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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
2
A vessel believed to have struck a mine off Portuguese East Africa on Oct 1 is reported missing with all on board presumed lost. Passenger count aboard is not known.
London reports Premier Lloyd George stating there are no terms for lasting peace, warning against an armed truce that would invite future wars. He cites German submarines and war costs, appeals for national unity, and previews an allied conference with America and Russia to decide the war's ultimate outcome.
Several hundred retail druggists from all states and Canada assemble in Boston to mark the 11th anniversary of United Drug Company. They inspect Boston labs and candy factory, attend a directors meeting, and attend a banquet at Hotel Somerset with Governor McCall and Mayor Curley as guests of honor.
A wartime exhortation urging citizens to support victory through bond purchases. The message emphasizes national unity and calls on individuals to buy more war bonds to accelerate peace by backing government financing.
One of three New Englanders lost on the torpedoed transport Antilles is identified as a Newport Rhode Island native. He was a regular army veteran of the Spanish American War.
The transport Antilles torpedoed off Paris on Oct 22, killing about 70 Americans. Among the missing were Private Marvin E. Bradbury of Boston and Private Cornelius J. Mec Laughlin, with family ties to the North and South Ends. Survivor Davis Mills recounted the chaotic sinking and rescue.
Mills a 22 year old Oak Park High School student and son of John Mills of 623 North East Avenue Oak Park Chicago swam for more than two hours before being rescued by a lifeboat. He reached a French port aboard a rescue ship wearing pajamas an overcoat and a life belt. He had gone to France seven months earlier to drive in the American ambulance section No 18.
Newport R I Oct 22 Anton E Ehrhart a German by birth who died on the Antilles enlisted in the US Army before the Spanish American War and served in the Philippines He had no relatives in the United States except Charles Ritt of Newport where he worked before joining the army.
Middlesex Sportsman's Association holds its October meeting at the Colonial Inn Concord on Wednesday evening October attendees will travel from Arlington Centre in automobiles for a Hallowe'en celebration and dinner.
Rousing call urges citizens to support national defense by purchasing bonds. The message emphasizes patriotism and financial backing to sustain the flag’s prominence and security.
An old newspaper advertisement urges that headache relief follows clearing bowel congestion. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle non addictive laxative sold by druggists for fifty cents. A free trial bottle offer is extended by mail from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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