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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
8
A fragment argues the Georges Bank attack on the fishing fleet violates a treaty with Germany, asserting fishermen are protected as subsistence workers and that war cannot suspend such obligations, calling the treaty “a scrap of paper.”
The State Minimum Wage Commission hears pleas from scrubwomen in Massachusetts for a 30 cent an hour wage arguing cost of living pressures and not demanding higher weekly hours. They seek pay per hour for hours worked, emphasizing arduous toil and necessity, urging authorities not to overlook low paid women workers.
General John J. Pershing announces the formation of the first American field army in France. The force scales to about 300,000 men across five corps with additional auxiliary troops air squads tank service and heavy artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh A. Drum named chief of staff, son of Captain John Drum killed at Santiago, trusted to lead the unit.
The piece notes that thousands of British cavalry are sent forward as a vanguard against retreating Germans in Picardy. It argues that cavalry signals German backward movement and cites past Wehrmacht ridicule of using cavalry, which now underlines British military persistence and mobility.
An editorial accuses powerful figures of pressuring Attorney-General Attwill to halt his grand jury probe into the South Boston fish trust. The piece condemns attempts to derail the state investigation and urges the AG to persevere despite threats of federal deals.
The article argues Russia’s Bolshevik crisis may end with a revived state, noting rising Russian gold bond prices in the U S as proof of faith in a future Russia. It reports Allied concerns about Germany and Petrograd, suggesting eastern influence shifts and potential threats to German aims.
The article denounces crowds of propagandists disturbing the capital with unruly parades insulting Congress and the President. It praises Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association for urging President Wilson to avoid demonstrations during the federal amendment effort, argues common sense and decency guide the movement.
The War Labor Board in Washington refuses to hear a Brockton cutter's union committee while members remain on strike. Strikers on government shoe contracts have no standing until they return to work, after which they may apply for aid. The piece urges workers to trust the U.S. government for justice.
Harvard contributor Leland B Evans from Jamaica Plain, former captain of last year’s varsity baseball nine, reported sent to Paris Island for training. The move follows a noted Marine life start for Eddie Mahan and others. Twenty recruits left Boston for training camps yesterday.
The item notes Massachusetts barbers aim to standardize prices at 25 cents for shaves and 50 cents for haircuts, to be debated at the State Branch of Barbers' Unions convention in Gloucester on August 25 and 26. A reader laments the cost, jokes about cutting his own hair, and complains the change will strain budgets of hair-clad men.
A Framingham reader blasts Newt for profiteering at the Consolidated Post Hole Company of America while wartime needs rise. The reply claims the plant runs on a 50 percent post holes and 10 percent government cannon and rifle hole output, defending patriotism and questioning the critic’s knowledge.
The observant columnist reports new sugar limits at restaurants forcing patrons to split intake between meals and notes patrons hopping between eateries. He recalls Boston journalists, New Zealand soldiers abroad, and local garden show praise for gladioli. The piece also covers a Boston nurse's overseas service and a sailor’s Nantucket fish ride.
Employment ad seeks an experienced ready-to-wear woman to take charge of the floor and assist the manager. Apply to address withheld in Mass newspaper listings.
Joseph P. McCarron of Somerville has been commissioned second lieutenant in the Quartermasters Corps at Jacksonville Florida. He is the son of the late Patrick A McCarron a familiar figure in local rowing circles thirty years ago.
Lucy Knowlton storms into a library scene declaring plans to go to France as an ambulance driver. Her mother, Mrs Knowlton, watches with consternation while Lucy resists, clashes over her path, and shares a tense moment with Chester Price in a rain soaked city street shelter.
The article recounts Bul garia’s seventh century origins as a Turanian horde, led by Khan Krum, and its expansion toward Adrianople and Sofia. It covers Nicephorus’s defeat and Bulgar triumphs, Simeon’s eastern empire, and Basil’s destruction of the Bulgar state with brutal captivity, ending with Bulgar decline.
Lucy and Chester Price reconcile after a tense moment of confession. He declares his love, she blushes at the idea of becoming a Red Cross nurse, and they share a kiss in a rain sheltered moment as quiet returns.
In Newtonville readers ask which presidents were younger at office and who led the army first. Washington became president at 57, Wilson at 60, while Washington led the army at 48 and Pershing at 56. A reader also questions luck of clover leaves, noting four leaves symbolize hope faith love and luck while five leaves have no special meaning.
Wartime temperance verse celebrates prohibition as grogshops close and John Barleycorn is pushed off the map. It envisions workers buying U S bonds and War Savings Stamps as thirst shifts to sparkling water and civic savings amid the 1918 atmosphere.
The author denounces Germany's peace overtures as a tactic to distract Britain and others while preparing new attacks. A farmer and flour merchant anecdote illustrates mistrust in promises and implies harsh retaliation is the only response Germany understands.
A reader in Winchester asks whether Lake Superior can accommodate a vessel as large as a transatlantic liner and whether it is possible to be out of sight of land on the Great Lakes.
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