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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
20
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The Post questions a Paris report claiming American peace commission members support sinking surrendered German warships. It calls such action wasteful and criminal, arguing finished steel is needed for rebuilding Belgium and France and that stripping ships would waste wealth and serve no valid purpose. The editorial dismisses the idea as unlikely to be seriously considered.
About 100000 Boston area children await gift donations from the Post Santa. Readers should aid the effort before deadlines to ensure every child receives a Christmas present. The agent candalmoner will distribute gifts to those in need, aiming to prevent disappointment on Christmas morn.
The editorial criticizes Senator Knox for proposing a resolution binding the Senate to league of nations and freedom of the seas before the peace conference. It warns such action would mislead and embarrass the President and United States delegation, andoffends allied delegates. It notes Knox’s ignorance of the President’s aims and urges patience until the conference clarifies the plans.
Hundreds of thousands of patriotic young men felt chagrined as mobilization redirected them from home camps. General Peyton C. March stressed that those at home and abroad shared in victory, for readiness and service counted equally in winning the war, not just front lines.
The speakerDefines unity in sacrifice praising those stationed abroad and those prepared to deploy, stating both groups are heroes in the nation s eyes. The remark emphasizes equal valor and collective national gratitude for service.
The President selected Joseph B. Eastman of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Eastman, a railroad expert, is noted for his ability to extract core issues and his sound judgment. Some corporate and financial interests may oppose his progressive views, but his appointment is seen as strengthening the commission for the future.
The agricultural board should promote reclaiming abandoned farms in Massachusetts and New England. Many farms with homes and barns await cultivators and could be restored with government aid, offering cheaper productivity than developing new land. Advocate keeping manpower local and enlisting federal help to boost the state's welfare.
A governor of Paris report states 583 bombs fell on Paris with thousands of casualties. Long range guns fired 168 shells, killing 196 and wounding 417. On Good Friday over 100 worshippers died at Ste Va rvaise church. The piece argues such atrocity strengthened French resolve and will be settled in moral and financial terms.
The text notes the Supreme Court ruling against the interstate commerce law on child labor and discusses an amended war revenue bill imposing a 10 percent tax on profits from child labor, seen as a step toward ending the practice. Senator Lodge is cited as influential in passing the amendment, with strong rhetoric calling for constitutional change if Congress cannot curb this national disgrace.
Health Commission warns the grippe remains a risk though less severe locally. Commissioner Woodward highlights prevention, focusing on coughing and sneezing in public and the dangers of forcible talking in crowds as a major peril to epidemic control.
A noted admonition champions keeping silent or speaking softly as sound guidance. The guidance emphasizes restraint in speech as a steady, enduring virtue.
Saloniki newspapers assert Bulgarian forces joined in the plunder of enemy property during World War I. They report that Bulgarian troops carried away rich Greek Byzantine treasures from Meleniko in 1917 and demand Bulgaria settle indemnities for the ravages against private property, arguing the Balkan front should also settle its claims.
The annual report of the Commissioner of Indian affairs shows 8000 of 33000 eligible western reservation residents enlisted for volunteer duty. About 6000 serve in the army and 1000 in the navy. Each person contributes to Liberty bonds with an average of one $50 bond per individual. Food production on Indian lands has risen and relief contributions have been generous. The oldest Americans join the youngest in patriotic effort.
Cyrus T Brady born December 20 1861 in Allegheny Pennsylvania moved through Kansas West to Philadelphia and Overbrook taught as a minister and missionary. He served as a chaplain in the Spanish American War and began writing about adventures late in life with Love of Country his first book followed by more popular titles.
A loose compilation details Ellis Parker Butler the humorist, Captain Robert Dollar’s rise from lumberjack to shipbuilder and financier, Eddie Foy the performer with a large stage family, Ralph Peters leading rail operations, Mrs. Etta S. Wilson a Detroit bird expert, and her census of sparrows in Indianapolis.
An Indiana wedding procession ended in tragedy when an old shoe hurled from the crowd struck the groom on the head, leaving him unconscious and in critical condition at a nearby hospital. The bride remained by his side as well wishers noted the risky custom of shoe throwing, with calls to drop such dangerous acts.
A late night letter from Charles of South Boston asks about the nature of a start and how days come and go. The respondent firmly defines a start as the beginning only and explains that days must come and go to avoid time stopping, ending with a jab about a wager and sleep.
The Versailles chapel impresses with bronze bas reliefs and gilded decor, featuring grand paintings of the Resurrection God the Father Apostles and the Descent of the Holy Ghost. Modern travel cuts travel time from Paris to Versailles to minimal effort while 15th century records reveal perilous journeys by coach and cabriolet, contrasting royal splendor with pedestrian risk.
A traveler recalls the peril and misery of 12 mile journeys from Faris to Versailles by hired carriage, noting pirates like drunken drivers, dangerous pacing, dirty seats, broken windows, and crowded spaces. The horse car is deemed worse, with vile air and slow, exhausting progress between the capitals.
Readers debate Admiral Dewey's Manila victory and German interference, question why Jezebel is called painted, and discuss whether the letter d is pronounced in handsome and handkerchief. The exchanges touch on national conflict, biblical reference, and regional pronunciation.
A reader asks about a whale exhibition in Boston and explains a skeleton hangs at the Natural History Museum on Boylston and Berkeley. The note then settles Essex County as having three shire towns Salem Lawrence and Newburyport with no single county seat.
The standard written form is was not contracted as wasn't. Wan't is nonstandard and not widely accepted in formal English. Wa'n't is an acknowledged historical or dialectal variant but not elegant.
The oldest resident recalls Boston weather for December 20 noting official records show 11 below in 1875 and 10 below in 1584, with a warmest of 1 degree in 1895 and no rain or snow on this date for the past decade.
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