Post Publishing Co May 18 1917 newspaper notice and rates
Publication details for the Boston Post dated May 18 1917 with subscription rates for US Canada and foreign editions. Editorial and business office contacts listed with policy on advance payments and discontinuation upon expiration. Edwin A Grozier is named editor and publisher with address 1383 Main.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Canada
Sunday Post
Maia
Tampa
Sporting Editor
Financial Editors
Edwin A. Grozier
Boston Post
Harvard Appoints Foreign and U S Officers to Faculty
Harvard grants academic posts to six members of the French military mission and two U S army captains on the Harvard staff. The Board of Overseers meeting signals recognition of patriotism as qualification for intellectual service amid national crisis.
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Cambridge
United States Army
Harvard
Wilson drops press censorship clause from espionage bill
President Wilson shows wisdom in dropping the press censorship clause from the espionage bill and relying on newspaper discretion. He argues the veto preserves fair criticism and avoids jail threats over printing facts deemed objectionable by the government. The press would still honor government requests, improving the bill overall.
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Wilson
Arrival of American destroyers in British waters
The report details the arrival and deployment of American destroyers to Queenstown and their swift start on assigned duties. A rumor mentions a possible encounter with a German U boat, but confirmation is unclear.
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Queenstown
Navy Promptness Highlighted by Senate Exchange
The article contrasts a Senate question about navy activity with reports of destroyers arriving overseas. It criticizes Congress for dawdling while praising the Navy Department's quick actions.
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Poindexter
Senate
Navy
Congress
Navy Departments
Congress Urged to End Delays and Pass War Measures
The editorial denounces Congress for derailing wartime action with constant denunciation and delays. It notes the army bill finally passed, urging swift passage of remaining measures to support the administration and national defense.
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United States
Council For the National Defence
Administration
Council For Defence
Congress of the
Irish Convention Seen as Best Path to Home Rule
The Post reports Mr. Redmond rejects the Lloyd George plan but backs assembling a convention of Irishmen from all parties to craft a self government scheme. The paper argues a fully representative body could resolve Ireland’s long dispute without partition, aiming for union and majority will.
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Lloyd George
Redmond
Ireland
Resignation of Navy League Chairman Triggers State Dissolution
The resignation of Chairman Harry K. White and the advisory committee leads to the dissolution of the Massachusetts Department of the Navy League. The state group formed last fall spurred recruiting and support for Naval Reserve members, with hundreds benefiting from knitted clothing and equipment. The statewide women workers will continue independently, while Mr. White plans further naval work elsewhere.
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Harry K. White
Massachusetts Department of the Navy League
State Department
Navy
Massachusetts
Naval Reserve
League
First Naval District
White
The Silent One and the Wise Sphinx Toast
A Portland poem by Edward W. oli ses humorously extols a silent Sphinx whose aging wisdom and wit amuse all classes from beggars to millionaires. The piece contrasts the Sphinx with the speaker lifting his lid to reveal thought.
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Portland
Edward W
New Job Forwarders and Kitchen Quirks Spark Reader Letters
Readers critique the idea of job forwarders offering cash tied to no-work pay and joke about a wishful loan while a Boston soup column mocks a recipe that cuts asparagus into pea shapes. The exchanges blend humor about work and cooking details.
Etiquette Tips From a Saranac Lake Misadventure
A traveler named Fuller Coke seeks etiquette advice after drinking tea from a saucer at a social tea in Saranac Lake New York. The column offers two safe tea drinking methods and practical dining tips, including spoon and cup handling and napkin placement for economical dining.
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Fuller Coke
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Newt
Baker Making Good as War Secretary
The Springfield Republican lauds Secretary Baker of the War Department as exceptionally qualified. It notes his first year handling the Mexican border mobilization and says his intensive training gives him a strong grasp of wartime problems and a disdain for bureaucratic red tape.
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Secretary Baker
War Department
New York Sun
United States
Baker
National Guard
The Costliest Convention Hall in the World
The Oakland California convention hall on Lake Merritt cost about 1 million dollars and hosts about 100 conventions yearly with an attendance around 500000, plus additional meetings. It features a 10000-seat arena, a 2500-seat theatre, and a grand 20 foot wide corridor, all in a steel and granite building praised as the West’s finest auditorium.
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Oakland
Cal
Lake Merritt
Piedmont Hills
Obedient citizens and wartime prep in Boston scene
The Observant Citizen notes a fudge list for camp morale in Plattsburg and reports on Boston wartime preparations. It covers the appraisers' new government building, Ninth Regiment HQ at East Newton street, and local notices of veterans, education ties, and rail cargo delays in Russia.
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Plattsburg
Atlantic
Northern Avenues
Joseph T. Lyons
Customs House
Greater
Boston
East Newton Street Armory
Ninth Regiment
Thomas F. Murphy
S. Cambrian
Mid-Ocean
T. B. Larrebat
Biarritz
France
Midocean
Advice to a 19 year old on a distant girlfriend
A young man asks Mildred Champagne how to handle a breakup with a girl two years his junior who has grown distant and may be seeing another man. The adviser suggests pursuing other girls to provoke jealousy, regain interest, and possibly discover a new companion.
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Robert B. Fitzgerald
Boston College
Michael E. Fitzgerald
Cambridge
Ninth Regiment
Massachusetts National Guard
Mildred Agnes Ridlon
Hingham
St. Paul's Church
Father White
Miss Champagne
Jerry's Bear Dream Ends With Mother's Gentle Call
Eight year old Jerry Crosby imagines himself a hunter while listening to his mother read adventures. He and his friend Andy venture toward a woods shack in a night of hunger and fear until a Newfoundland and mother prove real guardians. The child longs for courage yet seeks comfort and companionship.
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Jerry Crosby
Jerry
Andy
Andy Casey
Marco
Slacker Uncle Walt's Lament on Matrimony and War
A humorous verse parodies a man who dodges war by marrying, praising Slacker’s wooing while condemning bloodshed. The poem, attributed to Walt Mason, mocks reluctant suitors and social expectations, reflecting 1917 sentiment on marriage and conflict.
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Isabella
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Mothers as Deputies of God in Lincoln Cycle Tribute
A reflective piece extols mothers as heroic figures shaping sons like Lincoln and Mary Pickford. It recalls Nancy Hanks, wartime resilience, and personal memory of a mother’s sacrifice, ending with a plea for tenderness and love for mothers as guiding forces in children’s lives.
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Mr. Chapin
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
God
East
London
Mary Pickford
Jack
Lottie
Morris Goldberg & Co Jewelry Loan Tickets Diamonds
Boston firm Morris Goldberg & Co at 5 Bromfield St Room 38 offers cash for jewelry loan tickets and diamonds.
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Morris Goldberg & Co
Bromfield St
Boston
Mass
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