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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
8
The white ship of mercy sails under government direction to aid sick sailors at the Navy Yard during winter and summer alike. Its equipment for infant care is complete and efficient. the medical staff and instructors are described as highly competent and dedicated to shore and sea service.
A year after Greece joined the Allies the Greek government under Venizelos has unified the people and built a 200000 strong army. The piece praises Greek fighters for freedom and hopes they soon strike against tyranny with courage and zeal.
Miss Alice Paul, chair of the National Woman's Party, denounces the Senate delay on the suffrage amendment. She questions President Wilson's earnestness and asks if insulting the president aids the suffrage cause or harms leaders who accuse the Chief Executive of dishonesty.
Herr von Heydebrand, a leading Conservative figure, criticizes manhood suffrage in Prussia. He credits the state's strength to old authority from above and rejects social democratic utopian ideas, signaling a firm stance against expanding voting rights.
The piece argues Governor McCall may seek the U S Senate but warns of a sharp GOP battle with Senator Weeks. It urges Democrats to nominate a candidate who can win disaffected Republican votes and back Wilson and the war effort. The core question is who will most help win the war, beyond party labels.
The text notes conservatives resisting equal voting rights and aristocrats resisting suppression by any equal law. It states the Kaiser promised Prussian reform but the pledge did not alter the political struggle.
The will of A. Shuman reveals a generous, far seeing endowment totaling 247 500 dollars for charity and public purposes. Boston receives 100 000 dollars for a convalescent patients building at City Hospital, 50 000 dollars goes to the Museum of Fine Arts, with Harvard Floating Hospital and various charities also benefiting.
Mayor Peters asks the Emergency Fleet Corporation to reconsider shipbuilding in Boston, citing 12,000 skilled workers in the city and arguing that bringing raw materials and fuel to Boston is easier than relocating labor. He notes lumber already arrives by water and rail could handle more.
The opening of Andrew Square station eases congestion in transporting passengers between downtown and South Boston and Dorchester. South Boston traffic can connect with surface cars at Broadway station, with Dorchester transfers at Andrew Square, as the Dorchester tunnel completes underground service.
The article argues for relief at Dudley Street on the L lines, noting long standing crowded conditions at transfer points. It contends that a new tunnel extension, amid route readjustments, would greatly improve practicability and reduce rush hour strain.
The city sentences 38 bootleggers to one year each for selling liquor to Camp Devens soldiers. Authorities call the trade particularly harmful to army discipline and efficiency and praise Secret Service actions in curbing it.
Fifteen men without white classification cards were arrested and held overnight at the East Cambridge jail after being turned over to government agents. Authorities say about one hundred individuals lack proper cards and may be inducted into the army today.
Alwin Schroeder, renowned cellist, will rejoin the Boston Symphony Orchestra next fall for multiple years. He has spent 14 seasons with the ensemble since arriving in 1891 and has also performed with the Kneisel Quartet.
The New York Sun notes Secretary Baker’s cautious figures on American forces in France yet confirms General March’s estimate that 900,000 are abroad with 65 to 70 percent in actual combat. If 67.12 percent are available for attack, the U S army exceeds Britain’s early war strength and rivals Italy, signaling a growing wartime role.
A column by Newton Newkirk quotes the sphinx on chances and conclusions. The piece uses a proverb about a single sign not guaranteeing a trend to spark reflections on caution and fate.
A brisk shower ends and a suave narrator takes a street car seat guarded by a polite lady. He sits, discovers a wet seat, and endures teasing from fellow passengers as he reaches his office, learning a moral about suspicious hospitality.
A Boston column recalls St Peter day fishing boat decorations, midwinter in Argentina, blueberry canning forecasts, and a tale of a Italian traveler outsmarting railroad rules. It also reports on Boston Common improvements, evergreen tree damage, and a 73 year old former French officer teaching riding to Boston families.
A WWI era poem extols American workers joining harvest in the west as heroes feeding soldiers and fighting the Teutons. It compares wheat fields to fields of cloth of gold and urges workers to labor bravely, likening peasants to knights and praising perseverance. The piece is a 1918 copyright poem by Walt Mason.
On the day after his triumphal entrance into Rheims Charles VII was crowned in the cathedral as the Maid of Orleans looms larger in memory. Accounts praise Joan’s purity simplicity and steadfast piety while detailing her armor dress and influence on the army and church.
Virginia and her brother Jim trial a bold scheme to plan opposites for a week. A khaki visitor turns up, revealing the ruse’s result and sealing a future marriage as Robert Thomas asks for Virginia’s hand, praising her courage and trust.
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