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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
14
The text notes a 1919 bill by the House post office committee proposing December 31 1919 as a return date to private owners for wire companies. It reports American Telephone trading near 993 8 in early trading and argues security holders oppose federal control though stockholders see it as preferable to national management.
The House endorses sending a petition to the next Legislature to reproduce on the State House grounds the John Hancock mansion. Critics argue a replica would be out of place and a waste of funds, given the original’s destruction years ago.
The article questions if U S soldiers lose wartime traits after hostilities end and challenges a Paris Matin claim that December saw 34 murders and hundreds of assaults by American troops in Seine. It notes disbelief but says the accusation warrants refuting.
Officer Fogarty on traffic duty at Beacon and Carlton streets Brookline was knocked down by a speeding driver. The incident highlights the need for permanent license revocation for serious offenses and condemns fines as insufficient discipline for endangering pedestrians.
The text notes August Hohenzollern ex Prince of Prussia designating himself at Potsdam for a ballot in a hypothetical democratic Germany. It contrasts him with other imperial family members who used royal titles for identification and comments on his unexpected pragmatism in accepting the situation.
The passage contrasts inherited authority with earned legitimacy and notes that ordinary people may accept a ruler who lacks his father’s qualifications if he shares their fate and stands with them. It frames legitimacy as a blend of merit and solidarity with the populace.
The United States formally recognizes the new Polish government under Ignace Jan Paderewski. Americans praise Paderewski for uniting Poland, advancing liberty and law, and securing Western alliance against autocracy, with U.S. Secretary Lansing offering strong support and potential aid.
In a House committee debate the idea of a four year alien ban with exceptions is discussed while 200000 American soldiers in France choose to stay on their own terms. The measure may wait for the next Congress as Europe reassesses manpower needs and Versailles debates labor and immigration.
The Harvard University Surgical Unit with 27 medical officers and 103 nurses returned on the steamship Megantic. Organized in April 1915 through Robert Bacon and Sir William Osler, the unit served at British General Hospital No. 22 in Camiers, attending 126000 wounded plus 26000 at casualty stations, aiding nearly a tenth of British war casualties before U.S. entry.
The Post reports Brigadier General Charles H. Cole is reinstated to his former command of the 52d Brigade after General Pershing overruled the earlier relief by General Bamford. Pershing found the charges unfounded and deemed the relief unwarranted.
It is evident that the revolution in Portugal aiming to restore the monarchy has failed. Republican troops are everywhere vic.
The National Association of Merchant Tailors finds the modern American army averages 5 feet 8 inches in height and 148 1 2 pounds, close to Civil War figures. Native Americans were among the tallest and heaviest in both eras, with foreign-born or foreign descent more common today.
Ray Stannard Baker highlighted as a peace adviser to Wilson and a radical writer alongside Steffens and Tarbell. Tommy Abernethy, praised by Muensterberg, returns to Lubec sardine factory after Verdun bravery. Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck wed Captain Wemyss while serving incognito in an aircraft factory. McAdoo retreats to Montecito for rest with family. Harriet Robeson shifts reconstruction work from Colonia Hospital to Camp Custis Battle Creek after a furlough.
Household hints advise washing crepe de chine in warm water with white soap until clear, roll in a Turkish towel, let stand half to one hour, then press with warm iron. Author identified as Mrs G W Caswell of Springfield Vermont.
Joseph Alger 49 president of the Alger Box Company with plants at Gardiner Me Brockton and Middleboro Mass died here today He was the inventor of many machines used in the paper box trade and was born in West Bridgewater
The fragment records a tense day in Holland as Bill Hohenzollern narrates insomnia spurred by conscience, a slippery bath accident injuring enamel, failed dressing, a mis-tied neckwear issue, a breakfast mishap with grapefruit juice, and a near miss when an axe head nearly hits his nose. The tone is diary like and introspective as he anticipates further ill luck.
A narrator longs for constant sun but learns a skeptic argues happiness hinges on mindset. The idea that inner sunshine can overcome dreary weather is framed as daily medicine for joy, with the speaker embracing this internal dose.
A series of reader letters and responses discuss schemes to win a man’s money. A chorus girl promotes winking and dinner as the quickest path to a pocketbook, while another writer claims cooking and caring for a husband secures finances. Letters from Dover, New Hampshire request more such correspondence.
In Beal's amusing dialogue series William Jethro Spudd earns mock criticism from his two hopeful offspring, a feature previewed for next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
The article highlights Klagenfurt and Lake Worth in Carinthia as gateways to a region of forests mountains and lakes. It notes Carinthia Carniola and Styria offer dramatic Alpine scenery caves and famed viewpoints near Triglay and Grintouz with rich folk music traditions.
This week marks midwinter in almanac terms with a note on a prior Boston cold snap in 1918. The writer remarks on Broadway revelry before prohibition and introduces a nine centuries old super magic square presented by Brigadier-General F. J. Anderson.
A fragment discusses a 4 by 4 magic square with sums across rows, columns, and diagonals, plus four-corner and half-side properties totaling 384. The piece then notes several voices: Judge Enos T. Luce’s byline, librarian John Charles Wnontes, Endicott’s bicycle program, a Lynn refund tale, knitting achievements, and travel notes about European tours and weather forecasts in New England.
The record notes Boston's cold and warm extremes for January 30s past. Official figures show 5 below in 187?, 1 above in 1908, with a warm high of 63 in 1914. Reads of rain or snow appear in years 1908 190 1812 and 1916.
The poem by Walt Mason, written in Emporia Kansas, laments deep snow. The narrator recalls childhood joy of snow but now curses its cold burden as age and illness weigh on him. Copyright 1919 by George Matthew Adams.
Birthday notes on Edwin Vose Sumner born January 30 1797 in Boston. Army career spans Indian campaigns Mexican War Civil War commands include brigadier general and Fredericksburg and Antietam. Died 1863 en route to Missouri. Also a student asks about Boston’s oldest street Beacon Street origins.
A reader questions a rainbow observation near armistice time and discusses sun positions. An exchange compares New York and London populations per 1919 figures, then asks about South American demographics noting Mestizos as descendants of white settlers with native peoples.
The piece notes calico hats with sill prints, a high plain black toque for afternoon wear, ribbons aiding spring millinery and dresses, long narrow skirts, silverite shoe buckles with rhinestones, White Shetland veils for travel, voile and organdie in stripes and checks for Southern wear, blouses fastened by a large pearl button, collarless necklines returning, elaborate jewels in fashion, chiffon waistcoat blouses belted with long bands, and other spring style cues.
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