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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1918
Page
9
A World War I letter describes life in Europe with humor about haunted billets, rats in the billets, and a comic front-line romance. The writer notes a miraculous rain stoppage, bets on the World Series, and plans for a French lesson with Jeanne, a local woman. The piece blends personal anecdotes, slang, and censor fears.
A World War I diary voice fondly describes French women and American soldiers abroad. He jokes about language mixups with a French sweetheart Jeanne, hopes for marriage in Brooklyn, and notes plentiful mail coming to Tampa. He predicts Germans crashing and praises the homefront’s fertile prospects for soldiers and sweethearts alike.
In a WWI-era letter from Ed Harmon, a doughboy writes about politics back home, cigars, and mail from Mac. He humorously notes the shift toward wristwatches among soldiers, comments on world series news, and requests newspapers, cigarettes, a piano case full of smokes, a trick wristwatch, and clean white paper to write. The piece reflects wartime humor and social changes with dem refernce to Democrats.
Paris dispatch notes thousands have signed the visitors book at President Wilson's temporary residence, the Murat mansion. Prominent officials and leaders of society are joined by scientists and artists, with hardly any prince duke or marquis missing from the list.
British forces rapidly complete occupation of the Cologne bridgehead and advance to the general line of Obercassel Seelscheid east of Hohkep pell Olpe Solingen and north of Hilden, according to an official statement issued tonight.
Nellie Brightman a Boston writer of Civil War and North Dakota history died after pneumonia on Saturday. She lived 49 years in one Crawford House room writing nightly from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., never wore glasses, and never missed Tremont Temple services or a State House inaugural. Her Civil War era losses shaped her secluded life while she pursued literature. Westfield fire kills Anna Davis and injures two relatives in a home blaze causing five thousand dollars in damage.
Beverly dedicates its memorial tablet in City Hall Park to 1200 World War I service members. Mayor James McPherson, city officials, and the Soldiers Welfare committee led veterans from Grand Army Hall to the park for the ceremony.
A noted Christmas tale titled Jimmy Buys a Christmas Tree will appear in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine Christmas number next Sunday. The story is highlighted as a premier seasonal feature for readers seeking heartwarming festive fiction.
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