The Untimely Convention Questions Massachusetts Amendments
A column by Woodward Emery of Cambridge questions if constitutional amendments adopted by the current Massachusetts Constitutional Convention can be submitted to voters without prior approval by two successive legislatures. The piece argues the convention is untimely amid war and urges focusing on liberty loan support and military recruitment.
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Woodward Emery
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Shaw
Emery
Commonwealth
Convention Advised To Adjourn As War Wages On
The convention is described as proceeding with its programme despite questions about its legal standing and urged to adjourn until the war ends, freeing its influential members to focus on a broader patriotism amid the fiercest conflict mankind has faced.
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Convention
Liberty Bond or Indemnity Bond Now
A wartime appeal urges Americans to buy Liberty Bonds within three days to fund the nation's war effort against Germany. It warns that failure to support liberty could lead to an indemnity bond enforced by force and financed by the very debt Germany seeks to impose on democracies. The message frames bond purchase as a citizen’s duty to safeguard freedom and the republic.
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Germany
Belgium
Hohenzollern Dynasty
United States
Europe
Republic
America
Enlistment Drive for Marine Corps Opens Yesterday
Historic call to service notes the Marine Corps first formed in 1775 by the Continental Congress and its long honorable record. The unit is set to join the division under General Pershing in France, inviting patriotic response in the current emergency.
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Marine Corps
Continental Congress
General Pershing
France
Liberty Bonds Promote Support for War Efforts
A wartime appeal urges readers to back the national cause by purchasing Liberty Bonds. The message frames bond buying as a civic duty to aid military victory and home front morale.
It Takes Courage To Refuse A New Dish
All Sorts Newton Newkirk column reflects on appetite and restraint as nourishment signals for readers. It cites personal restraint when faced with unfamiliar meals and links courage to thoughtful eating choices.
Riding Habits for Sale and Other Oddities in Town
A humorous column riffs on riding habits from streetcar to limousine and joy riding. The narrator muses on selling personal habits, notes hang-strap riding, luxury car habits, and a rough pony ride, ending with a small classified line about poultry stock from Coos County Farmers' Bulletin.
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Newt
Stoneham
Spike
James
You
Coos County
Farmers’ Bulletin
Observant Citizen Highlights and Local Notes
The column celebrates Arboretum blooms with 160 to 170 named varieties and recalls varied Boston area curiosities. It notes Boston as a major wool market, visits to a Cushman School benefactor, a giant earthworm episode at Franklin Park, puzzle lore about a 1917 war end date, and several local anecdotes from Norwich University to an alligator sighting and a retiring Boston & Maine legal staff hire.
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New England
Norwich University
Norwich
United States
John B. Sawyer
Wakefield
Sawyer
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mary in Garden Rhyme Dialogue
A playful exchange follows with Mary answering in a wary tone. The lines echo a nursery rhyme cadence about growth and patience.
Pilot Light A Warning Signal For Saving Electric Bill
Mrs C W Phalen of 16 Massasoit Street Northampton describes a small red bulb over the cellar door wired to the same switch as the cellar light. The red signal in the kitchen alerts when the cellar light is on and helps cut wasteful electricity use.
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C. W. Phalen
Massasoit Street
Northampton
You ll Want Your Share of the Liberty Loan Belief Card
A World War I era public appeal urges readers to contribute to the Liberty Loan drive. The notice frames the loan as a duty and links participation to national victory and financial support for troops.
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Liberty Loan
The Costliest Cloisters at Campo Santo Pisa
A vivid description of the Campo Santo cloisters in Pisa, praised for its cool shade and golden garden under a sky lit courtyard. The walls showcase Florentine frescoes, some damaged but studied for understanding 14th and 15th century Tuscan painting. The site also houses Roman and medieval sculptures and a fragrant garden.
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Campo Santo
Pisa
Edward Hutton
Mount Calvary
Campo
Vasari
Italy
Freddy's Flag Rediscovers Patriotism and Family Conviction
On a crowded city street a mother grapples with buying an American flag for her son Freddy to avoid conflict with her husband Otto. After a tense moment she consoles him with Betsy Ross’s tale, and Otto overhears the story, declaring loyalty to America and making Freddy’s flag and her own part of one family’s union.
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Tila
Otto
Lila
New Hampshire
Ada
Betsy Ross
Daddy
Father
America
Attacks on Wilson Hurt the Liberty Loan Effort
A reader to the Post notes a grim humor in New England’s reaction to the Liberty Loan. He argues anti administration papers distort public trust, and claims distrust of the administration hampers subscriptions. The letter accuses Republican papers of politics over patriotism and calls for faith in those spending the funds.
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New England
Liberty Loan
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Party
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut River
Washington
Ralph Henry Barbour
Manchester
Mass
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