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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
18
The National Board of Farm Organizations meeting in Columbus, Ohio, represents every agricultural state and controls about 1500 elevators with a farm business rated at two billion dollars. It seeks to manage 40 percent of the nation’s wheat output, aiming to stabilize profits and cut consumer prices, a claim met with cautious skepticism.
In a Maine speech, Theodore Roosevelt says it is not in good taste to praise own achievements and claims the Republican party fought the war. The piece questions Republican roles in leadership, command, and government during the war period.
The excerpt questions the political affiliation of the supreme commander of the American Expeditionary Forces. It notes no explicit Republican declaration and doubts the party makeup of the fighting force, asking for an explanation of the speaker's theory. The tone probes the inconsistency of the claim.
A Senate committee in Chicago examines the 1920 Republicanism volume published by Boss Barnes of Albany. It pledges support for militant Republican propaganda with large subscriptions from noted figures and corporations including Rockefellers Ruppert and Mackay. The issue raises questions about corporate political contributions and legality.
Miners ignore President Wilson and wage board orders, choosing a plotted "vacation" that amounts to an outlaw strike. The action risks shutting down the anthracite industry as the public faces higher prices. United Mine Workers pledged to accept the wage commission award, making the defiance ill timed.
A Washington correspondent warns that Tennessee’s rescinding vote on the 19th amendment could reopen the case despite Colby’s proclamation. He predicts possible ballot challenges and a disputed election, but believes the Supreme Court may settle the issue before November as justices convene on October 4.
Lieutenant Max Miller, named two years ago as the Post Office pathfinder on the Newark to Chicago air route, perished early in a flight that highlighted the postal service’s aviation expansion. Miller had long demonstrated the route’s potential, formerly flying between Washington and Newark at high speeds and logging six years of service before his fatal accident.
A serious accident underscores what can be achieved by a new transport method. Washington announces airplane links between Seattle and Victoria B C and aims to expand across the continent, improving reach in Puget Sound and distant regions as the department awakens to the method's possibilities.
A discussion notes visible waste in automobile use yet acknowledges clear utility. Survey data show 90 percent of cars serve business needs, farmers top users, and doctors and salesmen follow, with increased efficiency and a net gain in real utility rivaling 3,000,000 extra workers without added costs. The motor truck also drives revolutionary changes.
Governor Cox travels with a mobile office to campaign across Ohio and beyond. Senator Harding favors humane causes as Mrs. Harding backs child and animal protection. Maria Gertrude Decies faces bankruptcy in London. John D. and William Rockefeller vacation at Saranac Lake. Dutch PM Ruijg de Beerenbrouck to attend an international alcoholism congress in September. first U.S. visit planned.
Birthday note on Eugene de Beauharnais born 1781 in Paris stepson of Napoleon. Outlines his career with Napoleon in Italy and Egypt, marriage to Bavarian princess, ruler in Italy, and loyalty through Russia retreat before dying in retirement with five children.
A chaotic excerpt mentions a high-powered Mia Tinh star in a musical setting and a dance scene. The narrator reflects on a past fake that misled them, regrets indiscreet dancing, and vows to avoid risky financial schemes in the future. The piece centers on personal caution and a faded glamour.
The oldest inhabitant recalls official Boston records for the 34 day of September noting 92 in 1808 and 91 in 1900 as warmest, and 47 in 1885 and 1893 as coldest. He adds no rain on this date in the past decade, except 1910 and 1919.
Irene rose from Athens orphan to empress governing with bold authority. She faced a plot by her son Constantine VI and later had him blinded before reclaiming the throne. After five years she fell from power, retired to Lesbos, and lived in fading splendor.
A Boston ice dealer cites a poor summer with only June to August profitable then a potential rebound with strong September. The column also covers horse racing fame of Man o War, school plan shifts with portable buildings, storm damage to apples, a Rome school books shortage, a Bartlett pear origin, a two headed woman tale, voter etiquette, and long serving railroad families plus Attleboro farmer Isaac Alger’s garden toil.
The 100th anniversary of Jenny Lind birth is marked with events in New York on Oct 6 and similar observances in Sweden England and other nations. In New York a Sept 11 1860 concert is reprised with Frieda Hempel, proceeds aiding the same charities. The piece recalls her artistry and generous spirit reflected in Boston letters and acts of kindness, noting her marriage to Otto Goldschmidt in 1852.
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