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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
16
The notice lists subscription pricing for Darty U S and Canada, with one year at unknown rate, six months 2.50, eight months 1.25, one month 0.50, and foreign rates per month. Sunday Post rates are four dollars yearly, with Canada 5 dollars per year. foreign 17 cents per copy. Extra cent postage in the Boston Postal District for Daily and Sunday.
Senator Borah warns that if the Republicans oppose Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations plan they will earn the scorn of the American people. He adds that solid opposition will invite condemnation in a political walloping the party won’t forget.
General John H. Sherburne, artillery commander of the 26th Division, told a Massachusetts Club dinner that the defeat of the League of Nations by the U S Senate will not help the Republican party win the soldier vote in the upcoming elections. He, a Brookline former state representative, criticizes the party’s current course as dangerous despite being a solid Republican.
The United States raised 5 249 908 300 in the Victory loan, exceeding the target by 749 908 300. The Boston district led by over 50 million, reflecting strong public support for the administration and wartime financing.
A Gotham paper notes General Leonard Wood and Governor Lowden as leading Republican nomination contenders. It suggests Wood has broader, more spontaneous support while Lowden moves beyond the favorite son category. The editor asks readers what notable actions mark Lowden and his tenure as chief executive of his state.
Representative Kahn of California, Republican and House military committee chair, urges immediate return of American soldiers from Europe. The piece questions whether the appeal is pure rhetoric or strategic politics while noting that the boys are coming home at a heavy cost.
A writer critiques Mr. Kahn for implying slower troop repatriation by the War and Navy Departments. He contends Kahn exaggerates to fit partisan aims, arguing that the author believed him fair-minded, and notes how partisanship skews perceptions in these days.
Commentary dismisses a proposed round robin by Republican Senators to present a united front to the Paris peace conference. It notes the impracticality of reconciling factions from Lodge Poindexter Penrose Sherman Knox Borah and others, making a single signed document unlikely.
A Sunday gathering in New York derided President Wilson for backing the peace treaty and opposing Russia’s Red government. An orator linked Wilson with Clemenceau and Lloyd George and other leaders, calling them a dying generation, and warned such critics risk joining papers like the Boston Transcript and New York Sun in constant criticism.
The Home Service Fund campaign in Boston and New England gains three extra days to raise funds beyond the original call. Leaders urge doubling efforts to push contributions toward the $13,000,000 goal, noting strong nationwide generosity and broad public support for the appeal.
The article discusses a dispute over whether beer with 2.75 percent alcohol is intoxicating. The U S Court vacated the injunction on manufacture and barred government interference, while experts split on beer intoxication. Elihu Root submitted 37 affidavits supporting non intoxication, while the U S District Attorney filed 10 affidavits from scientists arguing the opposite.
For whose definite and conclusive answer we shall have to await the decision of the Supreme Court before which the case will be brought in due course.
A reader asks how the United States could conclude a peace treaty with Turkey and Bulgaria, nations with which the U.S. has not fought. The response says such a treaty is absurd and unlikely, and that the allies will handle arrangements with Turkey and Bulgaria, with the U.S. excluded. Oversight of the Ottoman empire would depend on mandatory plans and congressional approval.
A humorous clipping recounts a Missouri resident named Henry who allegedly bit off the end of his own nose while falling for a streetcar. The tale, full of exaggerated peril, warns about the dangers of false teeth and includes other unlikely dental mishaps with teeth biting back.
An exhortation urges workers to abandon city life and join farm labor for the coming harvest seasons. It claims agriculture will save the world, offering steady wages, healthy work, and comfortable homes, arguing farmers won the war and will drive prosperity if all seek harvest work.
Lieutenant John Philip Sousa protests jazz as a war sentiment joke while claiming victory in Liberty Loans. Mrs. Dana in New York curates a children’s picture book from masterworks. Peru’s ambassador Tudela y Varela seeks US-Peru friendship. Carter Glass declines grog amid groaning dryness. King George to invest Haig in Knights of the Garter at Windsor. Beatty adopts an umbrella in mufti, Byng may receive a peerage, Lady Byng writes and gardens at Thorpe Hall. Mrs. Blake returns to New York with the Mackay children. Consuelo Vanderbilt’s son is their link. Ernest Goodwin studios in London host a fine broiled steak, Goodwin claims his attic writing space.
A Maine letter from 1927 recounts Ernest’s scheme to finance a transatlantic balloon flight by $10,000 from Newt, promising London targets and glory. The responder declines, citing unavailability of funds and skepticism toward promoters, asserting his wealth but lack of belief in the brains behind the pitch.
The oldest inhabitant recalls Boston's warmest May 2 records: 96 degrees in 1880 and 91 in 1914, with a cold 59 degrees in 1915. He adds no rain on this date in the past decade except a fragmentary note from 1912.
A historical glance reveals Americans in the 17th and 18th centuries enjoyed a wide array of liquors and mixed drinks well before cocktails. Accounts describe distillers offering many waters and cordials, large dinners after fights, many wines at dinners, and notable funeral drinking customs with strong opinions on temperance and propriety.
The observant citizen notes the 100th birthday of Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, born in New York and later living in Boston. The article recalls Howe’s Civil War era song inspired by camps near Washington and marching soldiers.
A recipe describes a sauce using four tablespoons of butter mixed with one tablespoon flour, plus one cup cream heated in a double boiler. It adds chopped cold chicken meat from a pint, mashed hard boiled yolks with cream, and hot sherry to finish, seasoned lightly and served with buttered toast strips.
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