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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
15
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The bill to redraw Boston’s city charter toward district based representation failed to gain support, ending in a tie in the State Senate. Supporters offered familiar arguments, but public sentiment remained lacking and the reform is unlikely to pass.
The piece notes the Johnson camp denying fraud claims and accusing Wood supporters of seeking a costly state recount. Wood aides offered half the $50,000 cost if Johnson backers paid the other half, framing the move as partisan manipulation. The Johnson camp replied they lack funds to counter, painting Wood as wealthy and attempting to buy the nomination.
The Netherlands will not hand over the ex Kaiser for trial and will care for him in Holland. He is to reside at Doorn House next Wednesday, eighteen months after arriving as a refugee. His ex crown prince will occupy a separate house bought from him on Wirinzen Island. The Dutch government acknowledges responsibility for his safe keeping.
A Franklin Press column praises Governor Morrow of Kentucky for averting a lynching and urges stricter gun controls. The writer argues firearms are easily obtained without proper licenses or stated purpose and suggests converting firearm production to agriculture tools. The piece ties reform to Prohibition-era ideas and praises anti gun culture in the South.
The military guardianship system maintained at Amerongen will be continued at the new residence. The change preserves the same security and oversight structure under the existing officials and protocols.
The piece argues Republican Senators back a Knox resolution to bypass the President in making peace with Germany, calling it unconstitutional and a partisan attempt. It predicts Mr. Wilson will veto it, and urges safety in industry to prevent accidents, noting domestic casualties outpacing wartime losses.
Congressman Lufkin rebuts a Post assertion that he claimed all Massachusetts delegates for General Wood. He notes six district delegates pledged or favorable and nine unpledged but friendly delegates elected in other districts. He also predicts the Massachusetts delegation will cast solid 35 votes for Leonard Wood at the June national convention in Chicago.
The piece argues that in 19 months of U.S. involvement in World War I, 126000 were killed and over two million injured in “peaceful America.” It claims most casualties were avoidable with proper care and supervision, urging labor and society to adopt safety measures for workers.
Mayor Peters questions raises for Boston Elevated Railway workers, arguing any pay hike must not cause a deficit. He says wages should match standard rates, regardless of company profitability, noting nine year 150 percent wage growth and urging public fairness and full consideration of facts.
Personal T Philip Terry returns to Hingham after five months in Japan where war altered prices and life. Articles mention Gabriel d Annunzio and Napoleon, Kaiser era painters, Antillean fossils, English peers and artists, clergymen in Greater Boston, and Mrs Christopher Lowther as a versatile performer.
Birthday notes recount Karl Marx born May 5 1818 in Treves then Prussia near the Rhine. The influential thinker faced exile for radical views and lived in Paris Brussels and London where he authored Capital and led socialist ideas. His wife endured his career ups and downs and died 15 months before him.
An assortment of reader questions covers etiquette and fashion from oysters served with horseradish to bare backs painted with designs. The Newkirk answer urges practical humor and restraint while recounting a tale of unraveling balbriggan to illustrate prudent advice. The piece then shifts to a historical overview of Kansas politics and party formation in 1856, detailing the emergence of Republicans and Know-Nothings, and the Democratic and Whig conventions and outcomes.
The article quotes Boston’s oldest resident noting warmest May fifth on record with 82 degrees in 1919 and 1904, and coldest 3 degrees in 1891. He lists dry years with no rain on this date except 1910 1914 1917 and 1919.
The column idly surveys long days and anniversaries while noting Stetson's birth anniversary, Capes Ann colonists, Bacchante sculpture, a Boston liquor tale, the Rhine arrival, weather signals, nurse terminology, fresh peas, and a reader letter about Wareham cod. It also mentions sea chanties revival and a coal list for public buildings.
A Walt Mason verse laments posthumous fame while Boston reports on cleanup efforts doubling this year. The piece notes coal totals and curbside refuse rules for city proper residents and contractor collections for outlying areas. It also cites a Finance Commission read on teacher resignations and a hotel strawberry price comparison.
Poem portrays a honey merchant selling not goods but “Songs of sunshine” and “dreams of bliss.” The market scene glows with summer imagery and magical transference as buyers pass by while jars glitter like stars and the world feels renewed. The piece blends nature, dream, and commerce into a lyric meditation on beauty.
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