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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
20
The Boston Post issues details for daily and Sunday subscriptions, rates for domestic and Canada delivery, foreign copies, and postage. It lists payment requirements, office addresses at 259 Washington St and 1004-1005-7400 Main, and notes advance payment and discontinuation on expiration.
The Cologne Gazette claims American Negro soldiers fight beside whites and urges equal treatment for prisoners of war, insisting the color line does not divide Allied combatants. It argues colored troops are worthy comrades and questions objections to sharing quarters with them if captured.
The appeal of James J. Phelan urges volunteers to run cash and carry ice stations in crowded tenement districts. Volunteers needed include men to lead and young women as cashiers as Boston considers a system to provide cheaper ice, aiding families and widows in heat.
The United States rapid ship production shows results with a new super-submarine launched at Fore River, the destroyer Ward afloat on the Pacific coast, and the Philip torpedo boat destroyer floated at Bath Maine. Mare Island’s destroyer completed in 70 days from keel laying. Ford works produce submarine chasers at one per day as over a million American troops are deployed.
President Wilson rejects wartime hostility toward Germans and supports their admission to a 24 nation economic association after the war. Lord Cecil frames the principle that Germany must join global life and trade, not exist in isolation.
President Wilson frames Prussian militarism as an obstacle to German progress and asserts that military power will be set aside once it is defeated on the battlefield. He presents the policy as a pivotal choice for the nation and its people.
Residents around Boston complain that coal orders placed months ago remain unfilled and face a 75 cent per ton price increase approved by the State fuel administrator. Critics, including Councilman Ford, accuse big coal firms of profiteering by delaying deliveries to boost profits. owners urge charging April prices for long-standing orders and seek investigation and disciplinary action if wrongdoing is proven.
The President urges the nation to reject mob rule and target Germans or pro-Germans with law rather than taking justice into street hands. He warns lynching erodes national honor and calls for lawful action to oppose aggression without bloodshed.
The Authors' League of America bans George Sylvester Viereck for misusing his position as writer and editor. He admits receiving 100000 dollars from German propagandists to sway U S opinion and to sow distrust of the allies. He aided distribution of books such as What Germany Wants Central Europe Secrets of German Progress and Zeppelins Over England.
War Department orders banning correspondence between officers and unknown women to prevent propaganda by pro German sympathizers. The practice, while often harmless, poses risks and is deemed too dangerous to continue in the army mail system.
Sorrow and disappointment and daily struggle weave through the verses. The poet urges revelation, hammer blows for glory, trust to pass darkness, and songs to lift burdens as joy blooms beyond the rain and thunder.
A party of six including two young men two wives a father and a child faced a curious bull near Butler's Corner. The bull charged as the group fled over a wall and the father climbed a tree. They escaped with minor losses to a cap and a heel, while a bystander mused on a humorous rescue method.
A community column notes golden rod honey helps bees winter stores and cites elderberries as vindicated. It mentions a service flag sticker on letters, a birthday message to a brother abroad, and a centennial for Eben N. Horsford, inventor of baking powder. Also recalls a Mohammedan tale of seven sleepers and a dog in paradise.
Gladys the stenographer schemes to keep her work overtime and hides her plan as a illness to attend a ball. She engineers a late shift, then helps soften her employer Jack Willard with care and kindness. He learns to value her as more than a business asset and the pair wed, with him apologizing for his selfishness.
Fred A. Harper former advertising manager of the Magrane Houston Company in Boston departed for Richmond Virginia to become advertising manager of the citys largest department store. Magrane Houston staff gathered after work to present him a gold purse as thanks for his service. John F. Fitzgibbon assistant superintendent and Charles A. Hanley store manager spoke at the presentation.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston’s warmest July 27 ever with official figures of 98 degrees in 188 and 93 in 1892. Coldest for this date was 6 degrees above in 1876 and there has been rain on this date in 1915 within the last decade.
A 1918 verse by Walt Mason proclaims Allied soldiers marching on to defeat Kaiser Bill. The poem celebrates American, French, and British troops landing abroad and vows to “can the Kaiser” as they press the war effort.
Birthday brief notes the life of Alexandre Dumas fils born July 27 1824 son of Alexandre Dumas known as Dumas the Younger He lived extravagantly then wrote La Dame aux Camelias Camille later a stage hit Sarah Bernhardt starred In plays Diane de Lys The Stranger among others He died in 1895.
The letter asks at what temperature alcohol freezes and notes a line about a temperature of 146 degrees below zero. It reads as a brief inquiry to the editor about the freezing point of alcohol.
A historic portrait recalls Joan of Arc as a valorous battlefield figure. Examiners questioned her about field experiences and-adoption of men's clothing, while she details revelations guiding sieges, wounds, and voices from saints guiding capture and fate. The piece ends with a call to honor France and a future image of Joan kneeling at chapel steps.
A polemical defense of wholehearted American participation in the war. The speaker denounces traitors and cowards at home, urges strong Americanism, and recalls a parable about pudding to emphasize the need to stand with the nation’s fight for liberty and life.
Readers ask about wartime terms and pronunciations. Archies refers to German anti aircraft guns. spies face national punishment. pronunciation guides for French rivers and old proverbs are provided with concise expert answers.
In military reporting the term salient is used to describe an outward projection of the battle line where forces hold a bulge or salient area. It indicates a protruding front in terrain or line position as described by commanders.
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