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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
4
William Johnstone delivers a 1919 style modern fiction tease that begins next week in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The story promises unusual interests and continues to thrill from start to finish.
A debate on American involvement in Irish affairs and President Wilson’s stance broadens into a clash of party lines. Conservatives denounce perceived interference while Liberals urge restraint. UK press weighs Lloyd George and Wilson amid questions of sovereignty and foreign mediation.
New York May 11 Germany has an advantage over Great Britain in the textile situation in Argentina and will probably secure most future textile trade there, according to Robert S. Barrett former American commercial attache at Buenos Aires who spoke tonight.
Homer A. Rodeheaver, famed Billy Sunday song leader, spoke at the YMCA in Boston yesterday. He said American troops favor national prohibition, noting the doughboys were religious despite rough language and bearing. He spoke for the first time in Boston since returning from YMCA work in France.
The article recalls a wartime revival led by a trombone and speaker, recounting rallies in Boston and across 38 groups. It details experiences with soldiers, faith, and the Y M C A's service in France, including missteps in supply and the inspiring Bastille day defense of Paris. Tonight Rodeheaver performs at the People's Temple with the tabernacle choir.
May 11 mass meeting in Town Hall by Friends of Irish Freedom featured Colonel Patrick H. Quinn of Providence arguing for Ireland's justice under a world peace conference. He warned England faces rising common people and Russia’s example, urging action beyond domestic limits. Rhode Island's Thomas J. Cooney followed with a strong appeal for Ireland's freedom.
New York May 11 The Edison medal awarded annually by friends and associates of Thomas A Edison to an American or Canadian engineer for invention and development of electrical machinery will be presented on May 16 to Benjamin G Lamme chief engineer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company announced tonight.
Zurich May 11 reports that the German Austrian government has introduced a bill in Parliament to alter the Austrian escutcheon. The eagle will be redesigned in the emblem, with details to be announced after the measure passes.
The bird bears a crown and holds a scythe in one claw as a symbol of agriculture and a hammer in the other as a sign of industry.
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