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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1919
Page
21
The memory of Thomas Chittenden, Vermont’s first governor, will be honored with a bronze tablet mounted on a granite boulder near his former Wilmington home. Dedication is set for October 16 by the Vermont Sons of the American Revolution.
Qiurses and orderlies in Nice hospitals strike. A limited staff to care for the sick will be officially designated.
President Wilson arrived by special train at Pueblo and addressed a large audience at the Memorial Auditorium after a drive through the state fair grounds. He pressed the Senate to accept or reject the peace treaty in a definite, unmistakable vote.
The text reports President Wilson distinguishing between qualified adoption and mere interpretations in a dispute over ratification. He warns against treating qualified adoption as actual adoption. In Colorado he reiterates the central issue is whether the United States should join the League of Nations or stay out.
President Wilson is praised as a great man and leader of democracy in Denver. He joked about how such introductions can feel awkward, recounting a humorous side show anecdote about a woman at a circus who asks to leave when a man is seen through a two inch board.
President Wilson spoke at Denver and Williamsburg addressing the peace treaty and League covenant. He labeled opponents who carry hyphens as traitors and urged labor protections and self determination while defending U S participation in the League despite objections from other powers.
The first annual Boston Fair at Readville features a cattle show with top Holsteins, a horse and polo display, a racing programme, and a new recruiting station amid midway attractions. Notables include Mrs. William Du Pont Jr. and Miss Isabelle Wanamaker among weekend attendees.
Leading Republicans statewide support Chandler M. Wood of Winchester for State Treasurer to defeat Fred J. Burrell. They say Burrell won the nomination because his name resembled Charles L. Burrill, the current treasurer.
Republican dissidents reveal dissatisfaction with the Burrell nomination after a primary that left the party uneasy. Salem chairman Wallace Gifford resigns, calling Burrell’s selection misrepresentation and fraud. Wood supporters cite Burrell’s banking inexperience versus the Democratic candidate’s trust leadership.
John Barbuti a 56 year old switchman of 3 Stillman Place North End was killed instantly last night at the Charlestown street bridge in Cambridge He was turning a switch when struck by an outward bound passenger train at the bridge.
A five passenger touring car driven by Henry J Meede collides with a United States mail truck in Andrew square South Boston. A sentry of C Company 10th Infantry detains the mail truck driver for obstructing traffic while the case is settled by Post Office inspector and Captain Goodwin. The guardsman notes the driver will be taught a lesson and the driver of the government truck is censured.
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