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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1919
Page
20
The Boston Post presents its role as a leading Independent Democratic paper in New England. This notice outlines Associated Press credit and republication rights for news dispatches and local content, reserving rights for special despatches.
Sir Ernest Rutherford is described as possibly solving alchemy by turning baser metals into gold, a claim he would likely deny. The piece argues that even if true, such transmutation would harm gold's value, while modern steel improvements from alloying surpass ancient alchemy in benefit to humanity. It cites the Bessemer process as more impactful than mythical gold production.
A Paris peace conference report notes German objections to treaty protocol and Kaiser surrender terms. Baron von Leisner warned Germany would not honor war crimes provisions, yet the treaty remains signed and binding.
Kansas Governor Allen reports surface mines operated by volunteers produced a larger tonnage than skilled labor under harsh weather. Adjutant-General Clark says public needs will be met regardless of the coal strike conference outcome.
Judge August C. Backus argues at Ford Hall that prisons fail to reform. He urges replacing penitentiaries with farm work and open labor to build mental and physical strength, criticizing "trades of punishment" and calling for a new approach to social protection.
The remarks reflect a recurring stance in legal discourse, suggesting a preference for reform over punitive measures and aligning with broader sentiments among many observers.
The United States Attorney General’s annual report notes disturbances at both ends of society, with radicals agitators and moonshiners blamed for much trouble while anti trust efforts continue. It cites ongoing probes into profiteering price fixing and interstate monopolies alongside enforcement against big business abuses and extremist groups.
The war shifts global commerce toward the United States expanding Caribbean and Latin American markets. The piece urges American business to persistently pursue South American trade, noting Cuba Porto Rico and Haiti as models and warning that failure rests with Americans themselves.
The court did not issue a ruling on wartime prohibition and the Volstead Act. Public interest centers on speculation about potential outcomes and timing, with some hoping for a final great drink before enforcement ends. Most expect the ruling to affect only wartime measures as constitutional amendment takes effect soon.
The piece cites Miss Jeannette Rankin urging tolerance for unlawful ideas in public expression and notes a New York theater spectacle defending stage nudity as art. Both arguments fail to consider the impact on less experienced minds lacking critical training.
Opinion argues against unrestricted drug and poison distribution noting a drugged body harms only the individual while a poisoned mind threatens the entire community. Emphasizes need for safeguards and public policy to curb dangerous substances.
In Massachusetts today fifteen cities hold annual elections as voters are urged to participate after a strong show of last week’s license vote. Officials emphasize that turnout is essential to determine outcomes and to avoid claims of voter abstention.
In New England the discontinuation of 260 trains due to coal shortages burdens the public. The piece argues railroads cannot be blamed and calls for placing responsibility on mine owners and miners for failing to reach an agreement to protect industry and jobs.
Delegates representing Alsace and Lorraine took seats in the National Parliament in Paris yesterday restoring these regions to France after decades under German control. The emergence signals the end of German territorial expansion and a rebuke to autocratic conquest as these lands rejoin their native nation.
Profiles cover Senator Kenneth McKeller of Tennessee a 50 year old bachelor lawyer and rising political figure. Other sketches include Princess Antoine Albert Radzwill's annulment plea Dorothy Parker Deacon of Boston and Bates College president Clifford D Gray. Also noted are Peru's first ambassador Frederick A Pezet and son A Washington Peret, author Henry Knibbs, centenarian Katherine Tibball, and actor William Farnum, detailing their backgrounds pursuits and anecdotes.
A Boston News Bureau card from a station agent requests urgent retrieval of a leaking book case addressed to a citizen. The note warns the case is at the station and deteriorating, urging prompt action to avoid further damage.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston weather noting records for December 9 show 12 and 11 above in 1904, with a warmest 6 in 1889. He adds no rain or snow in the past decade except in 1911, 1915, 1916, and 1917.
Secret Service agent Steve battles Strang-the-Strangler aboard the Loon, a hybrid airplane submarine. The duel ends as the Strangler tightens his choke hold and Steve fights for consciousness during a perilous aerial duel.
Stealthy Steve subdues Strang-the-Strangler in a struggle on the Loon. He binds the foe then ferries him by rope to a U.S. warship deck. A shipping tag reports the captured man as cargo aboard the Scorpion.
The article recounts Squanto as an invaluable adviser to Plymouth settlers, detailing his travels from Plymouth to London to Newfoundland and back, his learning of three languages and religions, and his role as interpreter and friend to the Pilgrims amid a pandemic that wiped out his own tribe.
A fragmentary message references a German spy and a directive to deliver to the U S Secret Service with compliments and an ex press collect. It includes a taunt about tickling and a promise to continue tomorrow. The text appears as a wartime cold war style note with informal, threatening language.
A Post reader contest offers a cash reward for solving how Stealthy Steve is freed from the predicament left by Mr. Newkirk in the nearing final chapter. Follow the serial closely and win.
The observant citizen notes the 50th anniversary of Charles W. Eliot as Harvard president, the 20th for Brown’s Faunce, and Yale’s Hadley 20 years as director. Also mentions sunrises after 7, Victory and wound buttons for Navy veterans, the death of Rough Neck the Watertown gander, and William S Knowlton’s long career as New England school principal.
The writer recalls ancestors in the Battle of Bunker Hill and lists notable locals including Ira Husey and Governor Milliken. Observations cover clothing repair shops booming amid high prices, a large German dye shipment arriving in Boston, plans for a major South Boston warehouse, a subway fare quirk faced by Professor Adam Jones, and skating at Frog Pond with youths and onlookers.
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