Lusitania Postscript Calumny Debunked by White House
The piece exposes a political smear labeling President Wilson a knave for the Lusitania issue. It cites testimony from the Bailey letter and dates showing the postscript claim was false, noting Bryan and Cabinet support for Wilson. The author argues Republicans push slander beyond acceptable bounds and doubts the smear will gain traction.
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United States
William J. Bryan
Bailey
Lodge
Breckinridge
Bryan
Subscription rates and instructions for Post Publishing Co
The notice lists subscription pricing for domestic and foreign copies including daily and Sunday editions with terms for Canada and Boston postal district surcharges. It warns against sending cash and instructs payments by check draft or money order payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Nally—v
Canada
Roe
Sunday Post
Post Publishing
Whole Party and McLemore Vote Scrutiny
The piece targets Republicans and their stance on naval rights and the McLemore resolution. It notes 102 Republicans backed the McLemore move, including Mann, and argues Democratic President blocked it. It questions Hughes on condemning the GOP scuttle vote while campaigning across districts.
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Roberts
McLemore
Mann
Hughes
Expatriates in London Press Against Wilson Policy
A group of Americans abroad signed a declaration denouncing President Wilson's neutrality and his failure to enter the war on behalf of Belgium. They claim he is despised in Great Britain for not acting against Germany and question why American foreign policy should please foreign-born citizens. The piece critiques focusing on expatriate opinions over national interests.
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Germany
Bryan
Wilson
London
Belgium
Great Britain
Hopkinson Smith
Wilso
Junker
The
Unitates
Massachusetts Ninth Regiment Returns From Border Duty
The Ninth Regiment leaves El Paso for Boston as the last infantry unit from Massachusetts completes its Mexican border duty. Cavalry and ambulance units remain. overall, the record is creditable with no major combat, prioritizing prevention and regional protection while preserving soldiers’ health during the tour.
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el Paso
Boston
Massachusetts
Battle of the Bertrams in Dorchester by the Beach
A duel of words erupts as Phil Bertram and Pertie Bertram clash in verse and mock combat. The exchange cites kinship claims and boasts of poetic prowess with threats of lamp dimming and lineage disputes.
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Pertie Bertram
Dorchester- by-the-Beach
Philip Bertram
Ertie
Permanently Stalled by Ignorance and Egotism
The text asserts ignorance and egotism as twin handicaps that block many men from achieving success, framing these traits as the primary barriers to advancement.
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Manyaman
Perhaps and the Hopkinton Fair Absence Note
A reader scolds Newt for misreading Professor Thompson with a playful note on his town visit to a Hopkinton fair. The letter jokes that the word perhaps reflects his uncertain return to the office and teases his absence timing in a humorous exchange.
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Newt
Thompson
Hopkinton
Mass
New Kind of Roosters for Sale Prompts Poultry Revelation
A Boston newspaper letter reviews a local ad offering Plymouth Rock hens and roosters “all saying” for sale. The writer, once learned in poultry, discovers no rooster eggs but muses on rooster myth and dawn crowing, humorously concluding roosters may lay eggs.
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Plymouth Rock
Boston
Mother
Collect Today for Lithuanian Relief in Boston Streets
A thousand collectors under the Massachusetts Lithuanian relief committee will solicit funds today on Boston streets for Lithuania’s war stricken people. The committee chaired by Ley and including Mayor Cur and Treasurer Port Joseph nged issued a five sentence plea in response to President Wilson’s proclamation.
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Massachusetts
Nothing But the Truth Farce at the New York Stock Firm
William Collier stars in a comedy about a junior broker who bets he can tell the truth for 24 hours. The farce builds on absurd situations as Bennett clashes with Gwendolyn Ralston and her father over honesty in business.
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William Collier
New York
Bob Bennett
Gwendolyn Ralston
Gwendolyn
Bennett
New Mexico
Mr. Ralston
Mr. Ral
Ston
Ralston
Jin
All Saints Day Reflections and Local Notes in Boston Area
A reader notes the shift from Halloween revelry to All Saints Day solemnity and the fading link to Christmas. The column mentions Boston historian George Winslow Pierce, subway escalator etiquette, Harvard elders like James Maligan, Dorchester history work by Frank Wilkins, and remarks on local figures Matt Brush and Billy Sunday.
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George Winsle Pierce
A. B
Harvard
Napoleon
Alexander
Caesar
Candisete Hughes
Love and Sentiment Advice From a Vacation Romance
A young woman asks if she should write first after a vacation love ends. The columnist argues that long distance fades are common and that the girl’s best move is to wait for the other to initiate, noting “out of sight, out of mind” rarely sustains real relationships.
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Miss Champagne
Jeart
Graries
Ceremiss
Winter Coming and Fireside Tales in Frosty Muse
Walt Mason celebrates winter as a time of warmth and kinship. He contrasts fear of storms with the coziness of home, fireplace hum, and shared stories among family and elders, noting the closeness of loved ones as snow begins.
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Shanl
Granny
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Third Auction Attempt Fails To Sell East Boston Police Station
For the third time in three years Municipal Auctioneer Edward W. Faye held a sale of the old brick police station on Meridian Street East Boston without success. The upset price was reduced to 900 dollars. One bid was offered by former Representative John J. Douglass at 1 dollar, which was rejected.
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Edward W. Faye
Meridian Street
East
Boston
John J. Douglass
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Then And Now
A Boston weather reminiscence notes the coldest on this date in living memory as 2 degrees below, with official 10 year lows around 3 degrees in 1913. It cites warmest records of 74 degrees in 1888 and 1914, and 72 in 1915, plus rainfall occurrences in several years including 1895.
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Bosto
Boston
Real Difference Cream of tartar used in Royal Baking Powder
Cream of tartar derived from grapes is used in Royal Baking Powder as the best and healthiest ingredient. Phosphate and alum from mineral sources are used in some baking powders instead of cream of tartar because they are cheaper.
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Edwin A. Grozier
Boston Post
Sue
Daily Post
Newton Newkirk
Phil Bertram
Newton
Bertram
Bertie
B. Bertram
P. Bertram
Dorchester
Westphalia
Dan Wéster
Abe Lincoln
Stites
Lucy
New
Hallowe'en
James Russell Sewell
Sints
James Maligan
Henry Harrod
Harrod
Frank I. Wilkins
Boston Elevated Company
Dorchester Board of Trade
Daniel T. O'Connell
Edward A. Huebener
John J. Daily
Maurice H. Maney
M. H. Keenan
P. F. O'Keefe
W. J. Paul
L. Shanney
A Rte T
Matt” Brush
Boston Elevated Railroad
Billy
Winona
Minn
Matt
Abraham Alpert
Mildred Chapagne
Peel
Ian Ann
Gwal Baking Powder CO
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