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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
16
The Boston Post proclaims itself the largest daily morning newspaper in the United States as cited by The Fourth Estate, asserting unmatched circulation. This promotional claim reflects the paper's market position during its era.
Boston's new policemen appear to be young, alert, and intelligent individuals with strong physical fitness. The observed qualities suggest they will be efficient in their duties.
A news item states a trainload of fresh fish from the New England coast will be sent to Detroit for ten cents a pound. It questions why Boston cannot receive the same rate, minus transport costs, and wonders about regional price differences. The note presents a cheeky challenge to market logistics and regional pricing.
The obituary note on Mrs Tom Thumb Countess Magic argues that mental capacity can be normal despite extreme size. It challenges the belief that dwarfs differ mentally from average adults, highlighting her intellect, conversation, and well informed nature as evidence against physical judgment.
William Herbert Lever, first baron Leverhulme and famed soap maker, arrives in town praised for his self made success and his austere business methods. He advocates worker shift control and a 12 hour day for a 36 hour week, challenging pessimists about opportunities for the poor. He will meet self made Americans esteemed for achieving great things.
The Roosevelts and a son in law plan a chain of coffee houses in New York to replace saloons as the poor man s club. The Salvation Army tests similar ideas by selling soft drinks in a former hotel bar. The piece notes that drink was a minor lure, with companionship the real draw.
The remark notes that the pleasant exercise of social instincts by those whose only clubs have been closed by prohibition will be watched with sympathetic interest.
A reflective piece ties Thanksgiving to its Pilgrim roots in Plymouth and New England, noting 300 years since the first harvest festival. It recounts Governor Bradford’s account of abundance and gratitude, framing the day as a sober national observance of divine blessing and family reunions. The text also mentions revised election returns showing a modest party victory.
The piece argues that a rise in silver price could make subsidiary coins like half dollars quarters and dimes worth more as metal than face value. It warns melting the coins would cause inconvenience, suggests minting small coins in base metal, and notes a Civil War era paper substitute might reappear if needed.
The Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church endorses educating the public on tobacco harms and banning sales to minors while not opposing tobacco production or use beyond these limits. They cite recent postwar zeal and urge truthful, comprehensive instruction, not prohibition by coercion.
The official ballot tally for the state election is completed. Governor Coolidge leads as the count confirms the outcome, with final results awaiting formal certification.
The piece praises General Felipe Angeles who died with calm resolve and a message to Mexicans. It argues Americans, led by President Wilson, wish Mexico well and dispels fears of conquest. It urges Mexicans to learn from Americans and to seek peace and prosperity rather than conflict.
The discussion concludes that although General March finds gas casualties less deadly, this does not justify Germany or future use of poison gas. It notes gas development paralleled early artillery progress, and warns of increasing lethality with phosgene and other innovations.
Speaker Frederick H. Gillett and Mrs. Gillett mingle with the Prince of Wales while a crowd of young women dance with the royal guest. Meanwhile Dr. Richard Grelling, a Berlin-born author, faces Prussian censorship and political prominence in the republic. Ord Leverholme, famed for Port Sunlight’s six hour workday and vast holdings, rises from a grocery counter to international business. The piece also notes cultural figures like Henry Stephenson and Theodore Vail, and mentions Alfred G. Gardiner arriving to share insights on current conditions. Mrs. C. H. Greene of Durham, Me., turns war’s lessons into farming success, parcel-posting produce nationwide.
A liberal cash reward is offered to readers of the Post who can help remove Stealthy Steve from the plot. Mr Newkirk will keep him in until the ending chapters. Follow the serial closely and win the reward.
Secret Service agent Stealthy Steve, in disguise as Limburger Luke, captures six German spies including Limburger Luke himself who planned an appointment with Bologny Bill to blow up the Capitol. He trails them into the Capitol basement.
Stealthy Steve and Bologny Bill plot a midnigh t bombing of the Capitol using a TNT clock box. Steve is electrocuted by a mistake, Bill escapes with plans, leaving the fate of the dossier and a clock ticking toward destruction.
Thanksgiving Day grew from the Pilgrims hardships at Plymouth where illness and death marked the first winter. By spring, the little cemetery contrasted with the few surviving houses as the colony began to thrive and lay the groundwork for a holiday now observed by hundreds of millions across the United States.
No. 64 The Burying Ground Plymouth recalls the 1621 first Thanksgiving when Pilgrims feasted after a harsh winter. After a hopeful harvest, scurvy and pneumonia decimated the colony, yet remaining settlers tended the sick with selfless care, revealing true fraternal bond. Tomorrow's Picture Leyden Street.
Thanksgiving greetings honor homecoming boys and recall Lincoln era campaigns in Plymouth. The column cites old hatchets linked to rail splitters, cites Winslow’s 1621 harvest feast, praises Alfred Gardiner's books, and notes Captain Callahan’s Yale plans joining Maine Fisheries. Also comments on Boston traffic, cranberry sauce, Lusitania captain retirement, a 1816 desk, a wreck recovery, and 1823 market prices.
The record notes Boston’s warmest for November 2 list 72 in 1896 and 67 in 1887, with a coldest reading of 11 to 18738 for this date. It also states no snow or rain in the city on this date for the past decade.
A serviceman seeks advice about loving two women, one before enlistment and one met in service. The columnist cautions against rushing promises, urges the man to decide which woman truly holds his heart, and warns that loving more than one may indicate not true love.
Boston author Charles Franklin Jones argues speed is essential to progress though risk of error. He cites wartime resolve and demands that today be used to improve conditions, urging personal reform first to help others and make the world safer for humanity.
Isaac Merritt Singer born November 27 1811 was a machinist who developed a single thread chain stitch sewing machine and received a patent. He worked with Edward Clark to establish a New York factory and later faced patent disputes with the Howe Sewing Machine Company. After profits grew the firm shifted manufacture to a company. Singer spent time in Paris and England before dying in Torquay England on July 28 1876.
The letter asks how long Texas was a republic and when it joined the United States. It notes Texas declared independence in 1836, existed as the Republic of Texas for 10 years, and was admitted as a state on December 29, 1845.
The report states that Woodrow Wilson received the largest popular vote for any presidential candidate up to that time, totaling 9,129,606 votes.
The name Nazimova is pronounced NA ZI MO VA with the first a as in art the i like in police and the final a like the first syllable.
ROX notes that cigar ashes contain potash, making them valuable as a plant fertilizer. The response explains potential benefits but cautions about salt buildup and pH effects on indoor plants.
The query recalls a line about happy hearts and faces and grassy places where children played. It evokes an ancient tradition of play shaping noble rulers, hinting at a classical or poetic origin without specific attribution.
The note argues that disappoint conveys frustration or defeat, making agreeably disappointed awkward. It suggests agreeing with a more positive option, proposing agreeably surprised as a better phrase to convey pleasant unexpectedness without negative connotation.
The Oct 14, 1919 figure reports 32 percent of American officers and 755 enlisted men in Russia. This highlights the distribution of U.S. personnel during the postwar period.
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