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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
8
The Boston Post issues a daily news brief dated August 17 1917 from its Office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. It serves as the Independent Democratic paper for New England with standard front page notices and editorial framing.
A lyric fragment by Angela Morgan extols soldiers and their sacrifice. It envisions future generations as free beings who defy superstition and soar like birds, riding on enlightened skies and wings of courage.
Reports from Petrograd state Nicholas II and his entourage travel in a standard passenger train toward Tobolsk in Siberia. The exiled party shifts places with tens of thousands of former subjects who have returned to Russia after the revolution in under six months. The world moves.
The Boston Floating Hospital has uninterruptedly served poor children and mothers amid severe heat. It currently cares for 90 to 100 permanent patients with an average 19 day stay on the hospital ship, while ongoing donations are urged to support its operations.
A plea describes a humane harbor charity carrying babies and mothers for a cooling breath of harbor breezes. Contributions are invited by George C. Lee treasurer at 44 State Street.
The article argues the United States will issue a clear reply to Pope Benedict's peace proposals without haste. Secretary Lansing says the President's mind is open and judgment should be suspended until ready. Allies deliberate carefully, while Germany bears moral responsibility if peace is rejected hastily.
The Navy League questions Secretary Daniels and warns of treason accusations over the Mare Island explosion. It has not produced solid evidence and should apologize if its charge is unfounded while focusing on responsible personnel and maintaining nonpartisan service.
The New York Cotton Exchange board plans a rule to cap daily price moves at three cents per pound above or below the prior close, citing wartime price stability and food control law powers. Cotton gamblers fear tighter controls following trouble in other markets and speculate on a broader crackdown.
The article notes seven men were fired in Boston courts for betting at local ball games and argues this crackdown marks a needed beginning. It warns that unless the campaign continues daily and vigorously, old gambling conditions will return and harm the game. It calls for no leniency toward gamblers.
Harvard authorities announced the French Military Mission training the Harvard Corps has expanded from four to six officers. The two new officers Captain Aggann and Lieutenant Bosa arrive Monday to assist instruction for 550 cadets arriving Sunday in Cambridge. They will start a three week course on trench warfare.
A compact verse excerpt features Newton Newkirk and Ella as married partners. The lines reveal humor on marriage and affection, ending with a quip from Peter Turchon about progress and mistakes.
A reader rails at newspaper artists for depicting mothers and daughters knitting socks for soldiers with a finishing method shown at the wrong end. E Pepperell of Massachusetts questions the practice and urges a correct finishing technique in gentler protest to Mr Newkirk.
The Brockton Agricultural Society offers 100 dollars in prizes for youth stories on Pig Raising and Model Homes for Pigs. The writer jokes about pig etiquette and mud holes being the best pig home, suggesting a humorous view of pig life and a preference for simple pig comforts.
A writer calles a radiolite wrist watch an idea for a typewriter that lets authors compose at 2 am with illuminated keys. He imagines Bernard Shaw and All Sorts benefiting, asks for loaned typewriters and funds to market the device.
The world renowned painter John Sargent is to paint murals for the rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Mrs John L Gardner and Dr Thomas W Ross back the project as gifts to the museum. Sargent seeks a studio large enough for the work and details of the subjects are not yet public.
In a tenement room Enid Bennett writes cheerful letters home while seeking city work. A village newspaper article and a remembered poem prompt her return. Hugh Vaughn reveals he wrote the lines and awaits her, reuniting them at the country station.
The New York Sun notes the Chicago wheat pit will soon close under Hooverian action. The arena once ruled by Hutch Kent Armour Lester Patten figures looms as a vanished combat theatre. A bygone Chicago era of giants who controlled world bread is gone, leaving a changed cityscape.
J Edward Morgan of the Mooney Defence League of San Francisco protests a local paper’s quote claiming he praised German liberty. He asserts the remarks are false and cites opposition to Prussian rule and workers’ oppression. The Post prints his correction and notes the editorial did not reflect his views.
Seven miles off Iceland's southwest coast, the Westman Islands rise as stark cliffs hosting thousands of nesting birds. Heimey, the inhabited island, supports about 500 residents who survive on sea harvests and bird products, while a cliff owned by the Danish crown is rented by wealthier locals. Birds yield feathers, oil, and salted meat. puffins and fulmars dominate a seasonal trade, with dangers and accidents common among bird hunters.
The notes recount Davy Crockett born August 17 1786 in Limestone Tennessee son of a tavern keeper. It covers his schooling truancy fights early wanderings five years of traveling with drovers and carriage workers marriage and settlement in Tennessee. It notes his Creek War service with General Jackson Congress elections and later migration to Texas where he died at the Alamo after a week of siege.
A reader asks about the territorial army and home guard duties in England while another inquires about Boston Girls Night High School reopening requirements. The school welcomes applicants: must have grammar school graduation, be 16 or older, Boston resident, $1 registration fee refundable after two thirds attendance.
He earns 3 737 186 dollars yearly as emperor and derives a vast income from personal possessions, supplemented by further unspecified sources.
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