Poem Line About Valor and Death
A short 1883 line reflects on death's equal claim whether on scaffold or battle. It states the fittest place to die is where a man dies, attributed to M. J. Barry.
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M. J. Barry
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
8
Grasty’s submarine doom claim questioned by critic
The Grasty dispatch to the New York Times quoted 1,600,000 tons of allied shipping destroyed monthly instead of 600,000. The correction tempers the urgency of the warning but confirms the U-boat peril remains real and shipping rebuilding lags. The text suggests focus on national interests over private disputes to aid the United States.
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Mr. Grasty
New York Times
Denman
Goethals
United States
Ratshesky praised for public service in Massachusetts
A C Ratshesky president of United States Trust Company is praised after being named vice chairman of the Massachusetts Food Conservation Committee by Henry B Endicott federal food conservator. The public spirited citizen is noted for devoting time to public service since his appointment to the Massachusetts Public Safety Committee by Governor McCall.
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A. C. Ratshesky
United States Trust Company
Food Conservation Committee of
Massachusetts
Henry B. Endicott
Federal Food Conservator of
Ratshesky
McCall
Massachusetts Public Safety Committee
Siam Enters World War Allies Against German Kaiser
Bangkok reports Siam declares war as part of the allied effort against Germany. The monarchy pledges to uphold international rights and protect small states while the alliance grows to eighteen nations, signaling broad unity among powers.
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Siam
Bangkok
Germany
President Signs Army Aviation Bill Expanding Air Power
The president approves a 640 million dollar army aviation bill to build and equip about 20,000 airplanes, train aviators, and establish stations. Congress acted promptly after recognizing the need, aiming to rapidly expand U S air power to defeat the German flying service.
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Army Aviation
Congress
Executive Department
United States
Representation in the Third Branch of Rational Defence
A brief remark praising an effort to supply missing representation in the third branch of rational defence amid the war. The call to action uses a positive tone and wishes success to the initiative.
Holding Down War Costs in Wartime Economics
The piece argues President Wilson’s plan to reduce prices and profits teams with Britain's lenders who seek fair war finance. It condemns inflation as unjust and harmful, urging action against extortionate pricing to ease war burdens on ordinary citizens and secure a fair share of costs.
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Wilson
Great Britain
England
London Economist
Children at Cambridge hearing for Magazine Beach funding
At a Cambridge City Council hearing this evening the likely approval of a $25,000 park improvement at Magazine Beach on the Charles River is argued. Advocates urge the money to provide a well equipped recreation ground and bathing facilities for thousands of local children.
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Cambridge
Magazine Park
Charles River
Magazine Beach
Post
Kerensky and Kaiser Headed for Eastern Front Clash
The article notes the simultaneous depart ure of Russian Premier Kerensky and German Emperor toward the eastern front. It argues that Russian resolve or sedition within the army could decide whether Teutonic forces are tied down or redeployed, framing Kerensky as liberty and Kaiser as autocracy.
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Kerensky
Russia
Germany
Kaiser
Brock Named to State Public Safety Board
Governor McCall appointed Howard F. Brock city editor of the Boston Post to the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Brock, a veteran of the Spanish American War, is known for his wartime food conservation work and resides in Arlington.
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McCall
Howard F. Brock
Boston Post
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Brock
Arlington
Berlin Heights barber exodus prompts wild predictions
A humorous clipping from Berlin Heights laments Art Howard leaving town for Huron after selling his barber shop. Citizens fear whiskers will grow wild until a new barber arrives, with satirical warnings of bewhiskered citizens and transformed appearances.
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Sandusky
Berlin Heights
Art Howard
Huron
Howard
Art
Berlin
Luther Burbank
Banner
Bingville Bugle
New Orleans
Bee
Baronvelli
Capdeville
Observant Citizen notes era shifts from Mormonism to fashion
A column reflecting on social change from Mormon missions in New England to Bloomer fashion and evolving public attitudes. It touches on naval enlistment, draft notes, Japanese visitors assessing electricity plants, and local tales of farming on Deer Island plus a breadline tale of a seafarer losing a hat in the Custom House.
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Salt Lake City
Boston
New England
Long Island
House of Correction
Deer Island
There is one thing you can borrow without security
A cryptic quote notes that trouble has the peculiar ease of being borrowed in unlimited quantity without posting any collateral. The aphorism contrasts trouble with financial or material security.
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Us Basimendas
Boston Weather Records for July 24 From History
Official figures show a July 24 high of 95 degrees in 1882 and 93 in 1910 with 90 degrees in 1892 and 1901. The coldest reading was 64 degrees in 1893. Rain fell on this date in 1907 1913 and 1916.
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Boston
Knitted Arm Pit Patch Advice From Mrs Bailey
Household hints advise sewing a one and a half inch square patch into the arm pit of a kimono style sweater to prevent KNILted King Steeved Shreath from pulling out. Patch placed with two points up and down at the patch, while other two points align with the sleeve cast on. Mrs Caroline A Bailey of Rivermoor Plymouth County provides the tip.
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Caroline A. Bailey
Plymouth County
Rivermoor
High Price of Food Tests A Woman’s Job Hunt
A well dressed woman answers a tailor shop ad for a position, while a poorer applicant with a ham theft past is judged. Mrs. D explains her husband’s life sentence for stealing a ham, and she seeks work to feed five children amid rising prices.
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Mrs. D
Love as April Morning and Endless Bloom
Poetic tribute describes love as April morning and May bloom, awakening birds and dreams. It portrays love as life’s enduring appetite, beauty, and song, merging night reverie with dawn’s light in lyrical imagery.
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Woodland Way
Fashion notes on women’s dresses and fabrics
The piece describes street dress trends with embroidered jerseys, tailored suits, light cloaks with black satin trim, plaid voile cooler than gingham, black serge frocks, dark blue outfits with red accents, beige white cheviot cloaks and hats, a gingham morning dress with surplice waist, sheer white muslin for hot weather, and fine pleated frills on shirt waists.
Hammerfest Norway Clings to Light and Life in the North
Hammerfest stands as the northernmost town with sunlit summers and dark winters. It hosts 2709 people, modern comforts, a busy harbor, and brisk trade with Russia, Denmark, Britain, Germany, and Norway's fishing fleets. Reindeer graze nearby as locals endure long days of midnight sun and noontime brightness.
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Hammerfest
Asia
Greenland
North Pole
Europe
America
Oberammergau
Norway
Grim
North Cape
Alaska
Denmark
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Affaire Right Under My Nose Bill Falls for Grace
A narrator notes Bill the bachelor has fallen in love with Grace after a day of golf tennis and swimming. He sent a special delivery letter and sent candy baskets. Grace appears in a lavender boudoir cap as plans for dinner with Jack are made.
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Bill
Grace
Jack
Sixth Regiment Under Canvas at Camp Devens
Ayer July 23. The three battalions of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry are under canvas tonight at Camp Devens with Colonel Warren F. E. Sweetser in command. Two battalions arrived this afternoon, completing a three day hike from Framingham via Boxboro to the national army cantonment.
Salary raises for revenue workers announced
Jonn F. Malley, collector of internal revenue, announces salary increases for department staff. Employees earning between 120 and 1800 dollars receive 5 percent, while those under 1200 dollars gain 10 percent. Increases take effect July 1, 517.
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Jonn F&. Malley
Internal Revenue
Uncle Walt Mason’s Election Day Fate Feigned Shame
A satirical verse recounts a candidate nicknamed Uncle Walt who boasts of virtue then dies with a printed confession in hand. The verse alleges a string of crimes from egg theft to kidnapping, ending with remorse and quitting politics. The piece attributes the lines to Il Walt Mason, 1917.
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Charlie Ross
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Fastest steamships in the world and early 20th century inquiries
Readers ask about top sea speeds with names Mauretania Aquitania France and others. They compare taxi fares in London New York and Boston and seek data on US automobile factories capital and employment.
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London
New York
Boston
Dumas’s Tumultuous Rise and Fall From Idle Boy to Fame
A biographical sketch traces Alexandre Dumas born July 24 1802 in Villers Cotterez France. It covers his lineage his Paris move at 21 years old his rise from clerk to playwright and novelist his plagiarism accusations his prolific output including Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers his fortune turning theatre and palace ambitions his later misfortunes Garibaldi involvement and final poverty amid a vast legacy of about twelve hundred volumes.
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New England
B. F. Greenlay
Alexandre Dumas
Villers-Cotteretz
France
Dumas
Paris
Henri VIII
Scott
Garibaldi
Italy
Klaus Eaves Wedding in Dorchester Tonight
Miss Eileen Eaves daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Eaves of Dorchester will wed William E Klaus son of Joseph Klaus of South Boston tonight at the bride’s home in Dorchester.
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Eileen Eaves
Dorchester Telephone Exchange
Charles S. Eaves
Adams Street
Dorchester
William E. Klaus
Joseph Klaus
South Boston
Swiss Minister Bids Farewell to Wilson
Swiss Minister Dr Poul Ritter recalled by his government to serve in another capacity paid a farewell call on President Wilson in Washington on July.
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Washington
Poul Ritter
Wilson
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