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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1917
Page
8
The excerpt presents Edna Dean Procter's line urging readiness and resolve for country and freedom, invoking ancestral guidance. It expresses collective confidence, faith, and a call to advance with determination.
In a Sunday magazine piece E A Filene argues democratizing Germany safeguards its own well being and reduces risk of a universal postwar economic boycott. He states American business would avoid aiding a militarist clique and urges Germany to remove the menace of an autocratic government to unite nations against future economic aggression.
The replies to the Pope's peace note by Germany and Austria avoid real terms and push glossed arguments for peace. Germany claims the Kaiser as a peacemaker with no concrete acceptance of peace conditions or a willing transfer of influence, while Austria shows fatigue and backing for compulsory arbitration though it began the war by confronting Serbia.
The text argues a stance on a national existence, suggesting either hypocrisy or a genuine awakening. It asserts no response will change the allies' stance or reduce military effort or readiness.
The State Department unveils evidence linking German plots to sway Irish Americans against the United States. Justice Cohalan denies involvement with Von Igel’s papers, while Bernstorff’s cable urged endorsing Ireland’s case against England. The piece praises Irish Americans’ wartime loyalty and condemns German espionage.
The gathering of citizens showed strong patriotic brotherhood as Boston’s quota left for the Ayer cantonment. With no venue large enough, the ceremonies moved to the Common where thousands escorted the departing troops. Massachusetts feels its youth go to honor the state.
Secretary Lansing revealed that German officers hidden in the Bucharest embassy under the American minister safeguarded a cache of high explosive bombs and microbes with instructions to infect horses and cattle with glanders and anthrax. The plan, described as deliberate and murderous, could devastate Romania and risk human death.
Recalled Boston climate figures for September 24 show extreme highs of 83 to 87 degrees in 1877 1901 and 1911 with a low of 40 89 and other mid century readings. The past records mention several warm days and a cooler date in 1885 with 89 degrees.
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the families of fishermen lost at sea. The piece contrasts widowed mothers facing poverty with the call to donate to the fund to aid the bereaved and hungry children.
Napoleon Gomo and Rosy Marie describe a lively Grange Hall reception on September 22 with Mrs. and Mr. P. Percy Ducharme inviting guests. The tale recounts dancing, misadventures, and humorous observations about the Foxes-Trot and Step dances.
The column comments on rising pie prices and shrinking crusts, notes a timid fighter who rose to fame and recalls Jack Monroe’s wartime feats. It surveys potato price spikes, knitting needles for soldiers, and a Floating Bridge anniversary. It also mentions public safety leader Henry Endicott and Eben Swan’s admonition on eating, plus Alaska fishing banks and local birthday of George Hanson.
The passage lampoons valuing free things and rejects poor advice. It suggests quick tempers disappoint others, arguments waste air, and honey should not be demanded if it brings a sting. It notes the hungry man appreciates scarce grace in brief words.
In Petrograd on September 28, I. N. Yefremov, minister of public aid and president of the interparliamentary group, was named Russian minister to Switzerland. The appointment was announced by official channels.
Governor McCall urges all voters to participate in the primaries on Tuesday September 25. The statement notes that service members abroad may lose voting rights and emphasizes patriotic duty to vote regardless of choice.
A descriptive look at rural Korea villages with mud huts and thatched roofs. It notes simple interiors with paper partitions, lack of furniture, and silk quilts. Roofs vary by class, with spring gardens appearing on tiled roofs and ornamental flora brightening homes.
A collection of fan letters to Mary Pickford reveals her responses on film titles, studios, and colleagues. She confirms details about productions like The Little American and Such a Little Queen, mentions Mary Pickford Film Corpora tion in Los Angeles, and notes plans for future projects and charity ideas.
Fadts and Fashions describe bat wings as chic trimming for turbans and beaver fur on nutria coats. New fur coats run close at the waist with huge square collars. Russian influences appear in some coats while embroidery rumors fade. Children’s frocks follow straight lines.
A poem-style notice recalls a parched prairie where heat withered crops. Dark blue clouds and soaking rains arrive, offering farmers a glimmer of hope as the land shifts from ruin to partial recovery. The verse credits Walt Mason and frames farming as a near-miraculous struggle to feed a struggling world.
Helen visits her fiance Jack Thornton at Marion and Howard’s bungalow after a breakup. Jack reveals his brother Ned uncovered Marion and Howard’s struggles and a friend Ethel Hammond’s involvement. Helen forgives as Jack explains and declares commitment.
A 1917 verse piece from Southern Press Syndicate presents a meditation on goal seeking and the joy of the climb. The lines emphasize effort over reward, the sweetness of toil, and the continual ascent as life’s laughter.
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