Boston Post September 14 1918 subscription note and notices
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for U S and Canada and foreign editions, prices for different periods, and postage details. It instructs buyers to avoid sending cash, directs checks to POST PUBLISHING CO, and provides office and editor contact information. It also notes how to handle missed deliveries and provides mailing addresses.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mase
U. S
Canada
Mazes
Associated Press
Boston Post
United States
Post
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No Difference in War Time Administration and Politics
The author argues that defeats of Vardaman, Blease, and Hardwick reflect people's disgust at America’s conduct toward war, not the administration itself. The administration and government are inseparable in wartime, as history shows from Lincoln’s era to the present.
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New York
Vardaman
Blease
Hardwick
America
United States
Lincoln
Maine Soldiers Vote Democratic in Camp Devens Ballot
The piece notes Maine soldiers at Camp Devens voting overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, arguing the war effort under the President and advisers has broad support even as Maine's election splits along party lines. It questions the idea that Maine's vote rebukes the administration.
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Maine
Camp Devens
Kaiser’s Speech at Essen Prompts War Payment Demands
The Kaiser told Krupp workers he would not shorten the war and that peace offers were met with jeers. Von Payer suggested Belgium might be restored without indemnities, which is rejected as untenable. Belgians and other occupied peoples deserve indemnity for wartime devastation.
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Krupp
Essen
von Payer
Belgium
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Defense of George Creel Amid Accusations Over War Book
The article defends George Creel of the federal committee on publicity against criticism of the book Two Thousand Questions and Answers About the War. It notes Claude H. Van Tyne and the National Security League withdrew the book after Creel studied it and halted its sales last June.
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George Creel
Federal Committee On Publicity
Germany
Lusitania
Prussia
France
Russia
Austria
Wurtemberg
Bavaria
Prus
Claude H. van Tyne
National Security League
Creel
League
Mr. Cree
Correction of Demeanor Prompted by Timely Amends
A quoted remark notes a person’s careful reading of proofs and rapid amendment after error. It rejects the notion that any league compelled him to duty, deeming such inference dishonest.
Great American achievement at St Mihiel marks shift in war
General Pershing leads American forces in reducing the St Mihiel salient, forcing a German retreat from a key fortress position. The feat showcases Yankee bravery, training, and precision, with French allies sharing the victory and the Kaiser's waning peace rhetoric reflecting the new turn toward Metz.
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Pershing
St. Mihiel
France
Fort du Camps Des Romans
Metz
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk Rek What the Sphinx Say
A fragmentary column features Newton Newkirk and a Sphinx themed line about apologies. The text shows a witty or reflective tone with brief quotation. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Observant Citizen notes on sodium chlorid crusade and civic life
The column blends a reader letter urging Professor Newkirk to lead a fight against sodium chlorid adulteration with a wry exchange from Percival Prune. It salutes civic activism, reports on wartime registers in Cambridge, and adds brief vignettes on flags, a Wellesley camp pig, Lynn shoe classes, Marblehead inspection, and local public notices.
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Professor Newkirk
Boston Common
Percival Prune
Boston
Lynn
Lynn Reader
Ethel Moore's Chance Meeting With a Khaki Soldier
Ethel Moore helps a wounded khaki soldier named Lieutenant Herbert Jackson after a roadside encounter. Weeks later at Cherry Orchard she meets him again while he stays with a friend’s family for a military visit. They attend a dance and share a budding romance under moonlit cherries.
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Ethel Moore
Ethel
Herbert Jackson
Jackson
Cherry Orchard
Colin
Wthel
Miss Moore
Clancy
Rosebud
Lieutenant Jackson
Government signals firm stance to keep war industries running
The piece notes the U S government will bar striking workers at Bridgeport munitions plants and deny draft exemptions to those refusing the War Labor Board wage award. It warns Smith & Wesson operations are now government controlled to ensure uninterrupted production.
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United States
Bridgeport
Smith & Wesson Company
Springfield
War Labor Board
Smith & Wesson Arms
Sam
EXIT FOOTBALL AND WAR TIME RULING RESTORES PIGSKIN
The War Department restricts colleges with army units from planning football schedules this year. Many schools fall under the ruling making intercollegiate play unwise or impossible. Football may continue as a military aid if played, but Harvard officials warn it is not a quick path to soldiering, so the sport is not finished.
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War Department
Army Training Corps
Major Moore
Harvard
Mrs Crozier Fund Supports Three Bands for Guards
The total subscribed to Mrs. Crozier's fund for buying instruments for United States Guards bands reached 2800 dollars, announced by Major-General Crozier. The Eighth Battalion band has received its instruments, Wentworth Institute's new band is due instruments today, and Third Battalion instruments are expected to arrive this week from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery.
Textile Workers Report Thriving Conditions
The International Spinners' Union convention at 724 Washington Street reports thriving conditions in textiles due to shortages of spinners and help. Thirty New England districts are represented as wages rise by about 27.5 percent since the last convention a year ago.
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Washington Street
International Spinners’ Union
New England
Does It Seem Probable War Will End Soon
Charles Franklin Jones argues against premature peace in World War I. He contends victory requires continued effort, stronger resistance, and a firm push to force Germany to surrender. He uses a theatre anecdote to illustrate improbability of a quick, victorious peace.
Birthday Bio Briefs Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson born September 14 1867 in Roxbury Massachusetts gained fame as a prolific American artist. He earned a record income for a single pen and ink sketch and popularized the Gibson Girl and Gibson fashion. His Adventures of Mr Pipp drew wide amusement and became a stage play before he returned to drawing.
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Charles Dana Gibson
Roxbury
Mass
Gibson
Mr. Pipp
Questions to the Editor on Fire, Money, and Politics
A letter to the Post asks about the 1877 St John fire and June flames. It clarifies English sovereign value as a gold coin and notes approximate US dollar equivalence. It also cites prewar German socialist support with 4 250 000 Socialists among 14 400 000 votes in the last general election.
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St. John, N. B
N.B
Sir
United States
Georgetown
G. A
The Hand Out Uncle Walt
Poem by Walt Mason from 1918 reflects mutual aid and civic duty as communities struggle with scarcity and the cost of living. It urges compassion for the hungry and displaced while urging readers to support others now as they hope for help later.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
English usage and Siberian river myths in letters to the editor
Readers debate spelling forms reinforce versus reenforce and the preferred en vs in in dictionaries. A Siberian river that never freezes is identified as the Selenga fed by hot springs, while Lake Baikal freezes enough for horses to cross in winter. A query about General Tasker Bliss covers his birth, age, and roles in France.
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Siberia
Lake Baikal
Sir
General Bliss
United States Army
General Pershing
France
Tasker Howard Bliss
Lewisburg
Penn
West Point
United States Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Supreme War Council
Annexation by Act of March 6, 1814 In Dorchester Neck
The land annexed was formerly known as Dorchester Neck and Point. The text notes the common air freezing points in liquid and solid forms, detailing temperatures around 182 to 192 degrees below zero, Centigrade, with a jellylike mass near 216 degrees below zero and solid at still lower temperatures.
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Dorchester’ Neck
Point
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