Largest US morning and New England Sunday circulation reported
The data shows daily posts and Sunday posts totals with gains over June 1917. It notes 1,831,041 total daily posts over 25 days and a Sunday post average of 535,746, marking a gain of 21,031 copies per day and 9,470 per Sunday from June 1917, asserting the largest morning and Sunday circulation in the United States and New England.
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Boston Post
United States
Daily Post
Sunday Post
New England
Patriot Telegraphers Strike Delayed Amid War Board Pressure
Union officials postpone the Commercial Telegraphers' Union strike amid patriotism concerns. Western Union refuses to end discharges for joining the union and defies a National War Labor Board request. The paper notes a possible presidential move to seize telegraph companies.
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Western Union
National War Labor Board
Taft
Portsmouth Yard Defends Wartime Efforts Against Slacker Claims
Naval Constructor Adams refutes charges that the Portsmouth navy yard wasted workers and money. He cites submarines under construction with one delivered 20 percent cheaper, another to launch soon, plus the boat shop producing fast motor-boats and a vastly expanded electrical shop, arguing 4600 workers are underutilized but productive.
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United States Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Naval Constructor
Adams
Yard
Adams Shows By Colots
Small faults aside, praised for overall accomplishments
A brief editorial note acknowledges minor flaws but emphasizes that the overall achievements deserve recognition. It argues that the positive outputs outweigh the faults and defends the subject’s performance as largely successful.
A GRAVE PROBLEM
The piece argues for careful, allied consideration before any intervention in Russia. It warns against hasty action, notes the logistical and strategic hurdles, and endorses supporting the President’s cautious, unified approach to aid Russia only if it serves defeating Germany and aligns with allied interests.
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Russia
United States
Japan
Germany
Foch
House Ways and Means Drafts Luxury Tax Plan
The Ways and Means Committee works toward a federal tax on luxuries, expanding beyond licenses on nonessential goods. modeled on France, it would target personal habits of indulgence and foods with rising prices while aiming for simpler living and broader national income.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Public Garden guns mark wartime reality
The Public Garden now hosts anti aircraft guns signaling that the city is at war. Historically the Common was a Civil War assembly and training ground, but today the cannon presence is a sober reminder rather than a source of anxiety, a quiet assurance that invaders would face a warm reception.
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Army of the Union
A Happy Thought on Roosevelts Nobel Gift Return
Colonel Roosevelt asks Congress to return the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize money of 40000 to fund industrial peace. The donor intends distributing the funds to Y M C A war charities Red Cross and Knights of Columbus. The move ties peace prize money to wartime relief.
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Congress
The
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Work For Peace
Observant Citizen notes weather quirks and late circus hype
The columnist recalls historic heat spells in Boston, dismisses a Maine circus press agent’s overblown listing, and reports local tidbits. Streets in Beverly named for Pershing, farm labor by Danvers Insane Hospital volunteers, Red Cross winter work, and a big lettuce head from Mrs. Fordham highlight community notes.
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Danvers Insane Hospital
Foot tapping at concert sparks etiquette query and more
In a letter to Newt Everett a Boston reader asks how to handle a foot tapping lady at a concert. The column riffs on polite measures then shifts to local notes about weaver birds at Franklin Park Zoo, Gloucester fishing gains, a Miller’s Falls carp tale, deer and moose in Lenox forests, a Holyoke sailor fund ride, and barber cologne prices.
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Newt
Boston
Everett
Oldest Inhabitant Notes July Weather Extremes in Boston
The oldest resident recalls Boston heat records for July 9 with official figures showing 99 degrees in 1912 and 94 in 1911. He also cites cooler readings around five percent above normal and mentions rain on this date in 1913 and 1916.
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Boston
Farm girl dream turns real life on Uncle Abner’s farm
Three women in a city hat shop plan to become farmerettes to help Uncle Abner with his west pasture. They sew bloomers and sunbonnets, quit the job, relocate to the farm for two busy months, gain aid from Hawes brothers and a college friend, and endure rural labor as they pursue a rural dream.
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Hettle
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Abner
Hettie
Sara
Aunt Sara
Eaith
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Uncle Abner
Brown
Hawes
Malcolm
Ezra
Keith Hartwell
Lake Shore
Joan of Arc Faces Rival Prophets and Siege Setbacks
The narrative recounts Joan of Arc’s campaigns around La Charite and Mehun sur Yèvre, her clash with Catherine of La Rochelle who claimed white and gold visions, and royal suspicions. It notes a failed siege, a noble patent offer she declined, and a city wedding aid gesture toward the Maid.
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Joan
la Charite
France
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Mehun-sur- Yerre
Charles
Lghter
Hellote Powys
Tours
Trousseau
Orleans
Morning Promises at the Lake Under Moonlit Plans
Rose confesses a promise to review plans with a partner, while Edith reveals a prior plan with Keith to visit the lake on a full moon night. Aunt Sara and Uncle Abner watch as the three girls stroll to the shore, each with a man at their side, and joke about their roles as farmers' wives.
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Rose
Keith
Edith
Abner
Sara
Aunt Sara
Uncle Abner
Post Letter Box Questions and Answers From Readers
A reader letter page discusses dog days dates July 19 to August 11, asks about phrases like um and er in speech, and ponders the origin of biting the hand that feeds. The section notes a question about the color of natural rubber caoutchouc and mentions an image claimed to show Abraham Lincoln with a goose quill pen.
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Allston
Yeab
Edmund Burke
France
Newton Highlands
Abraham Tancoln
Matching Brass Colors Clarifies Redder Shade
The text explains that redder brass contains more copper than lighter brass and suggests color matching is difficult once the alloy composition differs. It states brass is a zinc copper alloy and implies color is determined by copper content.
Lincoln used steel pen to sign Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln used a steel pen during part of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The pen, held in a common wooden holder, was later presented to Senator Sumner.
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Lincoln
Senator Sumner
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