Boston Post announces April 4 1919 issue and rates
The Boston Post presents its issue details for April 4 1919 including pricing for daily and Sunday editions, subscriptions in U S Canada and foreign rates, postal charges in the Boston district, and contact lines for editors and offices. Subscription payment in advance is required and delays may lead to discontinuation.
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Post Lublishing Co
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Boston
Mass
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Maine Sporting Editor
Malin Financial Editors
Edwin A. Grozier
A Good Omen for Victory Liberty Loan
The War Finance Corporation bonds totaling 200000000 dollars sold out in one day. They carry five percent and mature in one year. Treasury officials see this as a sign the coming Victory Liberty Loan will meet strong demand.
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War Finance Corporation
Treasury
United States
Bail Granted to Big Bill Haywood and IWW Members
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago granted bail to Big Bill Haywood and 37 other IWW members while their espionage act case is reviewed. Haywood vows to dedicate his time to campaigning for immediate repeal of the act, risking renewed public support for delay.
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Haywood
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
OUR COLORED HEROES PARADE IN BOSTON CELEBRATING BLACK SOLDIERS
The article lauds Boston’s parade honoring Black soldiers from the Buffalo and Red Hand divisions and the 92d and 93d during World War I. It notes their bravery in France and expresses Massachusetts pride and a vision of ending color lines, referencing Colonel Shaw’s memorial and the changed era.
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Massachusetts
Boston
United States
Buffalo
France
Colonel Shaw
Rhode Island Questions Constitutionality of Prohibition Amendment
Rhode Island moves to question the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment recently proclaimed as ratified and in force. Critics call the inquiry futile and ridiculed yet the state seeks to remove doubt while awaiting a possible long delay for a decision.
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Rhode Island
Supreme Authority
United States Supreme Court
Systemic Changes Considered for Supreme Court Docket
The discussion centers on improving operations of the new system and exploring faster paths to obtain Supreme Court decisions. Proposals weigh efficiency enhancements against maintaining due process and thorough review.
How far should public funding feed street railways
The piece questions the limit of using general taxation to guarantee street railway returns as in the Boston Elevated case. It cites a proposed fifty fifty bill to cover Bay State lines and warns against extending aid without clear limits. It argues tracks cannot reach every area and asks who decides the terminus when fares and public subsidies fund loss-making lines.
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Supreme Court
Boston
Bay State
International court martial probes Fryatt case in Berlin
An inquiry into Captain Charles Fryatt's execution by a German court martial proceeds in Berlin. The panel includes German officials and officers with British French Norwegian and Dutch representatives. The outcome remains unknown, but the tribunal's existence underscores Germany’s awareness of its defeat.
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Berlin
Charles Fryatt
Great Britain
France
Norway
Holland
Fryatt
Germany
Paris Herald doubts American delay in peace treaty
A Paris Paris Herald wire questions who blocks peace and says opposition to France does not come from America. The piece criticizes anti Wilson sentiment in American press and argues the delay blame lies elsewhere, not with President Wilson.
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Wilson
Paris
New York Herald
America
the Herald
France
United States
Theodore Roosevelt Starts New York Political Career
Theodore Roosevelt begins a political path in New York. Attendees at a luncheon offered praise for his character and public spirit. Lyman Abbott advised him not to imitate his father, stressing each man's need to forge his own path.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Theodore
Lyman Abbott
Political figure aims to be force for good, says intent
A political figure states he can be a force for good in politics and is determined to pursue that path. Supporters offer encouragement, wishing him success.
Senator Chamberlain defends War Department claims in Natchez speech
The senator rebukes critics of Secretary Baker and General Crowder calling them exponents of Prussianized militarism. He revisits claims that the War Department failed, arguing it operated efficiently with nearly 3,000,000 soldiers trained, transported, and deployed in France with record speed. He asserts past statements were false then and remain false now.
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Baker
Natchez, Miss
Crowder
Wilson
War Department
Department
France
Senator Chamberlain
Absurd clause in antianarchy bill faces Senate review
The Massachusetts bill to curb anarchistic activity includes section 2 making possession of related documents prima facie evidence of crime. Critics warn the provision could criminalize editors and ministers for denouncing or preaching against anarchist writings, and question public official exemptions.
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House
Senate
Massachusetts
Birthday Bio Briefs Highlight Self-Taught Actor Lawrence Barrett
Lawrence Barrett born April 4 1835 grew up in Paterson New Jersey later moved to Detroit. He learned to read from Johnsons Dictionary and rose to perform with Booth and Forrest before Civil War service as a Massachusetts infantry captain. He achieved fame in Richelieu and died in 1891.
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Lawrence Barrett
Brannigan
Paterson
N. J
Detroit
Lawrence
Booth
Forrest
Massachusetts
England
London
Richelieu
Bulwer Lytton
Notable Union Army Officers and Clergy in Postwar Notes
Lieutenant-Colonel L Vernon Briggs returns to Beacon Street in good health preparing for summer at Hanover. Reverend Ernest Tuck leaves East Weymouth church to pursue India mission work. Miss Lucy Minnegerode named head of the U S Corps of Nurses by Surgeon General Blue. Longtime Methodist ministers Edward Best and William Warren noted as two of the oldest in New England. Other clergy figures include Chadbourne Hanaford and Stratton as senior contemporaries. Mrs Sarah Seymour of Methuen profiled as East Coast dynamite sales agent. Mrs Medill McCormick, wife of the Illinois Senator, chairs the Republican national women’s executive committee and is closely tied to Mark Hanna and Alice Roosevelt Longworth through prominent friendships. Flora Payne Whitney supports McCormick’s circle.
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U. S. A. Medical Corps
Germany
Beacon Street
Hanover
Ernest , Tuck
First Methodist Episcopal Church
East Weymouth
India
Board of Foreign Missions
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Queensland
Australia
Edward Stuart Best
Malden
New England
Best
William F. Warren
Brookline
Boston University
George 3. Chadbourne
Melrose
C. H. Hanaford
South Lancaster
J. K. Stratton
Medill McCormick
Illinois
National Republican Woman's Executive Committee
Washington
Mark Hanna
McCormick
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Flora Payne Whitney
William
Good Morning Dope For Today From Old Top
A pep talk urges starting the day with a smile. It counsels turning right after the alarm and keeping cheery between routine annoyances. Practice grinning in the bathroom until a genuine greeting becomes habit.
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Top
April Fool Joke Involving Family Sparks Shock
A neighborhood prank attributed to All Sortier signing as Dudley v. involved a six year old girl Dorothy announcing a kitchen kiss between a man and the cook to her mother who rushed to investigate. Dorothy then revealed the family gag shouting April fool, it is only Pa.
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Dudley v
Dorothy
Runaway Pie Wagon Driver Is Discharged
William Dough, a Kansas City bakery driver, triggered a runaway-horse scare while delivering hot mince pies. A policeman halted the wagon. in court the judge discharged Dough noting the extenuating circumstance of hot pies.
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William Dough
Kansas City
N. B
William
Bill
Mud Turtle Classified as Mineral in Bizarre Debate
Readers in Wilsonville discuss a village argument over whether a mud turtle is a vegetable or an animal. The post office brawl ends with a claim that a mud turtle is actually a mineral due to its hard shell, prompting admonishment from a columnist who calls for calm and factual zoological classification.
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Newt
Hub
George
Wilsonville
Conn
Fashion Trends in Frocks Hats and Coats of the Season
The notes describe popular styles with taffeta and kitten ear crepe fabrics. Box style suit coats and hats worn off the face are highlighted. Matching children's hats and capes and elbow length sleeves in afternoon frocks are noted as fashionable trends.
The Story of Alcohol in Ancient Rome
The article traces Rome from early solemn wine ceremonies to later degenerate drunken revels. It notes wine scarcity early on and later cheap access, with famed drinkers like Caius Piso and Maxmian cited, and describes temperate to excessive consumption aided by cheap wine.
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Rome
Keats
New York
Nuna
Jupiter
Socrates
Alexander
Greece
Caius Piso
Weather notes and local history from old Boston column
An array of brief items covers weather in early 1918 and this year, plus anniversaries and local curiosities. Topics include January to March sunshine days, snow days, and temperature deviations. mentions of Nicholas Brown and Brown University funding. Harvard’s oldest living graduate Charles French and executor Emery Soule. reflections on daylight saving and clocks. Lynn and Saugus jury boxes. motor vehicle operators in WWI. Ferri Weiss’s battlefield discovery. sports and Y M C A swimming. and Knights of Columbus War Activities leadership.
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Harvard
Charles French
Newtonville
Emery Soule
Exeter
N. H
French
Harvard Yard
Readers debate brassard meaning and booze on Boston Common
A reader asks what a brassard is a badge worn on the arm. The column recalls liquor sales on Boston Common before 1838 and the later prohibition of selling on public holidays, cites Chief Justice Isaac Parker and citizens, and notes bans near elections and the Fourth of July.
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Isaac Parker
Use of per Day and Per Year in Latinized Style Debate
Readers weigh whether phrases like per day and per year should follow Latin or vernacular style. The discussion notes Latin origin for per and questions English day and year usage in formal writing.
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