Subscription rates and postal notices for the Post
The Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions including U S Canada and foreign rates. It notes Canada delivery costs 3.50 per year when combining daily and Sunday, with a 1 cent extra postage in Boston District. All money sent at sender’s risk and payable to POST PUBLISHING CO. Subscriptions must be prepaid and may be discontinued upon emission.
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U. S
Canada
Boston
Mass
Post Publishing CO
Edwin A. Grozier
Boston Wool Trade Association Backs War Effort
The Boston Wool Trade Association supports the government by conserving wool for military uniforms. The War Department asks mills to hold looms for the armed forces, and Boston dealers offer their entire unsold stock of wool and tops to the quartermaster general. Boston leads U S wool trade, pivotal in meeting patriotic needs.
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Boston Wool Trade Association
War Department
Boston Association
Quartermaster-General
Boston
United States
Smuts confronts Austrian diplomats over separate peace in Switzerland
At a Switzerland meeting, General Smuts bluntly asked the Austrian delegation if they sought a separate peace, demanding a yes or no. The Vienna report says diplomats recoiled at his boorish tone as they evaded, signaling further shock to Teutonic diplomacy and an end to old secretive methods.
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Smuts
Switzerland
Austria
Metternich
Vienna
Kaiser's Gift to Harvard Funds Germanic Museum Move
The Kaiser funded a 1906 Liberty bond to support Harvard's Germanic Museum and Teutonic culture studies. With modern conditions the income should aid teaching the Kaiser a humanities lesson, as students outside Cambridge criticize German aggression in Picardy.
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Harvard University
Cambridge
Picardy
Polite return of a gracious compliment at home
A brief social remark notes how youths, before shouldering rifles, absorbed inspiration from studies provided by bounty. The passage frames the act as a courteous reply to a prior compliment and emphasizes gratitude and national duty.
The Greatest Drive for Liberty Loans
The article lauds the Third Liberty Loan drive as a total national effort to fund the war against Germany. It praises oversubscription in cities and rural areas, urges personal sacrifice, cites General Pershing, and declares every dollar a pledge of American manhood and unity in the war effort. It ends with a call for all citizens to enlist and march forward.
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Teutons
Huns
Kaiserbund
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Boches
Washington
Europe
General Pershing
McAdoo
Worthwhile Liberty Loan parade stirs Boston crowds
A contemporary wonders if the Liberty Loan parade was worth the cost in money, time, and business. He calls it the best bargain Boston ever got for equal expenditure and cites the serious, patriotic mood of all spectators. The foreign section is praised for its unity and courage.
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Boston
America
Russia
Asia
Near East
Liberty Loan
A. P. Martin
Martin
Boston Common
Boston Catholic Cemetery extension granted by City Council
A petition by the Boston Catholic Cemetery Associates to extend New Calvary cemetery by acquiring land on Elene Street in Mattapan was approved by the City Council after a lengthy session. The action permits expansion of the cemetery grounds in the specified area.
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Boston Catholic Cemetery Associates
New Calvary Cemetery
Elene Street
Mattapan
New Hampshire
Daniel Webster
Salisbury
N. H
Webster Birthplace Association
Webster
Mary Jane Wheeler
Canterbury
Land of the snowy ptarmigan and wild margins
A rugged promotional verse by Dr. E. J. Melville of St. Albans Vermont urges readers to abandon city life and seek the Arctic wild. It paints a hunter’s paradise with references to salmon, gray wolves, owls, moose, bears, bobcats, mink, beaver, and caribou.
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E. J. Melville
St. Albans
Round pool table pitch tested by eager Boston inventor
The Observant Citizen recounts Steve A. Dore of Molasses Wharf Boston pitching a square-ball round pool table with a novel break cue and $5000 working capital. Newt Knewt quips about the idea while noting doubts, while hobbyists, locals, and war chatter fill the page with anecdotes, weather notes, and community updates.
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Newt
Noot
Eureka
Steve A. Dore
Molasses Wharf
South Boston
Mass
Steve
N. N
Household Hints From a Lowell Column
Household hints describe practical tips for cooking and cleaning. Use a silver fork to prevent gravy lumps and add baking soda to cranberry rhubarb for less sugar. Peroxide can whiten white fabrics and remove rust on iron. Vinegar cleans fishy odors from dishwater and zinc on hot coals purges soot from stovepipes. The tips are attributed to AMMA D. DONOVAN of Fletcher Street, Lowell.
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Saelly
Amma D. Donovan
Fietcher Street
Lowell
Bondholder in the United States Government
A bondholder in the United States government faces a financial stake in U S Treasury securities. This role entails holding government debt, earning interest, and awaiting principal repayment at maturity across various bond maturities and issuance dates.
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United States
Reindeer Meat: A New Northern Food Source
The article traces Alaska reindeer herds rising from 16 in 1889 to about 50 000 today, with annual meat harvests of around 200. It covers Eskimo adoption, initial U.S. exports starting 1915 from Nome, and forecasts reindeer steaks becoming common and cheaper than beef. It notes wild caribou in Europe and Asia, and historic southward range in Scotland, the Alps, and Pyrenees.
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Siberia
Alaska
Lapland
United States
Nome
Europe
Asia
Canada
Greenland
Scotland
Alps
Pyrenees
Joan of Arc Theme Drives Deerbridge Parade Plan
In Deerbridge a bookish artist Alice Palmer worries over funding for a Liberty parade float. Her Joan of Arc role hinges on a tapestry piece, but she cannot afford it until a burst of imagination leads her to paint a pattern directly on her grandmother’s calico gown, turning a last minute idea into a parade centerpiece.
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Deerbridge
Pike Road
Mrs. Palmer
Alice
Alice Palmer
Granny
Dearie
Grandma Palmer
Tor
Joan of Arc
Joan
Will
Grandma
Camouflage tapestry inspired parade scene in Deerbridge
A girl decorates a calico tapestry to imitate wartime camouflage, plans to copy antique tapestries for a local display. The king sits in regal robes as a Joan of Arc figure graces the throne area. Grandma Palmer watches the White Cottage crowd applaud the ornate float.
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Joan of Arc
Pike Road
Grandma Palmer
Alice
Alummnae
Questions from a curious reader on history and music
A letter asks about the Somers elephant memorial Old Bet and its creator Hachaliah Hailey. It also queries the composer of the Star Spangled Banner and discusses early steamship designs, noting the Great Western and the Great Eastern with their propulsion methods.
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Somers
Westchester County
New York State
Hachaliah Hailey
Sir
N. EB. H
Anacreon
Heaven
Key
Encylopedia Britannica
J. S. Smith
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