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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1921
Page
12
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including U S and Canada pricing. Foreign rates, Canadian postage, and single-copy charges are stated with poster distribution in the Boston postal district adding one cent per copy.
Word dispatch reports Christy Mathewson is getting well at Saranac Lake New York. His physician says he may soon ride in an automobile and daily clothing wear is possible for short periods. Cough and fever gone, progress described as the final steps before full recovery.
In South Boston on Sunday two men in a car accused of harassing passersby were ordered to drive to Station 12. A whiskey bottle used against police led to a chase, pistol shots and a punctured tire as officers pursued. Driver fined 25 dollars for speeding and his companion 5 for intoxication.
Belgium's first municipal elections saw women surpass men in registration and reportedly elect all women candidates in Limburg province. Elsewhere women helped nominate and vote with men, signaling potential broadening of suffrage. The piece also urges promotion of Brigadier General Omar Bundy, arguing he deserved major general rank based on service in the Philippines and World War I.
The Army has sold 81 million pounds of canned meat once held after World War I to a Philadelphia firm for 5.316 million dollars. The sale, at about six and a half cents per pound, contrasts with a government cost of 34 cents per pound, marking an acknowledged loss from the armistice surplus.
The piece defends wartime meat pricing as moderate and essential, arguing against waste accusations. It recalls Dawes’s rebuke of bargain hunting by committees and asserts meat will remain available to the public at reasonable prices, offering consolation to supporters of ration stability.
The Middlesex Club rejects a proposal to urge the Republican State committee to call an unofficial pre primary convention for nominating state officers. They argue such a body would have no binding power and could be upset by primary contenders, strengthening the existing primary system instead.
The piece views the German indemnity negotiations as nearing a settlement after months of haggling. It argues a fair give and take is essential for global recovery and urges a balanced penalty that preserves Germany’s existence while preventing excessive ruin, to foster faster peace and economic stability.
In a Cambridge letter Tony Caprony describes a quarrel over a dress for his daughter revealing his wife’s insistence on sizing and style. He notes the girl’s rapid growth and the wife’s fashion sense including hair nets, pins, and high heels.
A short quip from Dorchester contributor G A ye Dorchester plays on the shift from the sublime to the ridiculous. The caption urges caution as a playful warning about stepping carefully.
A letter from J L Weeks mocks a new eyeglass lens by N Newkirk Esq claiming it limits vision to 18 inches above ground. The rebuttal argues markets for burlesque shows and short dresses reduce eyestrain and predicts the lens would fail commercially.
A humorous exchange from Boston features Henrie Henshawn and N. N. pondering what a hen thinks while drinking. The reply humorously claims the hen focuses on gravity and thirst, suggesting water cannot rise.
Secretary Davis called for appointing 10 experts in labor to the Federal Bureau of Conciliation at 10000 a year and 25 others at 2500 each. He said the experts could handle conciliation and educate the public to prevent labor disputes. The current conciliators are paid per diem.
The oldest inhabitant cites Boston weather history for April 26 with official highs of 85 in 1872 and 84 in 1968 and lows of 28 in 1919. He notes no rain on this date in the last decade and references years 1914 and 1916 among past records.
The piece surveys daylight saving time and calendar reforms, noting Boston noon aligns with April 15 1925 under old calendars, mentions Confederate Memorial Day observances in the South, and recalls street markets and travel customs in New England. It includes remarks on banquets for Coolidge, a fishing crew’s pay, and local street life in Boston and Connecticut roads.
The shift from serialized Dickens adaptations to five reel features began with Nat Goodwin in Oliver Twist in 1912. The New York studio production emphasized accurate costumes and architecture and drew praise for its faithful period depiction. European rivals follow with varying success as German cinema gains prominence.
A verse meditation on storms and nature's indifferent patience. The poem notes how uprooting weather tests private woes, yet Nature pursues the greater good, turning ruin into renewal as flood and wind reshape lives and livelihoods.
In shifting fog Ralph and a young woman set out from Block Island toward the mainland. The mist thickens to fog and a sudden sobering fear leads to a fall overboard as the skiff abandons its moorings and capsizes in the treacherous swell.
A drowning man and a woman cling to life amid icy seas off Neptune's Reef. Ralph drags the unconscious woman to shore as lifeguards arrive, then they recover in a bungalow and ponder if they would endure the ordeal again.
The Mensheviki meaning the minority opposed to the Bolsheviki signified the smaller faction of the Russian Socialist movement. They contrasted with the Bolsheviki who formed the party’s ruling majority in practice.
An Ex Post Facto law acts backward to punish actions done before the law existed. If a person committed an act when it was legal, and later a law makes that act illegal and retroactively punishes them, that is ex post facto. The Constitution prohibits such laws in this country.
Lord Derby in Liverpool says his Ireland visit was strictly private to inform himself on the situation. He told the crowd he had briefed Prime Minister Lloyd George on what he learned and admitted being low in spirits about the Irish situation.
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