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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
14
A collage of unsigned letters and notes recount small town wonders and wartime thoughts. Topics include Dewey anniversary trivia and Pershing commemorations, Boston sea life and a Salvation Army move, a safe found near Fanueil Hall, Morse’s milestone, raccoons in Ipswich trees, and the idea of shop letters to troops with gossip from offices.
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for U S Canada and foreign requests. It includes pricing by term, postage notes for Canada and Boston district, and payment instructions to POST PUBLISHING CO.
The note outlines advance payment requirements for subscriptions and warns of discontinuation upon expiration. It lists editor names and contact details for the newspaper, notes Associated Press membership, and reserves rights for republication of dispatches and specials.
Three years since the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. One thousand two hundred fifty one passengers and crew drowned. The act exposed the barbarity of German warfare and its endorsement by the Kaiser, signaling a fight to crush that system for civilization.
The President directs Attorney General Gregory to probe the Aircraft Board amid Borglum charges of gross negligence and graft. If proven, jail for offenders. if not, the board should be exonerated. The public should suspend judgment until facts are established.
The article lauds a 20,000,000-strong public drive that surpassed expectations by going over the top. It urges continued support through thrift and war saving stamps offered nationwide, praising Uncle Sam and equating the stamps with bonds in value and national effort.
A public exhortation extols large personal savings as a good habit and outlet for patriotic spirit, urging sustained practice by citizens and inclusive participation by boys and girls in the effort and its benefits.
The piece condemns German invasion of Ukrainia as a bias theft of grain and power. It cites Kiev’s seizure under military governors and the Reichstag claim of restoring order while pursuing foodstuffs. Peasants resist grain deliveries, undermining German promises and sowing distrust of Teutonic agreements.
Celebrated as the man most responsible for the Third Liberty Loan's success William G McAdoo is lauded for determining loan size interest rates and tax questions His foresight kept Kaiser fears at bay and boosted wartime patriotism noting the loan as the war's most successful to date and McAdoo's extraordinary financial skill.
The 5548 ton steel freighter Tuckahoe launched from Camden New Jersey. Charles M Schwab assumed control of shipbuilding resources for the nation and hails record speed from keel laying to launch as a sign of bigger production to come. He emphasizes expanding output to win in war and peace and aims to outstrip autocracy.
Newton Newkirk quotes a paradoxical aphorism about endorsements on promissory notes. The piece frames belief in signs, not endorsements, as a matter of principle.
A big man on the back platform snarls at a conductor over fares and free speech. The exchange grows tense as the passenger refuses payment and challenges the conductor, finally alighting with a threat as the car moves on.
A letter from Steve A. Dore in South Boston describes a new recruit who, due to excessive overtime, became nervous and lost sleep. The author wonders how the man will cope and suggests asking the recruit directly for his plan. The exchange highlights workplace stress and sleep troubles.
A wartime exchange from the Saugus Navy Yard features Mr. N Newkirk proposing brick ship ideas including a brick light runabout with a brick windshield and top. The yard responds that no brick pleasure boats are being built and suggests a brick hydroplane instead.
The tape hat evolves from cotton tape dyed and plaited like straw. Capes remain popular especially navy serge with novelty silk. Hindoo turbans are common with them. 1918 frocks favor simple sturdy fabrics like ginghams chambrays linens and voiles in varied color schemes. Floral crowns stay popular with small flowers such as violets forget me nots and lilac prominent.
Fragmentary weather notes describe May 7 temperatures in Boston with figures 68 and 89 from unspecified years and 87 degrees as the warmest on record for 1895. The text also references rain or snow occurrences on this date across the past decade including years 1900 and 1915.
Tschaikowsky born May 7 1840 in Votkinsk Russia studied at St Petersburg Conservatory later led Moscow Conservatory career marked by ambitious operas and symphonies. He enjoyed a wealthy benefactress Mme von Meck though they never met married briefly and survived a suicide attempt before dying of cholera after completing his sixth symphony the Pathétique in 1893.
A retrospective on gasoline’s development and the future of flight and motor travel. It recalls Selden’s early gasolene motor dreams and early aviation fears, contrasting 19th century steam coach laws with the rapid shift to petrol power and autos on Fifth Avenue.
In Pine Villa the Norton clan quarrels over staying in the mountains while Edith mocks Phil as he vows to do his bit for Uncle Sam. A car crash injures Mrs Norton and Edith, bringing a khaki soldier who helps nurse Edith and wins her heart as Dorothy supports a hoped Union of family and love.
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