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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
12
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for U S Canada foreign and Canada rates. It specifies yearly six month and monthly options for daily and Sunday editions plus postage adjustments within the Boston Postal District and Canada.
The Boston Post notes its use of Associated Press dispatches and local news content. It asserts exclusive republication rights for AP stories and reserves rights to special despatches. The notice emphasizes AP credit and reprinting permissions within the newspaper.
The Belgian prelate Cardinal Mercier, who faced German invaders, will travel to the United States as a guest of the transport Agamemnon. The nation honors his sacrifice and Belgiums wartime relief by American generosity and support during the occupation and later liberation.
The long speech by Senator Knox urging leniency toward Germany is criticized as a protest against allied victory terms. The piece argues Knox attacks the Paris peace, calls it dangerous, and contrasts pacifist and anti-administration presses shifting views on his stance.
Facing high wage rates in many industries, Canada plans to boost private soldier pay from $1.10 to $3 a day. Winnipeg recruitment for the Princess Patricia’s unit has produced only fourteen volunteers in five months, as officers struggle to attract men of good character and fitness when higher wages are available elsewhere.
Fragmentary note discusses maintaining the standing army up to scratch in numbers and quality, reflecting a defensively worded stance on military preparedness.
The piece argues that despite unrest and high living costs the country remains prosperous as shown by rising savings bank deposits in New York and Massachusetts. It notes stock market optimism, questions labor unrest as doom, and discusses rail and packer issues with a call for continued government supervision to curb abuses.
A Cambridge despatch notes American E F Specials to study in English universities this winter and spring. Cambridge adds a new philosophy degree to attract Americans, with other UK institutions likely to follow. The aim is to shift European intellectual prestige from Germany to England, France, and Italy. Labor Day commentary examines postwar industrial unrest, urging mutual forbearance and patriotism to restore harmony and trust between labor and government.
The New York district revenue collector shares thoughts before Europe departure. He praises wartime patriotism and the income tax as fair, notes rich and poor alike paid their share, and emphasizes common interests over individual gain. He is famous for concise, pointed remarks.
The Federal Trade Commission proposes to the President that operation of refrigerator cars and meat transport cars be declared a government matter. The move aims to regulate key rail logistics and ensure stable meat distribution nationwide.
A digest of prominent individuals including Major General Enoch H. Crowder honored by Brown Columbia Princeton Michigan Harvard and the National University of Cuba. John Buchan the author and mountaineer. Hungarian leader Jacob Wellener. Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt and daughter Cornelia among New York Society figures. Polish consul-general Constantine Buszczynski. and clergymen Rev. Benjamin W. Rines and Rev. Frederick T. Kenyon detailing careers, travels, estates, and public roles.
A vintage style piece describes brown velveteen jackets with Pompeiian red vest accents. Between-season hats feature plush crowns and rolled leghorn brims. Long white gloves complement afternoon dresses of printed chiffon and voile.
In a mid Massachusetts town a clothier entdeckt saw two moons in the sky all night. The end of the tale reveals one moon and the town clock face lit up, explaining the supposed extra lunar luminaries.
A Berlin New Hampshire letter answers a Post reader who doubted authorship of the Napoleon letters. It confirms Dr E J Melville of St Albans Vermont wrote the Napoleon Game letters for the All Sorts column.
The piece reflects Labor Day origins from Knights of Labor and broad wartime notes. It notes the Boston Army Navy canteen closing after serving over 250000 meals, a teen swimmer Miss Madeline Tonely delaying goals, skeptical views on unions, and city scenes from Weirs Lake to Beacon Street.
A column of reader questions answers topics from names like Reba and Henry Cabot Lodge. It covers Reba as a Bible name, Lodge’s 1906 Senate race, gold value fixed at 20.68 per ounce, six month validity for marriage licenses, Pershing language ability, pronunciation of politic, and 1927 1918 passport issuance figures with wartime shifts and future policy.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls September first highs and lows with official figures 96 in 1881 and 91 in 1876 for heat and 50 in 1887 as the coldest. He notes no rain on this date in ten years except 1910 1912 1917 and 1918 in Boston.
A historical survey of women aviators from Baronne s de la Roche to Ruth Law and Miss Harriet Quimby. It notes de la Roche s daring and fatal crash, Quimby s cross channel flight and death, Ruth Law s defiance of Wright s doubt, and the Stinson sisters training other pilots as aviation grows toward an imagined ocean voyage aboard the America.
Charles Franklin Jones argues the nation will become a more truly people's country under democratic rule. He warns against class rule and insists the majority will decide the country's direction, with both rich and poor sharing in governance.
A reader thanks the editor for the morning piece A Friendly Word With the Police applauding fair frank and friendly guidance to the city police. The letter supports law and order and an independent force to enforce the law and protect property, signing James L Maclary treasurer and company.
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