This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1918
Page
12
Oct 27 crowds packed Devens as visitors overflowed the camp after the extra hour for sleep last night. Provost guards managed 10,000 automobiles with no accidents reported. traffic flowed for hours as officers returning to division headquarters from Boston noted a solid stream along the 37 miles of road to camp.
Barracks crowd of soldiers and families gathers after reveille as 1000 men get home passes. Lt T F McCarthy of Waltham and Lt W E Murray of Baltimore join provost guard duties. Murray notes prior combat. War Dept clarifies no proxy marriages for American soldiers unlike French soldiers. Chaplains differ in insignia with crosses versus silver bars. Provost guards to arrest returned soldiers who wear overseas trench hats at home.
The 14th annual fall meet of the New England Fox Hunters Club opens tomorrow in Pepperell at Villa Loraine with 50 to 75 hunters and as many foxhounds. Organizers expect around 60 to 75 riders and over 100 dogs, extending through the week with hopes to surpass last year’s 15 foxes killed. A night rain improved scenting conditions for the opening day.
Watertown High seven tops the Mystic Valley Interscholastic Football League after week one with a 40 to 0 win over Wakefield. Arlington Melrose Winchester and Wakefield have not yet played a league game, while Watertown sits at 1 0 0 in the standings.
The article tours Gerry's old cider mill near Lynnfield noting 70 tanks totaling 250 000 gallons and a daily use of 1500 2000 bushels of apples from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and local growers. It highlights a hydraulic steam press reducing waste saving over 2000 gallons yearly and conservation efforts from windfall to cattle fodder with cooperage parts repurposed to support war munitions work.
A United States service team cross country championship race is set for Saturday Nov 23 at Franklin Park over six miles. The National Amateur Athletic Union championship committee sponsors a trophy for the winning team and entries are due by the preceding Wednesday to Edward E Babb Boston Athletic Association Boston. The event is expected to attract teams from nearly all service detachments around Greater Boston and to be the largest of its kind in the area.
Readable parts mention Chmielenstogorsk executing swift thrusts and Gazolingiomorlin being hung on the line after halting a wild opitter with his orate bean. The text reads as a speculative or fictional passage with unnamed locales and invented names.
War Department announced 54 Americans held as prisoners of war in German camps and the escape of Private Frank Sovicki from Rastatt to Switzerland. New England enlisted men include George B. Donachadian Newton Upper Falls John J. McKenzie North Cohasset John Rourke New Haven Arthur McKenney Brighton Warren F. Yapp Littleton Thomas F. Conley Boston.
A collage of brief notes covers C H B E Chubb gifting Stonehenge to the British Museum, Sir Charles Eliot’s polyglot talents, Billy Sunday’s rest method, Vice President Marshall with Geraldine Farrar photo, Adele Schultz selling a Liberty bond to Wilson, Schwab and Hurley in a film, and Stefansson’s recovery and planned Red Cross lecture tour.
The passage asserts a profound hidden force behind all events guiding fate and judging life. It speaks of meaning and a will to overcome doubt and sorrow, urging trust and avoidance of questioning that undermines the shadows’ end.
Before an audience of 30060 people the Central Council of Irish County Clubs unfurled a service flag bearing 1471 stars at the Hibernian Hall in Roxbury last night. The meeting featured remarks by ex Governor Walsh Acting Mayor Col line and Major Murray Baldwin of the Northeastern Department. Miss Ellen Drumgoole, daughter of the president, unfurled the flag.
The Lexington Golf Club holds its annual meeting next Saturday in the North Lexington clubhouse off Hill street. Officers for the 1919 season will be elected and annual reports presented.
The Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board announced an immediate wage increase across all U S shipyards creating two districts Pacific coast and Atlantic Gulf Great Lakes with average rises of about 20 percent on the Pacific coast and 15 percent on the Atlantic Gulf and Great Lakes. basic rates set at 89 cents per hour for principal skilled trades.
The Pacific coast wage award rises retroactively to August 1 and varies by region to offset living costs. The board, citing cost of living data, grants higher percentages to low wage workers and approves no further piecework rate changes until talks. About 400,000 shipyard workers are directly affected with broader ripple effects nationwide.
Boston longshoremen and their district council failed to take supporting action for a strike at the Fast Boston pier of the Boston & Albany railroad. They defer to the National Adjustment Commission on wages for overtime meal hour rules and vow to pursue defined channels before any strike, stating it would be a last resort during wartime freight demands.
A series of union meetings reported activity among labor groups. Coal Teamsters Local 68 discussed organizing workers at a large Everett coal firm. Public Works Department Teamsters Local 149 heard a favorable committee report on improved working conditions. Leather Handlers Local 808 awaited a State Board decision on a $4 weekly wage increase. Boston Central Labor Union noted 20 city unions represented by business agents at a meeting to plan wage scales for the mayor and budget commission, with another executive board meeting set for November 8 to finalize schedules.
A heavy quake struck at 11 60 last night in San Juan and was felt in Mayaguez Ponce and Aguadilla with additional property loss and a few deaths reported.
In Dorchester and nearby towns numerous obituaries and funeral notices list the deceased and service details. Names include Henry T. Allen, Harry A. Brugman, Mary Alice Burke, Mary H. Carberry, Andrew Casaretto, Harriet F. Cunha, Ellen Daley, Isa Robie Davidson, Frances L. Ellis, Mary A. Earley, Peleg Ford, Walter F. Fuller, Ellen C. Grady, Patrick J. Haley, Margaret J. Hayes, John B. Heath, Mary E. Holmes, Mary E. Horan, Emma Seaver Keyes, William Lee, Mary Josephine McCarthy, Rose A. McCulther, Elizabeth Murphy, John Norton, Thomas O Gorman, Helen Frances Page, Agnes Porter, Hazel D. Powers, Trene Preble, Gladys M. Quimby, John L. Sullivan, Hannah Sullivan, Margaret Sutton, Cecilia Tobin, George W Topham, Elizabeth White, FR. W. Williams, and Arthur S Wright. Also memorials and mass notices for Patrick J. Canavan and Private Homer Be Payette.
Willard E. Case, prominent electrical science student and researcher, died in Auburn today from Spanish influenza at age 41. A wealthy figure, he had devoted years to electrical work and gained early recognition as a scientist.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.