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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
5
Nearly the entire yeowoman corps at Charlestown navy yard now wears the regulation uniform while on duty. The attire is not compulsory and is to be worn only when at the yard. Mrs Erd, chief yeowoman, proposed uniformity and the women agreed after consideration.
Paris reports that after talks with the French government, the Red Cross will provide several million dollars for civilian relief this winter. The plan, shaped with Major General Pershing input, assigns Red Cross to finance and implement relief while the YMCA assists soldiers in trenches.
A public aid drive has collected 10547 toward a 50000 fund for the 101st United States Field Artillery in camp at Boxford. Remittances are directed to Charles B Wiggin at Merchants National Bank Boston with detailed donor list and amounts received to date.
Henry B. Endicott, former executive manager of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, replied to striking Lynn shoe workers that he is willing to accept the arbitration post they offered after the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association rejected his candidacy. He returned from Washington and noted he had just received their invitation.
Paris reports a German assault on Casemates plateau in the Aisne region was repulsed last night after intense hand to hand fighting. The French war office announced the action and outcome today.
Your Soldier Mothers Sisters and Sweethearts your Soldier s Comfort should be foremost in your minds. Tired Swollen Blistering Burning and Aching Feet which are brought on by Marching and Drilling can be prevented by rubbing Fastep Foot Powder well into the feet. Fastep heals cuts and broken blisters. It s cooling soothing and antiseptic. As an effective deodorant for all parts of the body Fastep will prove indispensable in the trenches when time is pressing and facilities are lacking. Send your Soldier a can today. All druggists 25c or E Foug era Co Inc 90 92 Beekman St New York.
The Provincetown Fund, created to aid families of fishermen who perished on station, passes the $20,000 mark as New England donors continue to contribute. Groups from Winthrop and Cambridge plan events and a Portuguese society chapter pledges support.
The Portuguese Society of St. Michael intends to raise more than $1000 to aid Provincetown sufferers. Community efforts target relief for those impacted by the disaster with hopes for substantial contributions.
More than 500, mostly Portuguese Bostonians, attended a charity dance at Haru gari Hall East Cambridge to aid Provincetown sailors families. The event cleared over 150 dollars, starting with a 8 pm patriotic concert by the Portuguese Liberty Band and ending after Silva's Orchestra kept the dance going to 1 am. The ball were held by Michaelense Autonomic Beneficent Association Council No 1 on Hanover Street with Antonio Andrade as president and a committee including Joseph Linhares Walter Ferreira Antonio Oliveira J T Mello Gabriel D Paiva and Jacintho Gallante. It marked the society’s 22nd anniversary.
Washington reports that Hoover denied government plans to seize wheat to aid mills. He said mills run full time and farmers have not withheld wheat, with movement expected soon and antiwar propaganda limited to certain areas.
In New Haven a protective committee led by Edward J. Butler George P. Drury Joseph Engle Julius C. Morse and James Young urged stockholders not to respond to any organizing opposition. The group plans to issue a statement within days detailing its aims progress in a civil suit against former railroad leaders and proposed plans to benefit stockholders.
The review surveys a shelf of entertaining novels ideal for soldiers after long shifts. Titles include Green Fancy by George Barr McCutcheon set in New England with conspirators, The Secret Witness by George Gibbs in Austria before World War I, and We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes exposing Broadway society. A mix of romance, mystery, and light satire follows, plus war era dramas and a nod to contemporary authors Stephen McKenna and Bruce Barton, with notes on background and author bios.
French addition describes his gardening as usual, planting a half acre for the food campaign. He notes his family helped from cultivation to canning, aiming for about 200 jars to take home this fall.
Uruguayan marines boarded all German ships in Montevideo harbor after government word of plans to sink them. Eight steamers were interned, crews brought ashore, and loose machinery hidden by crews found. Mass meetings against Germany were held with authorities maintaining order.
Captain Harry Godfrey of Charlotte town P E I a member of the British Medical Corps is in Boston on a fur lough and next Tuesday will be on a honeymoon The physician returned from the British front at Lens to marry his schoolday sweetheart Miss Margaret W Hawley a City Hospital nurse
The Senate took up the war credit bill and prepared it for passage tomorrow in nearly the House form. Leaders hoped for quick action, but La Follette insisted on amendments. The measure, totaling 11.588 billion dollars, remains unchanged in bonds and interest rates. A. B. Cook denies a targeted gubernatorial endorsement.
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