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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1917
Page
2
Sept 9 report on Adam Stouffel owning a Plymouth Rock hen purchased 15 years ago from Frank Patterson. Now 19, the hen lays with the flock and shows no signs of quitting.
Six year old Charles Thomas collapsed during a basement religious meeting at the Steinert building 162 Boylston street. Dr Ryder ordered removal to City Hospital where Dr J W Manary pronounced him dead.
Harvard faces the prospect of reopening without a head of its military science department as army officers resign or decline professorship offers. Regular officers Captain Constant Cordier and Captain William S Bowen and Major James A Shannon left the post for active duty. Major William F Flynn, retired, declined after being drafted to buy horses for the army. Major Matthew F Steele, retired, also turned down the offer.
Naval recruits from the Bay State Rifle Range dined with 100 Wakefield families. Each sailor attended the Sunday dinners, praised by hostesses and invited back. R. H. Pierce of the Wakefield Y M C A organized the event with church groups and nearly every family contributed a meal.
Fritz A. Nelson an Everett grocer was taken ill at the wheel and ran his touring car onto the Melrose sidewalk at Main street striking Miss Dora Cutler of Chelsea. Both were taken to Melrose Hospital with no serious injuries.
Memorial services for departed members of the British Naval and Military Veterans Association of Massachusetts were held at St. Pauls Cathedral. The procession included British recruiting staff, military guests, and several allied contingents. Reverend Edward T. Sullivan delivered an address stressing that war reveals, not makes, brutality and praises soldiers’ enduring humanity.
The American Chemical Society opens its convention with a council meeting and dinner at the Engineers' Club. About 500 of 10 000 members arrive at Lenox in Boston yesterday, including Howard Ecker Jr and Emil B Roesaler of Cincinnati. Tech leaders handle organization as President Maclaurin plans the welcome address.
Petrograd reports M Piechehonoff resigns as minister of food and supplies due to mounting difficulties. The move comes amid ongoing shortages and supply strain affecting the capital.
A young man paused to light a cigarette in a canoe with a young woman aboard on the Charles River. The craft tipped and both swam safely to shore sixty feet away as a crowd on Wes ton bridge watched. Later two sailors performed splashing tricks for the onlookers while refusing to give names.
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