29 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
1
Boston and all New England celebrated its first Victory Thanksgiving with feasting and cheer in thousands of homes and institutions. Churches observed the day with special services and music as prayers of thanks for America's wartime triumph were offered.
Boston households will see a $1 per ton coal price hike effective today with the new maximum price schedule set by federal fuel administrator James J. Storrow. The rise begins only as dealers exhaust current inventories and apply to each coal size. The schedule allows $12 per ton for broken coal once activated at 6:00 am.
A radical leader convicted of participating in a bomb plot is sentenced to life in prison instead of execution. A nationwide strike movement emerges in protest of the death penalty and planned executions.
Washington reports the US peace delegation may consist of three members led by Robert Lansing Henry White and Colonel E M House with Wilson weighing the choice. The names Lansing White and House are cited as frontrunners amid daily talks about the conference.
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Stephens commuted Thomas J. Mooney’s death sentence for the San Francisco preparedness parade bombing to life imprisonment. Mooney had exhausted court appeals after the US Supreme Court declined review of the case.
Generous individuals and organizations provide for thousands, sparing them daily bread. City and county institutions host special dinners with turkey or chicken, while hotels and restaurants see busy, no-fuss service for guests who skip a big home meal.
A New York report describes a method by which French Spanish Italian and English can be learned simply by listening to specially prepared phonograph records. The Cortina Academy at 12 East 46th Street Desk 22, New York offers a clear exposition to inquirers.
Announcement Tonight confirms the engagement of Miss Margaret Carnegie daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie to Roswell Miller of New York. Miller a son of the late Roswell Miller and a railroad executive served as ambulance driver in France trained for a navy commission and currently serves in the submarine chaser service.
A classified note instructs sending Bill after discharge to F Gray Co Washington at Hanover Street where a top suit and overcoat await him. The ad markets ready menswear as a pickup for the discharged man.
Alexander Szalay the celebrated violinist will perform daily during lunch, dinner at the Hotel Westminster in Copley Square with pre war prices listed in the menu.
With Christmas under a month away, the Post Santa Claus editor calls for early contributions to provide nearly 100,000 bundles of cheer for deserving children on the great day. The campaign urges readers to donate now to ensure all tots are cared for.
Berlin witnesses a Soldiers and Workmen's Council meeting where Herr Barth of the Ebert ministry claims a counter revolution is underway. Generals issue proclamations, councils face dissolution, and the army command is ordered to Berlin. Eberhard is demanded for dismissal after arrests of council members on the western front.
Father John's Medicine promotes a non alcoholic tonic designed to strengthen the body's resistance to colds and coughs. The ad emphasizes safety with no alcohol or dangerous drugs and urges use as a preventive health measure.
Reported tonight that White House callers understood certain men would be the American envoys to the peace process. The President will not attend as a delegate, but will join preliminary meetings and oversee formal conferences. A large party of military naval diplomatic and economic experts will accompany accredited delegates.
F. Gray Co. will sell men’s overcoats in fine black Kerseys Meltons Scotch Heathers and Tweeds heavy Usters Auto Coats Ulsterers. Thousands to select from at prices ranging from 14.90 to 40.00. F. Gray Co. Washington cor Hanover Sts the busy corner.
John B. Keys, 63, a wealthy Cincinnati clubman once courting 19 year old Florence Girardin of Boston, is confined in General Hospital ward under lunacy examination and will remain there for several days.
A two day sale at F Gray Co Washington corner Hanover offers men coats including ulsters chesterfields auto coats and black jerseys Scotches and tweeds priced at 14.90 17.90 and 22 with new york style wording for the event.
The entente allies plan to demand that Holland surrender the former German Emperor to justice, according to the Daily Express. The move follows World War I Allied pressure for accountability of the German leadership.
Governor-elect Cal Coolidge marked Thanksgiving at his Northampton residence with only his immediate family in attendance. He hosted a quiet family gathering, avoiding public events on the holiday.
We present a large stock of winter overcoats in Boston including Kerseys Shetlands Heather mixtures silk satin and cloth lined with prices from 14.90 to 60. Gray Co. located at Washington corner Hanover offers these coats.
Governor Stephens states he considered the case before him and has issued a commutation. He notes factors weighed in reaching the ruling and underscores its significance for the involved parties.
On this date in 1914 ten miles of German trenches in northern Poland were captured. In Belgium the Allies held positions taken from the Germans in 1914. In 1916 the German Chancellor declared Germany ready to end the war. One year ago today allied representatives met in Paris and Lord Tansdowne urged restating war aims in London.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Friday rain and warmer temperatures. Saturday should be fairer but colder with strong south to southwest winds turning west and northwest Friday night. Northern New England expected rain and warmth Friday, with rain or snow and colder Saturday. Coastal winds remain strong along the North and Middle Atlantic, with storm warnings from Norfolk to Eastport.
General March announced the Cunard liner Mauretania sailing from Liverpool for New York last Monday carries 165 officers and 3834 men of the American army including 116 sick and wounded. The vessel is due in New York early next week.
The Mauretania carries 995 officers and men in air service units now en route home from England. Three liners Lape land Minnekahda and Orca with 3387 officers and 6614 men left Liverpool and head for New York, about half the American troops in England at armistice. Remaining troops will embark within ten days and should be home by mid December. General March announced units aboard the Mauretania including Aero Squadrons 1330, 267, 849, 167, and 187 along with the 5th Construction Company and 225th Aero.
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