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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1917
Page
8
Poem honors a son selected to write a lasting peace. It condemns tyrant power and calls for justice and right to prevail, born from the blood stained sod. The lines urge courage to stand against oppression and ensure a humane era.
The piece urges civic and commercial groups to push Boston into a larger share of war shipment business. It notes McNary of the Waterways Commission and warns against sidelining Boston while acknowledging Ford’s Cambridge plant as a potential War Department depot.
Courts martial at the West Point Military Academy convict 12 cadets for hazing two fourth class men. Victims forced to stand stripped to the waist on tiptoe with backs arched for 45 minutes until they fainted, an act described as indefensible and outrageous.
A patriotic appeal urges all Americans to support the Liberty Loan as a total national effort. It emphasizes broad participation beyond wealthy subscribers, urging every citizen to invest from $100 to $10,000 and to savings bank plans for a steady, long term contribution to aid soldiers and defend democracy.
A Boston editorial lauds Mayor Curley for pushing heating of public school buildings during a planned unheated period. It argues the issue is safety and comfort for children, not political maneuvering, and urges practical action by the School Board.
A fragmentary newspaper item presents a title All Sorts by Newton Newkirk and includes a mix of quoted aphorisms and humorous lines. The page also hints at unrelated phrases such as It is scientifically asserted that one Welsh rarebit contains two indigestions and three nightmares and a note about Napoleon Gomo acquiring something.
Napoleon Gomo recounts a comical and chaotic episode involving a blind silver mule used as a makeshift car. He and Hector Ducette attempt a swap without boots, endure shocks, and witness the vehicle’s misadventures on a moonlit night. The narrative blends dialect humor with a roadside mishap and a defiant resolve to recover value.
Massachusetts food policy urges two fish days with Tuesday named as second day. The note surveys wartime thrift, West Dennis prices in 1868, local storage for beans, Boston school reforms, patriotic families, railroad timetables, Manchester cleanup award, Marblehead artist John Ross Key, Gustaf Brandstrom rifle dotter, and Harvard aviation psychology studies.
A brief editorial quip notes that when a gold brick is thrown it is always aimed at the pocketbook, underscoring concerns about financial impact and governance.
A reader requests reprinting an old humorous prose piece praising money as salvation and comfort. The monologue lampoons wealth as lifeblood in hard times and mocks poverty and social pretensions with playful biblical and archaic diction.
Thieves entered the Colombe caraca on Bedford street in Lexington early yesterday and stole a new seven passenger car owned by Christopher S. Ryan of 30 Bedford street. The theft prompts police to investigate the loss and review nearby security footage.
The article surveys Turkish dervish orders led by the Mevlevis and the Rufals. It describes the whirling dervishes in Constantinople and across Anatolia, noting their miracles, ecstatic dances, and money-driven performances for visitors. It also mentions thousands of dervishes and lay brothers, many joining to avoid military service.
Myrtle learns from Mrs. Sherwood that longing for a baby can be resolved through patience and new perspective. A hidden yearning unfolds as Myrtle sees a family life and discovers her own heart’s call. Dick senses a change as Myrtle finally speaks her truth.
Albert M. Child secretary of the Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers Association writes to the Post rebutting an editorial claiming shoe factories in Haverhill and Lynn closed due to labor troubles. He asserts no Haverhill factories have closed, cites ongoing arbitration with unions, and says relations with workers are friendly. The letter defends the accuracy of the State Board of Statistics report and challenges the source of the Lynn Haverhill statement.
A long quoted reminiscence chronicles Boston temperatures for October 1 over the years. It cites official highs of 88 in 1879 and 90 in 1881, with 83 in 1884 and 86 in 1897, and a cold low of 88 in 1888. The speaker notes dramatic changes across the past two years.
A 1917 Wallace Mason piece argues profanity soils character and hurts civic virtue. It contrasts “healthy minds” with potty mouths while noting even great men swear under stress, urging restraint and decorum in public speech.
A condensed birthday profile of Rufus Choate born October 1 1799 in Essex Massachusetts. Noted as one of America's premier lawyers with Dartmouth honors Harvard study and exceptional rhetoric and persuasion. Includes contemporaries Daniel Webster and a quote on legal speech. Also mentions service flags and editor letters about swimming gloves and navy enlistment questions.
Readers ask for camouflage pronunciation and the war front’s towel cleaning method. The French use a large mobile sterilizer to wash and disinfect uniforms and towels, taking about an hour per uniform and less for towels. A reader asks where to learn about a $10 enlistment bonus and about pacifist flags and proper display.
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