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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1922
Page
10
The Boston Post outlines postal rates and subscription options dated August 22 1922. It lists daily and Sunday rates for U S Canada and foreign locations, plus Canada copy charges and district postage. It also notes advance payment requirements and requests readers to report if delivery is unavailable.
A compact notice page from the Boston Post dated Tuesday August 22 1922 lists editorial staff, copyright data, and distribution notes for Associated Press content and international offices in London and Paris. It notes the paper’s large daily morning circulation in the United States and includes attribution language.
A letter argues for official reputation record cards listing careless and unfit drivers. It suggests recording highway law violations and license infractions with each license renewal, so chauffeurs carry a yearly defense document showing why licenses should be renewed or refused.
Frederick C. Birge, 53, who has not walked since age 14 after troutile paralysis, stood with crutches at the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled and took faltering steps for the first time in 39 years. Doctors hope to restore normal walking and possibly cure his condition, a feat hailed as a historic achievement by New York surgeons.
The article argues that wood can substitute coal during this coal shortage. It notes a cord of hardwood equals about a ton of coal when used properly, with Oak Maple and Birch suitable for long burns. It urges homeowners and farmers to utilize waste wood from ice storm wreckage to heat homes this winter.
In old New England farms wheat farming declined as the craft faded. Elders recall hand reaping and mobile threshing machines that passed from farm to farm, turning grain into profit. Today most wheat moves to western flour barrels, which the piece questions as real flour.
The passage argues that authentic flour from country grist mills yields better bread and sustenance than industrial mills. It laments the decline of old mills but notes surviving mills contribute more to the race than large Minnesota mills. It urges East readers to use local wheat and bread to avoid total perish of the crop.
The article critiques Secretary Hughes for defending Newberryism, arguing his letter conflates moral turpitude with spending to influence elections. It notes the Senate’s resolution labeling the issue a menace to the Republic and questions the morality of large campaign expenditures by wealthy individuals.
The piece recalls twenty years since veterans once sought his life and now invite Emilio Aguinaldo as a guest. It lauds his gameness and leadership, contrasts him with the German prince, and praises Aguinaldo as a sportsman who won enemies to peace.
A New England family linked to tariff favors asks the Shipping Board to drop a Portland Maine to Portland Oregon cargo line. They argue private ships with 600000 tons compete poorly with the board run 32000 tonnage services and claim $500000 in profits over 30 months. They question coal transport costs versus rail.
Elizabeth Marshall, a 70 year old resident of 7 Trull Street Winter Hill, tends four blackberry bushes in a tiny cottage yard. Her berries are described as the largest in the area despite the crowded yard.
A humorous verse shows a mother scolding a child for bath time fashion and manners. The exchange reveals a playful clash over a child’s one piece suit and a nagging reminder that conviction can be too late to learn.
A wife drives while her husband is away for three weeks and inflates tires with a supposed weekly quota. An employee warns that 180 pounds per tire is dangerous, explains safe tire pressure, and replaces a blown tire. The tale ends with a potential dispute on the intended meaning of pounds a week.
A succinct aphorism notes that truth remains unaffected by ignorance or disbelief. The quote emphasizes the independence of truth from human acceptance or denial.
A humorous montage of quips about disapproval, two birds with one swat, summer as a favorite, coal energy for shoe cleaning, and playful lines about money, industry, horses, and thrift. The musings include a final jab referencing BOR QUILLENs remarks on keeping a daughter at home.
An old proverb praises the skill of a gracious host who allows guests freedom. The saying underscores hospitality and restraint, valuing courtesy over control and urging observers to respect varied guest preferences.
A fragmented street scene shows two men venting about women in downtown crowds. They mutter crude stereotypes while debating why women frequent the area and question home life and social roles. The garbled dialogue reflects era attitudes and noisy city street chatter.
Observers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine discuss the Yankee dialect and its persistence in rural New England. The piece also notes Canadian currency fluctuations and anecdotes about old Civil War veterans, venerable residents, and misidentified antique violins.
Enid Rossiter and her mother shelter a memory lost girl calling herself Helen Rossiter. Doctor Rossiter suspects amnesia and plans observation. Maddeline Brooks exposes a deception as Gloria Wakefield, Helen’s alias, joins the Gamma Beta Phi Society.
The oldest local resident cites Boston weather, noting 91 degrees on August 22 in 1880 and 90 in 1918 as warmest for this date, and 47 degrees as the coldest in 18M. He adds there has been rain on this date in the past decade except 1915 and 1920.
Cape Cod author Joe Lincoln, famed worldwide, contributes Pie and the Past to a Boston Sunday Post series of original stories on married life.
Poem text describes sailors returning home as ships draw near while others sail away under stars and sun. The speaker notes they must depart and suggests others explain the choice by fate and the sky. The imagery centers on travel, journeys, and the pull of departure.
The piece surveys the Middle Ages from a modern ignorance of their culture to a Golden Age of travel and poetry. It highlights troubadours and minnesingers, their journeys through France, Italy, Germany, and beyond, their courtly loves, festivals of verse, and notable figures like Petra Vidal, ending with a note on showcasing future pictures.
A column of letters to the editor discusses Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac as Detroit’s founder and a Me coastal lord, vegetarian intellects, Barnum Ringling show bookings, cantaloupe pronunciation, auto transport pricing, the flying eagle nickel value, and the contraction can not usage in New Unstead and Docthevn Ong.
A collection of reader questions covers pronunciation of certain vowel sounds in various regions, whether lemons affect body weight, the composition of German Silver, and which city is the capital and largest by population in Scotland.
Guidance on using picture postcards for hospital donations by gluing two together to hide writing and then sending sterilizable batches to hospitals. Also advises placing potatoes on a wire dish drainer to bake evenly without turning. Extra garbled text appears to be unrelated filler.
Electric Lighting, after September 1, will be lower in price than ever. The reduction from 10 cents to 9 1/4 cents benefits about 136000 customers for T Edison Service. Wiring and fixtures drop to Pre War prices. Contact Telephone Beach 3300 or your District Office for information.
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