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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1921
Page
10
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including Canada and foreign options. Rates cover daily, Sunday, and combined plans with variations for six months, three months, and one month. Postage in the Boston Postal District adds one cent per copy.
The Stillman divorce awards Mrs Stillman $90000 annually and Katherine Gould received $36900, both records. Counsel fees reach $35000 with Gould case lawyers earning $15000, illustrating how divorces among the wealthy become big business driven by scandal and high legal costs.
Chair man Foss reports on Republican views after surveying colleagues about revoking President Wilsons civil service order for postmasters. Urban congressmen favor revocation while rural members want the order kept with possible changes, reflecting concerns over emoluments and personnel in metropolitan offices.
The excerpt urges a political figure to strengthen the organization he represents and demonstrate credit through his actions. It stresses the need for a sound party loyalty and effective leadership to achieve the desired changes.
The Boston Building Trades Employers' Association is urged to accept arbitration with employees through the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation after the United Building Trades Council agreed. The editorial notes workers resumed on old terms, calls for a permanent agreement, and warns continued strikes harm housing, construction, and employment.
Opposition in private to naming George Harvey to the post has not altered the decision. The editor is to serve as ambassador with Senate confirmation expected. Britain has declared him persona grata and time will judge his fitness.
Dr James R Angell Yale president told a National Civic Federation division in New York that many young women enter teaching as a stepping stone to marriage. He warned the profession suffers from low pay and poor status, urging training machinery in schools and colleges to attract capable teachers.
The fragment questions responsibility for improving education by hiring capable teachers and assigns fault to unspecified parties. The note implies discussion of policy or budget decisions impacting teacher quality without naming individuals or places.
The YD Auxiliary outlines plans for Disabled Soldiers' Week including fund solicitation, social events, and a whist party and dance at Paul Revere Hall with Governor Cox and other dignitaries. The drive targets 3500 Massachusetts hospitalised veterans, stressing gratitude and public support over charity.
The Idaho Legislature votes to carve ten northern counties into a new state but faces constitutional hurdles and timelines. Critics warn of unequal representation, as Idaho’s population under 400,000 would gain two senators and three electoral votes if the split occurred. The move raises constitutional concerns and potential precedents for future statehood efforts.
A review rounds up three new titles. Marie Corelli returns with The Love of Long Ago a 13 story collection blending romance and war notes. Arthur Train presents By Advice of Counsel a set of Tutt and Tutt tales. L Persall Smith offers Stories from the Old Testament a witty modern retelling of biblical narratives with contemporary spins.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine features Conrad Richter's Love on a Railroad Swanson's Home Sweet Home as part of the Spring Love stories. It centers on romance set against railroad life with themes of home and affection.
In a playful letter, R N Livingstone of Boston suggests naming a variety of national trees by social class. He proposes trees such as Palm for waiters and porters, Family for Boston blue bloods, Whiffle for farmers, Date for sweethearts, Ux for newsboys, Pan for housewives, Gen-tree for the better class, Minis-tree for clergy, Orches-tree for musicians, and Hat-tree for callers.
Napoleon Gomo recounts buying a new bungalow in Frog Alley with Rosy, describing its odd features and the eccentric state agent who sold it. He explains quirks like a drop down bed and a bat tub, and notes a milliner renting a room behind the bedroom wall.
The sketch humorously tracks a conversation in a quiet office about news stories and politics. Two characters trade jests on newspaper reports and public figures while escalating the amount of silence between lines.
A column on proper conduct discusses public etiquette for women in transit and polite greeting norms. It advises a young woman to keep both feet on the floor in streetcars and condemns men calling a woman by her first name in public.
A compact feature about cinema’s rise and its famous performers, charting how the screen evolved from silent beginnings to today’s star era. It highlights notable actors and landmark moments shaping the history of film.
A concise survey traces motion picture origins from Edison’s Black Maria shed in Orange New Jersey to Jenkins and Armat’s Vitascope, Lumiere’s earlier showings, and the rapid spread of films across the United States. It notes early subjects, rival names, and the shift from simple scenes to narrative cinema, with cows and slapstick shaping audience tastes.
The note commemorates Linus Yale Jr as this century’s birth date while noting Elihu Yale’s birthday tomorrow. It surveys astronomy near Venus and Mars, a Boston museum display including a whale skeleton, and a traveler’s observation on March weather. It also mentions sparklers debates, poultry shipments, Cape Ann granite roads, and a Cape Cod shorebird report.
A humorous poem by Walt Mason praising Goosh Brothers Soap and its trusted branding. The narrator rejects rival ads as inferior and asserts lifelong preference for the Goosh product, joking about its quality and enduring reputation. The piece ends with a witty jab at equal but inferior offerings.
A quirky collection of portraits and facts spans Edwin Lemont Ladd as North Dakota senator candidate and Katherine Shea as the president’s paymaster, then shifts to Marie Curie seeking radium, Greek royalty, ambassadors, and European political figures. The piece intertwines science, finance, and aristocratic society with vivid vignettes across Paris.
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