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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1918
Page
8
The notice lists newsroom lines and editors at the Post including Editorial Rooms at 1904 and 1539 Main for Sporting and Sunday Editor. It notes subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued after expiration, with Edwin A. Grozier as Editor and Publisher.
The village of Cleve land elected Mrs Carrie Dawley as treasurer over her husband who held the job for 12 years. The outcome sparks debate on equal suffrage and hints at a domestic upheaval within the Dawley household.
In Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson reportedly pledged to arrest anyone making seditious statements following protests against a Backer Singing Society German program. The claim sparks debate as critics label him un-American, arguing the pledge signals wartime zeal.
Report notes a purported autograph letter from Emperor Charles to Prince Sixtus de Bourbon claiming Alsace Lorraine claims are just and France should be aided by allies. Charles denies the letter. The piece mocks Vienna’s peace talk claim and mentions a supposed Professor Anderson in Washington that officials deny.
The text criticizes urging a self-made peace plan on several governments including Austria before the declaration of war on Austria. It argues that using him as an object lesson now would be sharp practice and a political tactic.
A patriotic appeal urging U S citizens to back the war effort by purchasing Liberty Loan bonds to fund manpower gun power food power and shipping power. It emphasizes unity thrift and rapid cooperation as essential to defeat Germany on the western front and preserve democracy. Take the bonds at once.
The Priorities Commissioner issues Preference List No 1 detailing coal and coke distribution during wartime. Domestic consumers laundries newspapers and periodicals glass and tin container makers are prioritized, with specific exclusions for pleasure craft and patent leather tanning.
Lynn becomes the first city in the nation to exceed its subscription quota for the third Liberty Loan. A midnight parade and bells rang out as Lynn raised more than 3,000,000 dollars, surpassing the 2,917,500 dollar official allotment, with the list still growing daily.
A historic note lists Boston's coldest and warmest April 18 readings with official figures. It records 20 above zero in 1874, 28 in 1914, and a high of 84 degrees in 1896, plus rain or snow occurrences in 1913 and 1917 over the past decade.
A persuasive wartime plea urges citizens to buy Liberty bonds to fund the war effort. The message frames bonds as a direct way to weaken the Kaiser and support national victory, urging broad public participation in the financing drive.
A letter from Somerville, Mass., recounts neighbor Smith who for four decades drove a horse and now struggles with a flivver. The writer Eliot Egbert imagines a plan to help by suggesting Smith embrace a horse powered car, hoping to cure his fixation and avert trouble on the road.
Observant Citizen reflects on the 140th anniversary of the Toulon fleet aiding the American Revolution and recalls Silas Deane and d Estaing. The column also notes Massachusetts weather records, Yale locks history, mackerel fishery signs, veteran memories from the G A R encampment, and a large pine seedling drive by the state forestry service with half a million trees ordered.
Seven men who claimed exemption citing dependent wives have had their pleas rejected by the district board. All appellants say they married since last May. They are placed in class one and ordered to appear for examination on Monday.
Captain Archie Roosevelt, wounded in action last month, was moved from a field hospital near the front to Red Cross Hospital No. 3 in Paris. The facility is housed in the former American Girls' Art Club building.
A wartime notice appeals readers to buy Liberty bonds as a patriotic measure to support the anti septic campaign and bolster national defense through financial contribution.
Emily faces a moral test when Phyllis declares she will learn to cook to win Hugh. Emily refuses to help but later sacrifices to prove her sister’s skill, only to learn Hugh loves Phyllis. Phyllis reveals Hugh’s confession, and Emily accepts the shift as love realigns their bond.
Mrs Burnett Smith will speak at the Boston Opera House tonight at 8 o'clock on Britain's food situation and women's mobilization for war service. Henry B Endicott, Massachusetts food administrator, will preside.
The article surveys competing ideas on how petroleum forms beneath Earth's crust, noting coal oil confusion, vast underground reservoirs once imagined, and diverse hypotheses from vegetable matter to volcanic heat. It concludes no consensus exists on the process that powers engines and armies.
A reader named ANXIOUS asks if a two month older suitor truly cares or merely toys with her. The advisor notes intense displays may signal possession and that genuine affection shows effort to retain as well as obtain. A brief moral follows about matching actions to feelings.
Poem by Walt Mason from 1918 laments persistent dandelions invading yards. Narrator joins neighbors like the Ryans in a wartime style call to dig and weed, vowing to fight the yellow invaders despite the frustration.
An editorial urges Americans to see soldiers in France as brothers and keepers. It argues the troops fight not only for themselves but for every citizen, risking much so others may live free, and calls readers to support them fully. It emphasizes gratitude and duty to aid Allied efforts.
A reader asks about the term box barrage used in military context. The editor explains a box barrage as a line of shells shelling from three or four sides, moving with the advancing troops to shield them from counterattack.
The Rev claims the Howard Atheneum is a survival of the Millerite Tabernacle predicting the end times, while the doctor says it is a newer construction. The physician wins the debate, concluding the Atheneum is not a Tabernacle survivor.
A wooden building erected in 1843 44 on Howard Street became a theatre named the Howard Atheneum. It burned in 1846, and the stone structure opened the same year under James H. Hackett.
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