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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
20
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription terms for U S Canada and foreign readers, with price tiers and delivery details. It also provides office addresses at 259 Washington St Boston and names Edwin A Grozier as editor and publisher.
This clipping notes AP copyright and republication rights for news dispatched and local material. It references AP byline use in the newspaper and lists locations in London and Paris where the Boston Post keeps files.
The Krupp works that once produced Kaiser era cannons now builds locomotives. The piece notes the ease of converting factories between arms and industry while the U S Senate delays ratifying the peace treaty. Germany's leaders grow hopeful for renewed military power as delays persist.
The Hon. James W. Gerard declares his run for the Democratic presidential nomination on a True Democracy platform. As former ambassador to Germany, he upheld the United States with dignity under trying circumstances and earned broad respect.
England moves to mark the Pilgrim tercentenary of 1920 with a program including research fellowships in the United States and prizes for proficiency in knowledge about America. Lord Weardale notes a $200000 raised in England to fund these efforts and to honor the nation that the Pilgrims helped establish.
Carrie Chapman Catt, returning from a Western tour as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Party, reports progress toward federal amendment ratification. With 22 of 36 states already favorable and 14 more expected by February 1, women may vote in upcoming presidential primaries.
The piece notes Paderewski abandoning the piano to aid Poland and Gabriele d Annunzio steering Italian forces into Fiume. It highlights wartime figures using artistic stature to influence politics and military actions during the conflict.
General Caviglia declares that D'Annunzio has secured all guarantees and met his demands as he moves to hand the disputed territory to the Italian government. He calls the work completed and victory assured despite ongoing international uncertainties.
A delegation asked Secretary of War why General Edwards from the Yankee Division was not promoted to major-general. They received only that his name was never considered, prompting claims of a political snub and calls for official reconsideration amid the division’s strong record in France.
The Supreme Court Brandeis decision upholds seven months and nine days for disposing of war time liquor, leaving California wine makers with 5,000,000 gallons for non beverage use and 8,000,000 gallons carried over. The piece notes sympathy is limited as wine makers took a chance on repeal and lost, urging restraint in government criticism.
On the first anniversary of Czecho Slovakia independence, President Masaryk says nations in crisis may help themselves. The Czecho Slovakia government, uniting 12 million people, pursues sane defense, conscription, and a standing army of 411255 under French tutelage. Danube navigation resumes trade with southern neighbors as the republic strives for stability and growth.
An election yields two notable results the widening of Tremont and Boylston streets to ease traffic passes by a solid majority, and a license vote that mirrors the prior year with similar totals as Supreme Court rulings and constitutional shifts loom over alcohol policy in Massachusetts.
The article explains gold’s role as the base of trade while paper currencies fluctuate. It notes European paper money discounts and gold premiums, cites London prices, and discusses the psychological attachment to gold despite its intrinsic low value. It also cites attempts to replace gold and the futility of such schemes while demand remains.
Andre Wustanby of New York turned 21 with gifts from his mother Mrs. Maria Bustanby including ownership of the Cafe des Beaux Arts and a $50,000 check. Mrs. Bustanby sails for Europe to marry an Italian count.
Stealthy Steve of the U S Secret Service helps foil German submarine activity overseas. On the Loon, his self designed craft, he locates a secret U-boat rendezvous and bags 19 Hun subs, bringing his total to 21 to date.
A wartime tale depicts Stealthy Steve of the Six-Eyed Sleuth sinking 79 German subs in the North Sea and vicinity. He then flies, reports by wireless, and jokes about rallying to London as the Loon speeds on under a starlit sky.
In early Plymouth the settlers avoided crime while building and tending the sick. By June 1621 two youths, Edward Dotey and Edward Leister, fought a duel and were punished with bound hands and feet, a lesson that led to curbing dueling. John Billington later provoked Standish and was punished, then executed for murder, reflecting widespread early-law enforcement among Mayflower passengers.
A liberal cash reward is offered to readers who can deduce how Stealthy Steve will be saved from the predicament Mr. Newkirk will leave him in at the close of the next to last chapter. Follow the serial closely and win.
John Greenleaf Whittier, born December 17, 1807 on a Massachusetts farm to a Quaker family, rose from limited education to journalism and poetry. He lived in Amesbury, championed liberty and abolition, and became famed as a fervent American poet whose works like Snow Bound and Evangeline defined national sentiment.
The oldest resident recalls Boston’s coldest December 17 as 4 below in 1876 and 9 above in 1910. The warmest on this date was 58 degrees in 1877. No rain or snow on this date in the past decade except 1915.
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