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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
2
London dispatch says British forces advanced on the Somme front last night and again this morning in official announcements. The wording emphasizes ongoing progress by British troops with no details on specific units or locations.
Our line advances 6000 yards with depths up to 3000 yards and strong holds Falfe mont farm Leuzewood Guillemont and Ginehy captured after a week of heavy fighting. Irish troops from Connaught Leinster and Munster excelled in the Ginchy attack alongside regiments from Warwickshire Kent Devon Gloucestershire Surrey Cornwall Wales and Scotland.
The Letter Carriers Band led by Tiarry Betteney performed at Marine Park yesterday to an audience of 25 000. The concert season will run until Sunday and may extend if weather permits.
Charles E. Hughes accompanied by Mrs. Hughes attended morning services at the First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue while being escorted by a Secret Service detail. The discreet procession moved with little public attention as they entered.
The Republican presidential nominee and his wife were discreetly spotted at a Clarendon street church service. They walked from Copley Plaza and left with few recognizing them, then took an afternoon ride and returned for lunch.
James O Hara, a wounded veteran with front line training, threw a hand grenade into a rear crowd in Glasgow injuring a dozen people and killing a man and a nine year old girl. He was arrested and found to possess ammunition.
The funeral for William Newcomb Winn of Arlington former selectman and church and civic leader was conducted at his home 77 Summer Street by Rev. Frank Lincoln Masseck of Arlington First Universalist Church. Attending were town officials and Hiram Lodge members. Burial followed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Arlington.
Halit Bey, the Turkish minister of the interior, arrived in Berlin from Constantinople for talks with German officials.
The replica of the Brunswick Lion moves to the Germanic Museum at Cambridge as the new building nears completion. The statue, gifted by the Duke of Brunswick three years ago, rests on a pedestal with an inscription detailing its origins. The museum, funded by Adolphus Busch with 250000 dollars, rises in Indiana limestone with Gothic, Romanesque, and Renaissance halls.
Ida Terminello daughter of Tangi Terminello of 249 Tevere street in Revere married Edward Spanguolo a Boston merchant. The ceremony was performed by Rev Ernest Roval of St Anthony's Church Revere. The couple after a wedding feast left for New York on a two week honeymoon.
The American Financial and Commercial Commission, returning a Latin-American business delegation visit, sailed today from Santos for Buenos Aires. Chairman Dr Richard P. Strong telegraphed thanks to Financial Minister Caloger for the warm reception.
Fitchburg reports a man John Wood and his two children Laurel eight and Henry six were found dead in bed from gas poisoning. The room had wide open jets and doors blocked with clothing. Police say the deaths appear self inflicted after previous warnings by Mrs Wood. The children had just returned from a vacation and were allowed to sleep with their father.
British naval aeroplanes today bombarded the railway siding and ammunition dump at Lichtervelde, about 13 miles southwest of Bruges, in another daily raid over Belgium. The raid ended with the machines returning safely.
Wakefield Fair Grounds hosts four day Quan napowitt Fair and Cattle Show with light harness racing offering total purses of 2500 across three races daily. Attractions include livestock displays, agricultural exhibits, school garden contests, vaudeville, balloon ascent, triple parachute drop. Days mark Farmers Governors Grangers Middlesex.
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