Boston Post Rates and Publication Details November 11 1918
The Boston Post announces its daily and Sunday subscription rates for 1918 including Canada and foreign copies. It lists price options for daily, Sunday, and combined plans, plus postage, payment notes, and publishing rights with Associated Press credit and statements about circulation claims.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Canada
Sunday Post
Massa
Coal Dealers Barred From Unjust Price Hikes
Fuel Administrator Storrs declares no coal bought before November 1 may be sold at post increase rates. Dealers face prosecution under the Lever Act for such sales, aiming to protect consumers and ensure fairness in the industry.
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Storrow
The Appeal of France Recalled in War Debt
Andrew Tardieu urges the unconquered republic to provide men money materials and ships as France faces immense losses. The plea mirrors Revolutionary calls that secured soldiers money supplies and ships from Americans. The piece frames current aid as gratitude and debt repayment for ancestors who helped save the United States.
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France
Andrew Tardieu
Republic
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Hoover to Lead Expanded Allied Food Relief Effort Abroad
The President appoints Food Administrator Hoover to organize humanitarian relief for liberated Europe. His Belgian relief work is cited as a model, with France Serbia Austria Turkey and Bulgaria to receive aid. Over four years the Belgian relief distributed 600 cargoes of breadstuffs and garments at great cost, signaling a continuing, expanded need.
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Hoover
Europe
Belgium
France
Serbia
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Re Hef
The German Debacle and Revolt in Berlin
A dramatic analysis of Germany’s revolution as the army shifts to the People’s Government with the Kaiser abdicated and fled to Holland. The piece weighs Ebert’s leadership, potential peace terms with Marshal Foch, and the delicate postwar task of Allied unity and governance.
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Post
Russia
Soldiers
Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
the Kerensky
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Ebert
Foch
Rhatter
Home Food Economies Practice Urged for All
The text urges collective effort to implement prescribed food economy practices at home. It emphasizes that everyone can contribute to healthier, efficient consumption and sustainable kitchen habits.
La Follette Power Shifts in Senate Amid Tight GOP Majority
The piece argues Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette holds key leverage in the Senate due to seniority and a razor thin Republican edge. It warns his future votes could tilt committee chairmanships and party unity, with a looming battle between Old Guard leaders and antiwar factions as war funding looms.
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la Follette
Senate
Wisconsin
Lodge
Penrose
Marshall
What They Get United War Work Fund Pledge Details
In reply to how the fund will be used the local promoters cite an immense target for 1919. The plan promises 2600 recreation buildings 1000 miles of movte Olim 160 leading stage stars 2000 athletic directors 2500 librarians 5000000 books 15000 big brother secretaries and 8 hostess houses with the aim of supporting soldiers during peacetime.
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United War Work Fund
Broken-Backed Explanations On Armistice Report
The piece questions United Press handling of the Brest armistice report and a later Brest despatch. It cites a 3 o clock Brest despatch confirming celebration and siren blasts, arguing the delay did not erase the initial claim of a surrender.
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United Press
Evening Sun
State Department
Germany
Censora
Brest
Brookline man promoted to sergeant in France
William B. Leonardi eldest son of Mrs Maria Di Pesa Leonardi of Brookline has been promoted to sergeant in the French theater. He serves in the commissary department with the 31st Headquarters Company. His younger brother Alfred, 19, in Battery C West Field Artillery, has been made a corporal and has seen action for about a year.
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France
William B. Leonardi
Maria di Pesa Leonardi
Strathmore Road
Brookline
Marciano di Pesa
Hotel
Napoli
Leonardi
31St Headquarters Company
Alfred
West Field Artillery
Gusto and Webster Lessons From Ida Dear Child
A light column uses Ida’s inquiry about gusto to explore its meaning with humor. The editor replies that gusto is not a food but a noun meaning keen appreciation, citing Noah Webster and poking fun at dictionary quibbles. The exchange blends playful gossip with linguistic guidance.
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Mr. Newkirk
Newkirk
Ida
Cambridge
N. Webster
Noah Webster
Noth
Nosh Webster
Altho
Noah
Mr. Webster
Webster
Germany's Industrialized River of Legend and Romance
An analysis of the Rhine as a symbol in German industrial and cultural life, tracing its role from Romantic lore to modern wartime importance and the strategic aims of American forces stationed overseas. The piece contrasts mythic travel with contemporary logistics and military planning along the Rhine corridor.
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Rhine
Germany
Rock
Europe
Lorelei Legend Echoes From Rhine Legend and History
Soldiers guarding the Rhine and Germans nearby ponder the Lorelei tale as Heine’s poem and Thomson’s English version echo the myth. The Lorelei rock near Coblenz rises 430 feet where the river narrows and the echo returns sevenfold in quiet hours.
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Heine
James Thomson
St. Gonshaugen
Martinmas customs and local notes from Boston
The column reflects on Martinmas customs with notes on goose dinners and old rhymes, mentions Senator-Elect David Walsh's 46th birthday, and observes the Indian summer moon. It also reports on squash yields in New England, Jeanette Sullivan’s wood gathering, French sand in American construction, and the Ryan family's wartime service, ending with a light aside from the Salem News’ Man About Town.
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New England
David I. Walsh
Samuel Abbott Green
Two-Minute Talks on the War by Charles Franklin Jones
Charles Franklin Jones urges national unity in the war effort praising a united campaign to fund World War I. He cites the drive for the $170,500,000 to $200,000,000 target as a landmark act of American Brotherhood and calls on readers to donate generously to support soldiers.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Boston
America
Little Son
Carnivalesque Coffee Prices and Sugar Limits Spark Frustration
A reader laments wasted sugar and milk costs in coffee and criticizes rules limiting refills and extras. They note unequal pricing where others pay more for additives than the coffee itself and describe penalties for using a used cup. The letter ends by praising nurse Mary MacCartan of the Red Cross Cottage Boston Common, known as the Red Cross Angel and Smiling Miss Mary.
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Mary MacCartan
Red Cross
Boston Common
West End
Mary
Mrs. E. Lied
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