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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
18
Reports from Kingston Jamaica say banana yield this year will be four times 1918. The piece notes higher than expected prices for some goods despite plenty of supply, while suggesting bananas may not drop in price as a result. The writer questions whether laws of supply and demand apply to all commodities.
The second year of daylight saving shows division as Eastern time extended westward. Residents in the new belt complain of disrupted routines, late daylight, and restless workers and children. Farmers say cattle ignore the shift. About 50 repeal bills have been filed in Congress.
A reflective remark notes that people today receive greater courtesy from conquerors than from their own military forces, highlighting a shift in perceived treatment and respect in conflict contexts.
The Boston Evening Transcript remains unhappy with the Post over statements about ex Senator Crane and the peace treaty ratification. The Transcript rejects the Post’s version and challenges its authority to provide news for it. The Post will not curate news for the Transcript.
The article argues that government rail operation is ending by 1919 with conditions changed to ensure efficiency. It criticizes prewar regulation, notes profits and losses during war, and urges Congress to allow merging for economy while preventing public misuse. It also criticizes German wartime conduct and the allied response.
The article urges Republican Senators to consider the public interest and the impact of blocking the peace treaty with the League of Nations. It warns that delaying ratification could keep the United States in a state of war, cut off German trade, harm exporters, and provoke public discontent while questioning their ties to big business.
Princess Miguel of Braganza, once Anita Stewart, arrives in New York with her two children to stay with her mother Mrs. Jean de Saint Cyr. She is a rare American who married royalty, as Miguel could be Portugal's royal pretender. Also noted is a prank where a subaltern’s kit, thrown across a river, is recovered by the Prince of Wales. Rev Samuel Robb Leland, aboard Oronsa at torpedoing, returns, quipping on wartime sayings. Marshal French praises General Foch as an exceptional, audacious leader with Napoleonic traits.
Twenty six submarine chasers arrive in Boston Harbor after months of service in war zones. Built mainly by United States Naval Reserves, many hailing from New England colleges, they helped reduce the U-boat threat. The crews return with a sense of vital duty well performed.
A wartime commentary notes civilians in Coblenz and other American-occupied German cities crowding Allied soldiers off sidewalks. It contrasts this with prewar German behavior where soldiers and civilians were moved and women pushed aside, reflecting on shifts in civility under occupation.
A Boston and New England moral obligation urges full support for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund. The message highlights the Army’s proven record and pledges a $400,000 regional allotment toward expanding aid, including meals, housing for old people, and care for vulnerable women and babies, to deepen their outreach.
The allies delivered a definitive rebuttal to Germany's protest over economic measures, rejecting the challenge and reaffirming their stance. The exchange underscores tensions in postwar cooperation and the continued pressure for stricter policy alignment among the victors.
A humorous missive from a reader signing as Rollo asks how to eat asparagus with decorum. The columnist notes the season, jokes about the stalks lack of backbone, and suggests practical tips such as chopping into small sections and using a tablefork to avoid embarrassment.
The Merrymount colony led by Thomas Morton earned a notorious name for revelry and liquor trade with Native Americans, while other settlements imposed penalties for drunkenness. Early travelers note punishments for drinking, tavern controls, and strict tobacco rules, including bans on inn smoking and group smoking near churches. Tomorrow's Picture Idle Colonists.
The Observant Citizen notes merchants aim to match London and Paris pace by taking orders in London for Paris hats and gowns, then flying to Paris and delivering the goods the same day. The piece cites Sir Woodman Burbidge but gives no price details. It also touches on robin superstitions, a new labor-saving house design by Mrs Amy Cross, and other varied notes.
A buyer requests ten acres advertised for sale asking location, cash price, land clearing, woods, fruit trees, buildings, distance to the mouth of the ocean, boating routes to cod fishing grounds, and a seven room house with barn plus two cows. He seeks near fishing and Apple Trees with a total value around 3000 dollars. The letter is reproduced verbatim with the buyer signing as Yours respectfully.
A thought on why self analysis and evaluating one’s own abilities challenges a conservative stance. The quote suggests that reflecting on personal intellect complicates political posture.
Bristols household column offers practical tips on removing axle grease with lard and soap, venting paint odors with cold water, repurposing lettuce leaves, washing dried fruits, using extra boiled potatoes for next meals, and salvaging worn shirt cuffs by turning them inside out and ironing.
In this verse by Walt Mason, the narrator rejects external sorrows while lamenting his own tight shoes. He mocks grand conflicts as distant while his feet ache, comparing worn boots to a world of pain and vanity, with Kaiser Bill cited as a target of morose humor.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston's warmest May 24 records in 1880 at 9 and 1884 at 9 with a symbol for heat and mentions a coldest day at %6 above in 1882. He cites no rain on this date in the past 19 years except 1911 1912 and 1913, per official figures.
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