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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1918
Page
14
The Boston Post a 1918 issue from Boston Massachusetts notes its offices editors and staff with subscription policies and contact details for renewals and delivery issues.
A Massachusetts and New England plea urges citizens to fund the Fourth Liberty Loan amid World War I, asserting a pivotal battle in France and urging a record $6,000,000,000 goal. The message warns delays could empower Germany and stresses patriotism, urging immediate subscriptions and citing Secretary McAdoo on the loan’s necessity.
President Wilson rejects German armistice terms, insisting on disarmament, deposed Kaiser, and unconditional surrender. He warns that U boats and German armies must end their operations, with no relief until safeguards guarantee lasting peace and military supremacy is preserved for the Allies. The White House vows to keep sending 250,000 troops monthly unless terms are met.
Rousing call appeals to readers to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan now. It stresses duty to Uncle Sam, family, service members overseas, and fallen comrades to support national war financing.
The column blends a humorous milk bill tale from Myrt the dairy, price notices and a feisty note to a postman, plus letters about coins, astronomy, Liberty loan pledges, and local curiosities. It weaves anecdotes from Massachusetts towns, a warden’s camp report, and holiday birthday trivia into a breezy readers’ miscellany.
Dougal S- a 20 year old farmer on a Greene 40 acre farm becomes entangled with Carylon G who poses as Jesse J- after leaving a city stenographer job. A misidentified romance unfolds through strawberry festivals and kitchen duties until Carylon reveals herself to Doctor H- and agrees to wed Dougal, changing her name to Mrs. Douglas S-.
The Republican Party aims to seize the next Congress by claiming superior patriotism. The Republican Publicity Association backs Senator Norris of Nebraska for re election. The Nebraska record is praised yet questioned by locals sniffing for clues.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston’s warmest October 15 on record 77 degrees in 1906 and 76 in 1879 and coldest 3 above in 1876. He adds rain fell on this date in 1999 1910 1911 1913 1915 and 1917.
A Post letter questions whether Kentucky grass appears blue mid June and explains bluish seed vessels on poa pratensis and poa compressa near Lexington. It also asks about the meaning of a blue star with a gold cross on a service flag and who Omar was in memory of the Mosque of Omar at Solomon's Temple site, noting Omar’s 637 siege of Jerusalem.
In Alsace near the Swiss border the town Massevaux sits under German control after four years of occupation. French officials administer local laws, with a provisional capital at Massevaux as American soldiers parade on Bastille Day. The town’s residents, many of German descent, welcomed the 1914 French invasion, resenting German 'pin pricks' that restricted French signs, language, and funerary inscriptions while German authorities imposed numerous petty regulations.
A reader asks whether to use jewelry or jewels for personal adornments and discusses other language points. The note includes statements about Omar Khayyam, nine parts of speech, and a mnemonic rhyme for articles and nouns.
A poem by Walt Mason from 1918 condemns calls for armistice and peace with Germany. It mocks talk of conciliation and warns that German deception would lead to renewed war, urging continued Allied resistance and vivid imagery of battle damage across France and Germany.
The passage presents parts of speech basics through examples then asks a riddle about marine volunteers. It ends with a joke on pronouncing the Kaiser’s name, noting “Wilhelm Hohenzollern” and a phonetic guide. The Q asks how many teeth a man must have to volunteer, answered: at least twenty.
A wartime editorial argues for large scale funding, comparing past big sums to today and urging rapid success of the Fourth Liberty Loan to frame liberty for the world. It emphasizes not small efforts but big, decisive action and national unity.
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