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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
26
A survey of 26 inmates awaiting execution at Sing Sing shows all vote against the death penalty, preferring a sentence of 20 years to life. The result challenges the idea that condemned murderers favor execution over long prison terms.
The renowned Spanish novelist Blasco Ibanez arrives in Mexico City where he will lecture at the State University. He plans to write a Mexican subject novel to reveal the country to the world, signaling a long stay away from the United States and Europe.
The article notes Representative Flood of Virginia proposed a joint resolution for the President to draft a new peace treaty with Germany. It asserts Wilson already has sole constitutional authority to negotiate such treaties without legislative authorization. The piece criticizes the proposal as unnecessary and absurd.
Senator Lodge denounces renewed mild resuscitation efforts by party members to revive the Versailles treaty. He says such moves are useless and will delay urgent business. The nation awaits concrete action after months of talk and missed measures.
Eight months pass without clear steps or a coherent plan from Congress and its committees. The Vocations Bureau of Education is under fire as a public scandal. The Senate’s treatment of veterans reflects broader legislative inertia while Senate action looms with Senator Lodge pledging to act and seeking swift committee work.
The Boston American published a conspicuous tribute to the editor of the Boston Post. The Post acknowledges the courtesy and notes it would be ungracious to overlook the gesture, praising Mr William Randolph Hearst and the Boston American.
A proposed Congress bill by Representative McFadden would tax finished art gold at ten dollars per ounce to fund a ten dollar per ounce increase in the price paid to American gold miners, aiming to expand domestic gold production and offset the decline in gold value caused by currency expansion. The plan argues jewelers would not face costs, and the subsidy could even yield government profit.
A Washington despatch reports the Rouse pressed for a clear government statement on how and by whom the 17 000 American troops in Germany may be deployed. It notes the President as commander in chief and confirms the U.S. remains at war with Germany, placing troops under war conditions.
Rev John T Creagh of St Aidan's Brookline unveils a bronze tablet in memory of Albert E Scott a 15 year old Boston newsboy killed at Chateau Thierry. Scott is praised as an exemplary WWI hero with a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross recommended by General Pershing. The tribute aims to inspire youth with patriotism and loyalty amidst loss.
The article argues Mrs. Humphry Ward is best known for Robert Elsmeré but did not reach her greatest or most valuable work. It notes the public memory centers on that polemical novel rather than her highest literary achievement.
The passage lauds Mrs Ward as a sociocultural recorder of late Victorian and early Edwardian England. It notes her genius and likens her to George Eliot, highlighting the value of her fiction as human documents for future scholars studying manners, politics, and social life at the era’s close.
Captain Harris Laning told the Senate committee there was no comprehensive wartime plan and chaos existed in the navy. He followed with a 1918 letter to Admiral Sims defending Bureau of Operations plans and warning against excessive criticism that could hurt morale. The account notes Danielsphobia reporters avoid publishing the letter.
Field Marshal Foch comments on Haig despatches as historical documents. Senator Knute Nelson, born in Norway, rose to Minnesota governor after Civil War service. Norwegian minister H H Bryn on vacation. his daughters now seen as American. Major R W Schroeder set a record at 36 900 feet but faced oxygen exhaustion. Ruth L Kitfield named DAR floor page. Egerton Castle joins Liverpool newspaper ownership. Anna Bowman Dodd, Paris and New York writer, praised for war relief and family gifts. Oldest American twins Arthur A and James S Carter of Georgia, with striking heights.
The piece extols Edwin A Grozier of the Boston Post as a great patriotic editor with standout Americanism. It notes his opinions differ from Hearst and the Boston American, yet are based on public interest and freedom of discussion.
A cryptic verse hints at a skilled Russian dancer who moves with mountain goat agility and pirouettes, then wins over the audience with jazz pep and a coin prize, while a sphinx quote urges compassionate acts toward the worthy.
A narrator describes morning mail revealing not political support but a laundry bill and a sudden musical whistle. He follows the tune from a corridor outside his office, wondering about a robin or thrush, and exits to investigate the source.
A janitor in a factory chats about happiness while whistling at work. He recalls a snowbound bird that sang to cope with cold, compares two bosses, and notes how a friendly, involved boss boosted morale. The speaker jokes about a wife who hums, and ends by thanking George for brightening his day amid political gloom.
The elder observer cites official figures showing Boston’s coldest March 26 records at 18 in 1880 and 20 in 1882, and a warmest 70 in 1904. He notes no rain or snow on this date in the last decade except 1913 and 1914.
The piece extols Pitch Lake in Trinidad as a curious, vast asphalt lake with railroad tracks across its surface and sizable exports to the United States. It also notes Tobago’s beauty and ties to Defoe’s Crusoe, and mentions Margarita Curacao Aves islands along the coast, with nautical curios and poems referenced.
A column reports on spring social observations in Boston including police uniform changes, street games, and community events. It notes Be Kind to Animals Week in Massachusetts April 12 to 17, rising maple sugar prices with Vermont shortages, a long serving Morse School principal, and fashion trends like back-buttoned vests for men. It also mentions jazz decline and a dance reform date.
Antiquated ad for John J. Kingsley Watch and Diamond Shop offering written diamond appraisals for buy sell wills and tax reports. Located at 11 Court 89 Youngs Hotel Block.
The New York World and Senator Borah press for full disclosure of campaign finance linked to General Wood after Berry trial revelations. The public mood grows tense over money in politics and calls for transparent sources and amounts from Wood’s campaign managers.
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