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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
16
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada foreign and Canada delivery, postage adjustments, and payment instructions. It lists rates by duration, notes advance payment requirement, and directs readers to notify the paper if delivery is unavailable.
A speaker argues that Congress cannot compel the commander in chief to remain within U S borders during war. The claim notes significant constitutional constraints and asserts that certain actions require constitutional amendments, highlighting the need for formal change rather than ad hoc interpretation. The discussion centers on presidential command of the armed forces and the boundaries of executive power.
The President reasserted leadership before the Senate on the peace treaty with the League of Nations. He avoided a line by line rebuttal of objections, appealing to broad ideals and national duty. He warned against expecting a perfect document and urged Senators to evaluate the treaty on its merits and the country’s future. The public should anticipate a sharper political battle ahead, with Wilson poised to champion the cause.
The Department of Agriculture projects record winter crops with wheat at 2.26 dollars per bushel. Farmers seek more freedom from price controls as government market influence continues. Despite high costs, the report stresses a real and great bounty from the soil and a hopeful outlook for consumers.
A Topeka despatch reports desperate demand for field labor to save standing wheat. Farmers offer 15 dollars daily with room and board, but only a fifth of needed help is available. Transportation costs deter eastern workers, suggesting preharvest ads and rail fare guarantees could attract coast labor, but the issue remains unresolved.
The piece discusses postwar meat advertising promising unlimited beef and lamb consumption, noting the war ending removes meat restrictions while prices may not fall. It questions whether households can actually afford more meat as prices trend remains uncertain.
The House Bill proposed by Representative Campbell to deem it unlawful for a President to leave territorial United States is described as futile. Even if enacted and signed, it would almost certainly be struck down by the Supreme Court when challenged, as it challenges constitutional powers of the presidency.
Analysis of U S war expenses showing gross of about 30 billion dollars with net cost around 18 billion after deductions for allied loans and peacetime assets. It notes U S finances emerge largely settled while Europe faces heavier postwar debts, contrasting critique of wartime financing approaches and current debt levels. England carries a 27 billion floating debt versus the U S 3 billion and looming maturities of 8.5 billion this year.
With war fervor fading and industry weak the nation faces funding challenges. The current debt of 3 billion dollars will be covered by deferred income and excess profit taxes and Victory Loan installments. Historians may cite this war finance policy as exemplary.
The article argues against fixing the international court for the ex Kaiser in Washington, noting it would be a spectacle not a wise move. It highlights Teutonic princes reacting with offers to sacrifice or assist, including Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe asking to stand in for the Kaiser and Prince Henry promising help in uncovering the truth if the trial is halted.
Count Macchi di Cellere, veteran Italian ambassador to Washington, will resume his post after seven years in the capital. The new Italian cabinet kept him in place, praising his tact, intelligence, and energy. He played a key role at the peace conference and returns with added prestige and broad American support for closer Italy America relations. Italy deserves American backing for prosperity ahead.
Major Ian Hay Beith tours California film studios visiting The Admirable Crichton set while Miss Josephine Kelly, a Red Cross worker, draws attention with ties to King Alexander of Greece. Further notes cite Frederick Pershin ancestry, Vanderlip thrift views, Ashurst’s Demosthenes label, and Belmont Marble House plans amid Wilson honored by Geneva.
A movement to make Great Britain dry is discussed with a satirical note about Britain losing sea prowess. A joke despatch is cited implying English humor and a dry stance in alcohol policy.
The Edward Everett statue in Bd ward Everett square Dorchester leaped from its base on a Saturday night before a drought and struck a car on Massachusetts Avenue. Dorchester residents recall the period’s sculptors with a finger pointing at R-34 and humor about black walnut beds. The grape quip notes squeezing a grape leads to pinching.
A brief item notes that the dry law potentially included North Adams ale among restricted beverages. The report hints at enforcement or scope but provides no concrete details on dates or actions.
A sensational item notes government plans to sell a million tons of sugar stirring debate. A Kansas boy’s attempt for a freshly laid egg under a hen ends with a bite. The boy, frustrated, lights a fire. A Boston reader wonders about bait for teeth lost at sea.
A satirical piece mocks spaghetti versus macaroni and comic misadventures of eating spaghetti. The narrator jokes about inventors, Italian customs, and a bizarre setup with a ceiling reel to wind spaghetti, ending with a jab at Europeans who eat spaghetti with their hands.
The oldest resident recalls Boston's warmest July 11 with official highs of 100 in 1911 and 94 in 1916 and cites a coldest 54 in 1890. He notes no rain on this date in the past decade except in 1912 1914 1916 1917 and 1918.
The early balloon experiments of October 1783 showed that humans could be lifted by hot air. Pioneers de Rozier and Villette staged risky ascents, with cannons, crowds, and ceremonies marking each rise, while public enthusiasm clashed with skepticism and danger.
A column of anecdotes and observations from the Observant Citizen covering Americanization conference findings on immigrant labor, wartime home front efforts by New England women, a Lynn traffic light patrol, prohibition era bar repurposing, soda tax revenues in Massachusetts, a famed traveler Edmund Ware, rising travel costs for vacations, and Worcester hay markets with prices and delivery figures.
A meditation on perseverance and faith, describing a person who restarts after each loss. The poem envisions chasing vanished dreams and clinging to a hopeful rainbow, continuing year after year until inner gold fades to gray and dead dreams finally rest in peace.
Charles Franklin Jones argues that wishes rarely come true without effort. He cites a tale of two youths and a wish bone to illustrate taking action. He urges readers to vote, practice good morals, and prove themselves at work to achieve desired conditions.
A wedding etiquette column advises the bridegroom should greet guests with the bride for about half an hour then mingle, and if the bride leaves the room they should depart together on her arm. tips address who pays tips in hotels, noting husbands may tip male staff and wives female staff, with no fixed rule.
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