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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1921
Page
12
Instructions for money sent to POST PUBLISHING CO advise against sending cash or stamps and require checks drafts and money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING CO. The notice lists the Boston Post Office address at 259 Washington St and indicates second class matter status.
A brief note shows several telephone numbers tied to Main street exchanges 1004 1005 7400 and 3380. the listing also mentions a separate Main 13838. No further context provided.
Boston and New England salute the Old Man of the 26th Division on his permanent promotion to major general. The well earned rank reflects a long record and his humane leadership of New England’s volunteer division. Citizens hope he returns to Boston to end his career among admirers.
Talk grows of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as a non partisan mayoral candidate in Chicago. Republicans and Democrats plan a ticket to oppose Mayor Thompson and see reformers from both parties backing Landis.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium votes in Bruselles municipal election line up and waits her turn. The piece argues royalty should accept democracy, noting autocracy fell with the Kaiser and kings must adapt to the ballot box as the new order.
There is evidence that business is slowly reviving yet many firms face adverse conditions. A lasting prosperity depends on reforming national tax laws to aid industry. Labor and capital must cooperate with fair wages and fair work, embracing mutual interdependence and practical Christianity.
A critic urges mutual benefit and fair methods on all sides to accelerate a return to prosperity and welfare for everyone involved. The call to unite and work together echoes a traditional civic ethic.
An editorial urges avoidance of war in the current disturbed public mood. It argues the Harding administration should pursue peace, noting wartime sacrifices and unrest as warnings against new conflicts. It warns against aggression toward Japan, Mexico, or Britain and calls for diplomacy to keep the nation out of war.
Hartford faces a state daylight saving clash as cities follow the legislature while Hartford defies it. Businesses in Hartford and other cities reportedly shift clocks to standard time yet start the day an hour earlier to gain early evening daylight without altering official time.
Boston police seizures at South Station without warrants are rebuked by United States Commissioner Hayes who freed two men whose bags were searched. He emphasizes due process applies even in Volstead era liquor cases, urging respect for constitutional rights.
More than 600 technology students attended a mass meeting at Tech yesterday establishing an MIT unit. The group will go abroad this summer to help rebuild war devastated regions of France under the supervision of the French ministry of the liberated regions as part of the American Students Reconstruction Association effort to send 50 or more architecture and engineering students to France.
Fragmentary verse scene from Cornish Maine featuring UNCLE JOSH and a whispered greeting. The speaker references a vain woman's whim and hair imagery in a brief, lyrical exchange.
A quoted aphorism promotes responding to anger with restraint and humor. It suggests that calm, witty replies can disarm an adversary and reduce conflict currents in tense exchanges.
The piece argues personality is a real, distinct trait and distinguishes false surface charm from true inner character. It cites Webster and proverbs, notes two kinds of personality, and advocates a radiating goodness core aligned with the Golden Rule as the genuine standard.
A column note reflects on name misnamings of presidents and Magellan, local weather lore, Maine frogs in winter, shifting vegetable markets, and Cape Cod canal port plans. It includes short reader items on two watch timekeeping, Fenway Bobby Burns statue praise, Warren etymology, and old guard walking routes. The piece ends with a proposal to display a German field piece at Bunker Hill.
The record shows Boston's warmest Apr 27 readings of 82 in 1915 and 80 in 1811, with a coldest of 33 in 1882. Rain occurred on Apr 27 in 1912 1914 1917 and 1920, according to official figures.
Early cinema drew heavily on Scott novels and plays such as The Lady of the Lake with Edith Storry and Ralph Ince, using American lakes to approximate Loch Katrine. The piece notes romantic plots, rival lovers, and King James V involvement, plus contemporaneous industry quips about writers Maeterlinck and Billy pans on film satire.
Readers are reminded that no stories will be returned until a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided. The notice cautions about timing and promises response upon receipt of the requested return mail.
In a cafeteria a shabby man gives Nan a rosy apple, moves on, and later is revealed as the father of a missing girl. Nan visits him in the hospital, learns his story, and forms a bond. He names her his little girl, and they return home as father and daughter, with the apple as a symbol of their new family.
A poem by Walt Mason argues if everyone did their best the world would be happier with fewer crimes and more fair sharing. It envisions a society where restraint, friendship, and honest toil prevent theft and vice, ending with a practical critique of junk value in tinfoil.
The letter asks which state is more densely settled by area and answers Rhode Island with 566 and a fraction persons per square mile versus Massachusetts at 479 and a fraction, as of the 1920 census.
The Nafud or Nufood desert lies from Palestine toward the Euphrates, extending about 40 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south. Its northern edge roughly follows the 30th parallel north, marking the desert’s boundary in this region.
To the Editor the Post reports that birth of a nation is being shown this week at one of New York's largest theatres drawing attention to the ongoing exhibition in prominent venues.
The center of the earth is regarded as solid by most authorities. Professor F R Moulton likens its properties to steel in key aspects.
Handy tips on preserving cheese sealing hams avoiding moulding sealing eggs and baking seeds. Includes methods for keeping cheese fresh oiling sewing machines curing mould prone items and protecting sinks with rubber hose. Source notes M B S and M L Flinn 64 Lafayette Street St Johnsbury Vermont.
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