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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1919
Page
22
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for U S Canada and foreign copies. It lists office addresses on Washington Street Boston and provides Canadian per copy postage details and combined daily Sunday rates.
The New York Sun reports William C. Cummings chairman of the Democratic National Committee to have not said the Soldiers Legion remark. The piece questions the certainty of the quote and defends his character given his history.
The article notes rapid aviation records with a Royal Air Force pilot flying a single seater scout plane from London to Paris in 75 minutes covering 215 miles at 172 mph. It contrasts with ten hour rail and sea journeys and recalls Bleriot’s Channel crossing ten years earlier.
The season has opened with trout streams free of ice and anglers back to their rods. String limits allow no bait under six inches and not more than 25 fish per day, as laws protect the sport. The warm winter and early spring bode a grand season ahead.
The Boston Public Library faces a cautious external audit. Reporters from distant cities spent one week assessing governance and staff training. They find the library largely serves the public, but fault the trustees for excessive meetings, overreliance on employee complaints, uneven staff training, and limited hiring outside Boston.
A report notes lack of fresh talent in the institution and warns against a wholesale condemnation. It says the library should have more funding and calls some suggestions helpful. The public relations issue should improve relations with the public while maintaining its prestige.
The article notes a reversal in immigration trends after 1914, with passport applications by foreign born laborers surging to about 1000 daily as ships struggle to meet demand. It cites war disruptions, labor shortages and shifting origins from traditional groups to Italian, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and Levantine arrivals, and warns of future economic and political factors shaping the flow. It also frames potential German war costs and reparations as a broader burden impacting the United States and the world.
An editorial from The Watch on the Rhine praises Wilson and the League of Nations and argues Americans should accept new global responsibilities. It contrasts military newspaper views with critics in Boston and New York, urging support despite dissent.
The piece discusses a proposed quasi Congress summoned without the President and questions its legality. It notes that any elected member could issue a call, while a majority of both branches could assemble and organize, with the President and Supreme Court casting doubts on standing. It ends with the President’s plan for a legally valid extra session.
The Paris conference advances calculations for postwar indemnities with large figures under discussion. Muted protests surface as negotiators seek terms for settling accounts following the war.
A call to Americans to fund victory and peace by borrowing 4.5 billion dollars on government notes. The piece frames debt as unfinished business from the war era and urges citizen participation through tax free, long term loans to settle the war and peace bills. It warns against financial laxity and asserts national resolve to repay.
A compilation of reader questions and brief answers on language usage vegetable origins U S government dividend rules Virgin Islands hospital history Hanover Square and a London club. Answers provide concise facts and figures including population counts for St. Croix St. Thomas St. John and heights of rival New York skyscrapers.
A playful poetic item from Sur le Tapis in Boston recalls Newton Newkirk planning a carefree summer. The verse covers saving coins for fashionable outfits, a seaside outing, a roller coaster date, treats, a June proposal, and a Maine vacation dream ending in a wakeful yawn.
The piece argues fear of slips harms progress. It urges that many succeed after blunders, noting even great performers stumble yet recover. Do your best, accept errors as learning steps, and keep moving forward with resolve.
A Post Etiquette and Manners column cites the Cyclopedia of Social Usages to advise lining a table with felt, using laundered damask, and ironing to create a single central crease. It urges an 18 inch drape beyond the board, noting some hostesses choose longer drops for snowy elegance.
The narrative traces alcohol in France from Phoenician traders around 1100 B C to Gaulish beer preferences, the founding of Marseilles, and the later Roman shift to wine. It notes Rheims, Domitian’s wine policy, Probus planting vineyards, and 300 A D vineyard expansion along the Marne and Moselle, ending with German incursions amid wine temptations.
The piece mentions Venus visible in the evening sky around mid month and describes spring events. It cites price notes on asparagus and Idaho potatoes, a Merrimack River log, a 1848 sleigh trip, a court case with Daniel A. Shea, Easter supply warnings, a bank account growth anecdote, a Yankee Division parade, and honors to Dorothy B. Stockham a dairy farm owner from Litchfield Maine.
A local barbershop sign proposes customers get a haircut while they shop. The witty gag suggests saving time by placing the order and returning later to collect the finished cut, sparking amusement in Boston.
The oldest inhabitant recalls Boston coldest April 16 as 28 degrees in 1908 and 20 in 1904. The warmest on this date reached 79 degrees in 1896. No rain or snow in the past decade except 1911 to 1915.
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