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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1919
Page
12
The Boston Post announces 1919 rates and duties for Daily and Sunday editions, with prices for U.S. Canada and foreign subscriptions. It lists office address at 259 Washington St Boston and notes prepaid subscriptions and discontinuation on expiration.
The Senate backed a $100,000,000 Europe relief appropriation showing cross party accord despite attempts by Sherman LaFollette Poindexter and Johnson to inject anti Wilson sentiment. Knox Lodge and Weeks supported the measure with some Democrats opposing it, reflecting reliance on pledged aid from England and France.
A report says a 500 strong group of Bolsheviks defeated border police at Port Natales Chile and crossed into Argentina toward Rio Gallegos in Patagonia. The piece argues Argentina’s wartime tolerance of Germany fuels today’s instability and trouble from these revolutionaries.
Washington ordered removal of division insignia from returning soldiers, a bureaucratic error. General March issued a corrective order allowing National Army members to wear the insignia until discharge, while Regulars stay bound by standard uniform rules. The 26th Division, the Yankee Division, will be welcomed home with the symbol displayed.
Marshal Foch has urged Paris to ensure Germany complies with treaty terms. The supreme council should not relax pressure until substantial concessions are made and military domination continues until the new regime is firmly established.
A report by the military committee of the supreme council states Germany has about 500000 men under arms. They insist these forces must be discharged to prevent aggrandizement and avoid another scrap of paper scenario like Belgium.
President Wilson directs a growing effort to form a league of nations before peace treaties are signed. The U S idea gains acceptance at Paris with broad allied backing. The conference resolutions insist on a league open to civilized nations to promote obligations and guard against war.
General March figures show on November 11 the U S forces in France reached 1 950 100 men while France had 2 559 000 and British Portuguese troops totaled 1 718 000. Belgians and Italians added about 200 000 as American help shaped the war effort.
Federal agents searched Jeremiah O Leary’s desk and seized papers without a warrant. Judge Hand held the Fourth Amendment protects papers and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures and ruled that O Leary did not waive rights by being a fugitive. The decision underscores constitutional safeguards against arbitrary government intrusions.
A historical note explains that even after the Eighteenth Amendment takes effect the fourth amendment rights remain intact. It clarifies that prohibition does not repeal protection against unreasonable searches.
A Boston bank president told a Post representative he cancelled his newspaper subscription. He criticized a publication for persistently attacking President Wilson during the peace conference trip and said he would not tolerate abuse from the paper at home or abroad. He urged ethical conduct and respect for Wilson as representative of the American people.
The article notes that after World War I the United States may apply refined poison gas to combat agricultural pests. It highlights plans to use gas against the cotton boll weevil and pink bollworm, caterpillars, and potato bugs, framing a wartime victory in pest eradication.
A biographical sketch outlines Charles Lutwidge Dodgson born January 27 1832 in Cheshire England. It notes his dual literary life writing nonsense tales as Lewis Carroll and serious mathematics under his real name. It mentions his stammer hindering ordination and his association with the dean leading to Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
William C. Fletcher heads the war risk insurance accounting division linked to Metropolitan Life. Dudley Cates leads allotment and allowance division as a California corporation accountant. Otto H. Kahn hopes to preserve soldiers letters for the Congressional Library. Ernest Longchamp may set a new world air speed record at 172 mph Day-ton to Cleveland. Alfonso XIII plans to visit South America when feasible. John Mitchell argues war workers will find peace-time jobs after the war. Sir Thomas H. Plunkett to visit America to explain Ireland. August Wilhelm takes a Swiss auto job. Charles M. Schwab’s stock-exchange loss prompts return to steel business optimism differs from others.
In a personal column from Amsterdam Hollands Amnernogen Castle owner reflects on Paris Peace talks and potential punishments for war guilt. He imagines various fates from hanging to guillotine and electrocution, then laments loss of privacy as crowds tour the castle grounds.
A collection of brief items recalls Queen Victoria and her descendants, weather lore, a Cambridge car hush over whiskey talk, and reports from Aubur n Me bird club. Also notes Yale's Webster House purchase and astrology warnings of cold spells. Local readers comment on tax care for concert tickets and Cape clam prices.
A boss recalls a rough day at work with multiple problems from orders to a stalled engine room. He stays calm amid chaos but loses temper at home over late dinner, hurting his wife and children. The piece notes some men can control tempers at work but not at home.
A series of reader letters from Boston area asking how to gain a husband’s wealth. Patsy suggests patriotism via bonds as the route, while others warn depend on the husband’s nature. One writer describes a 10 cent prank with a wire pants hanger to siphon wallet money.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston coldest records for January 27 show zero in 1888 and 1 above zero in 1892. Warmest on this date reached 62 degrees in 1916, with rain or snow observed in 1910 1913 1812 and 1916.
The article surveys Mostar as a small, mixed Turkish and Italian city and analyzes ethnic and religious groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a future Jugoslav state. It notes Slavic majority, Muslim and Christian tensions, Serbs and Croats’ status, and implications for peace congress decisions on joining a greater Serbia.
Wilhelmina Stitch lampoons bargain day elevator antics in verse. The speaker quarrels with the up down cycle, longs for a new skirt, and laments empty stock and missed chances amid a playful, rhythmic satire.
Advice on table decor revealing wood without a cloth and cooling hot beverages by natural means. It also suggests a concise informal note for wedding gift acknowledgments, with a sample phrasing and a polite close.
A reader asks the editor whether to allow a left handed child to use his natural hand or to bandage it to curb the habit. The writer recalls family history of bandaging and notes old beliefs about left handedness being unlucky.
Readers ask about high and broad jump records, meanings of the terms metropolis and Gotham, and the number of men registered for military service. Answers provide the heights 6 ft 7 in and 24 ft 11 3 4 in, etymology of Gotham, and 23 456 021 registrants with note on potential additional returns.
A poem notes winter’s grip and hopes for spring. The Bentztown Bard urges winter to ease and shows a dream of roses and May warmth despite storms and frost.
Edgar Rice Burroughs continues the Tarzan series with The Capture of Tarzan illustrated in next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The tale centers on Tarzan and his jungle companions in a fresh adventure.
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