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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1919
Page
1
Report outlines revisions to the Nations Covenant to win American support for joining the League. The draft seeks changes to address foes within the United States and to admit the enemy under new terms.
An Evacuation Day patriotic meeting in the municipal building drew nearly 2000 people as General Edwards honored Colonel Edward L. Logan of the 101st Infantry and other South Boston servicemen, praising their contributions during World War I.
Paris March 16 The Associated Press reports that once Allies agree on Germany’s terms, German delegates will be summoned to Versailles but will be barred from discussing the conditions as the Allies intend to dictate the peace.
Biography sketches the life of Martin Lomasney from boyhood to wealth and power in municipal state and national affairs. The piece promises anecdotes and a pen portrait faithful to life and notes a ongoing serial in the Daily and Sunday Post.
The political editor recalls Martin M. Lomasney born 1859 in Boston who endured poverty after his parents died. He sold newspapers as a boy and worked the streets, shaping his strength and character for later years.
Michael Wells, longtime Democratic leader of the Clover Club's ward, mentors young Martin and promotes him from street work to lamplighter. The group, including Thomas L Jenks and John Boyle, shaped local politics for Ward 8 then Ward 5 until redistricting. John Boyle remains as captain while Wells watches for new lieutenants.
A call to citizens to cast ballots today to gauge national sentiment by sending ballots to the post. The piece urges participation and highlights the public mood as expressed through this voting action.
Deliver or mail this ballot to the Boston Post LEAGUE OF NATIONS EDITOR at 259 Washington St Boston Mass. The note requests a cross in one circle and to include a name if desired.
The Boston Post and other major papers begin a nation wide poll on joining the League of Nations. Citizens from Boston and New England communities are invited to vote daily ballots printed in the newspaper and return them to the League of Nations Editor at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass.
Daily ballot counts will be sent to the New York Globe which will publish totals nationwide through its network. Readers are urged to mark ballots yes or no, with unsigned ballots counted if clearly marked, amid calls from leaders like Wilson Taft and Harvard’s Lowell for a league of nations.
Sixteen year old Marion Picard, who vanished March 2, was found safe in Dorchester. The Boston Post reports she had been caring for a baby as a nursemaid for the wife of Attorney Louis Abrams at 6 Esmond Street, pursuing work to help rear her many siblings.
Springfield, March 16. Major General Wood told a public Y M C A meeting that English be the sole language taught in all schools. He argued there is room for one language in the country and urged preparedness, care for returning soldiers, and universal military training before a crowd of about 4000.
The household promised to take Marion to Nantasket for the summer with a raise in pay. Miss Picard, daughter of Haverhill’s school attendance officer, is praised for fine upbringing and education and described as wholesome and fearless, having grown rapidly.
Reports from Tien Tsin indicate Japanese forces shared responsibility for recent disturbances, countering early claims that only American Marines were to blame.
Report claims Japanese guards seized two Americans in the French concession. American officials found a corporal and another man hurt in a police station. The consul faced hostility and marines were attacked while entering a theater as tensions escalated.
Reports indicate German delegates must accept and sign terms to avoid renewed hostilities. The prevailing view suggests the internal situation pressures a decisive resolution, warning that without agreement a state of war will persist.
The item lists observances and historical milestones including St Patrick's Day and Vacovuation Day. It recalls British evacuations in 1776 and military actions in 1915 1917, noting torpedoed steamers and American vessel losses. It also references a Kaiserslautern air raid from a year prior.
Forecasts show rain and warmer conditions for Boston and northern New England on Monday with unsettled Tuesday likely rain. Southern New England similarly expects rain and warmer weather on Monday and Tuesday with fresh easterly to southeasterly winds along Atlantic coasts.
A brief note cites an inconsistent temperature reading from Thompson's Spa with a repeated value and no additional context. The fragment provides no date, location, or further details beyond the duplication.
Cardinal OConnell spoke from the floor of the Tranklin Social Union to a crowd filling the auditorium as Judge J. M. Wall of New Jersey delivered a two hour address. He rose to praise the speaker and urged action after presenting evidence of injustice against Ireland.
A cardinal asserts future history will judge Ireland while a speaker states she came with resolve not to speak and insists the world knows her stance on the Irish question. The remark hints at strong political debate surrounding the Irish issue.
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