Boston Post Condensed Novels Contest Details
The Boston Post announces a Condensed Novels competition with total prizes of 3000 dollars. Entries due by April 15 1919 with 1250 to 1450 word condensations. Manuscripts must be mailed by April 30 1919 to Editor Condensed Novels Boston Mass.
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Oliver Twist
Dickens
Henry Esmond
Thackeray
Anna Karenina
Tolstoi
Silas Lapham
Howells
Lorna Doone
Blackmore
Collins
Barrie
Blanco Ibanez
Sir Walter Scott
Mrs. Burnett
Hawthorne
Old Curiosity Shop
Ramona
Jackson
East Lynne
Henry Woods
David Balfour
Stevenson
Cooper
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
the Post
Winston Churchill
Taft
McCall and
Walsh
What Should Be Done for Ireland Forum Ends
The Boston Post announces the final day for the What Should Be Done for Ireland Forum letters. Space constraints force closure despite strong reader participation and a pledge to publish signed, representative viewpoints beginning March 30.
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Ireland
Sir
Wilson
Boston Post
Boston
Sinn
Mass
Ireland Free Now or Never Stand After War
A Roxbury letter argues for Ireland’s independence citing Belgium and Ireland under English rule. It claims self determination honors Wilson’s justice, notes Irish wartime representation, and condemns conscription and imperial control as autocratic. Flynn urges Ireland to govern itself for global peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Germany
Belgium
England
Wilson
M. J. O’brien
New York
Francis P. Kilcoyne
Lawrence, Mass
Freeland
America
Joseph A. Flynn
Marcella Street
Roxbury
Why Ireland Refused Conscription Debate
Letter writers clash over conscription in Ireland as discussion continues on independence and national policy. An editor notes readers must present arguments openly while critics challenge anonymous contributors who hide their identity behind anonymity.
Calls Washington an American Sinn Feiner on Ireland
An American born citizen and draft subject argues Washington should demand independence for Ireland, equating its status with that of other small nations and urging concrete action rather than rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ireland
Sh—T
IRISH SUFFRAGE VIEW ON IRELANDS INDEPENDENCE LOYALTY
James Patrick Drummey argues for Ireland full suffrage to shape its laws and destiny, urging the United States to support self determination for small nations. He cites Irish sacrifice in wars, calls out English policy, and seeks unity for Ireland under fair British governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
England
James Patrick Drummey
L Street
South
Boston
United States Fought for Rights of Ireland in War Debate
In a debate on Ireland, a writer accuses critics of branding the Irish question as insane agitation while recalling U S war aims of democracy and self determination for small nations. The piece questions selective application of that principle to Ireland and to Britain’s wartime stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ireland
Belgium
Poland
Alsace-lorraine
Palestine
Slavonia
Sinal
Wilson
Trish Sinn Fe'ners
George Washington
Linn Leiner
England
New York
John F. Ryan
Boston
Edward Logan
Alsace- Lorraine
Slovania
Europe
Erin
Gallipoli Peninsula
Ingland
Treland
America
William Finnigan
Manchester
N. H
Wingland
Mast
American Steamer Damaged Off Sweden
The American steamer FPrusa, 5667 gross tons owned by the United States Shipping Board, arrived at Gothenburg leaking after striking an obstruction off the Swedish coast. Two of her four wells and five ballast tanks were damaged. She departed Philadelphia on March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fprusa
Thenited
States Shipping Board
Gothenburg
Philadelphia
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by McLean Woman
A McLean Nebraska wife praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after childbirth. The ad claims the remedy helps displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues, with letters from women across the nation supporting its merit.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
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Donegal
J. O'R
3. O'C
Great Britain
Australia
Quebec
League of Nations
Flanders
Senator Lodge
Senator Borah
India
Mains
Capes
Coats
Pat Casld
Singland
Thomas C. Walsh
Wensley Street
Itoreland
Tingland
Charles James Fox
William J. Gladstone
Sceera
U. S
Sweden
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