09 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
1
Formal demand by Socialists for the emperor to renounce the throne is met with sharp rejection. Military leaders appear to control the situation again and civil authority is being ignored. The Kaiser has little chance to block an armistice, signaling a deepening constitutional crisis.
Amsterdam dateline reports a German wireless despatch that Emperor William declines to abdicate. The Socialists had demanded abdication and the Emperor replied through the Interior Minister that he would not abdicate voluntarily. The dispatch notes widespread unrest on the West Coast and other parts of Germany as calls for change persist.
The Boston Post announces a price rise from one to two cents per copy, describing it as reluctantly necessary. It notes wartime duty to provide a sane, reliable paper at the lowest possible price and compares with higher rates in other major cities.
The War Industries Board urges higher retail prices as newsprint more than doubles in cost and other production expenses rise two to five fold. Labor costs soar while the post aims for low wholesale rates, seeking dealer and newsboy cooperation despite the longer postwar economic pressure.
The Boston Post announces a price increase aimed at readers in Boston and New England. Editor Edwin A. Grozier emphasizes reliance on reader loyalty, noting the paper's large circulation and the inevitability of the higher price due to uncontrollable conditions.
Allied operations tighten the net around German troops in France and Belgium. French and American advances in the Sedan sector and British actions in the north are narrowing the pocket holding nine German divisions as the danger of colds is noted in an advertisement.
Allied headquarters reported that German plenipotentiaries were presented with the armistice conditions and a formal demand, according to a French wireless message received in London. Continued on Page 6 First Column.
Box overcoats ulsters auto coats and ulsterers priced from 9.90 to 60 dollars at F. Gray Co located on Washington near Hanover with a promotional advertisement for winter outerwear.
London dispatches note fires of revolt rapidly spreading in northern Germany as unrest grows. Further details are incomplete in the readable fragment.
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