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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
16
A city inspection group led by Ralph Adams Cram and Herbert A Wilson will work with a City Council committee to address chronic filth in several police stations. The old station at Pi alley near City Hall has long been condemned as unfit for habitation, and reform appears imminent.
The Yankee Division veterans will get a clubhouse in Boston as a memorial to comrades in France. Fund-raising is strong, topping 26 000 dollars on the first morning, with broad public and business participation. A major drive event is planned for tonight at the South Armory on Irvington Street and continues through the week.
The Oregon Legislature met in special session to ratify the national woman suffrage amendment. Leaders urge other states to follow, noting 25 of 36 required ratifications secured and broad nonpartisan support across the nation.
Archibald Rice, Stanford graduate, argues Harvard overstates its size and misreads past Pasadena games. He notes Harvard’s varsity tally is under 1500 while Oregon has about 400 men, and recalls 1901 Michigan defeated Stanford at Pasadena, challenging the accuracy of east versus coast football claims tied to the New Year Carnival.
A Stanford student’s claim and Harvard’s overall student registration are used to challenge how football material is estimated. The author argues that using Harvard’s total student body as a proxy for talent is unjust and misleading, and cites broader views from outside New England.
The article notes President Wilson’s call for the League of Nations council meeting in Paris though the United States remains outside due to incomplete Senate ratification. It argues the call reflects the treaty’s terms and criticizes partisan delay while urging Senate ratification to gain a seat at the table.
The piece argues the U S government should support women and children left behind when husbands and fathers are deported to Russia. It notes they are not responsible for the fathers actions and deserving humanitarian aid for a period, with possible future reunion abroad.
A San Antonio inquiry by the Fall Senate sub committee will publicly investigate claims of Mexican outrages on American citizens over the past two years. The editorial urges waiting for the truth, notes injustices, and cites Mexico’s willingness to make restitution for damages to American property and lives.
A Brooklyn juror commissioner refused to include women on the eligible jurors list, prompting a Supreme Court appeal for a mandamus to compel inclusion. The justice’s ruling upholds the male-only jury service tradition, noting federal and state practice has long followed this rule, despite broader equality advances.
The generation notes that while juries exist, many male citizens avoid serving by sitting for long hours. The speaker questions whether participation is as difficult as it seems and highlights the public service burden of jury duty.
General Sherburne, chair of the Massachusetts Commission on the Necessaries of Life, reports few real profiteers after reviewing hundreds of retailer cases. He argues profiteering requires monopoly or price conspiracy, which he says retailers lack due to intense competition. He pinpoints production level as the true battleground for profiteering.
Booth Tarkington's play Clarence draws praise for its amusing lines while the author dodges questions about writing credits. Among featured figures, Frank J. Percy of Brooklyn stands out as a noted window washer with military honors. Henry B. Endicott pushes shoe production and price control amid plans to reach 100,000 daily pairs. European arrivals include Mrs Herbert A. Jengerhuber, from German and English roots, settling in New York. Winston Churchill, after Gallipoli, becomes an amateur landscape painter with portraits shown by Sir John Lavery. Albert A. Langley builds an elaborate doll house in Cambridge. Armenian hero General Andronix Ozarnian, fighting Turks, earns French decorations and a likely British honor. Elizabeth Marbury to head to the national convention as New York Democratic delegate.
Weather notes for Boston cite official records: 8 below in 1914 and 1 below in 1912 as coldest. Warmest on this date reached 63 degrees in 1892, with no rain or snow in the past decade except 1910 and 1911 and 187? likely.
Stealthy Steve, a U.S. Secret Service inventor, sails to Germany aboard his air submarine the Loon. He lands by night and destroys a long range gun shelling Paris, then returns at dawn to see the craft rise. He misses boarding and becomes a wanderer in Germany.
Stealthy Steve discovers a two passenger German air craft, learns two Huns swiped his Loon, and mounts a daring rescue. He pilots the German plane, climbs to 3000 feet, then dives and angles toward the Loon in a calculated recovery maneuver. The sleuth vows to teach the aviators a lasting lesson.
The article surveys Plymouth landmarks and the early Pilgrim settlement. It recounts the 1620 meiersteads, the shift from communal sharing to individual allotments in 1623, the tax on harvests, and the later success of independent farming under enforceable laws. It notes the drought of 1623 and the subsequent abundant harvest, highlighting the shift away from communism toward private initiative.
A fragment describes Steve startling two German airmen aboard a Bache plane as it banks and noses toward ruin. He appears on a roof, disrupting the doomed craft before the narrative continues tomorrow.
In a collage of reminiscences the Observant Citizen recalls Benedict Arnold’s birthday, historic Maine New England references, local memorials, and municipal anecdotes. The column surveys road chatter, church movements, police nostalgia, and notable Boston figures while noting wartime discipline and regional pride.
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