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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
16
The Boston Post lists postpaid rates for daily and Sunday editions, including 1 year in the US 5 dollars, 6 months 2.50, 3 months 1.25, and foreign 1 month 0.35, plus Canada pricing and combined Daily Sunday options with special postage details. It notes extra postage in the Boston Postal District and per copy charges for Canada.
Sir Thomas Lipton of New York keeps faith with his America’s Cup quest. He says lifting the cup would revive interest in yachting and would be worth bringing the trophy to another venue for a month after 20 years. His earlier Shamrock I faced the Columbia on the Sandy Hook course.
Colonel William A. Gaston urges Colonel Edward L. Logan to bring the next American Legion convention to historic Boston. The piece portrays Boston as a monumental patriotic educational shrine tied to Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill, urging Americans to visit with their children to honor citizenship and freedom.
The piece argues that Boston public school teachers and teachers elsewhere deserve substantial raises. It notes teachers educate future citizens, earn less than many city workers, face rising living costs, and should be compensated fairly for their essential, constructive labor.
The Department of Justice under Attorney-General Palmer acts to sweep out alien anarchist nests in the United States as part of a government drive to clean up the situation. The Union of Russian Workers is mentioned in connection with the action.
The article condemns a radical group active in several large cities. It cites propaganda calling for social revolution and the destruction of the current order to liberate workers. It argues deportation under the act is warranted to remove speakers from the country.
A Senate committee criticizes industrial strikes as destructive and suggests a mediation board with compulsory investigation but not binding arbitration. The board would include labor, capital, and public representatives, likely officials, to deter despotism and pressure acceptance through public opinion.
A despatch notes the last war bride of American soldiers leaving Brest for the United States. Thousands of young women joined a remarkable romance born of war, enduring risk and distance to marry soldiers. Cupid aided a cross continental union shaping a vast social memory.
An island relic Helgoland in the North Sea is being restored to peaceful use as its former inhabitants return after expulsion at the war’s start. Fortifications are being dismantled, though the place will endure as a monument to a once formidable military outpost.
The fortress Helgoland was the continent’s impregnable guard of Teutonic power at the war’s start. It served as Germany’s supply base for future invasions before the civilized world rose to challenge it. Today it stands as a historic museum of its era.
The column notes New Jersey voters rejected the federal prohibitory amendment and Governor elect Edwards pledges to oppose enforcement and push repeal. It questions how New Jersey will act on the 18th Amendment’s concurrent power and whether nationwide prohibition is delayed.
Public figures including Sir Horace Marshall praised by President Wilson, Sir Edward Cooper noted as a musician, and Ethel Barrymore described with family stage legacy. Farming hens fund college tuition for Garry Miles Sherman Ives and Clarence Vail. Grand Duchess Charlotte grants women suffrage and faces a national vote. Stephen McKennaProfile notes Irish Catholic heritage and Liberal links. Cardinal Mercier receives lavish transit and honors during U.S. visit led by Thomas F. Ryan.
The Six Eyed Sleuth meets with the U S Secret Service chief in Washington after an odd scare with a cat in the chair. Steve asserts his identity via a leather card and confirms his planned arrival by midnight for the mission.
A Boston area column recalls Armistice Day significance while noting Cape Cod compact on the Mayflower and November holidays. It profiles Henry Skeffington’s labor mediation, Joachim Ricard’s Madrid dance with Queen Ena, a guard at North Station resembling William Gillette, and Dr James Brown Thornton’s antiquities collection including Shakespearean relics.
A reflective verse speaks of guarding love through struggle and fear turning to deed. It extols daily effort over uncertain outcomes, praising dreams and song yet insisting that toil toward a worthy goal yields fulfillment and inner roses of the soul.
In a tense exchange, Chief tests Steve’s resolve and allegiance before declaring war time duties. The moment culminates with Steve being named a U. S. Secret Service agent and warned to heed his new duties as a war looms.
A historical sketch recalls the Pilgrim exploration near Provincetown, detailing a land party encounter with a cedar fence of saplings guarding graves, a deserted hamlet with abandoned wigwams, and cautious tracking by the stranded explorers before reuniting with their shallop. The piece notes Edward Winslow’s portrait at the Massachusetts Historical Society, painted in London in 1601, and hints at Winslow’s rise as a leader among the Pilgrims.
A 19 year old writes about a yearlong romance and a quarrel over pride. Mildred Champagne counsels that true pride is stubbornness, urges apology, and stresses fairness beyond gender.
The passage urges joy in the chance to act justly toward a cherished person you long to be with, highlighting moral priority and the value of fair treatment in reunion hopes.
A Boston observer recalls the citys warmest record for November 10 at 6 percent in 1902 and 65 in 1916, and the coldest 27 in 1901. He notes the period had more rain on this date in the last decade except 1910 1911 and 1918.
The article notes new gaiters reaching nearly to the knees in tan and brown, simple wraps with shawl collars, and silver tinsel and peach georgette dance frocks. It mentions low shoes and spats due to leather cost, and that embroidery now dominates women’s attire.
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