Eagleboats to be produced at three per day in Detroit plant
Henry Vera, echoed by Secretary Daniels, states the Detroit plant will turn out eagleboats, a new design of super submarine chasers, at a rate of three per day. The war urgency drives rapid production with shore trials expected within days before mass manufacture begins.
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Foreign Service
Nonpartisan praise for Democrats backing Wisconsin race outcome
The article lauds administration Democrats for supporting loyal candidates in Wisconsin and elsewhere. It notes President Wilson urging Minnesota Democrats to back Senator Knute Nelson for re election, with state Democrats not opposing him and Iowa Democrats backing Senator Kenyon. It also mentions Minnesota Democrats aiding Republican Governor Burnquist's re election, describing cross party support for allied figures.
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Washington
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Nelson
Iowa
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Minnegoth
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Political Partisanship Questioned by Governor Remarks
The governor describes current actions as Democratic partisanship and questions whether similar moves will be mirrored by the opposition. The outcome remains to be seen.
Liberty Day Anniversary Speech Urges Third Liberty Loan
A year after the United States entered World War, the speaker recalls gains in manpower and ships, praises Allied support, and urges citizens to back the third Liberty Loan with a $3 billion appeal. Boston residents will march in support, showing defiance to the enemy and loyalty to the flag.
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Sam
Boston
United States
Squelching Political Flyers in Senate Debate
In a Senate debate on the Over man bill the attendance noted that Serftor Wadsworth's condemned speech was sent out by a campaign committee as a political document. Copies may have been distributed freely, with printing costs borne by government facilities. The Post argues government resources should not be used to push partisan attacks.
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Serftor Wadsworth
Wadsworth
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Federal Printing Office
Gossip and Springtime Scandal Echo Through Town
A cheeky verse mocks whispered scandal about a brazen figure lingering into spring. The piece contrasts gossip with a maxim from The Sphinx: if you fail to do your best you may not succeed, and if you do your best and fail you have not lost.
Harness the grindstone and keep on the job
An extended essay argues work as humanity’s boon and urges workers to embrace labor over leisure. It warns that loafing dulls mind and body, then pivots to a New York State anecdote where a driver ignores signals at a crossing. The tale ends with a reminder to engineers to stop, look, and listen at road crossings.
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New York State
Elm Bud Calendar Signals Late Spring In 1918 Notes
The Observant Citizen cites Robert Tl Richards’s elm bud calendar from Jamaica Pond, noting a late spring with buds bursting on March 15 in 1905, April 7 in 1906, and March 29 in 1907, implying a delayed season this year. The column also mentions wartime morale efforts, Mothers Day as flag day, and local notices on plowing, Liberty loan art, and Camp Devens welfare work.
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Robert Tl. Richards
Tech
Jamaica Pond
Wakefield Ad Wants A Sturdier Matchbox
A terse classified notice from Wakefield Massachusetts seeks a matchbox with grit able to outlast the matches inside. The ad includes a cryptic line about outside durability and a signature style, likely an in-house shorthand.
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Wakefield, Mass
The Fall Would Have Been Fatal
Arlington Mass recounts a duck hunting mishap where a novice shooter fires at a low flying duck, missing and remarking the fall would have killed the duck anyway, highlighting the humorous danger of early hunting misjudgments and a wary friend.
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Bill
Arlington
Mass
Songs of Sunshine by The Bentown Barg
Poem style verses reflect on courage and endurance in danger. The piece cites 1918 copyright by Southern Press Syndicate and discusses tests of danger revealing strength in combat, urging resolve in facing life’s issues with courage and inner flame.
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Benztown Barg
Southern Press Syndic
Boston Temperature Records For April Sixth
The record cites official figures for April sixth in Boston noting 4 above zero in IST and 26 above in 1908 as the coldest. It states 8 degrees as the warmest for the date in 1910. It also notes rain or snow occurred on this date in 1913 and 1917 within the past decade.
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Boston
Egg plant thrives in temperate zones beyond tropics
A feature from Our Daily Bread notes training plants to grow outside traditional limits. It highlights egg plant as a tropical native now cultivated far north, especially in New England, with color varieties and differing European preferences. The piece mentions a Buffalo suburb garden, hotbeds enabling northern growth, and regional tastes across Europe and America.
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France
Italy
Buffalo
Equator
Boston
New England
Harope
Europe
New York
United States
East Indies
Aunt Alice's Man Returns to Jack and Mary
In a small town tale, Davy and Mary cope with Aunt Alice waiting for her absent husband Jack. A river outing sparks a hopeful reunion when Mary introduces Jack to Aunt Alice, revealing the man is her Uncle Jack. The children vow to keep the secret as happiness returns at home.
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Muvver
Alice
Aunt Alice
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Alice Fanshawe
New Kettles And Knife Care Advice From Mrs Reinesart
Household hints describe preparing a new iron kettle by boiling peeled potatoes, washing, drying, and rubbing with lard to prevent rust. It also advises oiling and wrapping knives to fend off rust and using lemons to refresh a sour sponge. Mrs. W. N. Reinesart, Keene, New Hampshire.
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Signs of Spring from Uncle Walt Mason Verse
A lively verse from 1918 by Walt Mason on spring mood and wartime weariness. The speaker mocks winter’s end as publishers, merchants, and poets push lighter reading, fashions, and verses while neighbors discuss war’s labor.
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Vernal
Scott
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
The Food of Our Childhood War Garden Appeal
Harles Franklin Jones argues for city residents to plant gardens to save wheat and other foods for soldiers. He recalls childhood flavors and urges readers to grow fresh homegrown vegetables for taste, health, and patriotic support during wartime.
Post letters to editor on insurance and naval history notes
A reader questions why private insurers charge higher rates than government plans citing military premiums. Letters compare US naval size from Revolutionary War to Civil War, discuss sunstroke, clay targets, artillery range, and cucumber planting advice with practical farming tips.
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T. R.N
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