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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
20
The page lists daily and Sunday Post subscription rates for the U S and Canada, with foreign options and payment details. It references wartime content including Petain and German actions, plus political commentary on figures like Penrose and positions in Congress.
The piece notes a suspected scheme affecting cotton prices amid wartime supply worries. Financiers fear actions by rivals to depress values, while government and foreign demand rumors influence expectations.
The government acts against a broad foreign driven effort trying to manipulate public sentiment on cotton. Officials warn the unrest could lead to widespread demoralization if unchecked.
The piece argues the Senate should not control Wilson's choice of U S peace commissioners or influence treaty framing. It cites constitutional practice and historical precedent showing presidents appoint their own men and the Senate provides only advice or ratification after treaties are drafted.
A wartime appeal urges support for the United War Work fund to aid soldiers abroad and returning veterans. It praises General John A. Lejeune and calls on citizens to donate generously to sustain morale, mental and physical well being, and patriotic spirit.
The piece portrays broad American eagerness for Marshal Foch and other Allied leaders to visit the United States. It emphasizes the heroism of Pershing and U S troops, the potential electrifying welcome, and gratitude from Americans and Canadians for leadership in the war.
The State Department cautions Americans about traveling to France and Belgium as sightseers. Foreign embassies affirm allied governments still need shipping and entry is limited to urgent business. It warns that war torn regions are not suitable for travelers, especially the travel capable class.
Food supplies are restricted and transport by rail and road serves military needs. Nations are unable to host visitors as ruins from German military ambition persist. Tourists must wait patiently to view the damaged sites.
The Boston Post announces a price increase from one to two cents effective today due to rising production costs. Newsprint, labor, and materials have surged, but the paper thanks readers for 27 years of support and pledges to continue earning their good will.
Secretary Daniels lifts voluntary censorship on merchant ship movements showing an Atlantic port on the coast. Newspapers may now report arrivals and disembarkations, removing the veil on who visits Mayor Hylan or Bukker Hill monument. The era of marked secrecy ends as plain city names replace coded terms.
The poem describes a household kept home by the flu illness. Parents and siblings rediscover warmth, sharing conversation and laughter formerly missed. The stray brother returns from cinema with gum, and each member notes renewed affection and wit as the flu erodes isolation. Flugerm is named as the beast that spurred reunion.
A collection of notable remarks includes J E Delaroche of Harvard as a leading Persian literature authority, William Farnum’s real life strength feats, Charles M Schwab’s youthful piano feats, Corporal Isaac Cohn’s newborn Pershing Jerome Cohn, and a Pershing birthday letter from General John J Pershing to the child.
A satirical ode rails at high egg prices and the casual cruelty of plucking hens. The speaker mocks the idea of paying a dollar per dozen while lamenting the comfort given to hens and the absurdity of the market.
The exchange centers on a hoax or mock pitch for a supposed invention called non splashable water. Readers debate feasibility and laugh at the idea while warning the promoter “Sneezo” and defending water’s natural behavior and the joy of splashing. The correspondence includes Reed’s Ferry New Hampshire and Medford Massachusetts readers weighing in.
A feature chronicles the Rhine frontier and the overseas mission of American forces. It blends travel scenes with wartime aims as Allied troops advance toward German-held shores and audiences ponder the broader purpose of the expedition.
The article notes the Drachenburg castle above the Rhine as a modern built residence often open to tourists. It surveys three major modern wars along the Rhine, the Thirty Years War, Louis XIV’s wars, and the French Revolution, detailing how Mainz Coblenz and Cologne shifted French and German control through the era.
The column reflects on Victory Day events in Boston with praise for A C Ratshesky’s quick parade planning, mentions Halifax relief efforts, weather humor, and local civic notes. It reports Nantucket scallop and coal harvesting, pending 1919 auto registration deadlines, and a governor’s council appointment of Walter L. McMenimen to the Homestead Commission.
A 1918 verse parody by Walt Mason mocks Hindenburg by recounting a fictional resignation from the Kaiser era. The piece lampoons German leaders with brash humor and mock boasts, reflecting early 20th century wartime wit through sharp caricature.
Charles Franklin Jones urges liberal gifts to the joint United War Work Drive to support fighting men physically morally and mentally. A boarding passenger enforces service on a porter showing the drive’s reach and commitment, arguing that giving to one cause may miss the boy but the joint drive guarantees aid to the service member.
Richard Henry Dana the First was born November 15 1787 in Cambridge. He attended Harvard but did not graduate and pursued law politics and literature before replacing the Anthology Club with the North American Review. He remained in frail health until his death in 1879.
Letter to the editor asks when American troops fired first and last shots in Europe during World War I. It cites October 24, 1917 at 4 p.m. and November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. European time. The piece also notes Anne Martin’s loss to Senator Henderson in a Nevada U.S. Senate race and references her knitter remark on suffrage.
The user asks which cross in the British flag represents Ireland and suggests a red X-like design for Ireland.
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