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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
6
The issue lists editorial offices and staff contacts at 1883 Main with subscriptions payment rules. It notes telephone lines and directions to notify by mail if the Post cannot be obtained regularly.
On the Feast of the Assumption last Thursday simple services were held in Amiens Cathedral. The gathering honored deliverance from German destruction as bombardment battered Picardy, yet the seven century old walls remain standing and repair is possible.
The article recalls Terry Murphy, former Pittsburg lightweight, serving with the French in the Chateau Thierry sector. He fought bayonet close quarters and used the butt of a gun, then knocked a German lieutenant unconscious with a right hook, marking his first knockout in France.
The State Department explains a new order requires aliens to obtain special permits before leaving the United States to stop German agents. The regulation targets enemy aliens and treats other aliens like citizens for abroad travel. It aims to prevent agents and spies from departing, citing past cases without sufficient law.
Spain rebukes Germany over U boat attacks on Spanish shipping and notes Germany has gained from Spanish neutrality. Madrid cites refugee aid for Kamerun and Spain's representation of German interests while warning of continued injury to Spanish interests. Spain will press further action after sending the note.
Compensate herself for outrages against her shipping by confiscation of German ships in Spanish ports. That is getting down to business in a way that the ungrateful Hun will not like. But he cannot help himself this time.
Secretary McAdoo and Chairman Kitchin plan a science based tax reform to ease burdens on small businessmen while taxing war profits heavily. The 80 percent rate targets direct war profits only, with 8 to 12 percent peace time profits taxed progressively above that, and normal profits spared.
A witty exchange turns on a missed dinner appointment as a clock confirms the gap between promise and punctuality. The speaker quips about keeping a promise not matching the expected quarter past eleven. The beat reflects on timing and apology.
Budd of Brookline Massachusetts argues with Newkirk over Diogenes lantern tale. He insists the ancient Greek philosopher carried the lantern in broad daylight, not at night, to seek an honest man. He cites Fifty Famous Stories Retold and seeks an end to the debate.
A reader translates a puzzling advertisement into plain terms and concludes the baby carriage baby is the meant bargain. The columnist uses deduction to reveal a hidden, dark humor about selling a baby and warns buyers to act quickly before others snap up the "bargain."
A miscellany of town items including grafting fruit trees success stories, a 63 year Barnstead farm, Hamilton Farm women workers, tomcod returns to Merrimack, and a Boston Post gold headed cane winner. Also notes on Turks at cinema, government imposters warning, and Winston Churchill fined for fishing without a license.
The records show only 6 percent of 655 lower court cases resulted in jail sentences and 149 Superior Court convictions yielded just 20 jail terms. The piece argues that consistent jail penalties and lifelong driving bans would reform dangerous drivers who adulterate gasoline with alcohol.
Federal courts, with railroads, have jailed a silk thrift thief for 10 years and fined 5000 dollars. The case signals strong intent to protect goods in transit and at terminals, giving New England merchants hope and warning thieves of maximum penalties.
Mrs I A Ratshesky and Mrs Louis Taer entertained over 70 U S service members at summer homes in Swampscott and Manchester by the Sea. The visitors often come to the Hospitality House of the Massachusetts Jewish Welfare Board at 47 Mt Vernon Street for support and gatherings.
The Rev. John G. Taylor of Arlington, a retired Congregational clergyman, enjoys his annual tramping trip in the White Mountains. He is joined by the Rev. G C G Noyes of Somerville, and Claude A. Palmer with his son Charles A. Palmer of Arlington.
The passage notes Boston’s warmest on this date reaching 92 degrees in 1906 and a coldest 52 above in 1882. It also records rainfall on this date in 1910 and 1916, with rain observed over the past decade in those years.
A 1818 copyright poem offers lines urging readers to greet the day with faith and courage. It emphasizes face for include with a hopeful outlook and a task bound with a dauntless will as noon and night follow.
Azalia Holton meets Bryant Churchill, a returning artist and new tenant, in Churchill Manor. He jokes about being “the coming man” but plans to return after a brief trip for the army. They connect, kiss, and he asks to see her again as a clear title to Churchill passes to the tenant.
A retrospective on the Ottoman Turks and their impact from 15th century sieges of Constantinople to modern parallels with barbarian invaders. The piece draws lines between Attila, Gaiseric, and Bismarck, comparing past hordes to today’s threats and ends by noting a new series about France.
Born August 19 1746 in Vaucouleurs she rose from poverty to become Comtesse Jeanne du Barry and the lover influencer of Louis XV. She backed by jewels and a palace at Luciennes ruled court until his death then faced exile and later beheaded in Paris in 1793.
A reader asks who may bear the title Esquire and what autogenous means. The Observer replies that Esquire is a rank in England below a knight and in the U S is commonly used for lawyers. Autogenous comes from Greek meaning self produced and autogenous welding joins metals by melting them to fuse together without traditional solder.
Uncle Walt urges calm amid war weariness, noting past victories and future reverses. He counsels endurance and prudent effort in every role from counting rooms to camps, urging purchase of thrift stamps to support the effort.
Reader questions span Nietzsche’s insanity claim from 1888 to 1900, the start of the 1918 German offensive toward Paris, the proverb about fathers and children with Shakespeare confusion, and a definition of naphtha as a middle product between gasoline and kerosene.
The article explains that President Wilson's first name actually signifies a twin, clarifying common confusion. It states his full name is Thomas Woodrow Wilson, with Woodrow as his middle name from his mother's family name Jessie Woodrow.
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