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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
12
The Italian Red Cross asks Massachusetts residents to join a drive to enlist 100 000 members pledging 1 each to the general fund. The appeal praises Italy for its war effort and urges support for the Red Cross.
Henry B Endicott wins another victory in ending the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway strike. He awards the workers two cents more per hour amid higher living and uniform costs. Both sides agree no strikes or lockouts during the war, a promise the men must honor.
Count Czernin notes in the Vienna press that the Kaiser truly wants peace. He suggests the German ruler seeks favorable terms and would trade what he has won, but the advancing allied guns imply this is unlikely to happen.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, jailed for espionage law violations and free on appeal bond, applauds Eugene V Debs during his trial for similar offences. The article notes her and others' contempt fines and argues she should respect court rules given her immigrant rise to influence.
The Maine results are described as fair with no rapid shift or clear national implications. No Democrat battles or defeats occurred in Congress, and four Republican representatives plus a Republican senator faced reelection but loyalty was not questioned. The report notes the party dynamics remained largely unchanged.
The text asserts growing confidence in the administration while noting the Maine decision shows no Republican sweep nationwide. It argues the result demonstrates presidential strength and frames "Stand behind the administration" as the Republicans’ core claim, which voters supposedly believed and acted on.
The piece cites Congressman Longworth criticizing war taxes as plunder and argues for taxing essentials like tea coffee sugar and leather to spread burden. It notes impact on high earners and corporations such as United States Steel and warns against taxing wealth.
The Liberty Bond direction plans nationwide newspaper advertising to back the coming loan. It lauds newspaper ads as the most efficient form of advertising with top writers including President Wilson and Secretaries McAdoo and Lansing contributing. The drive aims to mobilize readers before the campaign launch and expects strong results.
The German admiralty acknowledges 150 U boat commanders lost, signaling growing sacrifices by U boat crews. The dispatch implies sinking success for Allied counter measures and the U boat threat is waning while danger remains.
Washington Sept 10 Dependents of soldiers reported missing in action will keep receiving government remittances for allotments and allowances. No payments of voluntary insurance or government compensation will be made until the men are officially reported dead. War Department has not certified any of the missing as dead yet.
Washington Sept 10 David Rittenburg of Dorchester Mass is a prisoner at Reserve Lazarette 1 Bayreuth listed among 34 captured American soldiers released by the War Department.
A letter explains the word initiative, defining it as the mental facility to see what needs doing and act without prompting. It argues initiative fuels success, cites Columbus as an example, and contrasts it with merely watching the clock. The piece ends with a quip about overcoming doubt and proving a point.
A commissioned U S Army officer recounts sending the Boston Post to soldiers in training across Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Colorado. He notes photos given to a French family, readers in August, and Rhode Island and New Jersey colleagues liking the clearer home papers over the condensed overseas reports.
The oldest inhabitant cites official figures: 90 degrees as Boston’s warmest for September 11th in 1896 and 1912, and 42 degrees as the coldest on the same date in 1875. He notes rain in 1909 1911 and 1912.
The column recalls past frost dates and forecasts more storms, notes about thunder in September, and a light frost in Boston history. It includes anecdotes on doughnut history, a Schenectady fire chief, bean bag filling for soldiers, sugar in coffee, and thrift stamps alongside small town observations.
On a crowded train Jimmie Stanton suspects a pickpocket but discovers the thief is Miss Betty Banks, a poised secretary. After a tense exchange and a note of introduction, Stanton apologizes, and the pair bond over lunch as he quits his misjudgment.
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones urges home front readers to match soldiers in sacrifice and enthusiasm. He cites thrift stamps Liberty bonds and food conservation as ways to support troops and win the war.
The daughter of Benjamin Franklin, born Philadelphia Sept 11 1744, organized nursing and food drives for wounded soldiers during the Revolution. She urged women to provide clothes and funds, visited hospitals, and even spoke to pacifist Quakers to mobilize aid. She died in Philadelphia in 1808.
A letter asks whether authorities pronounce the first syllable of either as eye or ee. Modern dictionaries favor the ee sound. A reference notes regional variations in English pronunciation with ether eether and eyther forms.
The line about beauty unadorned being adorned the most is attributed to James Thomson, 18th century poet and writer. The quotation appears in discussions of his contrasts between natural charm and artful decoration.
A fragment quotes a line in The Seasons about Lovelnessa preferring unadorned virtue. The note places the phrase under Autumn describing ornament as unnecessary for true adornment.
A poem urges the sweetheart of a soldier to remain faithful while he fights overseas. It emphasizes clinging to him in thought and prayer, cherishing his letters, and waiting with unwavering love until he returns. It appeals to devotion amid wartime separation and honors the soldier’s sacrifice.
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