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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
18
A New York World column urges improved park stewardship and criticizes Boston and others for littering open spaces with waste paper and trash. It argues authorities should curb the nuisance to protect public parks and build respect among users.
Cambridge extends public playgrounds to seven sites with three supervisors each, hiring star athletes from high schools and colleges to oversee youth. The program aims to keep children occupied in summer, teaching valuable skills and fostering future citizenship, with strong community value despite cost.
A trustee from the Webster-Jordan company defends evictions as private, but the public response grows as tenants receive stern notices. The issue draws broad concern from renters and the city health department, highlighting how such nuisance disclosures affect the community at large.
The Associated Press reports from Amerongen that Wilhelm III remains financially secure with substantial deposits in Holland before World War I. Allies say he and his followers moved large sums during the war and abdication. German estates may be sold to fund his private accounts, with postwar rulers showing leniency toward the former War Lord.
The speaker argues money cannot save a wrongdoer if tried and convicted and banished for his misdeeds, implying justice outweighs wealth.
The debate over whether the railroads should return to private operation or remain under government control continues. Eastman argues national operation offers credit advantages, while concerns about financing costs, tax increases, and fair returns loom. The piece warns against socialism and calls for a balance of honest investment and management.
The text contrasts two offences noting there is little difference between them, with the second regarded as somewhat worse given its source.
Seventeen men received fines and jail terms for conspiracy to raise fish prices and destroying competitors. sentences stayed awaiting Supreme Court rulings. The Massachusetts Bay State Fish Company case shows the state will not tolerate such practices, promising a cleaner course for Boston’s vital fishing industry.
All sorts Joe Toye describes a cheerful sparrow Chirrup! cheering up a sad day as it hops about with a watery drink. Everett Frederick H Prince of Boston pays 10000 for a trolley line to run two cars, hoping to secure a seat.
Two young Wilkesbarre school teachers ask the mayor to find them two perfect men socially morally and financially. The remark reflects local interest as others consider running for mayor.
The Georgia Senate defeated a motion to disagree with a committee report against ratification by 37 to 12. The result signals a cautious Southern stance tied to politics of the color line, while Texas moves toward ratification and casts doubt on a broad Southern blockade.
An English lord, recently home from America, warns that to regain global standing Britain must hustle in a real American way. Returning visitors praise American initiative, urging British officials and business leaders to match production, enterprise, and cooperative effort to meet world need.
The government refuses to export 21 million pounds of sugar and offers it to the public at 0.10 per pound. The piece lauds the decision as wise, noting shortages east of the Mississippi and global hunger. It argues the sugar belongs to Americans and criticizes profit-focused dispositions.
The passage catalogs diverse individuals: Dr. Emily MacLeod departs Boston to aid Serbia via Naples and Constantinople, a Tufts graduate active in Tremont Temple Baptist Church. It highlights Old Man Ben Lilly, famed hunter with 167 mountain lions and 65 bears killed, and James A. Patten, Chicago real estate and industrial magnate who boasted of cornering wheat and corn. It notes Mrs. John Astor as the first American woman to wed into British nobility postwar, Lord Ribblesdale's storied career and losses, Marion C. Pawall as a Lynn English High School graduate of Micmac descent, Henri Rochette the Paris banker promoter dubbed king of swindlers who engineered massive bonds and swindles, and his wartime disguise and flight across Europe.
A passage from the Anarchist Soviet Bulletin is cited in a New York sedition hearing as calling for jailing oppressors like Woodrow Wilson and Rockefeller. The rhetoric is dismissed as wretched drool by many in the public, viewed as partisan excess rather than a serious threat.
A humorous tale recounts an unreliable fortune teller misreading cards and prompting the narrator to seek better luck. It then pivots to a historical overview of early ballooning in 1783 Paris, describing Montgolfier's ascent, public fear, and peasant reactions to the flying device.
A visitor asks how to alert old friends to a short stay and suggests mailing a personal card with Here until July and their address. In letter writing, the proper order is to write pages consecutively 1 2 3 4, or 1 and 2 if only two pages are needed.
An elderly resident recalls Boston’s warmest July 10 readings 101 in 1880 and 98 in 1911, with a coldest 58 in 1890. He notes no rain on this date in the past decade except 1912 1913 1916 and 1918.
The column lists seasonal plants blooming in markets and gardens, remarks on subjects from blueberry pies to wooden bearings in ships, and honors long serving locals. It includes anecdotes about veterinarians, sea captains, weddings, and centenarian spry residents, ending with a gentle note praising sparrows for pest control.
Boston columnist Charles Franklin Jones urges renewed national unity after wartime pride fades. He compares past conflicts from the Revolution to World War I and warns against drifting back into indifference, citing a Whistler anecdote about a dirty but capable boy.
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