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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
5
Visitors to the Franklin Park Zoo pay much attention to the ostrich pen as Thanksgiving interest grows. The ostrich appears friendly and accepts food through the wire mesh, while observers joke about a turkey in the makeshift table scene.
Washington Oct 22. The Shipping Board chairman Hurley announced that 15 to 20 wooden-ship yards now building for the Emergency Fleet Corp will not receive new contracts due to inefficiency. No curtailment of the program. workers will move to other plants as ships finish. Yard names and start of closures were not disclosed.
Corporation Counsel Alexander Whiteside named chairman of the mayor's special committee to confer with Boston Elevated Railroad trustees about improving transportation in the city. Other members include Dr. William C. Woodward Boston health commissioner Charles F. Weed Michael J. O'Donnell Grenville St. MacFarland Bentley W. Warren and Louis K. Liggett with two more possible appointees expected.
Yarmouth Maine reports Gordon Pray died at a Portland hospital from a wound caused when a shotgun he carried was accidentally discharged. The grim accident adds to local tragedy as details emerge from the hospital scene.
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