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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1919
Page
14
Secretary Glass predicts the Victory Liberty Loan will be the last major public loan to fund the government’s war effort. He says the drive should be subscribed by the people from their savings and earnings and the financing organization will be disbanded after success. The appeal may differ but remain potent.
The Massachusetts court joins other states in ruling the United States government is a necessary party in a suit by the Public Service Commission to block Burleson issued telephone rates. The petition is dismissed since the United States cannot be sued. The decision echoes anticipation of a similar outcome in the forthcoming Kansas case before the U S Supreme Court.
President Wilson praises the international labor commission in Paris and Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor as a tower of strength to the Allied cause since the war began. Gompers is lauded for moderation and practical insight guiding labor issues amid war and peace talks. The Paris commission’s work is seen as influential to the final peace and global labor policy.
The Missouri Legislature’s 50 Democrats challenge Senator Reed to resign and rerun on the League of Nations issue after his refusal to resign. Reed calls the move “more of their stuff to embarrass me,” while supporters insist they are ready to face the voters on the issue.
A brief political note argues that Reed’s stance on the referendum about the League question is theoretical rather than practical, suggesting the proposal remains an academic issue without real-world impact.
The Post urges immediate construction, citing a 25 to 55 percent steel price drop after a Washington Industrial Board agreement with steel producers. Prices are not to fall further this year, ensuring fair returns. builders are advised to act quickly to secure deliveries before possible demand-driven increases.
Text fragment asserts that the United States and allies hold the upper hand in the affair, framing the position of associated nations in a firm strategic stance.
The New York Sun denounces censorship of a Washington to Paris dispatch about the League of Nations. It accuses President Wilson of inaction and warns Paris could face censorship if a similar cut occurred in America, framing the issue as anti France controversy.
Despatches from London report another entry for the Daily Mail prize for the first flight across the Atlantic. Major J. C. P. Wood and Captain C. C. Wylie plan to fly an 875 horsepower aircraft at about 95 mph with 2632 pounds payload.
The State Department, echoing Senator Phelan, urges Americans holding land on the Mexican coast to heed the 1912 Lodge resolution. It warns that foreign possession of harbors or coasts could threaten U S safety and naval communications, and may deter sales to non American powers.
Viscount Grey, now blind, stays at St Dunstan's London as the only civilian pupil. Catherine Breshkovskaya, the Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution, linked to Roosevelt's Nobel fund. Louis Raemakers, Dutch-German cartoonist, long close to Germany, and Bessie Beatty, American observer of the Bolshevik Revolution. Captain F Britten Austin to write war articles. Minor Keith, Central American railroad pioneer. Cyrus H McCormick leaves Senate post. Harold McCormick, 46, becomes International Harvester president.
The Paris conference committee reports on drafting a treaty with Germany focusing on regulating commercial intercourse. War disruptions paused all business contracts and trade privileges. In the readjustment, allies hold advantages while the U S controls German patents trademarks and copyrights.
The Sunday Post publishes prize songs and poems to greet home the 26th Division. Readers are invited to enter contests with addresses of welcome and slogans to win prizes.
A philosophy on staying grounded after success warns that even brief progress can inflate ego. The text cautions against swagger and vanity, urging steady footing and avoiding chronic egotism. It notes women’s desire for autonomy as a humorous aside about independence.
Two suitors in Texas settle a love triangle by rolling dice rather than violence. The girl will marry either, and the dice decide the winner. The note praises this safe method and contrasts it with historic duels and pistols.
The record notes Boston historic highs and lows for March 24. Official figures show 6 above in 1874 and 1 above in 1907 as coldest extremes, while the warmest 68 degrees occurred on a March 24 in 1914 and 1918.
The article surveys the looming nationwide ban on alcohol as a historic turning point and traces alcohol use back to ancient times Guatemala Egypt Greece and Rome. It notes ancient wine and beer production dating over 6000 years and suggests early civilizations worshipped intoxication while grape seeds imply even earlier tastes.
A column page comments on Memorial Day daisies, daylight saving, and the wartime mood. Letters discuss a dog called Gita and a Newfoundland sealing forecast, with notes on umbrella etiquette, a Boston debate sighting, and wildflower preservation in Dracut and Carlisle.
Joel Barlow youngest of ten, funded Yale via tutoring during the Revolution. He served as army chaplain, founded a Hartford paper with the Hartford Wits, revised Psalms, wrote The Vision of Columbus, and later acted as U S consul in Algiers and minister to Napoleon. He died after accompanying Napoleon in Poland.
A regular's sister cites Ar gonne Forest as World War I's biggest battle. A reader asks Vancouver Island length, answered at 285 miles. Another asks ukulele pronunciation, answered yu-ka-LAY-li. A brief explains brandy versus whiskey. A reader asks Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, with a tradition filled reply about their marriage and descendants.
UPHAM'S CORNER says the builders planned Sept 20 1797 to launch the Constitution Old Transides but only moved eight feet on the first try and a second attempt failed. A high tide on Oct 21 allowed the third launch to succeed.
The passage recalls an old rhyme told to small boys about robbing birds nests. It lists lines about the robin sparrow wren and a warning that taking eggs brings bad luck and failure, implying moral lessons about respecting nests.
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