Death of Abraham Shuman Honored Boston Leader
The city mourns Abraham Shuman a key Boston citizen and longtime trustee head at Boston City Hospital His death ends a life of philanthropy and civic service shaping the hospital and the community He was widely respected as a New England merchant and friend maker with deep ties to the city.
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Abraham Shuman
Boston
Boston City Hospital
Shuman
New England
Animal Rescue League
Hagar
Our Sugar Allowance in Wartime Rationing
The piece compares U S sugar quotas to British and French limits, noting Britain at 24 pounds per person annually and France at 13 pounds, while Americans would receive 36 pounds instead of 55 as the prewar average. It argues the public will adapt to conservation measures during wartime.
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Great Britain
France
Then and Now Moral Bankruptcy Claims About Germany
The piece contrasts Dr. von Kuehlemans address to the Reichstag with Bethmann Hollweg’s Belgium pledge and Jagow’s 1914 letter. It argues Germany cannot be trusted to honor promises as it pursues military aims. The passage questions Germanys moral standing and adherence to international obligations.
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Reichstag
Germany
von Kuehlman
Belgium
von, Bethmann- Hollweg
Herr von Jagow
Prince Lichnowsky
Great Britain
Somewhat in France Typographical Union Service Book
The International Typographical Union issues a May 1918 booklet titled Somewhere in France with a service flag showing 4081 blue stars and 75 gold stars. It notes officers are volunteers in the Army for preserving industrial peace and that the union opposes strikes during the war. The group has paid $22,350 to families of 75 members who died for the Great Cause and will continue support.
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International Typographical Union
Art that preserves all art cited in war effort tribute
The excerpt notes $354 000 paid to old age pensioners and $312 000 as ordinary death benefits. It honors American soldiers in France as exemplars of character, praising the craftsmanlike work of those who preserve art amid the war.
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France
March general cites 900000 US troops in France and rapid war mobilization
General March states 900000 American troops are in France and the mobilization is five months ahead of schedule. He rejects Senate critics who questioned War Department efficiency, pointing to vast logistics, docks, railways, barracks, and the feat of transporting nearly a million soldiers with minimal losses. Lloyd George calls the effort an amazing organization. The public now recognizes the success and dismisses opposition as unfounded.
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General March
United States Army
France
United States Senate
War Department
United States
Germany
Lloyd George
Italy’s Piave victory ignites American pride and solidarity
The piece extols Italy’s Piave victory as a decisive moment in the war and lauds Italian Americans for their patriotism. It celebrates Italy’s bravery, history, and close ties to the United States, urging continued support as the allies’ cause advances.
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Italy
Marne
America
New England
The
Piave
The New Arrivals In Population Are Rising
A study from the Milk Committee of New York, based on 163 large cities, shows births outnumber deaths by about one million nationwide last year. The national rate is 100 deaths per 1000 living births, with Brookline, Everett and Boston among communities below 50 deaths per 1000. Experts urge expanded prenatal care to bolster healthy births amid war losses and reduced immigration.
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U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Boston
Post Publishing CO
Milk Committee of
New York
Brookline
Everett
Which Came First the Egg or the Hen, Willie
Newton Newkirk answers Boston Willie Green’s plea for help with a joke of the egg or hen riddle. He mockingly scolds Willie for grammar errors and urges schooling, then dismisses the ancient question as unanswerable while advising a focus on breakfast and hens.
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Newt
Willie
Sam Hill
Adam
Eve
Nix
Biddy
Old Ironsides moved to new berth and christening news
The frigate Constitution known as Old Ironsides was towed from Pier 2 to Pier 4 at the navy yard after years at berth. Hundreds of thousands visited during Pier 2 years. Miss Hila Haraden of Hamilton was chosen as the descendant of Captain Jonathan Haraden to christen a destroyer.
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Constitution
Navy Yard
Pier 2
Daniels
Jonathan Haraden
Hila Haraden
Hamilton
Mr. Daniels
Farewell to suspenders predicted as belts take over
A noted authority in men’s apparel predicts suspenders will disappear soon and belts will hold trousers. The speaker counters, asserting suspenders will endure and continue to share men’s wardrobe duties as in the past.
I Refuse to Abandon Suspenders Says Man
A speaker vows not to wear a belt or discard suspenders despite anti-suspender critics. He argues Mother Nature built him for suspenders, noting belts irritate digestion and risk trousers and reputation. He asserts suspenders have long supported him and he will not yield now.
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Mister Hoover
Household Hints On Juices Wrinkles And Freshening Garments
Practical tips include using leftover fruit juice to flavor sauces or drinks, collecting broken glass with a brush and wet cotton, steaming garments over hot bath water to remove wrinkles, and refreshing lace crepe and chiffon fabrics with the same method.
Questions on temperance and language in Post letters
Readers debate temperance definition and weekly liquor use. Language notes examine Wednesday pronunciation and the word damn as profanity. Skeptical asks about Earth's seasons, Martha cites scripture about take no thought for the morrow.
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Martha
Boston Weather Milestones for June 26
The record notes Boston’s hottest June 26 as 92 degrees in 1904 and 91 in 1907, with a coldest 52 degrees in 1903. It also cites rainfall on this date in the past decade, including 1912 and 1915.
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Boston
Joan of Arc Drives French Victory After Orleans Campaign
After Orleans Joan leads the French across the Loire to Meung and Patay. English reinforcements falter as Talbot is captured, the English retreat, and French discipline spreads. Contemporary witnesses credit Joan with changing English morale and turning the tide of battle.
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Joan of Arc
Battle of
Patay
Orleans
Joan
Jargeau
Loire
Meung
Talbot
Beaugency
Dauphin
Barbara Willows Qualifies For Genville Club
In Genville a six star service flag town, Barbara Willows aims to join the S S S Club for soldiers sweethearts. She must have a sweetheart in the service within a month. The town watches as she dates Ted Barlowe Bill Stratam Art Gordon and others, while the club doubts she will qualify.
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Genville
Vera Quinn
Gladys
Babs
Vera
Barbara Helena Willows
Sammy
May
Barbara Willows
Ted Barlowe
Ruth
Bill Stratam
Bill
Art Gordon
Barbara
Two-Minute Talks on the War by Charles Franklin Jones
In a Boston essay Jones rejects the German claim that the world opposed them excuse their brutal acts. He argues the Germans repeatedly committed crimes over years and cannot plead mercy, only swift punishment for the world to mete out.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Boston
The Saving Habit Uncle Walt Sings Thrift War Time Verse
A wartime poem by Walt Mason urges saving and thrift to support the Red Cross and war effort. The speaker contrasts past waste with new discipline, noting now he has saved four bones and vows to outgrow spendthrift habits as citizens fund the nation. The piece, copyrighted 1918, reflects home front sacrifice and patriotic urging.
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Red Cross
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Barbara earns honorary club membership in patriotic act
Barbara proves her qualification by presenting two khaki soldiers and a sailor as evidence while revealing Sergeant Albert, a furloughed sergeant recovering from injuries, and her two enlisted friends Ted and Bill. The Gonville girls unanimously approve her as an honorary member of the U S 8S Club as they prepare to part for summer duties.
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Barbara
Ruth
Babs
Vera
Uncle Sam
Art
Bill
President
Albert
Glenville
Phillips
Ted
Sam
Gonville
U. S
May in the Meadows and Seas Theme
A lyrical reflection celebrates sweet days in May with sunshine laughter and hopeful mornings. The verse evokes meadow scenes and seaside imagery as love and optimism harmonize with a fresh dawn.
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