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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
5
Liberty Loan Sunday was observed in Catholic and Protestant churches across New England. From pulpits nationwide messages urged congregations to support the campaign and buy Liberty bonds. The Star Spangled Banner was sung at 11 during morning services.
Clergy across Greater Boston urged congregations to buy Liberty bonds in a clerical appeal spanning Catholic and Protestant churches. Monsignor Splaine and Reverends Frothingham and Conrad framed the loan as patriotic duty, stressing personal sacrifice, national unity, and the bond’s educational value for saving and supporting wartime effort.
Paris reports a Zeppelin disaster with eight airships returning from England believed to have lost bearings in fog and possibly contact with wireless during the incident.
Log of the intact Zeppelin shows England visits and prisoners from three other airships confirm the raid. Zeppelins 49 and 50 landed near Bourbonne les Bains and Demmartin with crews captured. two others were destroyed or forced down in Saone valley near Sisteron. Official summary notes multiple landings and out of control reports near Gap and Montigny le Roi.
About two thousand men of Teutonic birth or descent pledge aid in the war against the enemy of liberty at a Liberty Loan meeting in New York. The event reports a $150,000 subscription raised at a U-Boat meeting.
Secret service and Justice Department agents probe a series of alleged incendiary plots aimed at demoralizing troops at the Ayer camp. Officials say oil stove explosions sparked fires, with two soldiers killed and many hospitals' wards evacuated as crews fought the blaze and secured the area.
London reports 150 lives lost as five Norwegian one Danish and three Swedish ships along with two defending destroyers are sunk by two German raiders in the North Sea. British losses include 135 crew aboard the destroyers Mary Rose and Strongbow. some men later believed to have landed.
Christiania reports 16 Norwegians 17 Swedes and 87 English killed in the convoy attack on Wednesday. The totals are likely higher. The Wistar crew saved include 20 men, while the Wikander saw only the captain and third officer survive among 18 others. Among the dead are three women.
John M. Lorden and Miss Mary T. Gallagher, prominent Roxbury residents, married at St. John’s Church Roxbury. Daniel J. O'Sullivan served as best man and Miss Helen Logan as bridesmaid. A reception followed at the bride’s home 78 Edgewood Street. The couple left for a honeymoon and will reside at 1 Emrose Terrace Dorchester.
James J. Storrow, state fuel controller, returned from Washington after talks with coal men and others to secure a coal supply for New England.
Then protect your Liberty Buy a Bond.
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