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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
6
The War Department orders re-registration for youths who turned citizens since June 1, set for a week from today. The expected figures will influence national manpower for military and industrial needs, with a rough annual citizenship growth around a million and about 150,000 reaching registration in eighty days of summer.
The article argues for a massive mobilization with 4 million soldiers by June and 2 million to be sent to France, pending congressional approval of drafting 13 million men aged 18 to 45. It urges swift action to defeat Germany and press a path to Berlin.
The United States and Great Britain condemn Carranza decrees that place oil lands under government control in Mexico. The dispute centers on essential crude oil crucial for land and sea operations in the world conflict. U.S. and British interests, including English capital, have helped develop these resources.
The capital announces a Liberty Loan drive with a full page ad by the President and many notables including Colonel Roosevelt Taft Baker McAdoo Pershing Crane Thomas Ade Cobb Quick Blythe Nesbit Ford Sunday Brisbane Lodge Schwab. The lineup promises entertaining and instructive competition in crafting persuasive ads.
A compact remark on how reputation and personal names matter in a trade where each name signals skill and reliability, shaping who earns daily bread in that field. The passage emphasizes reliance on names to gauge quality and success.
Joseph H. O Neil defends Colonel Gaston against charges of opposing President Wilson s Federal Reserve Act. He asserts Gaston helped draft the bill and rallied New England support, visiting Washington to aid McAdoo Glass and Phelan, and denying opposition claims as false and despicable.
General Hans von Boehn is placed in supreme command of the Kaiser's forces on the Somme front. He earned the title by expertly evacuating the Marne salient, leaving 30 000 to 40 000 behind as prisoners and many dead, with continued opportunities to display his retreat skill. Our troops will seek to ensure he earns his salary.
Swarthmore Pennsylvania shows strong Quaker support for World War I with 10 percent serving in national service and over 90 percent backing the conflict. Citizens from all creeds enlist in the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, motivated by a loyalty pledge describing the war as a holy enterprise.
The arrest of Robert Fay, the bridge bomber who escaped Atlanta penitentiary with a forged pass two years ago, shows that the US long arm reaches runaway criminals. Fay likely hoped Spain would shelter him as pro-German sentiment waned, but Spain extradited him to the United States, a gesture Washington will welcome. The capture carries a broader moral effect.
More than 150 Woburn residents volunteered last night to serve as registrars on registration day when men aged 18 to 46 will enroll for the draft. City Clerk James A. McLoughlin will oversee the volunteer registrars.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars closed their annual convention in Minneapolis today and picked Providence R I as the next meeting location.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a would be partner pitches Dwarf Lawn Grass to Newton with an implied 60 40 split and a $5000 funding demand. The reply criticizes the proposer for arrogance and poor business manners while warning that capitalists require decorum.
A column blends humorous observations on German plots about singing the Star Spangled Banner with notes on whiskey stocks, Boston heat records, alligators in Newton, berry picking wages in Biddeford Missouri, Harvard Radio School canteen treats, and wartime civic details including a Massachusetts abstinence secretary’s resignation and coinage data. The piece mentions John Braun, Rev Warren Tanders, William Gardiner, and Welmet Club preparations for a Silver Lake pow wow on Aug 29.
A reading notices a printing error in the Evening Argus showing G. P. Barber returning from a short business trip to Boston and vicinity by auto. Mrs. Barber went to Royalton yesterday noon where she was met by Mr. Barber and accompanied him home.
A 1918 verse from The Bentitown Bard extols life as a game and the soul’s rise on ambition. It emphasizes carrying a practical ideal through risk and change to reach lasting splendor.
The oldest inhabitant notes official figures show Boston's warmest August 17 reached 96 degrees in 1918 and 90 in 1884. Coldest 52 above in 1889. Rain occurred on this date in 1914 1915 and 1917.
British and Canadian recruiting missions in New England are consolidated at 44 Bromfield Street. After September 28 recruitment ends under the alien draft law for British subjects. thereafter they become subject to the American draft.
The account recalls Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sweeping from Asia into Europe, burning Mos cow and Kiev, enslaving women, and threatening Christendom, with the revolt and collapse of Mongol power after clashes with Slavic peoples and a grand resistance at Silesia.
Ann Dale is surprised by a green snake while blueberrying and meets Rob Gordon, her early friend now suitor. The incident cements their bond, leading to an engagement and Rob’s farewell to serve. The green snake becomes a lucky omen in their courtship.
Letters discuss humidity concepts and definitions, specify 90 percent humidity as air holding 90 of its possible vapor. They describe The Long Trail as a Vermont Green Mountains pedestrian route from Bennington near the MA line to Jay Peak near the Canadian line, with plans to extend into the Berkshires and Canada.
In a Boston column a speaker argues patriotism includes fair wages for all and fair pay for work. He warns laborers and rich individuals alike against greed and asserts labourers deserve their share while avoiding overclaiming value. He recalls a town tale about a fool offered a job. He urges balancing pay with job worth and condemns self styled patriots who overvalue labor.
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