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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
10
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Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. The Post cannot be obtained regularly from newsdealers. please notify by postal mail. Edwin A. Grozier is editor and publisher.
The article argues that war insurance relieves the pension system burden and leaves thousands insured in peacetime against accident illness and death. It asserts this is a natural conclusion and should be encouraged so men maintain valuable policies after war.
The Director General orders railroad officials and employees to abstain from political activity, promising immediate dismissal for violations. He argues federal control ends the era of political manipulation by railroads, noting past abuses in Massachusetts New Hampshire California and elsewhere.
A Springfield Republican writer endorses adopting Senator Lodge’s peace speech as the Republican platform. The piece argues for concise Democratic parallel, urging: Support the President, Win the war, Force unconditional surrender, with all else as incidental.
Spain warns it will seize German steamships in its harbors in reprisal for German U boat attacks on Spanish mercantile ships. The move signals a potential rupture with Germany as Alfonso's government faces a decisive war question.
New England doughnuts and apple pie become symbols of comfort for American soldiers on the Western front. Salvation Army and Red Cross caterers report troops crave these treats more than any other food, showing the war’s influence on home comforts and culinary traditions.
The war risk bureau reports 90 percent of uniformed personnel have taken the soldiers and sailors insurance. Many are requesting the maximum policy of $10,000, a move seen as providing substantial financial value to veterans and strengthening national security.
Officials from 11 towns met in Saarbrunnen to protest Allied bombing of open towns. They urged German headquarters to seek an arrangement to halt air attacks on civilian areas, though observers doubt such a halt is likely.
The United States follows France Italy Great Britain and Japan in recognizing the Czecho Slovakia as a co belligerent nation. About 8 million Czecho Slovaks are now deemed to have a de facto government and may become a free people apart from Austrian control, a prospect the author deems worth the long wait.
War Camp Community Service prepares soldiers and sailors for overseas service with an exhibit in the Bacon building. The program features noon talks by prominent men and returned trench veterans. L Wallace Hopkins, acting national publicity director, oversees arrangements and brings Liberty Loan experience.
A collage of brief items from Boston and nearby towns notes etiquette on corn eating, school openings with new buildings and a new superintendent, a notable visit by Samuel Gompers, a city conductor serving as acting mayor, local military families, and wartime civic reflections.
Maude pines for a $40 lace dress for a lawn party, but finds guilt turning to generosity. Her friend Helen fabricates a $6.75 muslin dress and Donates saved money to the Red Cross. Maude learns the value of helping soldiers over personal vanity.
A compact aphorism notes that true wealth lies in satisfaction with what one holds. It contrasts the content poor with the insatiable rich, urging humility and gratitude amid material desire.
Philadelphia reports American shipping grew by 88 wooden vessels in August. Charles Piez, vice president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, announced 22 delivered to the federal government and 11 more passed final tests ready for delivery.
The oldest inhabitant recalls warmest records for September 4 with official figures 44 degrees in 1884 and 90 in 1898, and coldest 42. He also cites rain on this date in the past decade in 1910 1912 1918 and 1914.
The piece recalls Arras before World War I as a model of Gothic grandeur with its city hall belfry and Flemish arcades. It notes German shelling in 1915 after targeting the cathedral, leaving Arras a shattered ruin and a symbol of indiscriminate destruction across Picardy.
Boston columnist Charles Franklin Jones urges readers to both sympathize with and support the government in the war effort. He warns against partial effort and uses a doctor and medicine metaphor to insist that unity of sympathy and support is essential to defeat autocracy and extend liberty worldwide.
A reader asks about the origin of Boston’s flood water supply and the year it was sourced from Jamaica Pond, prompting a historical inquiry into the city’s water infrastructure.
A 1918 verse by Walt Mason on idle slanders and useful labor during war. It questions judging others motives and celebrates varied roles from laborers to clerks, preachers, railway workers, and teachers, urging practical effort over harsh scorn.
Letters debate Peregrine White as New England’s first child born to Pilgrims versus an earlier Viking claim. The editor notes Peregrine White’s birth and cites a Buzzards Bay Viking ancestor tale. A reader asks when New York’s first elevated railway was built and a second asks for the author of a Bedouin Love Song.
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