Boston Post July 23 1919 Daily and Sunday rates
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, rates for U S Canada and foreign copies, and mailing notes. It lists prices, payment methods, and contact details for the Post Publishing Co with editor and department lines and a claim about its large daily circulation.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
U.S
Canada
Sunday Post
Post
Classic Lines From Poem Marco Bozzaris
A fragment echoes a patriotic call urging strikes for altars fires and green graves honoring homeland and memory. The verse by Fits-Greene Halleck invokes national loyalty and martial spirit with vivid imagery.
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Fits-Greene Halleck
Marco Bozzaris
The Right Sort: Young Spaniard Wants to Fight
In New Orleans Samuel Sanjines, with draft number 258 the first drawn, telegrammed Secretary Baker offering to serve in the U S armed forces. Though not yet a citizen he requests acceptance, stating he would join the regular army or National Guard as a worthy member.
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New Orleans
Samuel Sanjines
Globe
Baker
Regular Army
National Guard
Equine relief drive seeks funds for wounded French horses
Horses fight in war alongside mechanized units and suffer casualties. The Red Star Animal Relief, organized at Secretary Baker’s request, plans to aid wounded horses with American armies in France. It seeks an initial $250,000 to organize in the field, with subscriptions to Mrs. B. K. Cutter, 1058 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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Red Star Animal Relief
Baker
France
Society of Mercy
B. K. Cutter
Fifth Avenue
New York
Lloyd George Declares Clear Victory Outlook in Speech
Premier Lloyd George outlines Britain’s confidence in final victory while deriding Germany’s new chancellor Michaelis as delivering a sham speech. He argues a free Germany is acceptable if paired with liberty, and warns against autocracy. He also highlights anticipated U S involvement as decisive in the Allied cause.
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Lloyd George
London
Dr. Michaelis
Germany
England
Great Britain
America
Michaelis
Mr. Lloyd George
United States
Britain's WWI Ship Boom Surges as U-Boat Threat Fades
The British premier claims victory over the U-boat menace with secured food for 1917 1818, declining sea losses, and rising production. Britain will build four times as many ships this year and about six times last year, with expected gains even before U S tonnage. He denounces Herr Michaelis as he hails the shift in naval power.
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Tor
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Michaelis
Magazine Park Beach extension would aid Cambridge children
A Cambridge movement seeks to extend and upgrade Magazine Park Beach by Cottage Farm Bridge to provide safe, ample bathing facilities for city children in congested areas. Cambridge Park Commission estimates a $25,000 upgrade, with a City Council hearing set for tomorrow evening to consider a first class, permanent improvement backed by public support.
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Magazine Park
Charles River
Cambridge
Brattle Street
Cambridgeport
Old Cambridge
University City
Cottage Farm Bridge
Cambridge Park Commission
Bath Tablets and Sphinx Reply Spar Over Bath Tabajots
Newton Newkirk presents a humorous exchange about Bath Tablets. A reader named George sends a letter proposing using tablets to imitate baths discreetly at social events while Newkirk critiques the idea and urges readers to follow proper bath use. The dialogue shifts to a stern admonition from Newkirk about George’s ignorance and the correct way to use bath tablets in water.
Motorboat tale of Napoleon Gomo ends in near disaster
Napoleon Gomo builds a 16 foot motorboat with a four horse power engine rated at 4000 rpm. The craft, shaped like a doughnut, has mixed propulsion, a gas injun, and two roars. After a risky test on a lake, a fire erupts from a jump, leaving Gomo to face government fines for seven counts and a plea for advice on boats.
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Rolerade
Junx
Moshun
Napoleon Gomo
Observant Citizen notes unusual fish tale and wartime musings
In St Albans the Observant Citizen shares a tall tale of a large monkfish in Orr's Island, rescued by a man with a pitchfork but fighting for life, with a dog scene added for humor. The column shifts to wartime fortune tellers, a proposed anthem stanza, and letters on wartime experiences and small civic court costs.
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Orr’s Island
George E. Hackett
Wentworth
Senate Passes Food Control Bill Step Forward
The passage by the Senate marks another step in a five week debate on the food control bill. It now goes to a joint conference committee to reconcile Senate amendments with the House draft, amid serious administration questions and near unanimity in support. Delay risks harm at home and abroad as Baron Rhondda notes Britain cannot fix prices until the United States acts.
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Senate
House
Baron Rhondda
Great Britain
United States
Edward M. Beard Buried Yesterday in Melrose Highlands
Funeral services for Edward M. Beard long connected with Chandler & Co. were held yesterday at 2 30 PM at his home 9 Highland avenue Melrose Highlands with Rev John O Paislee officiating and Dr George R Clark singing. Burial was in Wyoming Cemetery.
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Edward M. Beard
Linen Department
Chandler & Co
Beard
Highland Avenue
Melrose Highlands
John O. Paislee
Melrose Highlands Congregational Church
George R. Clark
Wyoming Cemetery
Household Hints on Safe Canning Method
Mrs Edith E Kelso offers a practical tip for handling hot glass top jars during canning. She notes that a buttonhook can lift jars from boiling water by slipping under the wire over the glass cover, aiding safe removal.
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Lucie Sam
Edith E. Kelso
Greenway Street
Pittsfield
Fashion notes reveal pockets in lingerie and bold trims
The column describes trends with pockets in lingerie, quills on spring hats, Parisiennes favoring lighter footwear, and furs paired with chiffon or satin. It notes Gugness skirts with a vibrant WSa-5c5 of vin dandy, widespread stitching trims, foulard-lined capes, military collars on coats, and vivid Indian yellow as a fashionable shade.
Cabral the Discoverer of Brazil A Chance Voyage
The article recounts Pedro Alvares Cabral as the unlikely discoverer of Brazil on April 21 1500 during a southwest voyage from Lisbon. It notes his voyage began March 9 1500 with 13 ships and 1200 sailors, his landfall and possession for Portugal, Vespucci’s rise as chief pilot, and Cabral’s later honors before his death in 1534 alongside the common Columbus narrative.
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Columbus
Ferdinand and
Isabella
New World
Brazil
Bahama Islands
America
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Cabral
Amerigo Vespucci
Lisbon
Vasco de Gama
Cape of Good Hope
Portugal
India
Chance
Africa
South America
Land
Hakluyt
First Dinner Party Goes Awry in Mistaken Inbox
Ethel and Clayton, newlyweds after six months, prepare a lavish dinner for friends but none arrive. She discovers unmailed invitations in a drawer and, apologetically, reveals the oversight. Clayton calmly dines alone as the evening ends in muted humor.
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Ethel
Clayton
Mother
Clay
Mgr O Briens Funeral Today At Sacred Heart Cambridge
The body of the late Mer John O'Brien was laid in state at Sacred Heart Church East Cambridge after a 4 PM transfer. Thousands viewed the body and a guard of honor from St Johns Council Knights of Columbus attended. Cardinal OConnell will preside at a 10 AM Requiem High Mass with multiple clergy assisting. Burial is at Millenneague near Springfield, no eulogy per Father O Briens request.
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Mer
John O’brien
Sacred Heart
East
Cambridge
Father O'Brien
Guard of Honor
St. John's Council
Knights of Columbus
Cardinal O'Connell
Mgr
D. J. O'Farrell
St. Francis de Sales Church
Roxbury
William E. Foley
Worcester
M. J. Doody
St. Mary's Church
Cambridgeport
John A. Butler
St. Patrick's Church
Mitteneague
Springfield
Father O’brien
Drowned Four in Raritan Bay Near Keansburg
Four people from a single cottage at Ideal Beach were drowned in Raritan bay after stepping into a sand hole. A pulmotor revival attempt exploded its battery, spraying acid on bystanders and injuring over a dozen, with three severely burned and hospitalized.
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Keansburg
N. J
Ideal Beach
Raritan Bay
Missing Sisters Christine and May McLaughlin Reported Missing
Christine McLaughlin age 10 and her sister May age 11 disappeared from their home at 133 Eliot Street South End yesterday. They were last seen playing together in front of the residence.
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Christine McLaughlin
May
Eliot Street
South End
Funeral for Murder Victim John T Finn Held at Sacred Heart Church
The funeral for John T Finn, murdered near his home at 124 Mayflower Road Gallantum, was held at Sacred Heart Church in Atlantic yesterday afternoon. Marines from Boston Navy Yard and soldiers from I Company Ninth Regiment MN G plus Major O Connor Camp United Spanish War Veterans attended.
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John T. Finn
Mayflower Road
Sacred Heart Church
Atlantic
Boston Navy Yard
I Company
Ninth Regiment
Home and Mother poem by Walt Mason
A 1917 poem reflects on the central role of mothers in the home. It contrasts a mother’s tireless labor with a father’s quiet leisure, asking what home would be without her care and sacrifice. The piece honors maternal devotion as essential to family life.
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Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
England
East Sandwich
J. N
O. B
H. C
Oliver Basset
Jabez Nye
Frank Hitchings
Mother
Moil
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Birthday bio briefs Charlotte Cushman actor’s rise
Charlotte Cushman born July 23 1816 in Boston became a renowned American actress. She trained as a contralto opera singer before turning to the stage after a voice failure, starred as Lady Macbeth and Meg Merrilees, supported Civil War Sanitary Commission benefits raising 8000, and was crowned with laurels at her final Lady Macbeth appearance led by William Cullen Bryant.
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Charlotte Cushman
Lady Macbeth
America
Macready
Meg Mephlies
Guy Mannering
New York
William Cullen Bryant
Happy whenever it's Monday in this old world of men
Poetic reflection celebrates Mondays as a fresh start for duty, effort, and collective striving. It contrasts Sunday peace with weekday labor, praising renewed energy, brotherhood, and the chance to pursue meaningful action amid urban struggle. The piece emphasizes duty, dreams, and perseverance as weekly commitments.
Post Letter Box Q and A in the city pages
Readers ask about New York geography language salt sources and care for patent leather shoes. Questions cover the Great Seal motto and eagle design, early steamship propulsion, and aging trends among the insane.
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