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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
14
Secretary Daniels announces that after Congress approves the 4.5 million purchase, the federal government will complete the drydock in South Boston and immediately begin building several piers on the flats. The plan benefits Boston merchants and government vessels and promises broader gains for Massachusetts.
Official crop figures praise farmers for record wheat yields up 41 percent from last year, strong potato, barley, and rye harvests, and quality corn. The piece links abundance to military strength and national pride amid labor shortages, urging support for war aims.
Secretary William G. McAdoo tours door to door on a rainy Sunday pledging hundreds of thousands of dollars in Liberty bonds. The piece lauds the democratic spirit and urges other leaders to similar personal solicitations to support the war effort and honor the fallen.
The speaker asserts the Yankee nation was created for grand deeds and that the current loan, though sizable to other nations, offers a chance to demonstrate commitment to the freedom of all peoples and faithful resolve.
The piece notes overwhelming endorsement from American newspapers and public figures for President Wilson's response to the German chancellor and armistice proposals. It highlights bipartisan support, public sentiment, and admiration for the note’s clarity and strategic impact, with Samuel W. McCall praising it as a statesmanlike answer.
President Vail released a statement detailing terms of the war period control of the wire system under government oversight. He asserts fair negotiations with the Postmaster General, guarantees for service to the public and returns for security holders, and outlines maintenance, pension, and dividend protections. The government will fund property extensions and allow instalment payments at 5 percent annually, alleviating corporate funding burdens during wartime.
At the Ural Pan Russian convention under the provisional government all factions except the Bolsheviks joined. They pledged re establishment of democratic municipalities in liberated Russia, general security, orderly development, protection of labor and regulated commerce, with an army to aid the war against German autocracy.
Lines observe a Houstonia blossom found in a pine grove and reflect on seasonal change. The speaker croons through autumnal winds, noting long shadows, snowdrifts, and a distant road toward mountain fastnesses as a four lantern star signals the enduring spirit of spring.
A reflective thought asserts that true worth lies in possessions beyond money. When one recognizes real value as intrinsic, envy diminishes and contentment grows.
In Carterville Indiana Lemuel M. abandons a hairless left hind rabbit’s foot after seven years of no luck. He later recounts a string of misfortunes that day before recovering the talisman from the yard lantern light, returning it to his vest pocket.
The column opens with humor about lifelong learning and human differences. A Maine resident’s quip about liquor raises a rural view of measurement and value, contrasting casual speech with the idea of “liquid fire.”
The observant citizen marks the 128th birthday of Father Theobald Mathew who fought Prohibition and is tied to Tipperary despite a distillery tie. also the 130th birthday of Joshua Bates, donor of funds and books to Boston Public Library. A note relates Edgar O Achorn’s reply about McCrae’s In Flanders Fields and a Bowdoin alumnus’s regimental symbol. Winter signals arrive with Mt Washington snow and U S Army gear updates.
A Boston newspaper reprints a vague lost notice offering a reward for an item described only by a location near Dudley Street and Essex Street on an elevated train. The author laments the lack of description and questions the value of searching without knowing what is lost.
Princess Radziwill recalls the inside life of the famous Russian grand dukes in a personal account. Her son was killed in the war's opening year, making this intimate narrative a heartrending reflection published in Boston Post Magazine.
A satirical line about the Kaiser and peace talks appears in a bond appeal urging readers to buy war bonds. The piece ties a Shakespearean line to wartime finance, framing bond purchases as support for victory and national unity.
The article recalls Metz as a prized Franco German frontier zone with Gravelotte and Mars la Tour as storied sites. It notes American advances toward the frontier, historic German aims to hold Metz, and Alsace Lorraine resistance to German rule.
Amy and Jack plan a lakeside Ladies Night but a misread affair drives a rift. A false note from a jealous friend and a missed call threaten their romance until a family emergency and a corrected misunderstanding restore trust.
A 1918 verse ponders postwar talk topics and daily life. It imagines future conversations about gout ball games and politics and jokes about gnats fleas and the grocer's cheese in a nostalgic reflection by Walt Mason.
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