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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
12
The great fire in Atlanta destroyed about 3000 homes, a loss that outruns the financial damage to business districts. Despite widespread sympathy from sister cities, Mayor says no outside help is needed as residents begin rebuilding in the American spirit.
A senator’s remark that Herbert Hoover emerged from obscurity drew sharp critique. The speaker notes that great figures rise from obscurity, citing Napoleon Lincoln Grant and Edison as examples whose fame followed early obscurity.
The trial of Franz von Rintelen and associates exposes organized labor’s firm refusal to be corrupted in defense of U S munitions production. Labor’s patriotism thwarted German schemers who sought costly bribes to sway workers in wartime industry.
The document notes the futile effort to corrupt officials, stressing that American personnel are not for hire to betray their country and will resist attempts at subversion amid the von Rintelen case and related associates.
In the first week of American destroyer operations in British waters allied merchantmen losses dropped by 50 percent. Officials in England credit Yankee destroyers with teaching U boats caution while American trade volume surged in March, and Simon Lake plans to build large merchant submarines to counter the undersea menace.
The Tijuca sinking by a German submarine spurs President Braz to urge Brazil Congress to revoke wartime neutrality. A war declaration may follow as Germany’s actions push Norway and Sweden toward open hostilities. The piece argues that patience among neutrals is wearing thin amid Teutonic sea warfare.
An editorial calls for a complete inquiry into the steamer Mongolia disaster in which a brass mouth cup joined to a shell caused two nurses to die. It stresses that the tragedy, though unprecedented, could recur and urges ordnance experts to ensure shells cannot fail in such a deadly manner.
A Vermont National Guardsman was killed by an express train at a Richford bridge. The article urges tighter orders to keep soldiers off tracks and at bridge ends to prevent such needless fatalities far from combat.
The fragment presents a quip about luck and mischief with playful tone. It mentions Everett Massachusetts and a character named Kara Seene. The line jokes that one cannot get ahead tomorrow if one gets a head tonight.
Two clippings show an odd misgendering in a Lost Boston bull ad and a tongue in cheek trial sale for russet cider. The first text peddles cider on trial with shipping “on trial” and transport prepaid. The second notes a Boston bulldog labeled female, questioned as to Kennel norms.
Napoleon Gomo writes from St. Albans Vermont describing summer farm life with humor and local character. He mocks city folk planting front lawns and misinterpreting farm work while noting family scenes, weather, animals, and community neighbors.
The Arnold Arboretum shines as a public haven with Japanese cherry blossoms and plans to transplant stock to Rochester. William Amory Gardner builds a grand lakeside mansion at Pride’s Crossing. Newburyport workers join a food conservation effort under the Old Colony Trust Company.
The Jungfrau rack railway, begun in 1896 and reaching 11 140 feet, has already spent over 2 000 000 with two miles remaining to the summit. It attracts 84 000 riders in a season, uses a tunnel and elevator for the final ascent, and establishes Switzerland as the home of extreme mountain railways with potential future electric climbs.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boton temperatures never below 40 degrees on this date, with a 46 degree coldest in recent years. He cites May records of 80 to 88 degrees in various years and notes Boston rain on May 23 only in a few recent years.
A 1917 letter from Janet at Red Clover Farm describes enlisting in spirit to serve her country by farm work. She milks cows, tends a pig, and plants rows of vegetables while learning gardening skills under grandpa and mother guidance. She trains as a farmer soldier and hopes to work daily through the season.
A 1917 poem by Walt Mason argues that a just quarrel makes a nation thrice armed. The speaker defends war as a last resort to curb autocrats and end neglect, invoking the line thrice is he armed from sages.
To the Editor of the Post asks which ship was bigger. The Vaterland measures 907.6 feet long and 100.38 feet beam with 64,282 gross tons, while the Titanic is 852.56 feet long and 92.5 feet beam with 45,000 gross tons.
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