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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1917
Page
2
James Sheridan found a locked satchel in woods near Great Plain avenue. Police say Carter Company underwear workers' wages were stolen last Friday. suspect is a former company employee, unnamed, whereabouts unknown.
Announcement from Springfield on November 27 reports an agreement between the New England Milk Producers Association and the federal food administration to appoint a five to six member milk price commission for New England after January 1. Producers dealers and federal authorities will help name the commission and price will be based on cost plus reasonable profit.
Charles E B Peakes a Weston church figure and treasurer and clerk of F E Atteaux Company dye dealers at 176 Pur chase street faces forgery uttering and larceny charges in Superior Criminal Court across seven counts nine counts and about 12815 dollars involved.
Chelsea hosts its seventh annual poultry and pigeon show with 2000 specimens and 600 exhibitors. Government purchases hinge on homing pigeons as messengers, with prizes including silver cups and top awards to breeders from Medford Everett Chelsea and Revere.
L. A. Moore of Chelsea captured first prize for white Leghorns. Cort R. Hinkle of Black Feather Farm won first prize for "Sultan" a bearded white Polish bantam. The bird earned ribbons at Madison Square Garden Boston and Brockton fairs.
Boston's Own hosts the 301st regimental ball at the East Armory tonight from 8 to 2. Sergeant Major William Flaherty promotes a full show with vaudeville and comedy acts, with all proceeds benefiting the regimental fund for sports and recreation overseas.
A new division of the food administration will purchase all food for the army and navy to stabilize prices and control supplies. The army and navy will be served by a committee with federal and food administration representation. Allied and neutral purchases will be coordinated through respective agencies and boards.
Information shows Germany used misrepresentation to inflame public opinion against the United States in neutral and hostile countries. Propagandists were active in Switzerland and Sweden with major newspapers utilized to spread anti American doctrine.
In 1918 rumors claim an American army may pass through Switzerland and sweep through other nations. Reports of mistreatment of Swiss in the United States and anti Swiss sentiment surface, while Sweden and Vienna are noted as propagation hubs for German propaganda claiming U S apathy, press suppression, and war enthusiasm manipulation.
Miss Harriet A Varney, in Dedham jail, faces murder charges in Brookline toward Pauline Keyes. The Dedham court, with Judge Philip J OConnell, will start the trial December 3 as 150 veniremen are summoned to select 12 jurors for the Norfolk county case.
Word arrives that the new American schooner Margaret Roberts, commanded by Captain William Roberts of Chance Maryland, was torpedoed while bound for the Canary Islands with grain. The crew and captain are believed safe on a Canary Island. vessel built this year in Maine and on its second voyage.
Henry B. Endicott announced Professor Paul J. Sachs will serve permanently as chief of staff in the Massachusetts food administration, overseeing licenses. The department will be open at the State House, with access for Sachs or assistants. Licensing applies to all wholesale food manufacturers and dealers, plus retail firms with over 100 000 in business.
An advertisement touts Lax ATIVE BROMO QUININE as safe for all users without nervousness or head ringing due to its tonic and laxative action. The copy refers to a single Bromo Quin o and bears W. Grove's signature on the 30c version.
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