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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1920
Page
6
A short note from The Post explains the continuation of the top lines feature with more quotations from reader letters. It invites further contributions of quotations or original lines and thanks Miss Jessie M. Ames of Bowdoinham Maine for praise of the feature, titled A Morning Smile.
Oil workers and men with thin lifeless hair may find help in Noonan's Hair Petrole a Boston formulated antiseptic scalp treatment. Barbers apply it fifteen cents per use while bottles cost one dollar and can be bought from T Noonan and Sons at 38 Portland Street Boston Massachusetts.
A reader complimenting the paper is addressed to Mrs H E Jordain of 544 Columbus Avenue praising the newspaper’s top stories and overall quality. The note expresses appreciation for the front page content and views the columnists as especially engaging.
A reader affirms the Post's cheerful top lines. The passages brighten mornings and receive first attention each day. The note signs as MRS DELPA BRUCE of 592 Highland Avenue, Malden.
Portsmouth reader E. B. Merrow asks to extend the cheer up top line with readers contributing favorite quotations. She notes its small gleam of sunshine and asks the Top Line Editor to keep it shining for all readers.
A reader from 1 Broad Street Lynn expresses support for the daily Top Line feature praising its selections as inspiration for the day and signs Grace Hero.
Postmaster C. O. Huff of Orrs Island Maine notes that the Cheer Up messages in the paper are a true help to island readers. Several residents have spoken of the uplifting notes appearing in the publication.
A Bible verse from Proverbs 25 11 equates well spoken words to apples of gold in pictures of silver highlighting the value and beauty of prudent speech.
A brief note from Rebecca W. Madison of 334 Main Street Nashua New Hampshire questions why a good work started should be dropped and urges continued effort.
A brief daily wisdom note authored by KF Prescott Adams from Cherryfield Maine. The message opens the day with a concise reflection attributed to Adams.
Margaret A Murphy of Dorchester writes after the loss of her sister that she has copied eight weeks of the Boston Post Top Lines for a personal book to cheer others. She suggests continuing the feature may help readers move through grief.
Grace Eb. Libbey of Berwick Maine describes a practical benefit from posting the motto Man's first duty of the day is cheerfulness at the breakfast table. The card hung in the kitchen inspires a positive start each morning and is repeated as a favored household habit.
A brief note from C H Harris of 161 Massachusetts Avenue Boston urges readers to keep up the daily Top Lines first aid to starting the day right. The message stresses steady morning routines and consistent small practices for better daily outcomes.
Myrtle Fisher Seaverns of Melrose requests registration of continued Cheer-Up Top Lines in the Boston Post. She lauds the daily feature as morning sunshine and optimism, thanking the paper for its upbeat contribution.
Francis H. Curry of Newton Centre expresses gratitude for topliners described as educational entertaining and refining. The note highlights their ability to start the day with better desires and resolves for readers seeking uplift.
Frank L. Mason M D of Tilton New Hampshire writes to readers claiming the Post’s cheer up lines uplift his family. He notes he will turn 89 on August 18 1920 and calls rain his choice if weather is to be sorted by God.
Miss Margaret Maitge of 69 G Street South Boston writes of enjoying the front page golden words from the Boston Post. She preserves each extract in a book to read on rainy Sundays and lift her spirits.
A reader from Townsend urges daily printing of uplifting lines that light the newspaper page. The letter praises the "Cheer Up" verses as beauty and dew on a rose, urging ongoing publication to brighten readers' journeys.
G H Mitchell janitor at Centreville School Beverly praises the Cheer-Up Top Lines for lifting his leisure hours and asks to keep them up to help cheer others. He reads them first in the paper even at the basement of the school building.
Little folks will stage a pretend wedding at Our Lady of the Presentation parish hall Brighton next Saturday afternoon to raise funds for the diocesan bazaar. Margaret Quigley will be the bride with a small retinue in yellow and white. Catherine Kelleher and Mary Coleman among the attendants. Proceeds go to the diocesan bazaar in Symphony Hall at month end under the League of Catholic Women.
New York April 4 nominations for the Hall of Fame at New York University include Barbara Frietchie Susan B Anthony and Frederick Douglass among 14 names to be added this fall. Nominations close May 1 and are reviewed by the university senate before going to the board of electors. The list also features John Clarke Henry Bergh George Inness Homer Martin Alexander Wyant and several physicians.
Woonsocket RI girl chairs the sophomore hop for the College of Secretarial Science at Boston University. The event will be held April 9 at the Copley Plaza with patrons Dean Lawrence T. Davis and Mr and Mrs Graydon Stetson and Mr and Mrs Frank B Tupper.
The Social Democratic League of America executive committee issued a statement protesting the expulsion of Socialists from the New York Legislature and urging amnesty for political prisoners. It warned that the real danger lies in White reactionaries cloaked as patriots pursuing repressive policies.
The Archduchess Mary Alice, youngest daughter of Archduke Frederich, becomes engaged to Baron Frederic Caldbot, a 30-year-old Prussian scion working in a Budapest bank with an annual salary of 8000 kronen about 20 dollars in current exchange. The bride’s father was the wealthiest man in the former monarchy.
Paris April 4. No formal announcement on France's next move regarding sending German troops into the Ruhr. An official statement says any military measures under consideration aim to force Germany to strictly follow the peace treaty terms.
The note from Wilhelm von Mayer and Dr Goeppert argues Ruhr troop movements are overstated and urges no need for extended guarantees. Millerand meets Deschanel and Foch to discuss the situation as France eyes possible occupation of Frankfort Hanau Hamburg and Darmstadt.
In Massachusetts the Episcopal diocese plans a April 25 drive totaling 400000 with half staying local and half for the church at large. Clergy will conduct lectures and four messages will be delivered to each communicant over the next three weeks as church leaders promote the nationwide campaign.
A petition urging an education plank in the GOP national platform was presented to Will Hays by Judson F. Wright William T. McCoy and Olive M. Jones. The group argues that rising woman suffrage will empower 80 percent of the nation’s 700 000 teachers and seeks a pledge to remove educational limitations for children.
In a reply to a party offer Miss Martin said she would accept if the platform included opposition to the peace treaty and the League of Nations. The remark signals her alignment with a non interventionist stance and a controversial international policy position.
An old medical note describes a lingering cold as inflammation of air passages and advises nightly Vicks VapoRub use. It explains how topical application draws inflammation away from congested areas and allows vapors to reach inflamed throat and chest.
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