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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1914
Page
7
A London corset shop lights up its storefront with silk corsets patterned in the English French Russian and Belgian flags. The striking display uses national colors to dramatic effect as gunfire echoes in the war news.
A fast military chauffeur drives a high powered car bearing H M S O H M S signage along Pall Mall. A nursemaid sits beside a richly dressed infant of under three months as puzzled bystanders note the scene and quips about early shillings.
Club notices urge members not to invite Germans as guests. An Englishman would rather entertain a rattlesnake than a German at this time.
A Norfolk couple served as caretakers when the first troops departed. Arthur White, a ryist in a local regiment, dressed in his best suit and left with a necktie his wife gave him for Christmas. Four days passed without word, then a letter arrived containing his Sunday clothes and necktie, but no explanation. The wife faced shock before learning he had joined the expeditionary force and was sent abroad unseen.
Describes St James Park near Buckingham Palace transformed into a corral for hundreds of draught horses. An exercising ring and daily handling by workers show horses preparing to draw supply wagons as thousands of children bid them farewell.
The King and Queen cut their daily menu and now all British families live on a restricted scale. Wealthy households are commoning meals to a soup and a single meat or a bit of fish as the general rule.
An artillery reservist visiting a village was challenged by two Boy Scouts who demanded his identity and service. The officer tried to joke, but the scouts insisted, making him produce his papers and salute as if he were a superior officer.
Airman Jules Verdiines tells Journal correspondent he has served with distinction but finds duty monotonous as his work is limited to reconnaissance for troops and artillery. He quips that he would like more activity and jokes about leaving his visiting card with Emperor William.
A vivid scene of troops marching and fifty girls outside the window singing Rule Britannia with a mix of fear and awe, capturing wartime mood and public resolve.
A fragmentary dialogue shows two men debating volunteering, joking about a navy and a plan to let "em perfect. The crude dialect implies a comic exchange during slow recruitment with muddy phrasing and unclear origin.
In music halls and theatres performers render patriotic songs or recitations. Shop windows display pictures of dead and living heroes and famed battles on land and sea.
A wartime note claims over 5000 motor bus men and 600 buses have deployed to the front yet a Londoner reports no decline in bus service. It suggests resilience of urban transit amid war mobilization.
A poetic wartime lyric conjuring ships at sea across eras. The speaker hears a long dead mirth and the ghostly chorus aboard naval vessels from frigates to first rates, singing of the King and the King’s Highway as the sea wind and spray endure.
Bordeaux Sept 6 The official notice states the official list of young men of France due to join the army in 1915 will be published by Sept 20 with the period between publication and recruitment shortened to 10 days. About 250000 men will be added to the French forces by Sept 30 and are expected to take the field in a few months.
A large French fleet began a sea bombardment of fortifications in the Bay of Kotor near Antivari Montenegro as it passed northward this morning. The action comes from the Austria Hungary region and was reported from London on September 6.
London dispatch says a British cruiser captured the large Christian X motor steamer in the Persian gulf. The vessel was bought in Denmark two years ago by the Hamburg-American line.
The caption lists individuals in a two row arrangement with Polish style surnames and given names, including Jerzego Stacho Jozefa Kovar Dr Smykowskiego Rev Henry Zmijewsky on the bottom row and Mary Bukowska Wanda Linstrup Bronislawa Wieszynska Steffania Walcrewska Stanislawa Wal crewska Boleslaw Milaskariz Antonia Milaskariz Adela Monkewiz on the top row.
A large crowd of Poles gathered in Faneuil Hall yesterday afternoon for speeches urging Poland's freedom, singing homeland songs, and adopting resolutions endorsing President Wilson's policy of strict neutrality in the war crisis.
Hundreds of Polish women filled Faneuil Hall and the adjacent streets to hear leading Poles and Bohemians speak their national cause. A Cambridge girls choir performed Polish songs that stirred the crowd. About 3000 Poles and supporters gathered in the hall and outside.
The article describes German siege guns, notably the 11 inch and 14 inch howitzers, transported by motor trucks. It notes their range of over eight miles, shell weights up to 1250 pounds, and high explosive charges, with Krupp producing the weapons and caterpillar wheels aiding mobility.
Lemberg, capital of Galicia with 160000 residents, changed hands to Russian forces after an eight day combat with Austrians who lost thousands and retreated. The city sits on the Pelten river, hosts multiple cathedrals and a university founded in 1784, and remains Galicia's major commercial center with diverse industries. Population is chiefly Polish with German Ruthenian and Jewish communities making up remaining groups.
The anti-balloon gun is hailed as a major wartime development and is used by both allies and Germany. Mounted on motor trucks for mobility it tracks fast targets by circling and adjusting elevation. Allies report success in shooting down German aircraft and destroying dirigibles.
Paris reports an official notice that Allied forces conducted a successful advance guard action against German forces southeast of Paris. The engagement was confirmed as part of ongoing operations near the capital.
A Boston meeting on Poland’s position in the European conflict urged absolute neutrality. Speakers, including Rev Alexander Syske and Alexander M. Jasienski, stressed Polish Americans’ neutral stance while criticizing propaganda and praising German cultural prestige. Representatives pressed for justice over sympathy and cited Vienna Congress guarantees.
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