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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1918
Page
10
The Boston Post launches as The Independent Democratic Paper of New England dated September 2, 1918. Published daily by Post Publishing Co with offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts and Waukeeey.
Rates list for daily and Sunday editions with prices for US and Canada one year three sixty eight, six months one seventy five, eight months ninety cents, one month eighty cents. Foreign one month one dollar. Sunday rates three fifty per year, six months one seventy five, three months ninety cents, two months sixty cents, one month eighty cents. Canadian posting details and payment instructions included.
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without notice at expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, notify your newsdealer or newsboy. Edwin A. Grozier Editor and Publisher.
The Massachusetts State Highway Commission denounces the rise of men driving under liquor influence and questions why leniency persists. It cites few jail sentences for drunk driving and notes licenses being restored after crimes, urging permanent prohibition of such drivers in Massachusetts.
The piece defends the harsh sentences against Big Bill Haywood and IWW members convicted of opposing WW draft laws. It denounces them as un American criminals and supports Judge Landis in denying free speech rights during wartime.
The administration and Ways and Means must quickly resolve differences to pass the new 8 billion dollar revenue bill. The urgency stems from the proposed 6 billion Liberty bond issue and a campaign starting on the 28th of this month.
The piece urges swift passage of the tax bill before the Liberty Loan deadline. It warns delays would hurt the bond issue and emphasizes timely government funding through swift compromises and conference talks to satisfy federal demands.
The piece celebrates Labor Day as a historic turning point praising workers for power at sea, food production, resources, and military support. It frames labor as essential to Allied victory and national strength, emphasizing nonprotestive pride and united effort to defeat militarism and autocracy.
The article asserts the United States has provided vast economic aid to allies beyond loans, with Central Europe suffering crop failures while the US reports excellent harvests. It notes Britain France Italy will be fed through winter, shipbuilding for moving bridges, rising industrial output, and a growing labor force.
The Tremont Theatre head John B Schoeffel dies, widely noted as a genial, principled figure in Boston theatre. He led the Tremont and earlier gained fame with a major opera producing firm, leaving a lasting impact on stage traditions and modern practice. The community mourns a kind, steadfast ally.
Secretary Late proposes reclaiming millions of acres of unused lands for veterans. Congress likely to act this session. Lane says plans must begin before the war ends and every citizen should back the venture. The scheme aims to avoid dependency while preserving American pride.
A humorous verse from Boston by H. E. F. laments old car travel and crowded trolleys, jokes about weight gain, and ends with a call to support government measures and attend church with the narrator threatening a march to church to surprise his wife. The piece mixes light satire with wartime sentiment about canning the Kaiser.
In Cleveland two men fought in the street drawing a crowd and police. One man knocked down his opponent and kicked him for unpatriotic utterances. The judge fined the winner ten dollars for kicking while the man lay down.
J Alpheus Gilmore a well known Westboro farmer was moved to Worcester City Hospital with a compound fracture of the right leg caused by a horse he was harrowing.
A reader shares a humorous tribute arguing that fathers deserve praise alongside mothers. The note highlights daily chores, earnings, and responsibilities fathers bear from dawn to night, urging All Sorts to print the piece so more dads feel appreciated.
Household Hint from Mrs George L Tyler offers a recipe idea using pansies arranged in a dish with water in wire supports, plus a fried squash dish. The note praises the Post for its abundance of good recipes and asks readers to try the suggestions.
The oldest resident recalls official figures showing Boston's warmest second day of September at 1 degree in 1878 and 9 in 1914, with the coldest at 49 above in 1896. He notes rain on this date in 1912 and 1917 within the last decade.
The Observant Citizen notes Labor Day’s nationwide observance begun with the Knights of Labor in Newark in 1882 and later legal in Colorado, as 700 cities respond to Wilson’s call to show what labor is doing under Win the War for Freedom. It also recalls London’s 1666 great fire and recounts local tales from Boston, including a DA’s birthday, snake education, Fort Wagner veterans, and students in marine engine rooms.
The piece praises Carcassonne as a perfect medieval stronghold tucked in a remote French corner beyond German guns. It contrasts its romantic image with the reality of viewing it from afar, notes its restored grandeur, and evokes the Gustave Nadaud ballad about the peasant who longed to see the city.
Decaca Evans hosts a party at Idyl Wyld with Sergeant Herald visiting from The Herald family. The two share a lake moment on her birthday after a staged meeting plan by Mrs. Kanet, who hopes Decaca will win the affection of the famed sergeant.
The report describes hot winds drying cornstalks and stressing farmers while critiquing weather officials. The fragment hints at a shift in how weather forecasters are viewed and discusses a cryptic phrase about Bedaoakee Me le Ba oe.
Charles Franklin Jones argues that after the war German leaders who deceived their people will face punishment and lose power. He cites judgment Day as a metaphor for accountability and says many leaders deserve punishment for the suffering caused.
She declares Silence gives consent as Sergeant Herald places a ruby ring and vows a future ring on her wedding day. On Oct 12 in a chapel near Idy Wyld he claims her as bride and they ride to Restabit for a wedding sojourn. She recalls wishing to go home, but now ascends the steps as Mrs. Herald.
Sumner Increase Kimball born September 2 1884 in Maine was the man who first conceived and organized the life saving service. He helped save thousands of lives and later entered the revenue cutter service before shaping a career as a prominent public figure in law and politics.
By 1878 Kimball had organized patrols on ocean and Great Lakes fronts with disciplined crews, signaling and telephones, trained rescuers, and a developing life saving service. A separate non partisan bureau was created and yearly improvements followed.
Poem fragment seeking enrollment in an army of smiles to comfort sorrowing lips and caring hearts, to move toward beauty through prayer. The speaker requests to join the beloved narrator’s influence and bring relief and cheer amid hardship.
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