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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
5
Lieutenant Byron J. Brown of the U S Army stationed at Fort Adams died of pneumonia from influenza. His body was sent to Portland, Maine. In the second naval district 17 new influenza cases and two deaths were reported. The epidemic is subsiding in Newport with under 100 new cases.
The Gilt Edge Liberty express rides the Berlin Limited with Uncle Sam at the throttle urging readers to buy bonds. The notice promotes wartime financing and highlights government support for bond purchases.
Representatives of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross met at 143 Berkeley Street to extend the campaign for fruit stones and nut shells used in making carbon for gas masks. Miss Dorothy Forbes presided as branches report varied activity and plan collection methods including marked boxes in public places, at fruit stands and stores, and collections by Boy Scouts from hotels and restaurants.
Sir Eric Geddes first lord of the British Admiralty visited Mount Vernon as Secretary Daniels guest. He laid a wreath on Washington's tomb and toured the mansion. The party then stopped in Alexandria to visit Christ Church where Geddes signed the church register.
The brief urges readers to subscribe to a Liberty bond as a wartime financing option, equating it with the victory of Uncle Sam delivering a knockout to the Kaiser at the ringside. It frames the bond purchase as a patriotic act and a direct support to the war effort.
A healthy youngster in a white hat bearing N. D. and a wand escorts baskets for the Notre Dame Sisters of SS Peter and Paul parish. Boys report daily before 9 and work after 6, assisting visits to the sick and delivering food, as the Notre Dame Convent begins its mercy mission in multiple parishes.
Miss M M Downing coordinates work under Rev Father James H O Rourke at SS Peter and Paul Church. Mary McDonald volunteers nursing the gravest patients. Boys with the sisters wear masks, food is cooked in an emergency convent kitchen, and cars with drivers and food donations are welcome.
Lieut C K Seymour U S M C R, judge advocate of the general court martial at the Navy Yard, promoted from second to first lieutenant. A Cornell and Harvard trained officer born in 1894 at Saginaw Michigan, he enlisted May 2 1917 and became a second lieutenant June 16 1917.
Major Kenneth D. Marratt of the British and Canadian recruiting mission predicts a decisive German defeat, calling it a licking that will place Germany among obscure nations for a century. The mission closes Saturday and 11,000 men have enlisted since opening in Boston.
Captain Nicholas J. Smith, president of Smith Heating and Ventilating Co and former B Battery Massachusetts Field Artillery commander, died in Worcester after a week of illness. He leaves a wife, three daughters, a mother, and three sisters. He was 45. The item ends with a brief Liberty Loan tease.
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