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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1922
Page
10
Joffre Fails To Attend New York Civic Forum Event
The famed French general Marshal Joffre did not keep his appointment in New York for the Grant centenary celebration. Report says he suffered from strain while accepting many invitations and engagements during his Pacific tour and appeared exhausted at a lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Joffre
Marne
New York City
Civic Forum
Pacific
Margot Asquith
Foch
Joffre
Warning on Island Queen disaster near Harding for inspectors
Inspectors warned President Harding and Mrs. Harding about an unsafe Island Queen steamer on the Ohio River, preventing danger to the Chief Executive. The warning did not extend to the public, as thousands crowded aboard, risking a broader panic and unsafe conditions for all passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Harding
Harding
Queen
Cincinnati
Glorification of Trees Arbor Day Plan
Governor Cox will plant a cut leaf maple on the State House lawn as Arbor Day observances spread tree planting across the state. Massachusetts faces a gypsy and brown tail moth threat to forests and orchards. the Department of Conservation is urged to act decisively with arsenate of lead to control the insects and protect timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
State House
New England
Massachusetts
Department of Conservation
Massachusetts braces for Arbor Day amid storm and pest threat
The passage urges spraying orchards forests and wood waste with a poison to curb damage from sleet hard last winter and to bring replacements. It frames Arbor Day in Massachusetts and New England as more significant due to renewed tree losses and the need for remediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New England
Woodrow Wilson foundation funds taxed by Blair ruling
The piece condemns Commissioner Blair for ruling that contributions to the Woodrow Wilson foundation are taxable while similar gifts to the Roosevelt and McKinley memorial associations were deemed educational and deductible. The writer calls Blair’s distinction foolish and unworthy of consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair
Roosevelt Memorial Association
McKinley Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley Memorial Association
William McKinley
Wilson Foundation
Clear Violation Alleged in Bureau Staffing Move
A reader accuses Washington Bureau of Engraving and Printing layoffs of violating civil service law. The critic says removals lacked formal charges and defense time. Four abolished offices were Congressional creations needing approval. Critics warn the move is indefensible and may burden operators further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Civil Service
Congress
Revising the Indemnity for Germany in Europe’s Muddle
Sir George Paish argues for revising Germany indemnity postwar to aid recovery. He likens Europe’s plight to Chicago after the fire and San Francisco after the quake, urging loans and postponed payments to restore work and economic order in Europe. The Genoa talks are eyed to fund Germany’s return to production and a sane indemnity level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Paish
Sir George
Europe
Chicago
San Francisco
Wilson
Germany
The Swift Six by Ring W Lardner to be printed
Ai W Lardner humorist presents The Swift Six a tale of a man and his first car. The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will print the story in full in an upcoming issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ring W. Lardner
Ai W. Lardner
Boston Sunday Post
Sir
Boston Symphony
Unclear Quote From All Sorts Newton Newkirk Uncle
Fragmentary OCR passage records a murky dialogue about distrust of weapons and darkness. Names Newton Newkirk and Uncle SS appear amid unclear context suggesting a private conversation or dialogue snippet.
Amazing Dog Rescues Insurance Policy From Fire
A small Ohio town tale tells of John Smith whose skye terrier saved the fire insurance policy from a locked upstairs bureau by grabbing a button-hook and picking the lock as the house burned. The dog delivered the policy to Smith, a feat likened to a vanished collie later found by a hot dog tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Winsted
Conn
John Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
How to Title a Popular Song in the Modern Style
A humorous essay by J. P. McEvoy on choosing song titles. It traces trends from Mammy themed titles to Blues and current events inspired names like The Four Power Treaty Blues and The First Quarterly Payment of the Income Tax Blues. It emphasizes matching titles to prevailing styles to attract listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Madagascar
Cochin China
Muscle Shoals
J. P. McEvoy
Observant Citizen notes days length and local events
The column observes daylight duration for tomorrow and August 14, mentions popular songs, jail expansion in Boston with 1848 design, street spellings, workers at a mutual benefit association, a deer saved from a sloop during Be Kind to Animals Week, Holy Trinity Schoolboys' Association jubilee, a large Maine salmon, Lexington plans a town forest, and a Milk Street fire rescue using a hand extinguisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Quincy, Jr
Boston
Provincetown
Holy Trinity Schoolboys’ Association
Father Gisher
Milk Street
The Way of Insects Taunton Poem Seeks Ant Balance
The speaker fled the city and rested in fields as a passerby mocks laziness. The ants prove the point by surrounding the speaker, turning the moment into a moral Fable. The verse by CLERIC from Taunton presents nature correcting idleness with a witty twist.
All Sorts by Bob Quillen Ends Today
A miscellany of observations on health vanity fashion and labor strikes reflects on modern life and language. The piece notes the coal strike indifference of citizens the zigzag zebra joke and the rise of a future race of supermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bob Quillen
Famous Love Stories in Romance Echoes Through Time
A collection of famous romantic tales recounted with emphasis on enduring passion and dramatic love. The anthology surveys celebrated couples and legendary pairs, highlighting allure, triumphs, and cultural impact across eras.
The Storied Life of Johann Sebastian Bach and Family
The article recounts Bach as a prolific composer with twenty children from two marriages, noting his early organist appointment at Arnstadt, clashes with church authorities, marriages to Maria Barbara Bach and Anna Magdalena Walker, and financial struggles. It ends with the widowed Anna Bach in destitution and a later public subscription aiding Bach’s widow and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Hamilton
John Sebastian Bach
Washington
Bach
Thuringia
John Sebastian
Arnstadt
Maria Barbara Bach
Mulhausen
Weimar
Couins
Carlsbad
Anna‘ Magdalena Walken
Anna Bach
SoS Post Letter Box Answers Noted Inquiries
Readers submit questions on Russian officials roles and opera careers and bridge card cutting rules. Letters discuss Lenine Trotsky and Tchitcherin positions, Mary Garden, card-cut rankings, orchestra size, Three Graces, soap bubble method, home brewing, and card etiquette for gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Lenine, Trotsky and Tchitcherin
Nicolai Vladimir
Ilitch Uliamov-Lenin
Council of Commissioners of the People
G. Tchitcherin
Leon D. Bronstein Trotsky
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston April Conditions
The oldest resident recalls Boston's coldest April 24 with official readings of 31 and 33 degrees in 1909 and 1874. He notes the warmest 83 degrees recorded in 1899 and 1903, and mentions rain on this date in 1912 1913 1914 and 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John J. Conway Funeral Mass Held at Sacred Heart
The funeral of John J. Conway longtime state legislator was observed after a high mass of requiem at Sacred Heart Church Roslindale Rev John F Cummins officiated with Deacon Rev E A Toomey and Sub deacon Rev Henry C Reardon. Burial followed at St Josephs cemetery West Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Conway
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