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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
14
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including domestic and Canada rates. It notes per-copy foreign charges, postal regulations, and contact details for ads and office departments.
J Ogden Armour, aboard his yacht during August leisure, thanks Chicago Builders and Traders Exchange for a gift of shoes. The piece notes his influence in the livestock and meat business and playfully questions why a man who controls millions would accept a gift of his own making.
The piece argues that aid to Europe in food and life supports a luxury exchange, as paintings and jewels replace real money. It questions whether feeding others justifies accepting lavish luxuries and whether such a trade reflects the era’s harsh conditions and moral balance.
The text notes that control of food prices is a goal shared by many nations and suggests all countries should gradually adopt similar measures to stabilize markets. It emphasizes gradual adoption and international alignment of pricing policy.
A Maine Senator Hale is criticized for wanting to join the League of Nations but with the United States' participation limited. The letter argues such reservations would diminish America's power, reducing the league to little more than a ceremonial body and questions Hale’s true aim.
The piece notes the Massachusetts W C T U and the Association Opposed to National Prohibition discussing a constitutional amendment to ban growing, manufacturing and sale of all tobacco products. It argues such a move, once unthinkable, now appears possible despite public sentiment.
The eight hour day idea faces resistance from farmers who warn it would lower output and raise food prices. Wilfrid Wheeler, a state agriculture official and farmer, argues the world cannot run on eight hours and applying it to farmers would reduce production and raise costs, worsening the cost of living.
Statistics from the Mississippi region show a vigorous building upturn aided by finance and industry. Housing demand, large-scale construction, and material supply optimism point to continued growth beyond 1918 levels, with $1.3 billion in production projected since January.
The writer notes three to five years of abnormal activity and asks why housing operations lag. While loans are easy for builders of warehouses and big structures, residential builders face a closed money market and requests local bankers to explain the condition.
The Nashville bishop argues most fair-minded people agree Negroes are not by nature Bolshevists and that race troubles came from other causes. He urges patience and law abiding conduct, condemns violence, and promotes moral suasion and support from white allies to gain rights. He warns self appointed leaders’ violent hints are harmful.
Louis Orr, Hartford-born painter-etcher, named a Legion of Honor by President Poincare for Rheims Cathedral etching done under shell fire. Herbert Fisher, Oxford-Paris-Göttingen scholar, serves in Britain’s education ministry and hails from a liberal Parliament seat. Elliott Woods of the Washington Capitol staff performs on wine glasses, saxophone, and builds a pageant dressing room. Henry Grant Weston and descendants highlight Civil and Spanish War service. U.S. Senate whips Curtis and Gerry. Curtis a former jockey and Gerry fond of horses. Washington society noted as Vanderbiltish with Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Fitzsimmons linked to capital life. An advertisement trumpets oversized tires for tired feet.
Napoleon Gomo recalls listening and storytelling, tracing humor at Joe Laflamme’s stinginess and a stage audience, while praising a listener’s restraint and a patient approach to entertainment and dialogue. He ends with a note on self awareness and pride, signing from San Halbans, Vermont.
Birthday bio briefs recount Robby D. Evans known as Fighting Bob for his courage from Virginia farm roots to Annapolis training. He served as ensign in the West Indies and Behring Sea, commanded the Iowa at Santiago, and helped rescue drowning Spaniards under heavy fire while Cervera’s fleet faced American blockade.
A Maine newspaper notes a printed item about Myrtle returning Monday from Portland to visit her uncle and aunt. The note explains possible typos in press copy and clarifies no reflection on Myrtle's aunt.
A Cambridge Girl answers a query about concealing holes in stockings. She discusses using black paper on black silk as impractical due to shedding and offers alternatives black court plaster or painting white holes with black ink for white or light colored hosiery.
The pressure of a tight shoe may be relieved by applying a cloth wrung from boiling water to it while on the foot. For better coffee use a vessel with a broader bottom and smaller top and never let coffee or tea stand in tin. Mrs. Fred Chase, 266 Water Street, Hallowell, Me.
Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley of the Smithsonian led early American aeronautics with 16 years of experiments and a pioneering wind of ideas. Langley’s failing public mockery did not stop his influence, as later a scaled version of his plane with Glenn Curtiss powered flight, and his work inspired ongoing aviation progress.
The column observes surging cider and cordial production as apple and grape crops flourish in New England. It mentions elderberry and wild cherry fruit, a French aid letter, a Marshal Foch card gift, and a Boston man raising sheep on 500 acres to show profitable farming. It notes a Brookline youth studying engineering after a WWI raid and an old style high wheel bicycle in use along Shore Drive.
The piece catalogs trends in women’s dress and golf wear, noting metal threads in knitted frocks, gay sweaters for women golfers, rolled veils edged with fur, and buckle details on slippers. It highlights satin, serge, and silk Jersey frocks and mentions accessories like cigarette cases and vanity boxes.
The essay argues people repeat mistakes and learn too slowly. It cites a farmer thief case and criticizes authorities for not learning from errors, noting elevating fares as an example of repeated missteps without progress. The piece urges immediate course correction.
A reader asks if after a British-born immigrant served in Canada and returned to the United States he is an American citizen. Another inquiry seeks the meaning of given names and variants such as Caroline Cecilia Alice Christopher Joseph Edward Francis Catherine Agnes Ellen and explains Mohawk Trail as the historic Mohawk Indian route over the Hoosac hills in western Massachusetts.
To the Editor notes Somerville’s origin from Charlestown before 1342. It recalls colonial-era Ten Hills Farm owned by Governor Winthrop, marking early settlement and land use in the area.
Roger Williams interpreted the Indian name Massachusetts as meaning blue hills in English. The discussion notes the possible etymology and renders the phrase in the context of early colonial understanding of Native American toponyms.
A case concerns two men arguing whether lead dulls immediately after being cut with a knife. The dispute centers on the material’s behavior and whether the dulling effect is guaranteed or variable.
The text explains that lead remains bright when cut if the air is perfectly dry or if the metal is in water with no dissolved air. Generally, lead dulls quickly after cutting due to moisture in air forming a thin film of carbonate on the surface.
The Weather Bureau in Boston records the coldest days for the year in April 19 degrees, May 41 degrees, June 650 degrees, and July 55 degrees. The first autumn freezing spell in 1918 occurred on November 12 in Boston.
The well known cootie bites its victims with a vicious bite and a sucking apparatus that anchors in the skin. It is described as having six legs, each leg equipped with a sharp curved hook.
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