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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
10
A editorial remark lauds Charles Evans Hughes as a Republican speaker urging patriotism and unity. It contrasts his stance with harsher voices and warns that victory in war matters more than party labels. The piece urges other leaders to follow his example now.
Lieutenant Bruno Rosselli complains the United States gives little aid to Italy while England and France send men, food, and coal to Italy. The author argues U S support finances French troops to Italy and enables coal and food flows, and notes U S loans to Italy when funds were tight.
Abdul Hamid II ruled 1876 to 1909 as Sultan of Turkey. His death in exile marks the end of an era seen as autocratic and degenerative. He was derided in Europe as the unspeakable Turk and known for a failed reform program and a dissolved parliament.
The uprising that toppled him a decade ago is recalled as the Young Turks now mirror or worsen past regimes. The editorial notes hope for a cure through the world fight over the region and its settlement.
The editor argues for raising ten billion dollars or more through Liberty Loans before July 1 1918. It notes prior oversubscriptions, discusses tax, market, and economic factors, and urges careful design to ensure success and broad public participation.
The piece argues New England colleges could shift or extend vacations due to coal shortages without major hardship, suggesting vacations moved up from Easter or stretched into summer. It notes colleges are a utility-like sector that can recover lost hours, while many industries cannot.
Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day and readers are asked to skip embarrassing lace valentines and lowbrow ads. Instead a ton of coal or a pound of sugar are welcomed as a heartfelt token, while other notes cover quick wit on an island rescue and local civic tales among Maine sheep prospects and Red Cross work by a young girl.
A Newton girl receives a letter from a soldier boy in France about dogs from many nations barking in United States language. Lulu and the writer remark dogs share a universal language while people struggle with cross language barriers.
The article notes Lord Randolph Churchill born February 13 1849 in England as father to Lord Winston Churchill. It outlines his late rising prominence his shifts between Tory liberal labels and the progressive conservative wing, roles including secretary of state for India and chancellor of the exchequer, and his decline due to ill health leading to death around January 4.
The report recalls American and German troops during a sector clash where U S soldiers were slain after bodies cried Kamerad surrender. It condemns German tactics as treacherous and predicts retaliation if Kamerad cries are used again, noting innocent men may suffer.
The article notes how New England shifted from wood to anthracite coal, with substitutes like soft coal coke wood oil and gas tried. It recalls a century ago wood powered city furnaces and even Reading railroad locomotives burned wood to move coal, highlighting the enduring value of anthracite.
Governor urges a dramatic shift in livestock goals as wartime food needs grow. A Canadian soldier reports 16 air raids on London and public alarms as bombs fall, while locals recall church warnings and a slogan to "Build hog pens instead of garages." Edward Brown notes high egg prices in England due to feeding soldiers, with 600 wounded in one hospital ward. Dr. Burton Gates cites honey demand in French military hospitals as a sugar substitute for healing burns.
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