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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
14
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The Italian battleship Conte di Cavour crew and officers visiting Boston have shown exemplary courtesy and discipline. Despite extended leave to enjoy the city’s hospitality, no misconduct was reported, reflecting credit on the navy and American hospitality.
Prices of meat have dropped in Chicago as retailers show cost prices and wholesalers cut profits. Rations are more widely distributed and the army shoe appears with long lines. Palmer shows initial success against extortioners and hoarders. Public focus remains on price reductions and nationwide credit for Wilson officials. Local markets have yet to lead the easing, with residents watching price lists and demanding equivalent treatment.
Congressmen Tinkham argues against riders tacked onto unrelated bills to dodge vetoes. He sought a House caucus to declare the practice a legislative abuse and require a two thirds vote to attach riders. The motion was tabled, but reform efforts proceed as he champions a rightful rule.
Still Boston slips from fifth to sixth in U S city population rankings yet remains a strong urban center. The piece notes Boston’s 25 percent growth since 1910 versus Cleveland’s 60 and Detroit’s 100, driven by industrial booms, and argues against sensational expansion.
Historic phrasing praises civic spirit and notable citizenry, describing people as citizens of no mean city.
Samuel Gompers urges railroad shopmen unions to reject the strike proposition now before them. He and the AFL president back President Wilson’s offer as the calmer path, aiming to prevent a public calamity and uphold a square deal for workers and the public.
Senator Nelson and Senator McCumber of the Republican side warn fellow senators against mangling the Germany treaty and risking a separate peace or Paris return. Debate showed partisan acrimony as Nelson said the foreign relations committee should not cut the treaty to pieces. The Shantung amendment is dead regardless of heed or hatred.
The piece argues high fire losses cost 250 to 300 million dollars annually, with per capita losses far higher than Europe. It links fire waste to dead capital, noting 300 million could pay vast interest on Liberty Bonds and a third of net wartime debt, urging prudence to cut costs by half.
Boston hosts hundreds of Delta Tau Delta alumni and active members for the annual convention. Delegates will sing old songs and renew college traditions while handling convention business swiftly, giving time to mingle with Boston and visitors.
Boston Globe reports John Kendrick Bangs presents himself as a Maine candidate calling himself a son of Ogunquit and rebuffing a echoed remark with Quit as he seeks political office amid local support.
A Boston letter argues police deserve a wage increase to meet rising living costs. It notes officers work long hours and overtime, earning less than carmen under their new scales, and urges an early, prudent pay raise with patience until the right moment.
Lieutenant Joseph L. Day of Portland Maine commanded sub chaser No 131 on a Bermuda to New York voyage covering 680 nautical miles in 68 hours setting a new record. Alec Waugh, in a German prison camp, studied semi starvation for psychology. Reverend Edward H. Cotton, Danvers pastor and lobster catcher, boasts a giant haul. Crown Prince Charles of Romania renounces his throne and tours Europe in search of a wife. Daisy Ashiford, a London stenographer, becomes a noted humorous writer. Dr. G F Nicolai, Berlin physiologist, fled as a dissenter and is now honored again amid 93 disavowing manifests.
The excerpt features a playful couplet about drinking drawn from a poem and a riddle line from the Sphinx. It contrasts bread and ink imagery with a warning about following a foolish teacher and avoiding his faults.
A humorous yet pointed piece notes over 3000 women in the United States now work as plumbers, arguing progress but detailing Beatrice Jones as a costly, delayed plumberess who arrives late, chats with the wife, and charges 19.75 for a 0.15 leak.
Household hints cover stain removal methods for fruit stains using soap boiling water and Javille water with cautions about color loss. Milk soaking suggested for colored fabrics. Ironing tips include using wrapping paper layers to speed ironing and steaming velvet over a colander. A simple funnel acts as an egg separator.
Shorty returns in Keeping Up With Martha as Sewell Ford shines in another weekly Shorty and Torchy tale to be printed in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The piece traces seaplane beginnings with Bleriot and Curtiss, noting first water landings in 1911 and the shift to flying boats. It covers cross channel attempts, passenger carriage growth, and record altitudes from 1910 to the late 1910s, culminating in a mention of British Army maneuvers using early planes.
The column surveys dusty sidewalks on Fenway walks, street life at Boston Common gardens, and locals recount early telephone use in business. It recalls Italian warship officers dancing, rising broom prices, and spry elderly New Englanders, plus pigeons at Dudley street terminal and public shower baths at Upham's Corner.
An advertisement proclaims a local fire insurance agent with the slogan See Me On Fire offering demonstrations of conflagrations and practical tips on extinguishing fires.
A man named Prof Fowler from Lawrence claims mastery of hen language and offers a six lesson poultry course for $30, promising commissions for enrollments via All Sorts. The editor responds by arranging publicity and requesting a $5 advance commission with refund on failure.
Oval pockets add to the tailored suit with frilled neck lines remaining charming. Embroidered yokes appear on new caps and white tricotine dresses sport crocheted wool collars. Belts and waistcoats are cut together while hats accompany the tailored suit. All over stitching enhances fancy coats and yellow straw hats feature calico crowns.
Official figures show Boston’s warmest August 29 readings were 92 in 1880 and 87 in 1917. The coldest for this date was 4 in 1883, with rain reported only in 1911 1918 1914 1915 and 1918 over the past decade.
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