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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
8
The piece denounces insinuations that navy officers with German names are disloyal. It cites Secretary Daniels and urges papers or people making such claims to be ashamed. It asserts unwavering loyalty of all naval officers to the United States.
President orders a dozen or more German merchantmen interned in U S harbors to be repurposed for naval use. Five will be armed as cruisers while the rest become colliers. The piece notes past German evasion of neutrality and questions whether leniency was repaid with sabotage.
The great Boston savings banks offer to buy Liberty Bonds and sell them to the public at par with weekly instalments over 50 weeks. They say no service charge, enabling depositors to own bonds on easy terms and trust the banks more than bond houses or federal reserve institutions.
A call for depositors to heed banking guidance and join in a patriotic investment. The speech extols the savings bank as a steadfast, familiar institution and urges citizens to become co partners in a trusted financial venture.
A member of the Italian commission visiting the United States notes that Americans misjudge Italy’s wartime contribution. Italy fought on a longer front than France Britain and Belgium, endured Alpine sieges, mobilized 500 000 men in six days, invaded enemy soil, and pressured Austria Hungary while aiding allies. The piece urges recognition of Italy’s bravery and service.
In a Berlin speech Count zu Reventlow outlined Germany’s idea of freedom of the seas as a guarantee of immediate naval superiority at the start of hostilities, asserting the Belgian coast is essential to achieve this aim. He argued that prewar freedom was insufficient and only German dominance matters.
An opinion column criticizes Emperor Charles for denying responsibility for World War I. It recalls the July 1914 crisis after Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia, and the resulting war that followed. It argues Austria acted to provoke conflict and questions the emperor’s claim.
The New York World debates naming a man who dodges the draft as quitter or slacker. It labels such a person a law breaker and notes the behavior is unadmirable. The piece asserts the majority of young Americans are truthful and prepared to serve.
The piece describes a quiet May day in Medford with neighbors beating carpets as wind clears clouds. The narrator notes the robin's song and only distant sounds of swish and pound from carpet beating, referencing Newton Newkirk and a lilac day mood.
A playful column opens with quips about luck curses and superstitions, then pivots to a mock dialogue with a professor in Boston labeled Dear Newt and offering quippy observations on fashion, mourning, footwear, trouble seeking, marriage, and fortune.
A Vermont reader jokes about Ben Davis apples and debt settlement in a playful letter. The writer recounts a humorous memory of an apple tree, a bulldog, and lost clothing, then toys with buying a sample half bushel while noting he did not purchase last fall's apples.
Out of suffering spirits rise to happiness with sunny skies and a kindly smile. The price of joy is bitter with salt of woe, but eternal sweetnesses of loving follow past suffering. When joy arrives we know what hardship meant, life’s preparation for blessings sent our way with gentler bloom.
Governments guard fortification costs closely while France and Germany built vast fronts. The US Canada frontier remains undefended beyond customs checks and peaceful rail growth. Verdun Toul Epinal Belfort and Meuse lines endure as major French camps near the German border.
A Boston column cites a circular warning against bread waste and notes vast flour losses. It discusses Captain Henry W. Butler retiring from the Edward BR. Winslow, astrologer Professor Dooling predicting 1917 to 1918 events, and local views on exams, father’s day customs, and food conservation led by Mrs. Frederick N. Lindsay.
A letter to the editor denounces pacifists and anti draft activists as aiding war and alarmists. The writer argues conscientious scruples are false and that resisting the draft leads to perpetual conflict. He calls for crushing Hohenzollernism to secure permanent world peace, referencing Russia. Boston May 30 Morrison I Swift.
A guide notes that undercooked fish is dangerous to eat and a four pound fish yields six to seven portions. It also suggests airing the house twice daily and states one pound of beef yields four ounces of beef juice.
A 1917 verse by Walt Mason mocks German U boats and praises American ingenuity. It recalls the ocean terror of submarine warfare and foresees U boat defeat as Uncle Sam develops rapid countermeasures to stop Kaiser ships.
The tale follows Selina and Ruth inheriting a homestead and land after Mr. XII’s death. Selina’s hypochondria drives a visit by Maxwell Fayne, a doctor who prescribes water and sugar as a cure. Ruth learns the aunt was cured by belief plus placebo, with the physician admitting the end justified the means.
Mrs Emma Morrill Stanhope died in Providence Rhode Island at an unspecified age. Her passing is noted in local records with attention to her family and survivors.
May Stanhope widow of John R. Stanhope traced lineage to Morrill Heald and Mayflower passengers. She lived in Florida Havana and later Boston and Providence. Funeral held last Thursday with interment at Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge.
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