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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1918
Page
12
Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada foreign options, special Canada per copy pricing, and postage details. It notes advance payment requirements and discontinuation for nonpayment, with office and editor contact lines.
Congressman Gallivan protests War Department dispatches delivering casualty telegrams at midnight. He cites district families receiving notices at 3 a.m. as needlessly cruel, worsening grief and sleep loss. He urges that casualty reports be withheld until morning daylight.
At Annapolis war governors agreed to press congressional delegations for federal reimbursement to colleges and universities hurt by the abrupt end of student army training. Institutions altered curricula, faced deficits, and many students left, unjustly harming academic life after serving the nation.
The Boston Post urges readers to assist Post Santa Claus as Christmas nears. It emphasizes that many children would have dark holidays without aid and notes the program has grown in reach and usefulness. Only three days remain for contributions to bring joy to young people and maximize the charity's impact.
Final New York meeting reports oversubscription of the 5 000 000 fund for relief to war ravaged Eastern communities. Organizers say the drive surpassed the target as outrage and distress from the devastation prompted strong support.
The document cites Hunnist invaders and Turkish allies of the German state committing massacres as a dark war chapter. It records a meeting declaring that Jewish suffering anywhere is felt and that help is offered despite race or environment, praised as beneficence.
The piece debunks the Rothschild Waterloo bond tale and explains Liberty bonds postwar pricing. It notes bonds fell not due to worthlessness but oversupply, with issues selling below earlier ones though offering strong yields. First-mortgage bonds yield higher than second mortgage issues, an anomaly likely to correct as prices rise.
Food Administrator Endicott lifts the ban allowing bread, butter, cheese, and meats in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, and clubs. The change rekindles cravings for wheat products and sugar, prompting questions about availability in hotels and dining cars and whether new rules will enforce this revised appetite.
Observers note growing consensus among leading aviators that transatlantic flight will be achieved soon. Glenn H. Curtiss reaffirmed confidence that airplane travel across the Atlantic is imminent, predicting early commercial aviation developments will include oversea routes facilitated by sturdy craft and expanding passenger capacity.
The speaker foresees flying boats and seaplanes carrying passengers and packages between major Atlantic seaports and the West Indies. He predicts rapid postwar revival of transatlantic routes, noting wartime aviation paused overseas work and expects a new record within 1919.
The London Times interview in Paris quotes President Wilson denying a fixed Wilson peace for Europe. The Post notes Clifton Carberry’s cable home to correct impressions of his visit. It warns that U S Senate criticisms risk weakening America at the peace table and reports Republican Henry White’s ire over partisan attacks.
Walter Hines Page, former United States ambassador to Great Britain, earned praise for tact and efficiency amid delicate Anglo American relations. He helped secure a crucial England Germany food agreement for Belgium. His resignation last August followed serious illness, and his death will be mourned both here and abroad.
New York reports a grim swindle where taxicab drivers charged three to four times the legal fare to wounded soldiers disembarking at St George Station Staten Island and taken to Fox Hills base hospital. The piece condemns the crime and laments the inadequate penalties, suggesting tar and feathers as a fitting punishment.
Patrolman Michael W. Shea of Station fired his revolver into the air yesterday afternoon to halt James Mahoney 22 of 37 Walnut street Brighton after Mahoney and three companions tried to flee during a stolen auto arrest. Mahoney was charged with larceny of Ernest O Jack Melrose’s car. The other three fled on Main street near Freedom court.
Fragmentary verse description of a moonlit night broken by ice on a pond and a teacherly intrusion that mars the moment. Unclear narrator identity, but references Newton Newkirk and a moonlit scene disrupted by a fragile ice surface.
A dated column urges readers to bottle no spirit but spread Christmas cheer year round. It mocks grocers of gloom and bottle drinkers, counsels generosity to Fost Readers Santa Claus, and calls for quick giving to brighten a child’s Christmas morning.
A friend is someone who believes in you when you lose faith in yourself, offering encouragement, trust, and steady support through uncertain times. Their belief helps rekindle confidence and persistence.
In All Sorts EO adds a new sample to the four frog types. He notes a frog as an irritation in the throat causing a croak and compares it to an audible marsh canary, annoying to both speaker and listener. Boston, FD.
A reflective note urges self kindness through effort. It argues that genuine effort prevents self condemnation and underscores personal accountability. The message emphasizes striving for excellence while avoiding unjust self-criticism.
A humorous letter exchange mocks a man named Daniel who boasts his November 11 birthday as an international holiday. The reply gently rebukes his ego and reminds him the date marks Allied victory over the Kaiser, not his personal celebration.
A vivid account recalls the October 5 6 1789 mob scene at Versailles when 10000 women and thousands of men marched on the palace. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette faced the crowd as Paris asserted its hunger and anger and the royal couple fled to the Tuileries.
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