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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
3
Food Administrator Endicott ordered candy sellers to cap consumer purchases at one pound starting Monday September 16 to conserve sugar. Wholesale and retail dealers agreed to stop packing in larger than pound quantities, with repacking or early sale required for existing stock.
Superintendent Horace Derry of Glenwood Cemetery Everett describes growing citrus trees and figs in a greenhouse. An orange tree, banana plant, and lemon tree stand near the office, with slips brought from Washington and nurtured to endure local weather.
Frank H Hadley of Sudbury describes planting one peck of potatoes last spring and harvesting 360 pounds twelve hills totaling 24 potatoes per hill averaging seven pounds in the first hill and five pounds per hill in the remaining rows. He offers to show the crop to interested readers.
The Activities Bureau of the National War Work Council appeals for volunteers to provide an average of 400 entertainments monthly in Northeastern camps. In August, 126 807 attended camp programs and 153 008 watched moving pictures. Send offers to 822 Little Building Boston.
Thrills abound as readers follow Cleek in the Boston Post Sunday magazine. Next Sunday promises the mystery of The Purple Shadow with further installments and suspense.
Boston officials report a peak shipment drive to Washington as thousands of peach pits arrive at stations across Boston and at the Middleby plant in South Boston. Mr. Abdy says more pits were received than any day since the government urged saving this previously wasted resource.
During the war the Public Service Commission suspended all action on the construction of a through trolley line between Harvard square Cambridge and Winchester. The line would be operated by the Boston Elevated and the Bay State Street Railway companies.
Boston was asked to enroll six women in the U S Marine Corps Reserves to transfer to Washington by October for duty at headquarters. Applicants aged 18 to 40 must undergo mental testing and physical qualification. rank upon enrolment is private with pay about 110 dollars monthly and potential for promotion. Uniforms and family benefits available.
A memorial mass was held in Charlestown navy yard chapel for Mary Monahan yeowoman and Joseph J. O'Brien seaman killed in a New Hampshire auto accident last week. Chaplain O'Rourke celebrated. Miss Flanagan presided. yeowomen and marines attended.
The Brockton fair will host an extensive display of American war equipment from October 1 to 4 in the main hall. Camp Devens personnel will guide visitors through uses of items led by Major Philip Sears. Navy displays will feature Charlestown Yard jackies and Commander John Brady assisting.
Providence Sept 10 The Boy Scouts of Rhode Island will receive the income from a trust of about 300000 established by the late Captain George Bucklin a Civil War veteran who died recently at Long Beach California. Half the fund may be used to erect a headquarters building. Bucklin left no immediate family and his estate is estimated at 500000.
Governor McCall met with Wallace Denham receiver of Bay State Street Railway and stockholders' committee to push faster reorganization and possible adoption of the service-at-cost act. He said he is in touch with road affairs and wants the act in operation soon.
Newton Newkirk previews his upcoming Boston Sunday Post column arguing for women entering wartime industry roles. He notes the changing workforce as society adjusts to labor demands and mentions the article will appear in the next Sunday edition.
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