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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1921
Page
6
Opinion letter laments four deaths from a grade crossing accident near Alton Bay on Thursday. It cites a driver’s attempt to beat the locomotive and a warning from another motorist. The piece urges drivers to stop look and listen to prevent such tragedies.
John D. Rockefeller Jr travels to China to attend the dedication of Pekin Union Medical College facilities funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Chinese designed structures, valued in the millions, blend Oriental aesthetics with cutting edge hospital technology. A faculty is being selected to establish a premier medical center in the historic capital.
The United States issues a presidentially backed call via Secretary Hughes inviting major powers to gather in Washington to discuss dismantling costly war machinery. The editor notes the move is epoch making and expects uniform acceptance with no delays or refusals.
A sober, worldwide appeal urges mutual consideration to lift the burden of taxation. The Chief Magistrate’s message seeks to ease the world’s load and end the Moloch of endless fiscal strain with a sincere hope for betterment.
The piece recalls President Harding canceling a War Department contract with United States Harness Company and Secretary Weeks sending troops. Judge Baker ruled the President acted without constitutional authority and any government action must be tested by courts, stressing the supremacy of the Constitution and citizen rights.
A royal train menu is pared down as King George and the royal family face a 2.35 million annual allowance and a 200 thousand dollar overspend claim. The piece notes monarchs slicing expenses, including the ex Kaiser and Charles of Austria, hiding poverty amid economies and retrenchments.
The House rejected a 15 percent hides tariff tied to the Fordney bill, sparking relief among New England shoe makers who warned higher prices. Senate supporters, including Mr. Penrose, back the move, while Western senators and packers favor it. Critics argue the tariff harms consumers and benefits few, urging an end to tariffs on raw materials.
In Washington on August 12 Commissioner Blair announced new federal prohibition directors. Vermont appointee is Colling Millard Graves of Bennington.
A reader asks whether there are male and female ladybugs. The expert explains there are both lady and gentleman ladybugs, notes the beetle Cocinellidae, and says name origins do not imply sex. He invites further entomological questions.
The Observant Citizen recalls the Pilgrim tercentenary and a historic rescue at Nemasket, notes the Straits of Belle Isle dam scheme, and reports local color from Boston Harbor and Chelsea Street widening. The piece includes travel, theater impressions, and shifts in maritime leadership with the six masted Wyoming sailing into view. Local observations mix folklore with current events and weathered newsprint tone.
Whimsical dialogue on a streetcar reveals Minerva and Mame trading gossip about a Harvard student from Medicine College. He impresses with style, promises a date, and boasts about a future career while the pair quip about money, status, and plans for a fashionable evening. Everett closes the overheard exchange.
Household tips from Mrs H B Crosby of East Boston suggest flour can smother fires by throwing in large handfuls and glycerine keeps flavors neutral in mixers. Do not wash sieves with soap use ammonia and a brush. Parboiled beans heat cleans lamp burners. A muslin layer in trunks prevents clothes wrinkles and makes packing neater.
An attractive bodice is made en tirely of interlaced ribbons Paris favors a circular skirt with a low waist line reflecting period fashion trends.
The piece traces Rome’s decline under Diocletian and the rise of Byzantium under Constantine the Great. It highlights Justinian the Great and Theodora, engineering of law, and the rebuilding of Constantinople. It then chronicles Italy’s collapse under Germanic tribes, Odoacer, Theodoric, Belisarius, and the Lombards, ending with a note on Italy’s long darkness.
A reader asks about a historic test on horse trot dynamics and requests pronunciation guidance for the word tryst and its noun forms. The note explains tryst as an appointment and describes variations in British and American usage.
Inquiries ask hours for Magazine Beach and Riverside Recreation Grounds bathhouses. Magazine Beach opens 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Riverside 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Baths are open to both sexes. Suits can be rented.
Both with and from can be correct depending on the verb and usage. For example I differ with someone on an issue while I differ from someone in belief. Classic sources show differ with the President and differ from the stars in glory.
Mary Pickford may not be the Peter Pan star for the upcoming film. At this time no motion picture yet exists for Peter Pan and the lead remains undecided.
A rock off Scotland is 1114 feet high and is misdescribed by a man named B as a mountain. The rock remains an island feature rather than a mountain by standard measurements and geography.
The claim states arteries are always empty after death and do not bleed. It notes historical belief that arteries center in air due to this. The passage presents a debatable idea without citing authorities or scientific explanation.
The text explains two will questions. A self written and signed will without witnesses is not valid in Massachusetts. A spoken directive with witnesses can bind future division only in specific cases. A holographic will is not valid. a nuncupative will is valid only for soldiers in service or mariners at sea regarding personal property.
Official figures show Boston's warmest August day at 93 degrees in 1881 and a coldest 63 degrees in 1902. The area notes no rain on this date for a decade except in certain years, highlighting a dry stretch.
A young woman asks if she is engaged after a man two years her elder left Massachusetts to seek work. The adviser says engagement requires mutual understanding and that he does not consider himself engaged, so she cannot be engaged alone. The embrace before separation is seen as natural given their fondness and impending separation.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine promises Jane G. Austin’s William Bradford’s Love Life a remarkable tale set in Pilgrim days. The feature recounts romantic episodes from Bradford’s era with historical color.
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