Boston Post 1918 subscription rates and offices
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prices for U S Canada and foreign readers. It gives office address at 259 Washington St Boston and notes postage, payment methods, and editor publisher Edwin A Grozier at 1383 Main.
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Italy’s Piave Stand Praised by American Voices
Americans hail Italy’s Piave line as a rock against Austrian onslaught and credit Italian valor and endurance. The piece emphasizes Italy bearing the brunt with rising admiration for the nation’s soldiers and strategic tenacity in defending its soil.
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War Risk Bureau Finds No Wide Spread Marriage Fraud Claim
The War Risk Bureau notes only sporadic cases of wives marrying soldiers for pay and war insurance, not a widespread practice. It also cites Provost Marshal General Crowder ruling that 21-year-old registrants married after July 5, 1917 do not gain deferred classification, and that dependency from such marriages will not count.
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War Risk Bureau
Crowder
Push for Federal Licensing of Stock Yards and Dealers
The President will require federal licensing of all stock yards and live stock dealers by July 25, aligning with a Wilson committee's recommendations. The move, while not full government management, grants regulatory power over selling methods and pricing in meat supplies.
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Wilson
Uncle Sam's Meat Question Raises Public Curiosity
The remark suggests curiosity about how the United States government will address meat supply or policy concerns, noting it will be interesting to see the approach and outcomes.
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Uncle Sam
Frankfort Zeitung Calls Kaiser Ideological War Too Far
The German paper in Frankfort rebukes the Kaiser for his jubilee speech claiming Germany fights for culture and ideals. It argues Germans did not march to war for ideas and asserts the American people fight for ideals, praising the republic’s moral stance in World War I.
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Republic
Re-election of Samuel Gompers as AFL President
The Voice of Labor reports Samuel Gompers was re elected as President of the American Federation of Labor at the St Paul convention with unanimous support. He pledged that American labor will continue its full share of work and fight to secure victory for freedom and justice.
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Postal auto truck route links New York to Portland Me
A daily New York to Portland Me parcel post route via Springfield Danbury Waterbury Hartford Worcester Lowell Portsmouth is proposed starting July 1. Seven trucks will operate with two and a half days between terminals and winter road access will determine feasibility.
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War goals surpass premature third term talk say Indiana Democrats
The Indiana Democratic convention chairmen proposed a possible third term for Wilson, but the piece argues the nation should focus on war efforts now. It notes two years remain before nominations and cautions against predicting candidates so far ahead.
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United States of America
Wilson
Indiana
Mayor Peters picks Whalen to read Declaration
Walter A. Whalen, president of the English High School senior class, was chosen by Mayor Peters to read the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House as part of the Fourth of July festivities.
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English High School
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Old State House
Greece Receives $15 790 000 U S Credit From Treasury
The Treasury announces a $15 790 000 loan to Greece as the first under the new finance agreement with the United States. The allied credits total now amount to $5 379 319 0.
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Greece
United States
Treasury Department
Quotable line on riches from the heart over wealth
A reflective adage declares life’s true wealth lies in the heart rather than stocks and bonds, emphasizing inner value over material riches.
Sympathy for Hilda and the pocketbook theft
A reader letter from "Hilda" asks Mr Newkirk for sympathy after someone kept her $16 while returning only the empty pocketbook An editor replies with tempered scorn at the thief and a digression about bank overdrawn balances and banker pride The piece ends with a small classified ad for girls wanted in men's neckwear in a Boston newspaper.
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Special Meeting of the Boston Strap Hangers Union
A special meeting of Local No. 23 Boston Strap Hangers Union is set for this evening at 8. Members in good standing are urged to attend as questions about hang straps rights eligibility and conduct on crowded cars will be discussed.
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Observant Citizen dispatches from Boston to East Coast readers
In a village column style note the Observant Citizen comments on season changes and daylight differences between Boston and London. It recalls a mid air duel in balloons, forecasts a near total lunar eclipse visible in New England, and reports on factory heat policies and public morals remarks by local figures. It also notes a rising shark sighting near Nahant and a police court officer’s family, plus local letters about paper waste and candy slot machines.
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Bert Hall
M. de Grandpre
A M. le Pique
Bio Briefs on Julian Hawthorne Born in Boston in 1846
Julian Hawthorne son of Nathaniel Hawthorne born 1846 in Boston. Delicate child kept outdoors for health. Spent youth in England and Italy. Studied engineering, later moved to Dresden. Turned to mountain climbing and later writing after short business stints in New York. First novel titled Bressant.
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Nathanial Hawthorne
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Italy
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Bressant
Joan of Arc Leads First Battle at Orleans Amid Siege
Joan rides into Orleans on a Friday night and in the next days earns popular support. She urges Talbot to withdraw and then commands 500 armed men in battle. A French night skirmish leads to a fort explosion killing 150 English troops. only prisoners survive.
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Orleans
Talbot
Madame Boucher
Charlotte
Joan of Arc
Betty Takes a Hand in a Beach Rivalry
Betty schemes to win Dick by making Cynthia jealous, using a gallery of hotel gossip as witnesses. When Betty fakes distress to trigger a romantic test, an accident at a carnival leaves her injured and forces truth about love and loyalty to surface.
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Olive Davis
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New York City
Some Sweet Day by Walt Mason Noted War Poetry 1918
The poem envisions a peaceful future after World War I. It contrasts returning soldiers and citizens with critics who opposed wartime measures and laments at the end of the conflict.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Ark men travel 2900 miles to join merchant marine
William O. Baker and Milo S. Smith of Berryville Arkansas traveled 2900 miles to enlist in the merchant marine. They were accepted at the Shipping Board recruiting office in the Custom House ground floor and joined 62 others who passed tests and enrolled on the training ships at Federal wharf East Boston.
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Milo S. Smith
Berryville Ark
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Smith
Baker
Federal Wharf
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