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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1922
Page
6
The 1922 Boston Post announces suburban mail rates for daily and Sunday editions, including Canada and foreign destinations. It lists subscription prices, post office restrictions, and payment methods, with notes on prepaid delivery and service discontinuation.
The notice states The Associated Press holds republication rights for all its dispatches and local news in this paper. It also reserves rights to editorial cartoons and other features. It gives addresses for The Boston Post in London and Paris and asserts broad circulation claims.
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald endorses collecting ice storm wood lying idle to conserve coal use this winter. He urges the Governor to organize city and town efforts to transform waste wood into a practical heating resource for the Commonwealth.
A Philadelphia hospital superintendent protests ear piercing motorcycle noise in city streets. He urges strict muffler rules and quiet zones around hospitals, noting violations despite muffler laws and calling for stronger state and city action.
A bulletin from the Pennsylvania Railroad outlines pension rules: pensions depend on total years of service, continuous or not, with retirement at 70 and possible 65 for 30 years of service if incapacitated. Rail workers returning from strike may lose seniority but keep pension benefits, reinforcing that pensions are not being cut.
In this coastal reflection the text notes how summer gives way to autumn as crops mature and harvests near, describing farmers finishing the hardest work and anticipating abundant grains pumpkins and grain stores. The tone recalls seasonal change and rural labor as autumn arrives.
The author reflects on a lull in farm operations and the promise of later harvests. Autumn arrives when its time comes, bringing gold and purple, signaling preparation for winter as the tiller of the soil envisions ample provisions and farmer satisfaction.
The United States Steel Corporation raised wages last week surprising many amid rail and coal strikes. Gary, seen as a foe of unions, acts by market prices, boosting pay as labor demand rises, while cutting when demand falls. The move signals broader prosperity and workers gaining a larger share of profits.
Census Bureau findings show 92 pin factories employing 10,389 workers produce vast quantities of pins including 10 billion common pins and billions of hairpins. Connecticut leads pin manufacturing globally, yet the article questions the ultimate use and value of this massive annual output.
The New York Market Growers Association reports a wide producer to consumer price gap. Tomatoes sell 5 to 7 cents a pound in retail while farmers get under 1 cent. lettuce tops 25 cents per crate or 1 cent per head. cabbage 10 to 15 cents per head but farmers receive 3 to 6 cents. The association questions why production, transport and middlemen profits create such divergence and urges official inquiry.
Small wooden beads decorate a gown of satin crepe with vertical bead lines on the blouse and skirt. Waisted jackets vary from sleeveless to short sleeves for hot days. A chiffon frock features a tucked skirt, girdle of flowers, and a two toned ribbon in back. A short apron appears on Chico costumes with delicate seria patterns.
A short reflective verse from Boston signer Walt Brian about kindness and cheerful words. The piece laments blunt jokes harming others and urges choosing a better path. It hopes small gifts of song bring comfort to the sick or sad and brighten a nearby face.
An authority on current fashions warns pearls will be worn this winter and jokes about replacing pearls with coal. The piece advises careful spending, notes price pitfalls above 250000, suggests rope and earring options, and ends with a risqué joke about oyster farming.
A humorous geography lesson lists states with playful locations and quirky principal exports. It adopts a Southern tone and cites Alabama Virginia Indiana Ohio California Hawaii Arabia with comical descriptions and a signature J P McEvoy.
A snappy, if scattered, collection of satirical lines on marriage, democracy, work, and governance. It rails at aging parties and fat cats, hints at media and voter intelligence, and closes with a frank nod to Bob.
The column recalls Pedro Menendez de Aviles naming St Augustine 857 years ago and notes Gloucester's tercentenary, local civic anecdotes, school opening displays, and public-notice curiosities. It reports on tuberculosis declines, diphtheria and whooping cough trends, roadster with radio gear, and a motorboat enthusiast district attorney Henry Fielding.
Poem lines describe old ships returning as new sailors depart across a long horizon. The speaker notes they must go though they may return, placing the cause on stars sun road and sky as explanations.
The article traces medieval travel spurred by the Crusades and pilgrimages to Canterbury Rome Jerusalem and other sanctuaries. It notes large crowds in Rome during Jubilee year 1300 and Venetian ships carrying thousands to the Holy Land, with costs from $700 to $50,000 for the wealthy.
In a Brockton style domestic tale Letty Merwin receives a thousand dollars from her husband Robert Merwin tied to a Whiteton store robbery. Bobbie the child overhears and the couple confronts past anger while facing gossip and a chance at reconciliation.
The valley lies in beauty at my feet with harvest scent and trees as sheltering arms. Hillside roads lead down as awkward boys hurry and stumble then rest on level ground. A small house with primroses by the walk sits beside busy steps and the neighbors’ talk.
A brief scene shows Bobbie asleep with a chubby hand under his chin as others slip into a room beyond. The fragment hints at a larger moment or arrival connected to the sleeping child.
Readers ask where red blood cells originate and how Niagara Falls energy is used. The Post editor answers biology facts on marrow origin and spleen destruction, four stroke engine steps, mourning etiquette, and Niagara energy figures with dates.
A compact discussion on I before E rules with exceptions after C and examples such as Believe and Receipt. It also recalls Jack Dempsey's 1917 knockout by Jim Flynn and cites Edmund Burke’s critique of loud political agitators using grasshoppers as a simile from Reflections on the Revolution in France.
The statement clarifies boxing categories by weight. Heavyweight begins at 175 pounds and up. Light heavyweight covers 160 to 175 pounds.
Wilhelmina Stitch lampoons household woes caused by a man made radio. A wife laments the radio’s influence as a husband ignores domestic duties and a son broadcasts her weekly pay, reflecting 1920s social tensions and technological intrusion.
An elderly observer cites Boston climate data noting the warmest August 28 readings 92 in 1877 and 87 in 1880 and the coldest 1 in 1885. He says no rain on this date in the past decade except 1913 and 1914.
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