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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
12
The Boston Post informs readers subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers unable to obtain the paper are asked to notify by postal mail. Edwin A. Grozier serves as editor and publisher from 1383 Main.
Report claims captive officers in German camps endure soft labor and humane conditions with comfortable housing and abundant food. The piece contrasts calm American treatment standards with projected German conditions if prisoners are taken, urging a fair but firm approach.
The Society for the Promotion of Agriculture offers a corn contest rewarding growers not only for yield and grain quality but also for low cultivation cost relative to bushels per acre. The approach addresses food costs and corn meal availability, highlighting practical economic factors in farming.
The War Industries Board issues a fashion rule guiding civilian dress for next spring focusing on plain and unostentatious attire. Rain coats and overcoats may follow fall rules, while military and naval uniforms drive fabric limits for civilians amid wartime conservation.
Nine fashion is noted and that the dainty spats are no more. As for the men they must get along with a less number of pockets but will adapt their habits to such de privation without serious resentment.
Berlin papers describe the United States waging war with business like calm and purposeful coolness. They praise American restraint, organization, and effort to relieve the Allies while building a powerful army. They warn German rulers the patient American approach may thwart military tyranny.
From Washington the Quartermaster's Department reports gas proof containers supplied to front line troops. Hermetically sealed parcels let soldiers carry luncheon to rest in trenches, protecting food from German gas while proving American ingenuity matches rival German devices.
The report notes modifications to sending the United States hospital ship Comfort to France without a convoy. The Lokal Anzeiger fears Americans and airplanes aboard could invite torpedo attack. The piece argues the ship requires protection and condemns trusting enemy decency.
The Geological Survey reports bituminous mine output at 12,400,000 tons weekly with 2,077,000 tons daily in the first week of June, up from 1,789,000 the prior year. Anthracite shipments rise about 9,000 cars weekly to 40,754 cars, a country record, while urging continued savings and distribution with McAdoo and Garfield.
The oldest resident recalls record heat for June 18 with official figures noting 92 degrees in 1394 and 90 in 1905. He cites a 40 degree reading during an 1891 accident and mentions rainfall on this date in 1909 and 1910.
An opinion piece questions why honesty, despite being praised as best, does not dominate behavior in society. It argues social incentives and consequences shape truth telling, suggesting practical costs influence honesty levels among people and institutions.
A humorous essay argues food shapes mood and conduct with examples of doughnuts and sausages affecting sleep and temper. It quips about glutinous delicacies and ends praising simple meals to keep cheerfulness. An old ad excerpt follows, contrasting a “wicked” oil stove with a clarifying reader exchange.
This week marks 30 years since William II began drawing pay as German emperor. other rulers resist the title Emperor of Germany. Observations cover weather trends, waterfront hero Captain George Simpson, a relic banner found by the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a 75-year-old horse shoer business. Also noted are whale meat tastings by a deputy sheriff and wartime Red Cross efforts by Schrafft & Sons workers.
The piece emphasizes the power of present effort over tomorrow’s toil. It calls readers to face strife with fearless resolve, strike decisive blows, and advance with dauntless purpose as fear yields to determination.
The account traces Joan of Arc’s examination by learned scholars at Poitiers and Chinon, where she is praised for purity and Christian faith. It notes her mission to lift the siege of Orleans, her rallying of armed supporters, visits to Tours, and care for the poor and children as depicted by contemporaries.
A seaside tale follows Tom Stevens who answers a shy girl Beth Butterfield’s ad. Letters ignite a summer romance culminating in a Casino dance where Beth confronts him, admits prior correspondence, and accepts Tom’s steady love as they plan a shared future.
The column notes suits in plain serge or checked fabrics, an odd Chinese ornament as a sash finish, tan and gray shoes alongside black and white, white silks and satins for sports wear, cotton net dresses with embroidered organdie, hats with upright wing fences, cotton frocks accepted in fashionable circles, plaid gingham paired with plain material, and summer frocks with fanciful cuffs.
Charles Franklin Jones urges readers in Boston to feel empathy for nations at war and to act for victory, noting the Lusitania sinking as a catalyst. He uses a tale of a bank collapse to argue that the war now directly affects Americans and requires urgent action.
Poem by Walt Mason reflecting WWI stance against immediate peace with the Prussians. It frames fighting as necessary to crush the foe, noting farmers halted, crops neglected, and no disarmament while Teutons threaten, expressing staunch opposition to peace talks.
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