Francisco Portland and Seattle and the lecturer promised a repeat this afternoon.
The famous cure for colds and grip now costs 30 cents per box due to higher prices of six medicinal extracts and chemicals. The product has stood for over a century and is used by civilized nations, as stated in the notice.
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