Boston Post subscription details and publishing notes
The Boston Post issue outlines daily and Sunday subscription rates for U S Canada and foreign readers. It lists prices by duration, adds Canada copy charges, Boston district postage, and notes advance payment and discontinuation policies. Editor Edwin A. Grozier is identified as publisher.
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Financial Editors
Edwin A. Grozier
Women street sweepers deemed unfeminine by Boston official
The piece critiques a proposal to hire women as street sweepers in Boston. Colonel Sullivan from the public works department argues a woman window washer or streetcar conductor is acceptable, but insists cleaning streets is a man's job. He expresses confidence that many men are available to perform the work and that women will not be compelled to take it.
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Boston
Colonel Sullivan
Public Works Department
School Street
Joseph Battles
Uncle Joe
Brockton
Ford's Chances Win Democratic Senate Nomination
Henry Ford gains the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Michigan despite his Republican background. The endorsement by the President boosts his bid, while Wilson's stance leaves Ford with strong cross party appeal. Ford did not win the Republican primaries but is set to attract both Democratic and GOP votes in November.
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Henry Ford
United States
Michigan
Wilson
Ford
Draft Day Policing Aims to Avert Draft Day Disorder
Provost Marshal General Crowder warns authorities to guard against disturbances on the forthcoming September 7 draft registration for men aged 18 to 45. He notes Civil War riots were tied to substitutes and says current registrations have been peaceful, with no signs of trouble despite heightened vigilance.
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Crowder
Milk Fund scandal and German propaganda claims
Deputy Attorney General of New York reveals that only about 100 of 10 000 dollars raised by the Milk Fund reached powdered milk for Germany. An Ed Mund von Mach earned 75 dollars weekly. the German University League allegedly spread propaganda with disguised American bylines. The Post faced pro German critics over prior coverage.
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Germany
America
Berlin
State of
New York
Milk Committee
Edmund von Mach
German University League
Brand
Failing to Endorse German Babies Milk Fund Noted
A historical remark about cruelty in not endorsing the German Babies Milk Fund appears, viewed today as an amusing reading relic reflecting past sentiment.
Rent Profiteers Targeted Under Massachusetts War Power Act
The piece attacks rent profiteers near government works and cites Massachusetts Acting Governor Coolidge granting Henry Endicott authority to seize property for excessive rents on workers in munitions and ship production. It notes federal precedents in Bath Maine and warns violators will face the act’s teeth.
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Bath
Maine
Uncle Sam
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Coolidge
Henry B. Endicott
Public Safety Committee
General Court
Gasolene-less Sundays urged by federal order
The federal fuel administration asks Americans to stop Sunday car travel with limited exceptions. The piece notes the burden on moderate earners, contrasts six day motoring by the rich, and highlights alternatives like trolleys trains walking and pleasant weather as citizens support war efforts.
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Federal Fuel Administration
Back to Berlin Rumors Warn of Fresh German Retreat
The Berlin National Zeitung claims Ludendorff is retreating and losing towns as a sign of a Kaiser victory, urging further German withdrawal to weaken the Allies. It argues German retreat would force Allied forces to give up the fight, praising the maneuver as strategic.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Mark Tapley
Ludendorff
Foch
Squelched South Carolina voters dump Blease from Senate race
South Carolina residents rejected demagogue Cole Blease voting him unfit for the U S Senate. He had called the war with Germany a crime and said he would oppose measures boosting U S military power. President Wilson denounced him as hostile to the administration.
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Cole Blease
South Carolina
United States Senate
Blease
Germany
Congress
United States
Wilson
To go right on amid heat and cold with steadfast faith
The text urges steadfastness through heat and cold with a cheerful face and loving trust. It emphasizes facing defeat with courage, remaining young at heart, and sustaining faith during trials. It upholds justice and perseverance toward a future outcome.
Boston Weather Extremes for August 29th History
The record shows Boston’s warmest for August 29 reached 92 degrees in 1880 and 87 in 1917, while the coldest was 47 above in 17. Rain occurred on this date in 1908 1911 1913 1914 and 1915.
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Boston
Pronunciation guide for Western European rivers and places
A playful letter listing many river names from the West Front region and related places. It asks Newton Newkirk to pronounce them aloud, noting the difficulty of rhymes and the lingering quote about envy as a moral aside.
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Newt
West Front
Oise
Aisne
Ancre
Maine
Ource
Oureg
Plain
Loir
Lys
Avre
Blies
Kill
Mad
Wies
Sure
Sanon
Saar
Salon
Matz
Meuse
Suippe
Madon
Andelle
Aar Dhun
Selle
Aube
Bey
Breg
Moselle
Watt
Ahr
Alzette
Nister
Neid
Nims Nitz
Nonette
Orne
Ornain
Noye
Fustain
Enx
Moral from a Well Lapse Prompts A Cautionary tale
Ohio man William Osgood falls into an abandoned well while cut across a pasture at night. He prays and sings briefly, but resurfaces unrepentant, continuing to curse and resume his old ways. Moral: easy to be good when you think you will die.
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William Osgood
Ohio
P. O
William
Bill
O. K
Morai
Pershing Birthday Cited Amid War Time Reflections
Long column notes General John J Pershing turning 58 on Sept 13 as a fitting date to honor war heroes. It also highlights local registration gaps Nahant senator Lodge kinship and a peppering of wartime topics from peach stone recycling for gas masks to meat and wheat conservation and a Red Cross tribute at the Public Garden.
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John Joseph Pershing
Pershing
France
Sons of America
James W. Santry
Nahant
Henry Cabot Lodge
Uncle Sam
Cars blocked by hose fire at Sullivan Square Terminal
A hose stretched across the street tied up about two cars near Sullivan Square Terminal yesterday afternoon around 2 o clock. A grass fire in the Charlestown Playground caused the delay and for about 15 minutes occupants in the cars were enveloped in smoke.
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Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Chenonceaux and nearby Loire valley chateaux draw American visitors
The article recalls Tours engineers and others visiting Chenonceaux Chinon and Langeais along the Loire Cher rivers. It notes Chenonceaux as the era's most beautiful chateau with a bridge over the Cher built by Diana of Poitiers and a two story gallery added by Catherine de Medici. Mary Queen of Scots visited for her honeymoon and Rousseau praised the site.
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France
Loire
Tours
Chenonceaux
Chinon
Langeais
Cher
Normandy
Joan of Arc
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Henry II
Diana of
Diana
Henry
Catherine
Mary Queen of Scots
Francis I
Weyland Military Day Brings Homebound Troops and Romance
In Weyland a Military Day parade, banquet, and dance celebrate returning servicemen. Ruth Merrill and her former sweetheart Robert Foster reconcile amid chatter and a spilled coffee incident. Robert sails away soon after promising to return, leaving Ruth with a ring and memories.
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Uncle Sam
Ruth Merrill
Ruth
Robert Foster
Bob
Post Letter Box asks about mail distance and abbreviations
A reader asks the Editor for mail distance between New York City and Berlin, giving 4385 miles and eight days. The letter then requests meanings of abbreviations including Aviation Section Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps and Medical Enlisted Reserve.
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New York City
Berlin
Signal
Wake Up The Call Is For You Citizens War Bond Rousing
A Walt Mason poem urges readers to heed government posters and buy bonds during wartime. It contrasts compliant others who purchase stamps with a reader urged to sacrifice more, stressing personal responsibility to support the nation and the Kaiser’s defeat.
Two-Minute Talks on the War by Charles Franklin Jones
Charles Franklin Jones of Boston discusses wartime sacrifice and civilian shortages. He urges Americans to forego flour sugar and meat if needed and to support troops abroad without complaint, noting Europeans endure the war on their soil.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Boston
Barber’s pole symbol origins and other readers’ queries
In a letter section a reader asks about the barber’s pole and its red spiral telling of bloodletting history. Other questions cover sailor trousers buttons for the original states and pawnbroker symbols from Medici arms. An 1912 Titanic loss date and electric appliance energy use compare heat versus motion devices.
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Sir
Arlington
Household Hints From Mrs. Spaulding Plymouth N H
Practical tips include using alcohol for grass stains vanilla extract light sensitivity vinegar and water to remove fly specks from furniture for canning peaches pour hot water to slip skins counteracting salt with vinegar and sugar butter on cream pitcher spout to stop dripping rub butter around pan edge to prevent boiling over and soap with whitening to seal leaks until repair.
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