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District of Columbia to be declared absolutely dry
The piece discusses a proposed federal move to make DC completely dry before the new Congress. It would penalize storing, giving away, or importing liquor in the district, including clubs and hotels, backed by the Anti-Saloon League. It questions the effectiveness and tolerance for such interference with residents’ rights.
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District of Columbia
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Massachusetts
Washington
Silence crackdown targets early morning New York noise
City police begin enforcing long standing rules to quiet residential areas at dawn. Hawkers taxicab barkers and paper sellers are swept from streets as authorities curb the incessant clangs yells and clatters. Outcome of the measure remains uncertain.
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New York
Note to Austria Demands End to Ancona Sinking
The State Department's blunt note to Austria-Hungary demands denouncement of the Ancona sinking as illegal and indefensible. It calls for punishment of the officer responsible and payment of indemnity to U.S. citizens killed or wounded, signaling no room for parley if ignored.
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Austria-Hungary
Ancona
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Austria and Germany Face Pressure Over Merchant Ship Attacks
The text argues a diplomatic break may come with the United States and Austria risks alignment with Germany against warfare on merchantmen. It urges Austria to follow its ally's conduct and disavow the attack on the Ancona despite its political cost.
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Austria
Germany
Ancona
One-Man Power Issue for Boston Voters
Editorial warns against giving sole spending control to a mayor and a council under one man. It argues a Curley-led government would destroy checks and balances as Boston faces a 25 million dollar budget. It urges ballots for Attridge Collins Kenny and Storrow and promotes the pencil vote as a rebuke.
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Curley
Storrow
Attridge
Collins
Kenny
Kill the partisan camel in Boston municipal vote
The Post urges Boston voters to reject party lines and defend nonpartisan city government. It argues that a Democratic victory would end nonpartisan governance, push party nominations for mayor and council, and reintroduce machine politics. It endorses Arridge, Collins, Kenny, and Storrow.
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What Does He Mean Mr Whitney Warren Urges Action
An American relief worker Mr Whitney Warren who just returned from France presses for U S protest and moral backing of the Allies over Belgium. He questions whether speaking out would help and asks if war should be the next step, noting that such talk implies a desire for U S involvement in the conflict.
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United States
Belgium
Newt
Boston
Newkirk
Newton
Mass
Helen
Camembert
Avarice and Economy, A Moral Bent in Everyday Habits
An opinion piece rails at extreme stinginess and gold worship. It argues miserliness grows with wealth, quotes moral maxims about avarice, and urges balanced living over obsessive saving through vivid contrasts and admonitions.
Prometheus of Promises in a Strange Plea
A enigmatic speaker urges a child to say yes as a test of promises and beware that even blessed visions cannot end stubborn behavior. The passage contrasts blessing with stubbornness in a cryptic moral frame.
Camembert Cheese Satire and Culinary Misadventure
A lighthearted exchange on Camembert cheese recounts Helen in Newton Mass seeking knowledge and Newtirk’s wry critique. The piece humorously details the cheese’s French origin, odor, and American cafe misgivings, ending with a playful reflection on the writer’s own youthful ignorance.
Camembert Cheese Misconception and Wartime Ban Idea
A humorous note by N. N. jokes about Camembert cheese as a fertilizer and irritant in a streetcar. The writer imagines absurd uses from a glue smell prank to a battery-powered return trip, ending with a quip that banning Camembert for export could influence Germany’s terms.
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Teutons
Germany
Helen
N. N
Deer misidentified in county hunting report sparks talk
The Observant Citizen notes a deer story reappears as the so called wounded deer is in fact a Guernsey heifer from the Wason herd. It also reports a Boston official earning long service with no leave since 1876, a Civil War hardtack keepsake, and Captain Downey’s promotion in the Boston Fire Department.
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Congressman Wason
New Hampshire
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Tom” Downey
Curley
Boston
Downey
Bulfinch Street
West End
Alexander and Diogenes in Corinth and Delphi Encounter
Alexander the Great and the Cynic Diogenes crossed paths in Corinth where Diogenes refused to bow. Alexander admired the philosopher and later sought Delphi’s oracle in November 336 B C, which was closed, prompting him to seize the priestess and receive the oracle’s words of irresistible fate for his Asia campaign.
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Corinth
Diogenes
Cynic
Athens
Craneum
Apelles
Manes
Delphi
Asia
Apollo
Out of the Wreck a Man Rebuilds a Cottage
A 1915 verse by Walt Mason recalls a tornado destroying a green and black cottage. He rises from ruins with a “patented duplex grin” and rebuilds near his fig tree and pumpkin vine, defying disaster with resolve.
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Walt Mason
Adams
Rail line adapts to storms with new enclosed bus
Snowstorms blocked tracks on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad, forcing hires of autos to shuttle Shir ley Point workers. To cut costs the company bought an enclosed bus to transport passengers to and from work.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Shirley Point
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