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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1918
Page
6
Director General McAdoo announced that railway unification and pooling of facilities will continue during government control and extend for 21 months after peace is declared. The Railroad Administration will pursue changes beyond wartime economy aims.
The director general and observers expect unified railroads to decide over the next year or two on settlement of permanent government ownership or return to private management. Reforms like pooling, short hauling, and standardized practices aim for economies and possible rate reductions, while state railroad commissions will be advisory on safety matters. Officials say large locomotive and car orders will wait for steel price drops, and current prices are too high to justify purchases soon. Give.
State headquarters of the U S Employment Service relocate from 1 Beacon Street to the sixth floor of the Kimball Building at 18 Tremont Street. The move follows space shortages as the labor situation grows, with State Director Everett W. Lord overseeing the expanded office force.
Paris diplomats from allied nations and American republics visited President Poincare and Prime Minister Clemenceau to extend warm congratulations. The meeting reflected wartime alliance sentiment and regional ties amid postwar diplomacy.
Citizens rally in support of troops with appeals to donate for war relief efforts. Calls emphasize urgent need and widespread public backing across communities, urging immediate contributions to aid servicemen and families.
A reader’s capsule praising Booth Tarkington’s The Magnificent Ambersons as an essential modern American novel with a strong middle Western setting and flawed hero George Amberson Minafer, paired with J A Cramb’s The Rule of Might about Napoleon’s Vienna 1809 masterfully drawn though lengthy and occasionally heavy.
An advertisement touts Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle calomel substitute to cleanse liver and bowels with a promise of clearer skin. The page then reviews contemporary novels by John Hastings Turner, Robert W. Chambers, H. M. Delafield, Mary Johnston, Laura E. Richards, Clara Louise Burnham and others, praising wit, satire, and engaging plots set in Europe, Switzerland, Scotland, and the American West, with varied heroines and adventurous male leads.
The Boston Post explains reduced wholesale prices for newsdealers and newsboys in Boston and New England amid war conditions. It notes higher daily and Sunday profit margins and urges reader cooperation, stressing that the paper’s large circulation hinges on public acceptance of the new price.
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