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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
16
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The death of John W. Coughlin removes a good citizen who served his country and his fellow men unselfishly. He held office as a civic duty, not for self aggrandizement, and his absence will be deeply mourned.
The League of Nations at Geneva welcomed President Wilson’s mediation role in resolving Armenia’s crisis. Hymans hailed the plan with Spain and Brazil to share duties, while Armenia endures bloodshed and famine under Turkish nationalist invasion, snowbound and seeking safety.
State Commissioner Sanford Bates recommends selling the Charlestown State Prison and building a new facility on Deer Island. Proponents praise security and access, while critics cite antiquated, unsanitary buildings and encroachment by surrounding development. Deer Island is praised for seclusion and has historical use by Suffolk County corrections.
Dred prisoners could be reduced to around one hundred sixty prisoners. Two of the three main House of Correction buildings are out of use. The proposed change appears timely and worthy of consideration.
The Post urges President Wilson to send the Versailles peace treaty back to the Senate when Congress reconvenes. It argues the Senate may block ratification again but warns against the Knox Resolution for a separate peace with Germany. It praises Wilson and notes Republican leaders supported reservations for U S interests. Italy’s path seems solid despite D Annunzio’s filibustering.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, faces a choice between a cabinet post or remaining in the Senate. As incoming administration spokesman, he could be the power behind the throne, aiding Harding on treaty reservations and League of Nations issues with his experience from Roosevelt’s era.
As Congress plans final session actions in March a proposed immigration bill from the House Immigration Committee would bar aliens from entering the United States for sixty days after passage and for two years thereafter unless specific conditions are met. The measure aims to tighten wartime controls while allowing selective admission.
A contrast between Germany’s “scraps of paper” vow and General Caviglia’s call for Italy to rectify Fiume to protect integrity. The piece notes Italy’s faithfulness to signed agreements and the Electrical Review’s view of Italy’s political stabilization and rapid hydroelectric development with capable, energetic workers.
The article discusses New Jersey experimenting with mixed juries and the alleged difficulty from persistent women jurors. It notes other jurisdictions where women jurors performed well and argues obstinacy by a single woman on a debt case did not violate rights or alter proceedings.
Senator Smoot criticizes proposed federal spending arguing estimates show five billion dollars for next year and never less than three and a half billion annually for twenty five years. He cites 50 percent of Washington staff as redundant saving hundreds of millions, urging cutbacks over revenue increases. The public demands reduced expenses after rising living costs and election backlash.
Dean Emeritus Sarah Louise Arnold pledges time for Simmons College’s endowment and work to build the institution as one of the country’s great women’s colleges. Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, married to Colonel George Howes, among nobility hit by war, sells portraits of Reynolds and Drake.
A featured birthday bio traces Thomas Carlyle born December 4 1795 in Scotland. He rises as a major historian essayist and philosopher, leaves a modest inheritance to his wife, and later writes Sartor Resartus the French Revolution and Frederick the Great while living in London.
A light domestic vignette shows Papa filling the daily comic column while the family stays quiet and Mam and children navigate a tight budget and reliance on his humor. The piece captures a quiet, improvised humor amid a solemn mood.
A Northfield Mass resident John Phelps draws wide interest with a single handed kill of a Cephus near Moose Mountain and reports of Cephas eggs sent from New England. The column editor adds a humorous letter from Phelps praising and coordinating further egg shipments while joking about a Vermont girl and egg ranch.
A newsboy named Morris Miller thanks the Post for its editorial on circulation and sends one dollar from earnings to support the paper. He praises the editor and expresses gratitude for the newspaper’s regard for newsboys and dealers.
The article recalls Robert Burns and his beloved Highland Mary Mary Campbell whose early death inspired his enduring verse. It notes Burns also loved Jean Armour and that sorrow colored his成熟 poetry while celebrating the beauty and passion of Highland Mary with lines about banks and braes and trailing sorrow.
A Chicago store owner known as the merchant princess urges early Christmas shopping and using Red Cross Christmas Seals on letters and packages. Readers share notes on home economics meetings, war gifts, and civic tips, including postal station numbers and memorials by city art commissions.
A 1910s critique surveys Burroughs Thuvia, Maid of Mars and Mayee's Doomed. It notes endless Martian battles among Dusarians Thurds Warhoons and others, versus Atlantis collapsing under capitalism and plagues. The piece deems Burroughs energetic but violent and the Mayees' tale a flawed fusion of romance and economic sermon.
The oldest resident recalls Boston coldest December records with official figures showing 4 above in 1903 and 6 above in 1882. He notes the warmest December day on this date was 62 in 1873 and mentions no rain in the date during the last decade.
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