Boston Post claims nation’s largest daily morning circulation
The Boston Post issue dated April 27, 1918 presents itself as the Independent Democratic paper of New England. It bills itself as having the largest daily morning circulation in the United States, according to Fourth Estate.
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Liberty Day Awakening in Massachusetts Parade Naval Display
Citizens respond to President Wilson's liberty loan call with broad support across Massachusetts. The Basbridge celebration featured a large parade and naval display as the public shows patriotic fervor and the "double up" impulse spreads through the community.
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Retaliation Fear Over Prisoner Abuse Inquiry
The State Department seeks information on alleged ill treatment of American prisoners by German captors. Some fear this signals retaliation, but officials reject mirroring Kaiser's wartime outrages. The piece argues for a moral approach and patience until U.S. forces reach Berlin.
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Belgium
Berlin
Sughes Defends Honest Criticism of Government
In a New York address before the American Publishers Association Charles E Sughes argues there is no constitutional privilege for disloyalty or obstructing law but affirms a field for honest criticism essential to liberty and national preservation While cautioning against daily partisan nagging of the President.
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Charles E. Sughes
Take Twice As Many Liberty Bond Rally Cry
An exhortation urges American citizens to buy or substantially increase Liberty Bond purchases to fund U S soldiers in France. It stresses loyalty, patriotism, and that Liberty Bonds are the security and duty needed to defeat Kaiserism, promising pride and national success if readers Double Up.
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Honest Criticism and Loyalty in Wartime Speech
The text argues that labeling critiques of war as disloyal if they are not fully favorable is dishonest. It condemns unwarranted deductions and misrepresentations, urging the American people and press to maintain honest criticism while warning against simple disloyalty masquerading as critique.
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Registration for military service urged for all men 21 and older
The article argues for universal registration of male citizens aged 21 and over since June 3, 1917. It frames the measure as a civic duty and privilege, essential to sustaining wartime effort and readiness for possible extended conflict. The call emphasizes preparedness and the collective responsibility of the American people.
Washington reports over four hundred thousand volunteers enlist in regular army
Washington announces more than 400 000 men have volunteered for the regular army since President Wilson's April 2 1917 war message. Massachusetts alone contributed over 19 000. The note praises both volunteers and the National Army for patriotic service and effective wartime effort.
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Debate on government control of war ores continues
In Washington on April 26 the House debated a bill giving the government control over essential war ores. A six month limit on control after the war was adopted as an amendment, with a final vote expected tomorrow.
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Davison Returning From Battle Fronts
Paris, April 26. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross War Council, who has been on a tour of inspection along the battle fronts in France and Italy, left Marse today to return to the United States.
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Final Sunday Services at Church of All Nations
The Church of All Nations holds final services tomorrow with morning rites at 9 AM and evening rites at 7 PM. Rev Dillon Hronson will preach in the morning and Rev WW Liolder in the evening.
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Birthday Bio Briefs Samuel Morse Born April 27 1791
Samuel Morse born in Charlestown Massachusetts on April 27 1791 pursued art at Yale and later electricity lectures sparked the idea of a telegraph. He developed the Morse code during an Atlantic voyage and, after early doubts, won an 1843 congressional grant of 80000 dollars enabling the first working line and later submarine telegraph work. He died in 1875.
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Dear Miss Champagne on Love and Choice in Youth
A 21 year old writes of two suitors, one financially struggling but devoted, the other better off yet unromantic. She asks whether to sacrifice future freedom or endure waiting to marry her struggling beloved, while guidance urges patience, restraint, and focus on genuine love over material concerns.
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Liberty Loan Drive Urges Bond Purchases at Home
The message calls on every household to strain every energy to win by supporting the Liberty Loan drive. It urges all to participate and buy a bond, stressing it as a golden opportunity not to be missed.
Motoring Etiquette and a Humble Chauffeur
In a plea for proper motoring etiquette a writer argues the driver must focus on the road while guests enjoy the ride. The piece recalls driving a flivver through city traffic with a guest praising a hat purchase, a traffic stop, and the driver’s restraint. It stresses that hosts should not entertain guests while at the wheel or when repairing the car. A lost postcard notice from Newton Lower Falls offers a reward for a soldier’s portrait.
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Is a Flea a Bird or an Animal Question
Murray Sargent of East Chetford Vermont writes to ask if a flea is a bird or an animal. The reply notes fleas are wingless, explains their nature, and jokes about the flea as a champion jumper relative to size, while advising observation of wings and feathers.
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Temperance Crusade booster urges war effort through booze ban
Mary liarris Armor of Georgia proclaims the Kaiser must fall if booze goes down. An All Sortier questions how beer price hikes hinder wartime duty while urging support for bonds and “doing his bit” against Kaiser Bill.
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Gasolene's Rise Across Civilizations and Transport
The article surveys gasolene as a transformative fuel reaching Australia and frontier regions. It highlights gasoline engines hauling heavy loads, replaces animals, surpasses steam and electricity on sparse railways, and expands from land to sea and air. It notes oil-powered ships, rising fuel efficiency, and future shale oil as a backup. tomorrow previews tank car transport.
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Lennon
Observant Citizen notes centennial birth of Amasa Stone
A Boston observant citizen column traces events from the centennial birth of financier and philanthropist Amasa Stone to shipyard humor, local retiree David Toothaker, birds at the zoo, and a parade of small town anecdotes from Charlestown to Malden. It mentions Dr. Alson Kilgore returning from Shanghai, postal promotions in France, and Loyal reflection on wartime home front activity.
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Post letters on ancestors and early Boston settlers
A reader asks who first built a home in Boston and who was the first White woman to settle there. Answers cite William Blackstone in 1628 and Ann Pollard, who lived nearly 105 years. The page also notes who first described the term Hun for the German army and an old Cape Cod weather superstition about the new moon and moon horns signaling bad weather.
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There Are Worse Things Than Fighting War Harles Franklin Jon
A wartime speech argues war may be calamity yet worse would be inaction and losing liberty. A hospital matron recounts a battered woman and bemused remark about being an old maid, illustrating harsher fates than poverty or defeat.
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Home chores amid war aims and daily farms urged
A 1918 war era poem urges Americans to balance household tasks with supporting the war effort. It stresses tending farms, feeding troops, and maintaining daily routines while watching for enemy movements, all attributed to Ival? Mason and George Matthew Adams.
Be a Gun Metal and German Silver Inquiries
Reader questions about gun metal composition a bronze with about 10 percent tin and German silver as copper with roughly 44 percent zinc and 6 to 22 percent nickel. Includes queries on poetry lines and Old Ironsides gatehead details and a Boston to New York auto route with approximate mileages.
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Bond buying by means not wealth alone
The statement notes that a man of limited means who buys one bond is more commendable than a wealthy man who buys a bond. It argues that everyone should buy bonds according to their means and emphasizes individual financial capacity over overall wealth.
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