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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
10
Publication line from the Boston daily issue dated May 18 1918 notes issue number volume and office address. No readable article content is present to summarize a distinct event or person.
The piece notes Charles E. Hughes as chief inquisitor in the aircraft investigation and suggests Colonel Roosevelt, defeated by Wilson, should be recalled to service. It contrasts other figures like Root Taft and Hughes and argues Roosevelt would fit at home work.
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to improve Boston Elevated service under public control for a term of years. It has been altered to meet the governor’s objections and is expected to be signed. The measure aims to relieve intolerable conditions on the elevated lines and reflects broad public support.
The Great Lakes Hudson River barge canal opens after fifteen years of work and 150 million dollars spent by New York. It will carry about ten million tons of freight annually, freeing half a million freight cars for war material transport as it joins the federal railroad administration.
A newly deepened and improved waterway is described as eliminating detrimental competition and antagonism from steam roads. The editor states its benefits will be national in scope, not limited to a local area.
The article highlights concrete wartime achievements including American troops in London, heavy coast guns in French action, 245 American locomotives in service, and 159 ships totaling 1 108 621 tons completed by May 11. It argues delays and disappointments exist but ignores claims that the U S did less than Serbia, insisting on evident American efficiency.
Poem about a young man from Fall River who rode around without oil for his machine and ruined bearings, prompting a shiver at the language used.
A humorous discussion contrasts the wandering waist line of women with the steady male waist line. The piece notes fashion shifts move a woman’s waist up or down while a man’s waist line remains near the tops of his trousers, occasionally adjusted by a belt or suspenders.
The column blends Whit Sunday superstition with seaside chatter, citing an old English belief that prayers rise with the sun at dawn and mentioning Boston sunsets after 8 pm. It covers maple syrup substitutes, a Lowell ice business run by Mrs Gage, George Washington’s ruralization papers, a bold taxi diner tale, gendered memory tests in youths, smoking terms, and a long family inheritance paragraph, plus local notes on Howard D. Smith and Memorial Day lilac blooms. It closes with Harwich’s 31-year constable record and a local police presence.
The article surveys future gasoline powered conveyances from autoped to motor driven wheelchair and sketches a history of mobility devices from wheelbarrows and sedan chairs to pedaled velocipedes, ending with a note on a gasoline driven railroad car.
Editorial argues against a 5 percent excise tax on net income for corporations starting 1920. Notes reform is needed but questions timing amid heavy national war taxes. Warns state measures may burden business while Uncle Sam needs wartime revenue. calls on Governor McCall to consider before approval.
The piece argues the President should take periodic rests for mental and physical refreshment, noting his record-long toil and ongoing grave questions since taking office. It contends even critics acknowledge the heavy workload and a brief respite would benefit the nation and the administration.
In a summary of a German quarters meeting between Emperor Charles of Austria and Kaiser Wilhelm, officials claim a cordial discussion covered key issues. The article notes a forgotten letter from two years prior in which Charles backing France’s claim to Alsace Lorraine could unsettle future relations.
A compact verse from Westminster Massachusetts laments federal power and military force, invoking Uncle Samuel in wary terms. The fragment references soldiers described as long lean and brown, with a salt-sea sand ribbing, conveying mistrust of government authority.
A war gardener from Seal Harbor Maine digging in his yard unearthed modern U. S. coins a silver half dollar a quarter and a dime and even found his own pocket knife with a hole in his pocket causing him to realize the coins were not treasure but his own missing belongings costing him 85 cents in silver.
A farmer near Bucyrus Ohio reports his old mare Dolly learned to chew tobacco after a prompt from him. Dolly now gnaws three plugs daily, slobbers, and troubles the farmer, who jokes about teaching her to smoke instead as she works the fields.
The recollection cites official figures noting Boston’s may 18 record highs of 90 in 1889 and 88 in 1882 and lows of 41 in 1881. It mentions rain or snow on this date in 1910 and a generally variable 160 year history.
Nancy Barton grows tired of constant hospitality and visits home to discover her father’s illness forces a change. John Orth and Phil Desmond, a close friend, help Nancy stay with Beth Orth and care for the twins as a romance unfolds amid shared chores and dinners.
A wartime message urges readers to act within their means to aid the war effort. It suggests buying a thrift stamp or a single bond, saving bread, or knitting a pair of socks, emphasizing that any amount of participation proves patriotism. The Lincoln anecdote underscores that duty fits each person’s capacity.
A humorous vignette by Watt Mason from 1918 follows Uncle James and Uncle John as they mock modern machines and diets. The tale ends with mushrooms causing demise and a reflection that life’s rules are vain.
Slade presents a concise education of art biography praising a born teacher who treated each pupil as a friend. He proclaimed that anyone who could draw could attempt anything in art and his career bore this out with works in major galleries and popular etchings. He died in 1911.
Smart serge street frocks are braided and back buttoned. Georgette blouses hold their own for dress occasions. Young girls will wear flowered silks in the evening.
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