Boston Post April 20 1921 subscription rates and notices
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including U S Canada foreign options and postoffice postage adjustments. Editorial and publishing details note Associated Press rights and foreign office locations in London and Paris while claiming the largest daily marine circulation.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Oston
Edwin A. Grozier
Associated Press
Boston Post
Cockspur Street
London
Avenue de l’Opera
Paris
France
United States
Foch to Visit the United States in October
The article states Marshal Foch of France is slated to visit the United States in October to coincide with the American Legion convention. Secretary Hughes will forward the invitation and a naval ship will transport him across and back.
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Marshal Foch
France
United States
American Legion
Hughes
Sam
Settlement of Cuban election as Gomez accepts outcome
General Gomez, the seated candidate, accepts the late Cuban election result without bitterness. The Liberal Party faced acrimony and threats, while Washington confirms the Coalition Party's victory. Havana congress and Doctor Zayas' future proclamation still loom, but no intervention is expected and Cuban commercial ties may grow.
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Gomez
Liberal Party
Washington
Havana
Zayas
Republic
Cuba
Hughes Endorses China Loan Consortium Policy
The article notes Secretary Hughes's endorsement of the China loan consortium involving American bankers and financiers from France Britain and Japan. It praises this cooperative effort to aid China’s unity stability and economic development and frames it as another Wilson policy endorsed by the Harding administration.
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Wilson
China Consortium
France
Great Britain
Japan
Mr. Hughes
J. P. Morgan & Co
China
Hughes
Harding
Frank Zuna Breaks Boston Marathon Record
Frank Zuna of the Paulist Athletic Club, New York, shattered the Boston Marathon record of 2 hours 21 minutes 18 1-5 seconds set by Michael J. Ryan. The American, born to Bohemian parents, had previously won the Brockton Marathon in 1915 and was a noted long-distance contender.
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Michael J. Ryan
Canada
Frank Zuna
Paulist Athletic Club
New York
Brockton
Seeveral Long
Zuna Surpasses Marathon Field In Historic Finish
The report lauds Frank Zuna for a remarkable Boston Marathon performance, noting a margin over rivals since 1897 and beating the first race record by over half an hour. Congratulations abound as Zuna earns a revered place among the greats.
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Boston Marathon
Frank Zuna
Senate ready to ratify Colombia treaty amid oil and justice claims
The Senate is set to vote on ratifying the Colombia treaty with Harding backing it as beneficial for relations with southern neighbors. Proponents argue payment of Colombia’s Panama Strip claim is just, while opponents voice concerns of setting a precedent. Senator Lenroot cites national honor as a key reason to approve the pact.
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Senate
Colombia
Harding
Panama Strip
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Justice of
Fall
Lenroot
Secretary Hughes on Russia trade and the economic vacuum
Hughes answers Samuel Gompers by detailing Russia as an economic vacuum with an enormous but ineffective demand for U S goods. He notes wartime blockade lifted, minor prewar trade, and that Russia's credit and repudiated debts hinder expansion while Soviet policy blocks capital and real development.
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Secretary Hughes
Samuel Gomper
Russia
The
Post
Hughes
Truth Machine for Witness Testing Raises Courtroom Hopes
The Cronkhite case prompts use of psychological tests at Johns Hopkins University to reveal truth via a blood pressure based instrument. Critics note the device claims to read emotions, threatening to expose concealed feelings even under cordial outward appearances.
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Cronkhite
Department of Justice
Washington
Johns Hospital University
Life Needs A Fellow-Feeling And Basic Needs
Poem urging sunshine for tears and courage to overcome doubts. It emphasizes justice, fellowship, and essential sustenance like food clothes and shelter as core life needs. Attributed to G. A. 8.
Those who make the best of a sorry situation
The Sphinx notes that those who transform adversity into advantage help themselves and others, smoothing life’s path through resilient effort and positive action.
His Private Bath Exposes Weekend Home Emergency
A man recounts a chaotic sequence in a third story flat as plumbing leaks and ice water flood the bathroom. He dodges debris, escapes in a turkey red cover, and narrowly avoids a neighbor’s door while neighbors call the police and fire department after a gunshot scare.
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Newt
B. T
B.r
Sitting Bull
B. R
X- Family
Mrs. X
Harry W
Observant Citizen Notes Rail Changes and Local Oddities
A collage of reader tips and observations covers hacks versus autos at depots, potato price slips, a Boston waitress letter on vanity, a safety sign at subway portals, Lexington tree planting for World War I memory, Near East relief fund concerns, flags in merchant marine statistics, New England birdlists, and a bake shop bread line for schoolchildren at Egleston Square.
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Lexington
Egleston Square
Boston Weather Note on April Temperatures and Rain
The record cites Boston's warmest 20th of April at 75 degrees in 188 and 186. The coldest for the date is 23 in 1875, with no rain on this date in the past 1 years except in 1911 1914 1917 and 1920.
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Boston
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A poem mocks a frequent speaker who bombards towns with speeches and doom laden rhetoric. The narrator ridicules the chronic politician for endless chatter and shallow verse, predicting gloom unless curbs are placed on such public oratory.
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Walt Mason
State House
No stories returned without SASE per notice
Readers are informed that until further notice no stories will be returned unless accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. The notice requests compliance for mail requests and refunds as applicable.
Peddler’s Visit Triggers Family Comedy of Errors
Willie MacIntosh confronts a sharp seller at 26 Forest Street and a meddling widow Sarah Witherspoon over inheritance rumors. The scene escalates as keepsakes and a fake salesman plot collide with Uncle Hiram Maddison’s unsettled estate.
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Willie MacIntosh
Forest Street
Willie
Madame
Aggie
Jim
Sarah Matilda Wake Witherspoon
Hiram Maddison
Hiram
Sarah Witherspoon
Sarah
William MacIntosh
Sarah Matilda Waite Witherspoon
Ex-service men seek opinion on Nquor sale legality
Letter to the editor debates whether Nquor is legally sold in France or England as both nations remain wet. The correspondent recalls Mme Curie Marie Sklodowska born Warsaw November 7, 1867.
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France
England
Sir
Mme Curie
Marie Sklodowska
Warsaw
Novy. 7
Editor Letter Fragment Incomplete From The Post
A partial reader letter to the editor appears in the Post, beginning with a salutation and unclear content about a "Sometimes a sissued man or" fragment, lacking a complete argument or context.
Francis X. Bushman Adonis of the Screen Rises in Early Roles
The famed matinee idol Francis X. Bushman began acting in 1910 and made over 30 films with Essanay. In Mephisto in Bill Bumper's Bargain he plays a tramp's dream, transforming to a dapper lover, then facing Mephisto and a dreamlike downfall before shifting to romantic hero status captivating thousands of fans.
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Francis X. Bushman
Adonis
Essanay Company
Mephisto
Bill Bumper
Bill
Dreamland
Meaning of nam by-pamby and history of Charles Street jail
Namby pompous baby talk originated from Henry Carey’s burlesque on Ambrose Philips lines about a baby, giving rise to the phrase nam by pamby. The Leverett Street jail stood before 1851 when the Charles Street jail replaced it, and Professor Webster was hanged at the old Leverett Street jail prior to the 1851 move.
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Ambrose Philips
Henry Carey
Ambrose
Namby
Philips
Charles Street
Boston
Professor Webster
Leverett Street
House of Correction
Gypsy fortune telling sparks couple's wild bets and luck
Jill and Jack Jadot discuss a fortune from a village gypsy and a race-picking booklet. Jack bets $20 on winners with mixed results, while Jill questions superstition and hints at a coming lucky week and a gypsy curse on Jack.
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Jill
Jack
Duckie
Home Cleaning Tips from Early 20th Century Advert
Household hints cover cleaning upholstery with a damp cloth and repeated cloth changes to trap dust, using cornmeal with gasoline for dry cleaning, cold onion water with sulfur for gilt frames, and a method to loosen glass stoppers. Additional advice includes tortoise shell care with olive oil and a dry book closing trick using a silk covered rubber band. Mrs Emma A Collins Nashua New Hampshire.
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Emma A. Collins
Main Street
Nashua
N. H
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