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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
12
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription pricing for the US, Canada, and combined options. Rates include daily editions at $3.25 per year for six months, with Sunday Post and Canada postage adjustments.
The document lists payment methods for subscriptions and orders at Post Publishing Co Boston Mass with instructions for money orders checks and stamps. It notes forward payments to advance subscriptions and states discontinuation after expiration and contact details for delivery issues. Names Edwin A Grozier as editor and publisher appear.
The document states the Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for all news dispatches credited or not in the paper and reserves rights for special despatches. It emphasizes AP ownership of local and international news content.
The piece urges the Senate to swiftly complete action on the proposed war tax changes rather than delay until the House returns from vacation in September. It argues postponement is unreasonable and unseasonable as summer heat drives soda water and ice cream demand, while removing the tax would be popular now.
The chairman of the federal House foreign affairs committee urges the State and War Departments to repatriate American soldiers killed in France. He notes 75 percent of their relatives seek home-coming, arguing science could overcome sanitary and transport obstacles.
A writer condemns reporters for using rebel yell in congressional coverage and urges sticking to factual language. He invokes soldiers’ courage at Flanders and Allied victories to argue there is one true American yell uniting lawmakers and troops.
The article notes Colombia will be paid 25 million dollars as compensation for the Panama Strip, following a Washingtondespatched treaty nearing ratification. It calls the transfer payment a remedy for a territory Colombia was robbed of during the Panama upheaval aided by U S forces.
The speaker cites President Roosevelt saying he took the Panama strip and Congress would decide later. The end justified the means, but Colombia was not paid. Now Colombia is to receive long delayed justice and the government will get its due.
The government ends wartime control of telephone and telegraph networks and plans to restore railroads to private operation within months. Experts say private operation might have avoided financial trouble and bankruptcy, while wartime service under government care is viewed as justified but controversial. Overall, public utility ownership demand appears to lessen.
The march of several thousand navy yard workers to Boston Common yesterday served as a pointed lesson on the effects of reduced naval appropriations by Congress. The piece argues that protests should target Congress in Washington and urges workers to place blame where it belongs for the layoffs at Charlestown and related naval cutbacks.
The piece argues the United States will not be outvoted in the League of Nations council. It explains Article 4 of the covenant assigns one vote per member and notes Britain’s colonies do not sit separately. Decisions require unanimity on grave matters, preventing forced action against U S interests.
A reverend owner preserves a famed rosewood bedstead once in the Revere House, linked to famous guests like Daniel Webster Christine Nilsson Adelina Patti Jennie Lind James G Blaine and Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil. The piece is praised for its lasting value and historical resonance.
Senator John Sharp Williams exposes the claim of secrecy as a pretence and shows the treaty text was widely printed by July 3. He points to press distribution via Associated Press and notes reactions from Colonel Harvey and others, concluding the shock over the treaty was feigned.
Former Secretary William G. McAdoo, born in the South and raised in New York, now closely linked to California, earns praise from Democrats as a potential successor to President Wilson. The piece notes his self-made rise after the Civil War and highlights other prominent figures including Governor Lowden, General Leonard Wood, Senator Johnson, and Sir Percy Daniels as notable names around the era.
A pithy line on struggling with conscience and enduring a moral tussle, concluding that resisting inner conflict can feel like victory even when the fight leaves one unsettled.
Napoleon Gomo recounts Sardine the hound chasing Neffette’s rabbit cat Abreviation in Sardine Town Vermont. The cat outsmarts the hound, riding its neck as the pair teeter toward Quebec, while Sardine and narrator St Halbans observe with humor.
A shopper tips readers to maximize value by choosing seasoned options that deliver more returns for lower costs, emphasizing smart picking and long term savings.
A humorous correspondent asks how to act in emergencies without specifics. The piece offers comic, practical one liners for common mishaps like highway robbery, furniture mishaps, and car accidents, encouraging calmness and resourceful coping in absurd scenarios.
Facts and Fashions surveys emphasize square silhouettes, irregular tunic hems, conspicuous square necks, new caught-under hems, ongoing embroideries, scarce cuffs, long waists, and favored supple silks. Ruffles surge this season with black satin frocks and very short sleeves on afternoon dresses. Wood-embroidered taffeta parasols and slipover knitted blouses remain in style.
The article recalls Otto Lilienthal’s early glider experiments in Germany, his study of birds, and his shift to machine aided flight. It notes his night-time tests, wind tests, and progressive glides from gentle slopes, culminating in nearly 1000 feet of glide while balancing his craft.
The article reflects on Herman Melville’s centennial birth, recounting his sea life and novels, and praises Leave from a Whaleman’s Log. It also surveys handwriting styles, a poetry tribute to Norman Ritchie, and notes on local figures, institutions, and events in Massachusetts and Boston era society.
Charles Franklin Jones argues that fearing unlikely events wastes time and mood. He cites a sea burial tale to illustrate carrying unnecessary troubles and urges readers to seek the bright side, finding a silver lining in dark circumstances.
A letter to the editor collects curious inquiries about royal titles gender rules in the Netherlands, magnetic compass variation, correct English pronunciation of England, and Bowdoin Square’s naming history. The writer cites Queen Wilhelmina, Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide, and Bowdoin’s governor.
The text recalls a Boston area locality flourishing in the early 1800s with brick buildings along Harvard Street called West Row. It mentions Baudoin who led the Comonwealth from 1785 to 1787 and gained fame for suppressing Shay’s Rebellion, later losing political power.
The article profiles Claudius born in Lugdunum now Lyons, noted for his boyhood impairment, rise to emperor after Caligula's murder, reforms including humane laws and Aqua Claudia, Britain's conquest, and his eventual downfall through weak character and Agrippina's scheming poisoning.
The oldest resident recalls Boston’s warmest first day of August with official figures 98 degrees in 1917 and 93 in 1880. He notes the coldest for this date was 64 degrees, though the excerpt ends abruptly.
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