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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
12
Vice-President Marshall told a New York Mason gathering that critics should offer remedies, not just critique. The line suggests nine tenths of government critics would stay silent without constructive proposals, while any useful suggestions are welcomed in Washington and other centers of activity.
The Legislature should pass the tax bill now before the committee to exempt stock dividends from state income tax. Stock dividends themselves produce income when paid, and are not income under federal law according to the Supreme Court. Massachusetts would be out of step, given that ruling.
August Thyssen quoted the Kaiser vowing to conquer India and drain revenues from Indian princes to the Watherland. The claim links to the Berlin Bagdad plans, seen as credible yet distant, with Russia and Turkey under Teuton influence as the era of conquest remains a distant dream.
The speaker asserts that lasting peace cannot come unless the civilized world of allied nations is first conquered and crushed, declaring that outcome will not occur. The remark frames a defiant stance against subjugation and emphasizes resilience amid conflict.
Before World War I price pressures rose, but wages lagged. United States Steel Corporation raised common labor pay to about 3.80 a day from 2.00 in 1915, mirroring a 45 percent wage rise from 1914 to 1917. Overall, wages nearly doubled since 1904 while war prices burden many, yet steady work and overtime boosted worker prosperity.
A wartime agreement between labor and employers, reached after over a month of talks, pledges no strikes in war industries and grants workers the right to organize and bargain collectively. It prohibits discharge for union activity, maintains union wage and hour standards, and ensures women paid the same as men for work of equal value. If properly enforced, it could become permanent beyond the war.
A front line report in France claims German sharpshooters target relief workers and stretcher bearers. German headquarters allegedly values each stretcher bearer at sixteen infantrymen and a surgeon at 500 fighting men. The account cites broader Kaiser era atrocities including sea bombings and hospital bombings as further evidence of barbarity.
A fragmented verse laments patriarchy, praising mothers while questioning fathers. It contrasts a mother praised as regal with a father who earns biscuits and endures hard toil from dawn to dusk, noting age and hardship as he struggles to support the family. Willie Doolittle’s line about time and work closes the piece.
Napoleon Gomo writes from St. Albans Vermont weaving a humorous take on spring as a state of mind rather than season. He riffs on birds, weather, booze, farming, and locals like Batiste Boudreau and Joe Raglan, closing with a humorous exchange about tide and daylight saving with Newt.
A miscellany of old city lore and humor centers on April fools. It recalls Gotham’s foolish townsfolk, London and Boston anecdotes, clock changes, and a bronze soldiers’ monument gag. The column notes Boston Post sales by city and reports on workers trips to Chicago, Mrs. McCrillis’s knitting, and Maine farm barter antics.
Aunt Ann scolds a stingy neighboring lily collector then wins a deed of kindness. She persuades him to share his blooms with ill soldiers at a hospital and a brave boy inspires a grateful gesture that deepens her Easter spirit.
A Salem Mass correspondent states one vote for Rum Blossom as the state flower. The writer asks if the selection is approved. the author declares a preference for the cabbage as the state flower with corned beef on the side.
A historical note records Boston weather with official figures. It cites 16 above zero in Is74 and 19 above in Joste for coldest readings on April 1. It also lists a warmest 86 degrees. The passage notes rain or snow on this date in the past decade including years 1912 1914 and 1913.
The Rev William V Chamberlain recently ordained to the priesthood celebrated his first mass yesterday morning at St Gregory's Church Dorchester Lower Mills where he long served as altar boy.
The article traces wine’s global reach from France and Italy to Spain and Portugal, noting U S imports exceed exports while the country increasingly becomes an exporter. It highlights per capita consumption differences, famed European vineyards, and major wine regions from Bordeaux to Andalusia and Tuscany, with reference to war affecting champagne and regional prestige.
Ly Josist Billings imparts a folksy credo on wisdom and character. The speaker praises education that shapes thinking, cautions against vanity, mocks idle quarrels with loafer types, and uses rustic metaphors to extol perseverance and honest wealth seeking. Adversity, said to temper men like steel, reveals talent and resolve.
A poem attributed to Walt Mason lampoons farmer woes as dry weather turns and rain falls with hail. It portrays farmers unable to plow or sow while bankers bakers and others smile, ending with a grim farmer’s outlook and a satirical copyright note dated 2043.
A wartime moral on small acts counting as much as grand plans. Three clerks report a street noise. the last includes six trucks and 36 pianos, showing how precise detail wins rewards. The message urges thrift, loyalty, and keeping watch on tiny duties.
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