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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
5
Commander John T. Nelson issues entrance and departure regulations for vessels in Boston harbor amid German war zone threat. Rules aim to control traffic and enhance security in port operations.
The order outlines the designated entrance at the Boston Light vessel and a boundary from Strawberry Point to Spouting Horn. Vessels must display national colors and code numbers, speak the pilot boat, obtain a password, and slow to allow routine inquiries. After crossing the gate in the submarine net they must call patrol to receive further instructions. Naval vessels may use force if needed.
A civic message urges readers to buy a government bond by invoking national pride and the refrain My country tis of thee. The appeal links financial support to patriotic duty and public benefit.
Six men were seriously hurt yesterday in Somerville when a repair wagon attached to a Boston Elevated horse team bolted along Warren Street. The wagon toppled at Medford and Warren, scattering tools and debris that struck bystanders.
Mrs. Mark Horne swallowed iodine yesterday while visiting her husband in Charles Street jail and is recovering at Massachusetts General Hospital. Police say the quarrel over money through the cell bars precipitated the act. Horne awaits a hearing on a charge of using a forged order.
The Signal Corps asked newspapers and news syndicates to release photo experts for service in France. They must develop print and deliver aerial photographs to headquarters within about ten minutes after plates arrive from airplanes, a pace few current war photographers can meet.
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the Liberty statue project by purchasing bonds. The message frames the effort as a national duty and a way to fund a lasting symbol of freedom. It emphasizes civic participation and patriotism through investment.
A caravan of 20 borax mules from Death Valley arrived in Boston drawing large crowds. The march traced Park Square to Tremont Street, with Borax Bill and Tarantula Pete narrating borax history and urging Liberty bonds. The group plans to tour Roxbury and Dorchester next.
A Harvard 1917 student William H. Meeker died in a Pau France air crash while serving with Lafayette squadron. He had just earned a corporal's rank and a valor decoration before his death as his plane failed to right near the ground after a descent from 3000 feet. His father in New York will receive the decoration, and Meeker’s body will remain in France.
The 38th Regiment Association held its 45th reunion at Ford Hall to mark the 53d anniversary of the Cedar Creek battle. General Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe presided and spoke about a postwar democracy, urging Liberty bond purchases along with remarks from Colonel L. Howser and Colonel George A. Bruce.
Washington October 19 Eugene Meyer Jr of New York has been released from the War Loan Savings Certificate Committee to head the raw materials division of the War Industries Board. He will supervise purchases of copper lead zinc nickel silver antimony and aluminum.
Mrs Lillian A Ward of Medford Rhode Island area returns from a 100 mile air trip through the Maritime Provinces with her nephew Colin Mackenzie who sails for France with the Royal Flying Corps. She views German prisoners at Amherst Nova Scotia and observes a masquerade ball at the camp. previously she flew 200 miles with her brother Ernest Smythe.
Mrs Ward, tied to Royal Flying Corps history, traveled from Chester to Shrewsbury after visiting Paris at war outbreak. She took three sailings home before boarding the Arabic, which was sunk. She rode on railroad steps for six miles to reach Paris and plans another trip to see her son by Earl A Moore aboard the Georgia.
John Ellison a Portland tanner visited Boston with payroll and was taken to Central Court for damaging $46 worth of window panes at 24 Eliot Street. The court allowed him to catch the 1 o'clock train to Portland on probation while he repays the glass.
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