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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1919
Page
10
The complaint from League opponents claiming Mr Wilson would pressure the Senate through business with Germany is addressed. He has surprised them and may have shamed them by his stance and timing on non-resumption of German business policy.
Entered as second class matter at the Boston post office. All money sent at sender’s risk. Subscriptions must be prepaid. notices of non-delivery may be sent by postal letter. Edwin A. Grozier is editor and publisher. Associated Press member. largest daily morning circulation claimed.
A nostalgic column by a Post Aviation Editor recounts the return of Newton Newkirk to a humor page, notes readers sending jokes and alibis, and reflects on writing as a craft. It blends playful self commentary with overheard newsroom anecdotes and brief glimpses of era events across Paris, Gloucester, and Boston.
A lively column blends Bastile Day contrasts in Paris with U S enthusiasm for balloons and spaceflight history. It recalls Governor Coolidge at Boxford reviewing troops in rain, a Rockland barber’s 41 years worked without vacation, and Allan Forbes loaning whale ship scenes to a Salem museum. It also describes a Bangor Woods table made from native boards and notes on wildflowers as spring/summer observations.
Opinion argues for peace over war noting Bastile Day and Bastile’s meaning, then discusses Boston Elevated fare policy. The piece critiques the 10 cent streetcar fare, urges a zone system trial, and highlights impact on riders, revenue, and service quality. It emphasizes balancing public transit access with investment returns and calls for immediate fare scheme revision.
Charles F Gettemy resigns as director of the State Bureau of Statistics to enter banking. He is praised for broadening the office and his municipal finance work. He becomes assistant Federal Reserve agent at the Boston Fed, with expected valuable impact. His State House successor will be hard to fill.
Berlin reports Maximilien Harden likely to be German ambassador to the United States if diplomatic relations are restored. Harden is praised as an able, sincere republican who has long admired the United States and warned Germany against dragging America into war. His appointment would ease cordial ties between Germany and the United States.
A period piece urging thrift through war savings stamps. It defines thrift as getting value for money and time, avoiding extravagance, and using earnings efficiently. It credits war savings stamps for fostering thrift and protection against hardship, calling them the safest, wisest investment by Uncle Sam.
The British airship R-34 completes the first nonstop round trip across the Atlantic with a full load and crew, signaling commercial air travel potential and the dawning era of merchant air lines linking the hemispheres. The achievement narrows the aerial distance between continents and underscores America’s early role in fast flight innovation.
The article notes General Pershing would ride after Foch in the victory procession, and that alphabetical order placed America first. It praises the French for their tasteful choice, using the name America to honor the United States and give our commander the leading position.
Bastile Day marks a transformed France with an end to autocratic pressure and Prussian-occupied borders now under the tricolor. The new republics rise, rulers humbled, and Alsace Lorraine secured as peace and progress lift national spirit. Citizens are urged to remember the costly path to victory and to guard against future war.
The State Department issues blanket licenses allowing U S firms to resume trade with Germany at any time. Millions of dollars worth of goods are already held in the United States ready for shipment, though war with Germany cannot end until a peace treaty is ratified by the Senate. The trade resumption does not repeal the enemy trading laws, and the final end of the war hinges on Senate action.
American business and financial interests should seize Italy as a prime partner after the war. Italy, energetic and ready to expand its industrial base, seeks intelligent American aid and a direct steam line to boost trade with Boston and the national market.
Lieutenant-Commander Zachary Lans downe, born on his seventeenth birthday in Greenville Ohio, trained in aviation in 1916 and served at Wormwood Scrubs and Cordum England. He led the Qui pavas American naval air station in France while his home is Grand Rapids Michigan. Paris has designed magnificent swords for Marshals Foch Joffre and Petain to be presented Bastille Day, as Parisians speculate on what will be said. Secretary Baker jokes with a stenographer while John D. Rockefeller eyes a hundredth birthday at Seal Harbor Golf and olive oil routine. Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan laments Monday office absences and too many requests. A veteran printer recalls lifelong work rhythms and Kaiser anecdotes about English resilience.
Poem urges small acts of kindness truth and sharing in daily life. It calls for using modest power to help the weak greet others learn the loving creed and avoid selfish greed while striving to bear light to others and measure all by truth.
A reader asks if a lame man can learn to swim noting top swimmers can be crippled and success rests on self confidence. Another letter requests the total number of soldiers killed in World War I, citing a combined battle death figure of 7,682,000 for all sides.
Fashion notes describe growing use of black satin capes, bright colors for children, Victorian hair dresses, white habyard dresses for girls, cross barred fabrics, and gingham trims. New summer fabrics feature delicate lawns and coverlets.
The old observer notes Boston’s warmest on July 14 reached 95 degrees in 1873 and 92 in 1879, with a coldest 56 in 1803. He mentions no rain on this date in the past decade except 1913, 1914, and 1913.
The term mezzo-soprano describes a voice lower than a soprano and higher than a contralto. It sits between high alto and light soprano, offering a bridge range used for midrange roles and nuanced color in classical singing.
A reader asks about the meaning of proposition and proposal. A proposal asks for a direct yes or no such as marriage. A proposition invites consideration and discussion, as in asking how one feels about a setting or plan.
The Post notes Paul Revere was not only a bell founder and goldsmith but also an engraver on copper and a gunpowder maker. It highlights his self taught engraving, his work in metal crafts, and his varied crafts during colonial and revolutionary periods.
A reader describes a round trip route from Boston to Fall River then New Bedford and back. Distances by segments are 61 miles Boston to Fall River, 15 miles Fall River to New Bedford, and 59.5 miles New Bedford to Boston, totaling about 125.5 miles.
A reader asks for an old poem by Thomas Edward Brown 1880 1897 containing lines about a garden with “A Garden is a lovesome thing Rose plot Fringed pool Ferned grot The veriest school of P” and references to God and signs. The message seeks the full poem or beginning.
Household hints advise selecting potatoes without sprouting, cabbage with hard crisp leaves, medium no soft squash, yellow tender summer squash, fresh green lima beans, brittle snap beans, green pods of peas with small peas, and well filled brown silk corn. Advice stresses buying in season and plentiful supply from Mrs Mary Braverman Jamaica Plaza.
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