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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1917
Page
9
Fifty five years have passed since the Monitor versus Merrimac battle marking a turning point in naval warfare. The piece argues American ingenuity yielded a counter to ironclads and asserts resilience and continued innovation to meet threats to the nation.
The late Count Zeppelin created an almost perfect dirigible balloon and hoped to end the war by destroying Germanys enemies. His faith waned as searchlights planes anti Zeppelin guns defended against raids. Germany halted Zeppelin raids. his legacy may aid peace beyond warfare.
The manifesto responds to Lloyd George’s speech denying home rule, urging justice and nationalist loyalty yet arguing the British government ignores Ireland’s vast majority. It appeals to Americans, grounding itself in self rule and freedom and seeks sympathy and action for those who rescued Ireland.
The piece argues President Wilson’s order to require competitive exams for all postmasters of first to third class signals a major civil service reform. It defends accountability, efficiency, and cost savings, while noting presidents retain some selection latitude. The change curbs political appointments and promises long term benefits for the public and government.
The President acts to arm certain American merchantmen on his authority, backed by the Attorney General and Secretary Lansing, with broad public support. An extra session of Congress is called for April 16 to consider endorsement and other urgent items, as critics rail at pace.
The Governor of Massachusetts invites executive authorities from New England to a Tuesday conference to discuss plans of common interest amid disturbances. Adjutants general and chiefs of staff are invited, signaling a focus on military preparedness as New England’s united response under Massachusetts leadership.
The Post notes that the Nesbit poem Your Flag and My Flag published last Monday is copyrighted by P. F. Volland & Co of Chicago. The oversight was corrected, and the paper has received many letters of appreciation for the patriotic verses.
A collage of verses and clippings notes farm life fantasy versus toil, plumbing charm, and a quip about cranial custard. Fire department members recall Wilson's garage blaze at 3 30 am. A Berkshire Sentinel piece urges a new doctor to visit Marlboro area and hear locals. Jason Sears reels in a four pound four ounce pickerel with a foolscap note about high living costs.
A reader from Lynn Mass signs as Phoolosipher asking Newt to explain a rhymed clipping about an officer pushing his feet along a street with a "big, glad" smile. The letter questions the officer’s balance and the meaning of the phrases used and notes the piece is written in rhyme.
A historical feature details the Ashokan Reservoir as the world’s largest, spanning 12 miles by 2, with 7,000,000 cubic yards of masonry and earth, holding up to 770,000,000 gallons daily. It compares with Boston’s Wachusett Reservoir at Clinton containing 64,968,000,000 gallons, 8.5 miles long, and a $11,000,000 price tag, noting the vast relocations and displacements for both projects.
A column of short items covers early spring blooms in Edgartown, a 100th birthday quilt maker in Plainfield Vermont, Harvard’s Massachusetts Hall used for troop drilling, local real estate demand, a Belfast Maine set of notable elderly women, and a Boston lawyer’s reunion. Also recounted: a judge’s handling of alimony and a five generation Edgerton reunion.
A man in a carriage lost a nut from a wheel in front of the opera house block last evening. The wheel detached and the wagon tipped back but no one was hurt. He replaced the wheel and went off to locate the missing nut.
The outlook notes gloves with a semi military look pair with sports wear while soutache braid decorates blouses of light fabrics. Belts and decorative sashes brighten simple dresses as spring coats stay above skirt hems. Kids’ clothes feature pockets nearly as large as the children.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston weather history for this date noting the coldest reading of 15 above in 1908 and the next coldest 16 above in 1880 and 1904. It also cites the warmest 71 above in 1878 and the next warmest 61 above in 1879. Rain or snow fell on this date in 1907 1909 1911 and 1916.
A sick call unfolds with a seven year old boy seeking help for his ailing mother. The visiting doctor recalls childhood memories of friendship and lost love as the family welcomes him with a warm, quiet kitchen scene and a doughnut interlude.
Malpighi is regarded as the founder of microscopic anatomy and an early user of the microscope to study plant and animal structure. His work provoked fierce medical opposition, including a fatal duel between relatives of opponents, yet he pursued vivisection and discovered capillary circulation in a frog before dying at age sixty seven as private physician to Pope Innocent XII.
A reader asks the editor when poet James Whitcomb Riley died, referencing a note dated July 22, 1916. The query seeks historical closure on Riley’s death and its timing.
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