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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1919
Page
8
The Post promotes its One Hundred Condensed Novels, inviting readers to enjoy these tale shortenings during summer vacations. An eminent author contributed a condensation of her own book at the editor’s request.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman a descendant of Puritans who grew up in Randolph and Brattleboro. Educated at Mt Holyoke Seminary she faced early rejection before publishing The Humble Romance and The Revolt of Mother. Her novels and stories such as A New England Nun and Other Stories Silence and Other Stories Jerome a Poor Man The Jamesons and The Portion of Labor earned wide readership. She married at age forty and moved to Metuchen.
The narrative follows a New England boy Jerome Edwards after his father Abel vanishes and a creditor Doctor Prescott seizes property. Triggered by debt and foreclosures, Jerome confronts loss, witnessing a mob and a grim deed at a bottomless pool as he tries to shield his family from ruin.
Jerome Edwards con fronts poverty by forming a plan with Squire Eben Merritt and Doctor Prescott. Merritt secretly sacrifices his fortune to buy the Edwards mortgage while Jerome builds a mill, earns wealth, and falls for Lucina Merritt. A storm, a fortune, and a dowry letter from Colonel Lamson bring a final, cautious match of love and duty.
The Boston Post announces tomorrow’s issue will feature Bleak House condensed by Wilder Dwight Quint and notes Dickens works printed in this series with dates of publication. It includes legal and publishing notes about copyright and permissions for the serialization.
The back numbers can be secured at the regular price of 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post and 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post, and 7 cents elsewhere, if applied for immediately.
Wagoner Charles B. Simoneau of Bradford returned from the Somme region after delivering ammunition when he bought a two century old eight foot seven inch hand carved clock from a French family fleeing the frontier. The piece, painted by a noted artist, runs on Ne lobia and lacks springs. Simoneau says it is likely the only one of its kind in the United States.
An expert mechanic recalls repairs marked with ink for Bordeaux in 1876. Simoneau, aged 23, served through the war and witnessed several leading battles.
About 5000 marines, part of the famed 16,000 Devil Dogs of the Second Division, arrive in New York aboard the George Washington. Led by Major General John A. Lejeune, they march ashore to a roaring welcome, with Major General George Barnett greeting them.
Contingent aboard the George Washington includes the Fifth Marines and parts of the Sixth. General Lejeune learns the War Department plans a division parade near New York around Aug 12. The Devil Dogs bid farewell at Brest as two French gunboats saluted. Andre Tardieu lauds the Second Division as elite. Forty eight Devil Dogs return with war brides. Santa Clara brings 730 Second Division infantry.
The New York Letter Carriers' Association adopted a resolution urging national officials to appeal to President Wilson for a 2 percent increase in salaries. It argued the 25 percent rise effective July 1 is inadequate to meet living costs and demands an immediate further raise to avoid demoralization of the service.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, after a brief retirement, will join the German National People’s party and take a leading role in its deliberations and activities. The move links the former Conservative party to the NPP in a bid to shape party policy and actions.
Edgar Rice Burroughs returns with Tarzan in a thrilling tale titled Tarzan Saves the Moon. The piece explores the life of the jungle hero described as half ape and half man in a vivid magazine feature.
In a letter published in Hamburger Nachrichten, Prince Henry of Prussia urges King George to allow allied statesmen to face trial, accuses Britain of seeking Germany’s commercial demise, and insists Germany’s spirit remains alive awaiting reckoning. He cites Balmoral meetings with M Sazonov and accuses victors of hunger blockade harms.
London reports no extension of the police strike but cancels holidays to replace dismissed officers. Rioting erupts at Birkenhead and Liverpool with looting, arson threats, and troop deployments. Dozens detained as authorities restore order on the Mersey Estuary and surrounding streets.
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