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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
8
Page from The Boston Post dated February 23 1918 lists issue details and publishing information for the Independent Democratic Paper of New England with office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
A editorial urges immediate union, city, and Elevated management talks to avert a transit shutdown. It praises Mayor Peters for leadership and calls for arbitration of all issues to serve the public and avoid a public calamity in Boston. The piece criticized the road’s complacent stance and stressed high standards of service.
The piece urges calm, arbitration, and negotiated changes to avoid a local transportation strike. It stresses keeping contracts for both the Elevated and the public, warns against radical action, and asks labor leaders, management, officials, and citizens to unite to prevent disruption affecting war production and the town’s war effort.
The piece derides Senator Penrose's plan to use a lack of confidence platform for Republicans in the fall elections. It argues Americans are united behind the President and allied war efforts, warns against Copperhead rhetoric, and questions how GOP candidates who supported the government would fare if labeled as lacking confidence.
Mayor Peters introduces a bill to prohibit city and state employee campaign fund solicitations. The proposal would criminalize soliciting or arranging salary deductions to pay political expenses, with penalties up to $1000 fine or six months imprisonment. The move targets what is described as a long protested form of extortion.
A cryptic line notes inhabitants and a soap on the stairs. The fragment hints at domestic setting with possible household clue but provides no clear events or identities.
A humorous column questions a famous ethnologist's claim that blondes will soon vanish from society. The writer jokes about the prediction while arguing blond hair will endure, noting peroxide remedies and the ease of acquiring blond tones, and ends with a playful jab at the author’s name and motive.
A Boston column recalls Boylston street as a frequent painter’s subject due to nearby studios. It reports on a school committee member's pet owl, war era shield innovations, sea shanty revival, and visitors like Katherine Tingley. It also mentions old watch heirlooms, ice fishing prizes, and local banking news.
The Observing Bachelor in Pittsfield Massachusetts notes that the main irritant for poor married men is their wives’ millinery bills. He highlights how overhead charges constantly trouble the breadwinner.
New England division enrolment in junior auxiliaries reached 228 583 pupils, about 18 percent of total. Private schools lead with 37 percent, followed by parochial 23 and public 17 percent. Marblehead Amesbury and Arlington were added to the list of places enrolled.
The article argues war poverty drives interest in unfamiliar foods and highlights seaweed as a vast untapped resource. It notes Japan and England use seaweed extensively, describes Japanese farming near Tokyo and Hiroshima, and compares yields and uses from kelp to blanc mange, with Channel Islands and Cornwall as notable producers.
Helen and Louis Sr reunite with their ailing son Louis Jr after months of separation. Louis learns true love as Helen brings the child home and the family reconciles, sharing a quiet night by the bay window as snow falls.
A service flag bearing 188 stars was unfurled yesterday by the Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association at Seaver Street Roxbury to honor members serving in all branches.
The speaker mocks fame and greatness while recalling a life of toil from placid beginnings to criticism. He notes the endless tales of Lincoln and Washington and laments not reaching the White House or earning lasting classroom praise.
A wartime column urges adherence to old American principles, warning against internal division. It cites Lincoln on unity and compares domestic critics to enemy pressure, urging trust in government and collective resolve to survive the crisis. The piece closes with the slogan UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.
The prompt notes a 1907 dispatch of a 16 battleship fleet with supply ships on a 42,000 mile voyage around the world. It states the fleet departed in December 1907 and returned in 1909.
Worcester Reader notes a letter stating an Irish aviation corps is to be formed in the navy with the enrolling officer at Charlestown Navy Yard to receive enrolment applications. The question asks which government supports the plan, United States or Britain.
Discussion notes that a US born child with foreign parents may claim citizenship through birth. a child born outside borders takes the father’s nationality. The dialogue cites W. E. Nic and asserts paternity determines nationality for this scenario.
A reader asks where the Liberty Bell is located and how it came to be. The bell was cast in London in 1752 for Pennsylvania Assembly use in Independence Hall Philadelphia. It arrived in Philadelphia the next year and cracked during a sound test, later recast by Philadelphia workers. In 1778 a new steeple was built and the bell cracked again under a hammer strike.
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