Boston Post subscription rates November 27 1918 data
The Boston Post lists subscription prices and rates for daily and Sunday editions, Canada foreign and domestic options, and combined plans. It notes postage adjustments for Boston residents and urges prepaid subscriptions with payments to Post Publishing Co. News formats and contact details are provided.
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Canada
Sunday Post
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No Censorship Assurance From Washington for Press Despatches
An official Washington statement denies rumors of government press censorship linked to the peace council. The report says American press associations and correspondents will have full facilities to transmit their dispatches, countering claims of gag orders and politicized reporting.
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Peace Council
Washington
Mr. Creel
Walcott Defends U S Relief Policy Amid German Atrocity Rhetoric
Fred C. Walcott as Hoover's personal representative asserts the United States will continue food aid to starving nations damaged by German aggression. He states relief targets the hungry German victims while avoiding supporting the Teutonic populace, stressing no duty to withhold aid from the innocent amid wartime outrages.
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Fred C. Walcott
Mr. Hoover
United States
Germany
Gorgas Led Plan to Wipe Out Yellow Fever Across Americas
Major General William C Gorgas heads a Rockefeller Foundation commission to eradicate yellow fever in Central and South America. The plan, delayed by wartime needs, targets the Aedes aegypti mosquito and its breeding sites to stop disease transmission and relieve major pestilence concerns.
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William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Rockefeller Foundation
General Gorgas
Central
South America
Panama
Rockefeller Board
American
Republicans weigh apportionment plan based on votes rather than population
The piece discusses a proposed Republican move to base House representation on votes cast rather than population. It argues such a plan would pressure Southern states to permit Black voting or reduce their congressional representation, noting past failures to pass similar measures and northern states’ potential opposition.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Tee
Distribution of House Seats in Redistricting Debate
The vote lags behind population shifts as the GOP could lose as many seats in Congress as the Democrats might, highlighting a vast party impact from reapportionment.
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Congress
City coal bureau questioned over pricing and aims
Editorial argues Boston’s municipal coal bureau under Charles F. Ernst should serve the public by lowering prices and expanding sales. It challenges the current 65 cents per 100 pounds rate, notes only about five tons daily, and urges broader use to counter critics and fulfill the original public-service purpose.
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Boston
Boston Coal Bureau
Charles F. Ernst
Ernst
Bureau
The Evils of Child Labor and Constitutional Remedy
Congress fights child labor by a 10 percent tax on net profits for firms employing under 14 or over eight hours for ages 14 to 16. The Supreme Court previously struck down a law, prompting talk of amending the federal Constitution for statewide ratification. President Wilson favors such an amendment to end the issue.
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Congress
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Our New Navy Manpower Boosts Preparedness
The Naval Academy at Indianapolis trained 2500 men for navy officers during the war, about 2000 from civil life. Most are college men from major institutions and states, and will return to skilled civilian work, showing broad national support for naval service and readiness.
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Naval Academy
Indianapolis
Navy
Sugar Allowance Expanded in Other States
The sugar ration rises to four pounds per person monthly in many areas, with operations postponed locally to December 15 due to production stringency. The food administration explains the discrimination clearly, and no complaints are heard as the public accepts conservation measures and possible future improvement.
Sugar Rationing Adds Fresh Hope for Families
The commentary notes that full sugar rations of four pounds per person per month would be a welcome addition to family tables, easing a long standing shortage and improving domestic life.
Our Chance to Boost South American Trade Now
American capitalists and manufacturers are urged to pursue vast opportunities in South America. the region's underdeveloped lands, large markets, and new shipping links after the war promise rich prospects for Boston and U S exporters, with German competition fading and a growing merchant marine ready to serve.
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Caribbean
Amazonas
Brazil
South America
United States
Argentina
Loreto
Peru
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Hurley
Schwab
Americas
Globe
Boston
North Atlantic
Battle over Boise Penrose to chair finance committee
The debate over whether Boise Penrose will become chairman of the finance committee continues. President Hays urged party unity, but Senators remain divided. A rumor claims Democratic support could save Penrose, drawing harsh rebuke from fellow Democrats if true.
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Boise Penrose
Senate
Great Finance Committee
Hays
Republican National Committee
Washington
Penrose
Post Letter to the Editor on generals as presidential candidates
An Old Reader asks if top generals after wars became presidential candidates. The reply notes General Scott ran in 1852 and lost to Franklin Pierce, while General Wood received one vote at the 1916 Republican convention.
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Washington
Jackson
Grant
General Scott
General Wood
Franklin Pierce
Versailles
Versatile queries in the Post’s Oldest Inhabitant column
A collection of reader questions and notes on language, card games in early Boston law, food digestion facts on tripe, presidential birthstates, Versailles pronunciation, and a Spanish-American War rank comparison between Roosevelt and Bryan.
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Roosevelt
Bryan
War Industries Board gifts Baruch a loving cup
War Industries Board members and 1600 employees presented Chairman Baruch with a loving cup The gift was funded by each board member contributing one dollar for the year The ceremony took place today in Washington on November 26.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Baruch
William and Crown Prince exchange away during a trek
In a curt dialogue the Crown Prince tells Father William he is off while praising the hike. The exchange touches on distant lands and weather, with Father William recalling past avalanches and storms as he steps outside hastily.
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Father William
Crown Prince
Moderation in Smoking A Cautionary Tale
A patient seeks medical advice for irritability and low energy and, after admitting some smoking, is told to quit. He gradually shifts to a hookah but is kept to one pipeful daily. The tale ends with the moral to avoid excess smoking.
Holstein Ad Sparks Mock Debate on Cow Milk Claims
A Bay State newspaper clipping shows an ad for a Holstein bull selling milk, prompting a witty exchange in which a reader jokes that a bull’s milk production is implausible and challenges conventional dairy wisdom. The letter reflects playful skepticism about dairy claims.
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Newt
Bay State
George
Massachusetts
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentetown Bard
A 1918 verse vignette from Southern Press Syndicate extols opening gates to a sunlit future. The piece imagines daily life expanding toward a golden realm of dreams and heaven, urging openness of soul, heart, and mind.
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Bentitown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Heaven
American writers return from British front trip aboard Balmoral Castle
A party of American journalists who visited the British front in France at the invitation of the British government has returned to New York aboard the British liner Balmoral Castle.
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New York
France
Balmoral Castle
Rhine occupation zones and a medieval Rhine castle tale
The article notes American Coblenz headquarters and guard assignments along the Rhine, highlighting Konigswinter Oberwesel and Schonburg castle. It contrasts Allied sectors and recalls medieval cooperative yet predatory community schemes at Schonburg where noble families shared tolls and defense costs while peasants bore the taxes.
Camouflage ships misdirection shown by merchant marines
Postwar note discusses camouflage of vessels not to hide but to mislead U boats about course. An officer recalls a convoy ship appearing on a different bearing due to camouflage. Beecon Hill Sunday nursery opens at First Methodist Church for under fives with Olive Wing directing children’s work. Mary Mullen runs a Dorchester five and ten store branch as first female manager in the chain. Maine records earliest snow since 1895 with a list of storm dates. Dr. Harrison A. Souther of Milton serves at an army remount camp in Jacksonville Florida. Pomegranate fruit grows in popularity among West Indian residents in Boston aiding digestion when eaten before breakfast.
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Merchant Marine Service
First Methodist Church
Temple Street
Beacon Hill
Olive M. Wing
Mary Mullen
Dorchester
Mullen
Harrison A. Souther
Milton
Sam
Jacksonville
Florida
Souther
The Kaiser's End and World Dominion Dreams
A 1918 verse reflecting on Kaiser Wilhelm II’s pursuit of global power. It contrasts his early prosperity with his ultimate ruin, condemning his ambition as foolhardy and destructive and foreseeing a grim judgment at his grave.
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Kaiser
Kaiser Bill
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Seven Seas
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adame
Victory Must Not Go To Our Heads After War
Charles Franklin Jones warns against triumphalism after victory in this Boston column. He cautions that pride could provoke future conflicts, urges embracing peace, and calls America to remain a beacon of freedom guiding oppressed peoples toward world peace.
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America
Seeds and Pomegranate Uses and Union Labor Shifts
The piece notes pomegranate seeds swallowed as usual and sherry poured on the fruit in the West Indies with rind steeping as a stomach remedy. It also details Boston Wood Carvers' Union members shifting to airplanes and munition work after wood carving was deemed non essential.
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West Indies
Boston Wood Carvers’ Union
Elliott Considers Employee Views for Feasible Plans
The article notes Mr. Elliott weighing an employee's suggestion as the best path forward, showing respect to elderly staff by stopping to speak and ask about job satisfaction. It adds that wheat remains important in New England with Somerset County Maine yielding 2068 bushels from 121 acres versus 202 bushels from 17 acres the prior year.
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Mr. Elliott
New England
Somerset County
Maine
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