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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
7
Investigations into fixing prices on common wearing apparel are being conducted by representatives of various retail associations. Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board said the process will proceed after retailers submit recommendations and then be discussed with manufacturers.
President Ernest M Hopkins of Dartmouth College will speak at the Boston City Club tomorrow night on a message from college and country. J W Newton of the Dartmouth Club will intro. Thomas W Proctor will preside with Homer E Keyes and Prof James P Richardson as speakers. Alumni include Lewis Parkhurst Channing Cox Charles T Gallagher Edwin A Bayley and Charles H Donahue.
Public ad claims a preventive measure for Spanish Influenza urging readers to take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets in larger than normal doses as a plan to avoid illness, describing it as a good preemptive step rather than waiting to become sick.
A first drive through No Man's Land in France is described with vivid detail. The narrator recalls Captain Joseph W. McConnell's heroic death while leading a flanking move. The piece honors the courage of his company, mentions others like John Welsh, Fred Emmons, and John Todd, and praises leaders including Colonel Edward L. Logan and Major Thomas F. Murphy.
An adjutant from Dartmouth, severely injured in an auto collision near Chateau Thierry, deserts the hospital after seizing a uniform, travels back to the front via cattle car and gun caisson, and returns just in time to lead with the regiment. His injuries include a stiff right arm and several ribs out of place.
Henry Jewett resumes stage work at Cop ley Theatre in New York after years away. The American premiere of The Chinese Puzzle, previously running in London, unfolds as a semi oriental drama set in London with Chi Young, the Chinese ambassador, playing a pivotal role guiding the plot to a satisfying conclusion.
Five Dutch steamships carrying tobacco coffee copra and other merchandise valued at 8 to 10 million dollars were requisitioned by the government last March and have now been purchased by the United States from the Holland owners for storage on government terms.
The British admiralty reports German wireless dispatches picked up at Moscow say Romania has declared all its ports on the Black Sea and the Danube closed. This development comes amid ongoing World War I correspondence and strategic naval moves.
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