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Lunch on the Common Canteen Plan Endorsed
The Boston Mayor leads a proposal via the Public Safety Committee to establish a soldiers and sailors canteen on the Common. This noncommercial luncheon resort aims to serve cost priced light meals for uniformed youth and should be ready by August. Public support is strong.
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Boston Committee On Public Safety
Boston Common
Enlistment plan for Slavic Legion challenges Austro-Hungarian power
A proposal approved by allies would create the Slavic Legion under the President with a $12 billion army appropriation. It would recruit 500000 men in the United States from oppressed Austro-Hungarian and German empires residents who are not citizens, requiring body soundness and loyalty. The unit aims to incite uprisings among Jugo Slavs Czecho Slavs and Ukrainians to strike into Austria-Hungary.
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Austrian Empire
Austria-Hungary
Strategic Fear Tied to Italy in War Threats
The text argues that a collapse of the dual monarchy could open a back door to Berlin, allowing the Slavic Legion to serve as an invasion force through that route.
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Berlin
Why Fear It The President’s New Telegraph Control
The bill granting presidential power over telegraph and telephone networks passed by wide margins, with no fear of tyranny or press censorship. The piece argues government censorship already exists via wartime practices and journalistic self censorship, praising restraint and questioning alarmist views. The Post pledges to denounce abuses if they appear.
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American Airmen Supposedly Silence Long Range Gun
After over a month of silence the great long range gun of the Huns at Paris is said to be unproductive. French reports credit American airmen for repeatedly destroying new emplacements and crews, upholding a vow to protect Paris as a sacred duty and giving Americans a sense of noble resolve.
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Country clubs urged to conserve fuel this winter
The federal fuel administration bans coal use for heating or cooking at country clubs from December 1 to April 1, allowing wood or peat only. Clubs argue many can source wood locally and still operate. coal should not be used when other areas face shortages.
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Salem
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Pacifist Secretary Provokes with Wartime Numbers
General March states the army now totals 1,100,000 with three corps of 225,000 to 250,000 formed. In one week 90,000 were sent overseas, an unprecedented figure 30 miles from France. Critics question what Baker could do if truly a fighting man.
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England
France
Mr. Baker
Senate Panel Congratulates Secretary Baker on War Achievements
The Senate committee on military affairs sent a letter to Secretary Baker noting unanimous instruction by 19 of 21 members to extend hearty congratulations for his department’s accomplishments in a recent report. The piece questions whether the Senate’s past criticism had merit.
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Merchant marine training enrolments top eleven thousand
Louis K. Liggett chief enrolling agent of the United States Shipping Board stated enrolments for the merchant marine training service yesterday surpassed the 11 000 mark reflecting growing interest in naval staffing and industrial program.
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Merchant Marine Training Service
Wellem Mystery Letters From Cape Cod Fisher
A curious hoax tale about the Wellem fish from Cape Cod is recounted in letters to Newt at a newspaper Post. The narrator describes a defunct specimen sent in a quart bottle with preservative and recounts encounters with the Post office staff and a dramatic clipping incident.
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Swans Survive Winter Amid City Park Rescue Efforts
A Metropolitan Park patrol reports seven swans remain in the Charles River this summer after a harsh winter. Park police and others provided food to sustenance the flock. The item mixes local society notes with sightings and civic actions from Boston-area communities.
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Vacation on a Farm Changes a Broken Spirit and Hearts
Murray Benton, rejected from war service, heeds a doctor's advice to work on a farm. Ruth Merton, worried about heat, resolves to become a farmerette after seeing Uncle Sam’s call. Murray defies mockery, wins respect, and finds new purpose on the farm with Ruth.
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Guilty Conscience Undermines Arguments in Debate
A sharp line warns that a guilty conscience sabotages reasoning and weakens persuasion in any discussion. The saying implies inner guilt erodes objectivity and tip the balance of argument.
No-mirror shaving stunt by Hindenburg with chalk dot
A newspaper item reports Hindenburg claiming he can shave without a mirror by chalking an oval on a wall and staring at it as a substitute. He says the key is having something to look at. The piece ends with a patriotic jab about Mister American and self scrutiny.
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Etiquette Note Questions Informal Dinner Plates
A clipped quote about proper table manners prompts a quip from Hazel Nutt asking if at an informal dinner plates can be dispensed with and food dumped on the tablecloth. The item humorously contrasts formal dining rules with a lax dining idea.
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Manchester papers raise price to two cents
The Manchester Leader and the Manchester Mirror, afternoon dailies, increased their price from one cent to two cents per copy today in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Manchester Mirror
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston July Weather Records
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston climate on this date with official highs of 96 in 1891 and 92 in 1894 and lows of 4 above in 1884 and 1903. He adds rain occurred on this date in 1910 1911 1912 1914 and 1917.
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Mary Baker Eddy Birthday Biographical Brief
Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science born in New Haven Cofin. with disputed July dates 16 or 25 1821. She married three times and kept Baker as part of her name with Asa Eddy. Glover sometimes inserted between Baker and Eddy. She formed Christian Science around 1862 and died in 1910.
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Household Hints on Marble Care and Food Testing
The note explains green marble discoloration from fungi, favors varnish or oil to preserve cleanliness, and offers a quick lime and washing soda paste to remove buildup. It warns weak acids corrode marble, and describes a butter versus oleomargarine test by boiling. Signed Mrs J A Power of Brookline.
Trials and Traitors Beset Joan of Arc Before Rouen
English and Burgundian rivals feud over the Paris trial plan for Joan of Arc. Cauchon jealously pushes to condemn the Maid, sending deputies to Domremy for damaging revelations, while her last ride through Norman towns marks a somber farewell before Rouen.
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Notable figures mix of posts and actions across world events
John Drew to remain isolated after cataract surgery for five weeks. Tai Tcheng-Lin meets the Pope as China’s new representative to the Vatican. Ruppert funds 10 tons daily ice for New York’s poor. Dora Ruppert joins the American Expeditionary Force telegraph unit. Western Union employees vote to form a company union. Bowdoin’s John J. Magee joins the wartime fighters. Tank volunteer William L. Edison listed among enlistees. Maude Radford Warren earns a military title for smoke distribution under fire. Veterans mimic Pershing Haig and Joffre whiskers. Mantell uses middle initial B to protect his stage name.
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New York City
Hot Day Reflections on Arctic Perils and Warmth
Poem fragment by Walt Mason from 1918 depicts a festive Eskimo digging through snow and enduring icy hardships while contrasting warmth elsewhere. It laments arctic dangers to natives on Spitza shore and contrasts their fate with the comforts of heat and smoke.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Post letters discuss captain pronunciation and Cape Ann turks heads
Readers query if cap'n is proper and ask about the turks heads label used for islands near Cape Ann. Captain John Smith is noted for naming them after slain Turkish champions. The column answers voting naturalization in several states and explains platinum’s wartime importance due to its high melting point.
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Who has the biggest income in the United States
Reader questions about top earners and tax data cite John D Rockefeller and Henry Ford as possibilities. The note asks for the motor route Boston to Montreal and distances via Concord Fitchburg and other towns. It also asks who the Huguenots were and Bowdoin connection.
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