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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
9
The 1921 tax rate is reduced by $3.20 per thousand, bringing the rate to $28 from $31.20 last year. Mayor notes this reduction stems from the city’s normal growth driven by new buildings and mills boosting valuation by $2,900,125.
Postmaster Roland M. Baker weighs dietary needs of workers and opposes music while sorting mail. He notes no appropriation for phonographs and supports government funded lunch facilities to aid night shift workers.
A fragment shows concern over rising weekly food costs and the need to cover the shortfall with available funds. The note implies tighter budgets and shared effort to manage expenses.
Paris reports Prince Regent Alexander I of Jugoslavia dangerously ill with appendicitis incognito in Paris. Despite the condition he is expected to recover, and he will not attend his father King Peter I of Serbia’s funeral in Belgrade as previously announced.
The Boston Confectionery Company of Cambridge, facing a Federal Court bankruptcy petition, sold its assets yesterday afternoon for 250000 in cash to H. D. Foss & Co., Inc. of Canal street. Receiver Sidney R. Wrightington conducted the sale and Robert E. Goodwin, referee in bankruptcy, approved it.
City fashion leaders decree eight inches above the sidewalk as the ideal skirt length. Flappers allegedly pushed extremes, but authorities insist on a conservative standard to guide young women in public appearances.
Leading dressmakers agree eight inches above the floor is the standard for street wear with longer hems for evening gowns. Madame Chiquita notes youth favors shorter skirts while older women with shapely ankles may wear slightly shorter designs. Proportions determine length and a fall decline in skirt length is anticipated.
Manufacturer Mark Bortman notes public opinion favors modest attire as skirts shorten. New season dresses favor straight up and down lines, buttoned fronts to within eight inches of the ground, reflecting a push for modest fashion for modern women.
Laura Linell was found guilty in police court of shooting her husband Herbert P. Linell. The clubman and automobile accessory manufacturer received a sentence of one month in jail suspended for one year. The incident occurred July 19 at their home after a dispute over a daughter. an appeal was entered.
New York reports a bootlegger case where William Henry wore a rubber hot water bag to conceal liquor. He allegedly sold a drink through a tube to a detective who advised a strong pull before arrest. Proceedings followed in court today filed by United News.
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