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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
4
A citywide celebration followed the news of Cambrai’s capture. Fire bells and church bells rang, firehouse sirens sounded at intervals, police stations joined the acclaim, and Farneil Hall’s bell chimed to mark the Allied victory. The cheers spread from markets to the waterfront as whistles filled the harbor.
Miss Ethel Mathieu an 18 year old bus girl on Summer street collected prune stones used at her workplace since the campaign began bringing in 2000 yesterday afternoon. She has another thousand saved but could not carry them to the Post city room. She lives at 176 Cambridge street. Some cough remedies give relief but Adamson's Balsam cures all druggists.
A terse newspaper snippet notes a defendant pleads guilty and receives a life sentence. The text also includes a dated ad copy and a literary quotation, reflecting mixed content on the page.
The writer describes British monitors returning to Dunkirk after a day of bombardment while British and French forces cooperate under a shared flag. A British commodore details near nightly bombing, the perilous harbor, and the constant, near ground-level threat from air raids as Dunkirk endures a long siege.
The article explains that leather heels wear quickly because each step lands on the sharp edge of the nail-studded heel, striking pavement with the full weight of the body. This repeated pounding cannot withstand continual shocks, draining energy and causing rapid deterioration.
Local draft boards across the state lack copies of the master list of draft numbers drawn in Washington ten days ago. Officials expect official copies to arrive soon and be distributed within a day or two. District boards have some supplies but not enough to proceed with assigning order numbers and calling men.
Sloganeering urges readers to subscribe now with a wartime tone equating Liberty bonds to a knockout blow by Uncle Sam against the Kaiser.
Representatives of the Bay State Street Railway Company and the state conference board of its union street carmen met to discuss wage demands. Workers seek increases aligned with similar systems under War Labor Board awards. A further conference was set for 3 p.m. to pursue an amicable understanding.
Boston mayor Andrew J. Peters endorses Senator Calder's bill to extend daylight saving indefinitely. He warns reverting to former time would cause economic loss and urges passage. The notice includes a film ad for Liberty, a thriller with an all star cast.
Sage tea and sulphur mixture restores natural hair color. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, available at drug stores, promises dark glossy hair in a few applications.
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