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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1918
Page
10
A New York police committee on street accidents notes many injuries and cites visitors from out of town failing to look both ways. It urges natives to become safety models and teach the habit. The report laments no practical solution for safer streets.
The article quotes President Wilson's proclamation on national food administration regulations aimed at saving bread and wheat for allies. Baron Rhonda calls for 75 million extra bushels to support the war, urging voluntary cereal discipline without compulsory rationing and a patriotic response to wheatless and meatless days.
A fragment notes control exercised without resentment or distress. The text emphasizes calm management and steady demeanor in handling conflict or tension. The snippet hints at emotional restraint as a guiding principle.
A Boston editorial argues Democratic administration harmed business, citing 1915 failures and 1916 profits. It claims Republican policy caused worse outcomes in 1908, praises the Fed and Federal Trade Board under Wilson, and envisions ongoing market freedom after the war.
The Princeton Club of New York accepts Yale Club of New York invitation to use Yale House indefinitely. Yale House on Vanderbilt avenue is a 24 story luxury building. Princeton House near Gramercy Park is smaller and lease ending. About 700 Yale and 600 Princeton members have joined the war effort, uniting both schools in common purpose.
The American Bar Association urges revising the war revenue act to tax earned incomes more fairly. It argues active professionals should face higher surtax while idle wealth bears no greater burden, claiming a penalty on labor discourages those supporting their families and future.
A mailed set of humorous vignettes and letters from readers including Napoleon Gomo of St. Albans Vermont describing his wife Rosy Marie's illness and a poultry Q A about whether a hen sits or sets shared in a tongue in cheek, folksy style. The exchange includes a mock physician, an answer from Knewt Hennery Arlington Massachusetts and playful wordplay about eggs and settings.
Letters recount 1856 1857 harbor ice stories from Boston Chelar and Melrose observers with notes on a midwinter convention for the canning industry and efforts to aid troops overseas. The column mentions the City of Berlin Meade and regimental funds and a palm tree wedding in Amesbury.
A man explains gas range operation to Martha then leaves. The kitchen fire he lit four days earlier remains burning, yet shows no sign of diminishing, prompting astonishment at the stove’s enduring heat.
A young woman in a small town distraught by monotony finds purpose after a walk turns into a chance encounter with the wealthy David Ingraham. He assists her after she loses her way, they court, then marry in a simple church ceremony, beginning a long life together.
The article traces coal’s rise as a national problem and outlines coal breakers in anthracite regions. It surveys early coal use from biblical references to Britain and Europe, noting the ninth century English adoption, medieval prohibitions on coal burning, and delayed Parisian uptake in the 16th century.
Photo feature shows miners emerging from the shaft at dawn as they return from shift. The image captures dust and machinery in use, highlighting daily labor in coal mining.
Poem fragment celebrates youth and courage amid stormy seas and battle. It contrasts struggle and wind driven effort with awaits of spring violets and velvet vales. The verse exhorts endurance through winter and a fairy message of renewal.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston history for January 28 with temperatures recorded as 4 below zero in 1888 and zero in 1885. He notes a warm 63 degrees in 1916 and cites rain or snow on this date in the past decade including 199 and 191i years.
Uncle Walt Mason laments January as a sad month full of judgment and temptation. The speaker recalls vows broken and the scornful looks of watchers who predicted failure, noting the world’s blame and January’s somber mood.
A reader asks if a passport is required to visit a son serving in the English navy at Halifax New Brunswick. The reply notes that proof of U S residence for a stated period is also needed, else one may be held up under the head tax at the United States marshal's office General Postoffice Building Boston.
To the Editor the writer asks about the location and mailing address for private soldiers of old Company L now renamed First Separate Company United States Infantry. The notice explains the unit is currently First Separate Company US Infantry and provides a postal address format via the Postmaster in New York City for letters to the former L Company.
A Maine reader asks whether a German woman who married an American citizen twenty years ago and has lived in the state since 1893 must register. The inquiry seeks clarification of any modern registration requirement for long-term foreign spouses.
W. C. B. reports the former Castle Square company executive Mr Hansel died last October after a pneumonia attack followed by a nervous breakdown. He had been in poor health prior to his death.
In 1825 Gridley Bryant proposed the project and built the first U S railroad the following year. The four mile line transported granite locally leveraging Bryant’s engineering work.
Work at the Quincy quarries supplies stone for the Bunker Hill Monument. Quarry operators report steady shipments and stable demand from the project, with engineers overseeing quality and transportation arrangements to the site.
A reader asks if a British subject who took first papers and obtained American exemption remains liable to the British draft. Miles answers: yes if Britain sees fit, cards must be filled, two witnesses are required, and a $1 declaration of intention fee plus $4 naturalization petition fee. Britain can claim subjects with first papers.
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