Boston Post masthead and subscription notices 1917
The Boston Post announces its daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates for U S Canada and foreign readers. Advertising and editorial offices listed at 259 Washington St Boston Mass along with staff roles including Edwin A Grozier editor and publisher and contact numbers for departments.
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Post Publishing Co
Ofice
Washington St
Boston
Mass
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Maes
Edwin A. Grozier
Make Way for Liberty theme echoes in graveyard question
Poem excerpt questions how graves rest while homes become slave homes. It imagines children above with chains and salutes soldiers rushing to breach, crying for Liberty. The lines invoke sacrifice and urgency for freedom.
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Liberty
James Montgomery
Comfortable Camps A Red Cross Sanitation Plan
The American Red Cross allocates 800000 to secure and maintain sanitary conditions around army encampments. Cantonment control rests with military authorities inside camps. The plan aims to prevent outside invasion and wipe out mosquito-borne malaria in plague areas, supplementing local sanitation efforts.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ten Million Men Discuss U S War Troop Needs
General Scott, chief of staff, reports in Russia that 10,000,000 troops there are well trained after three years. He notes they are fit and questions the need for more U S troops sent to aid allies. The focus remains on western front support for France and Britain.
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United States
Russia
Scott
Plattsburg
Orville E. Hartford
Belgian Border Bombardment Report Prompts Fearful Tales
A frontier bombardment story from Belgium describes towns and villages hit by shells carrying a mysterious substance causing painful and fatal injuries on contact. The account, though shocking, is presented as hard to believe.
Germans and new deadly weapons compared to past terrors
The author discusses German ingenuity in chemical and terror weapons, noting liquid fire poison gas and Zeppelin attacks as commonplace horrors. A hypothetical scent based poison that could kill crowds is described as a cruelly practical advance surpassing dramatic battlefield destruction.
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Rheims
Government price fixing as wartime tool and its trade offs
The piece argues for price fixing alongside excess profits taxes to curb war cost burdens. It notes price controls can limit excessive profits, prevent inflation in steel, copper, coal, oil and food, and reduce war funding needs, while acknowledging inevitable inequalities and learning useful distribution methods for after the war.
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Chicago
City Plans Free Public Markets Across Boston Neighborhoods
The city aims to open free public markets at Sullivan Square playground Charlestown Roxbury Chris topher Gibson Fields Corner Dorchester Portsmouth street Brighton Randolph street South End and Newman street yard near Strandway South Boston. The sites are city owned and not street property. It is uncertain if producers and consumers will collaborate to sell and buy foodstuffs amid wartime price pressures. Previous attempts failed, and the new experiment may yield different results.
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Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Christopher Gibson
Fields Corner
Dorchester
Portsmouth Street
Brighton
Randolph Street
South End
Newman Street
Park Department
Strandway
South Boston
Let Them Vote Rights for Soldiers in Upcoming Elections
The article argues soldiers abroad or stationed far from home should vote in state and local elections. It cites prior provisions allowing troops to vote from abroad, notes many elections will occur this season, and asserts federal support for a citizenry’s voting voice despite distances.
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Congress
France
Mosquito Netting Stockings Idea Sparks Letter Exchange
Newton Newkirk discusses Myrtle Montmorency's proposal for mosquito netting hosiery in a humorous back-and-forth. The plan suggests copper screening netting and hinged ankles to prevent bites, with options for silk cotton or wool blends. Myrtle seeks approval and Newkirk weighs durability and market appeal.
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Myrtle Montmorency
Napoleon Gomo Remembers Painful Dentist Tales
In a St Albans Vermont piece Dr E J Melville records Napoleon Gomo recalling painful dental stings. Gomo jokes about painful tooth extractions by a local doctor using improvised methods and electric theatrics. He notes spending much on chances and draw a one-eyed bird dog for hens.
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Boucher
Rexamin
Napoleon Gomo
St. Albans
Observant Citizen notes on soldiers, sharks, and Boston lore
The column recalls naval pay cashing practices halted by Chaplain Stone in Brookline, honors Addison Martin's Civil War veteran birthday, praises overlooked war heroes like Orville Hartford, reports on sharks disturbing fishing grounds, Lynn Lincoln anecdotes, Chocorua house destruction, and migratory bird seasons plus Abbott Thayer’s coloration work influencing camouflage in military history.
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United States
Arthur W. Stone
Sam
Brookline Trust
Boston
Lynn
A. J. Pintz
Massachusetts
Abraham Lincoln
Pintz
Dorchester Heights
Robert 8. Rantoul
Salem
Benjamin Coates Welch
Newbury
Mr. Rantoul
Mr. Lincoln
William Indicott
John B. Alley
Abbott H. Thayer
Monadnock
N. H
Europe
Thayer
Chauncy Hall School
Calorie Canning Idea Pokes Fun At Dining Costs
A Boston letter lampoons rising food prices by proposing specs to magnify slices of meat and then imagines canning calories as a daily ration. The humorist treats appetite and calories with wit, noting the absurdity of treating calories as a removable commodity.
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Eds
Boston
The Gift That Counts in the End
A poem reflects on true giving arising from earnest love and inner nobility. It contrasts showy displays with gifts born from the heart, describing how generosity that reflects one’s own beauty and character endures.
Boston Weather Facts for August 13 in History
The record notes Boston’s high temperatures for August 13 with official figures of 93 degrees in 1881 and 90 in 1908. It also recalls colder readings with rainfall on this date in 1908 1913 1915 and 1916.
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Boston
Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth in Vast Unearthly Size
The article surveys extinct dinosaurs and marine reptiles, noting giants like the ceteosaurus and diplodocus. It contrasts their massive frames with small brains and odd features, suggesting peril and wonder in prehistoric worlds and hinting at a Tomorrow's Picture prompt about falling from city into sea.
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Sir Conan Doyle
South America
Sunday Post
Wyoming
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Betsey Seeks U S Citizenship Despite Obstacles
Betsey, age 19, seeks United States citizenship amid confusion about her birth and parentage. She declares intention, gathers records, consults two witnesses and attorney Eli Weston, and plans to file a naturalization petition after two years.
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Betsey
Canada
Boston
Topsy
Eli Weston
Weston
Mr. Weston
Naturalization
Hunger and Glory Uncle Walt Presents Gretchen Diet
A 1917 piece by Walt Mason satirizes German wartime rhetoric as Gretchen and her seven sisters beg for food. Their grandfather rails at Kaiser hype while the children yearn for simple liverwurst and meals, ending in a bitter plea for relief from propaganda.
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Gretchen
Hindenburg
Donnerwetter
Kron Prinz
Prinz
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adama
Belief in Signs and New Moon Superstitions
A nostalgic reminiscence about superstition and luck describing childhood games with four leaf clovers and wishes at the new moon. The narrator recalls home mishaps from a new house including cracked windows and a radiator burst, notes comic responses, and reflects on belief versus skepticism with family anecdotes and a nod to a Keystone comedy.
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Mother
Keystone
Jack
Betsey Becomes Citizen in Court Amid Suffrage Zeal
Betsey, a progressive suffragette, petitions for naturalization with witnesses and attorney. After a crowded courtroom and formal questions, the judge swears her in as a United States citizen, marking a personal triumph and a new home life ahead.
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Betsey
Lfe
United States
Eli
United States of America
Post Letter Box Query on Old State House Rear
A reader asks the editor which is the rear front of the Old State House, and requests the side facing State Street for mail delivery or access. The note reflects guidance on correct building orientation.
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