The Boston Bost A Daily Boston Paper Teeming With News
The Boston Bost is issued daily by the Post Publishing Co with editor Edwin A Grozier at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass. The notice lists subscription rates for daily Sunday and foreign editions and urges advance payment with mail orders and notices of discontinuation.
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Edwin A. Grozier
Senate Rejects Three Headed Board in Favor of Hoover
The Senate obstinately backed a three headed board but it failed to meet the need. The choice of Herbert C. Hoover for the place under the President's plan is confirmed by public sentiment. The Senate should yield and accept the report without delay in this preparedness matter.
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Senate
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Potonion scheme nets a joke from Newton’s column
All sorts by Newton Newkirk features a spoof letter about an inventor proposing a cross between potato and onion, the “Potonion.” The writer questions costs, odor, and market viability while humorously revealing his own empty wallet.
Three Years of War Found Germany Facing Defeat
The piece reflects on three years of World War I, noting Germany’s initial victories and current superiority while predicting imminent defeat as the United States joins the conflict. It cites Stalemates at the Marne, German occupation of Belgium and parts of France, and looming peace feelers as signs of a turning tide.
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France
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Austria
Serbia
Europe
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Belgium
Paris
England
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Berlin
Middle Europe
United States
Boston Post claims nation’s largest daily morning circulation
The Boston Post proclaims it holds the largest daily morning circulation in the United States, a claim attributed to its stature and reach in national media rankings.
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Boston Post
United States
Daily
Bost
Not for glory but to war on war and end it
A poem calls for righteous battle to end all war, urging patient resolve until the foe is arrayed and the entire world stands against war. The speaker asks the soul of the universe to join the struggle, implying a sacred duty to abolish conflict through collective action.
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Cale Young Rice
Coal report finds supply adequate and prices fair
A New York Merchants Association committee reports progress on coal supply inquiries conducted with the Council of National Defense the FTC coal operators and railroads. It finds reasonable confidence that there will be no undue shortages or soaring prices in the future. The central issue is equitable distribution to consumers at fair local prices.
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Newt
Edward
Portland
New York Merchants’ Association
Council of National Defence
Federal Trade Commission
Charlie Mager
President Endorses Conference Committee Food Bill Control
The conference committee's decision on administrative features of the food bill is welcomed. The President supported placing control in the hands of the administrator to achieve more practical and efficient management.
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Conference Committee of Congress
The Staff of Life Bread Color Test Ahead
The article notes a planned test next week in New England hotels and purveyors comparing yellow corn bread gray rye bread and other bread substitutes for white bread. It suggests these alternatives may be more nutritious and could aid wheat conservation worldwide.
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New England
State Bank Opens Under Century Old Laws In Boston
The State Bank, a new institution operating under century old laws, opens at 107 Salem Street in Boston as the sole state bank in Massachusetts While others have adopted the national system the law requires capital to be paid in gold or silver Governor McCall named a three member commission Burrill Attwill and Thorndyke to count the money They inspected the bank yesterday and counted 360 000 in gold coins
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Mad inventor list pokes fun at odd patent ideas
In a clip from Scientific American Homer Croy notes bizarre patents such as a tornado proof house on a pivot and a pedal calorificator. The letter writer ridicules the inventor and jokes about a hat that removes itself and other absurd devices.
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Homer Croy
Scientific American
Brooklyn
Observant Citizen notes wartime badges and sea logs
The Observant Citizen writes on draft exemption badges a bronze U S button, Honduras mahogany for air fleets, and a Floating Hospital captain J L Carter from Kentucky. He also describes seals off Massachusetts shores, Boston fish markets, York Beach golf, toll bridges in New England, and Mrs Susan Louisa Stoddard celebrating her 92nd birthday.
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East Boston
Honduras
Sam
Philippines
Noddle Island
Susan Louisa Stoddard
George C. Tewksbury
Claremont Avenue
Arlington Heights
23 Autoists Fined in East Boston District Court
Twenty three automobilists were fined sums totaling 19 cents in the East Boston District Court. Indra Taseah H Barnes presided over the case.
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Indra Taseah H. Barnes
East Boston
Maria Mitchell Pioneer Astronomer and Librarian of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell, a renowned American astronomer, was the daughter of a school teacher. She became a librarian at the Nantucket Atheneum for 18 years while pursuing astronomy and discovered Miss Mitchell’s comet on October 1, 1847.
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Maria Mitchell
United States Coast Survey
Maria
Nantucket
the Herschels
von Humboldt
George Eliot
the Hawthornes
Vascar
Shea
The Electric Ray A Living Electric Battery
The article describes the electric ray as a powerful living battery with a kidney shaped electrical organ on each side of its head. It explains how the rays generate store and discharge shocks to stun prey and sometimes paralyze stronger animals. It notes distribution along Atlantic Pacific and Indian coasts and compares with electric eel and African catfish.
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Edison
Animal Kingdom
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
South America
Olive and Robert Trainor Reconcile After Montana Rift
Olive refuses to join Robert on his Montana ranch and leaves with their son Harold. After days apart and a tense stand, she returns to a transformed home as Olive’s cooking and Harold’s chatter soften Bob’s resolve. In a heartfelt reunion he asks how she did it, and she answers that Harold and love brought them back.
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Robert Trainor
Montana
Oliver Rainer
Robert
Bob
Olive
Rob Trainor
Harold
Beb
West
Soth
Sue
Goodby
Daddy
Bob Trainor
Talking Stock Men vs The Muse in 1917
A poem by George Matthew Adams laments modern chatterers who push mining stock and selling schemes. The speaker longs for poets like Shelly and Keats, preferring conversations about birds, flowers, and Ossian to coin and shares. Matt Mason is named in the closing lines.
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Mart
Scott
Pope
Shelley
Burns
Keats
Jay
Ossian
Milton
Byron
Matt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Mildred Champagne Advice on Love and Loyalty
Dear Miss Champagne advises that a girl who loves many men is unlikely to be serious with any. The writer should seek clarity on commitment and consider whether the relationship can be trusting if she keeps company with others. The columnist notes true love requires attention and exclusive regard.
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Miss Champagne
Post Letter Box Questions On Food Quotas And Quotations
Readers submit queries on food value of butter cheese sugar and olive oil, balloon height records, quotations from Longfellow and Shakespeare, flag signaling terms, the five arts, and Egypt’s status in the British Empire with a summary of each topic and brief answers.
Boston Weather Records Highlight Extreme Temperatures
The record notes Boston area heat and cold on August 1 across years 1873 to 1891 with 90 91 and 93 degree highs and 64 degree low. It also lists rain on the date in 1904 1906 1912 and 1914, per official figures.
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Boston
Armory Site Offered by Boston Real Estate Dealer
The Revere Unit of the Massachusetts State Guard is offered a large tract of land for an armory by Meyer Dana a Boston real estate dealer. Work will begin as soon as the Governor approves the project.
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Massachusetts State Guard
Meyer Dana
Boston
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