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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
18
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The report from Constantinople claims Armenia has formed a Soviet government aligning with Russian Reds. If true, this undercuts potential mediation by President Wilson and could threaten Armenia's prospects. The piece cautions against such a choice for Armenia's sake.
Mrs. Jesse Mackaye, president of the Milwaukee Women's Peace Society, calls for women to refuse marriage or childbearing to force world peace. Critics label the plan impractical and absurd, noting women already vote and would need male support to enforce any policy.
J. Ogden Armour, in a United Press interview, urges the new administration to restore peace and participate in world affairs, aid Europe’s recovery, and consolidate the national debt to ease credit pressures. He warns against new bond issues and stresses fair treatment for war veterans burdened by debts.
The speaker argues it is impossible to borrow from future generations for current needs. Bonds would merely shift interest to the next generation, who would pay it to their contemporaries, just as we do now.
Secretary Houston estimates federal outlays for 1922 at 4 653 856 759 dollars, nearly a billion more than the current year. Despite debt deductions the request remains vast. Republican leaders foresee a sharp cut in the total as Congress reconvenes.
The poll figures await final tally but returns indicate a landslide for ex King Constantine. Allied powers England France and Italy vow not to relax control and move to ratify hostile acts of the war era by tightening loans and money measures. The public’s voice suggests a desire for Constantine despite incompetence.
Census Bureau figures show mortality from car accidents rising from 8 to 14 per 100000 in four years. New York led large cities with 780 deaths, Boston 125, prompting state measures for safer highways, stricter license exams, and tougher enforcement.
A reader from Huntington School defends Doctor Bowlby against a Sunday strictures. The Letter argues the Post misrepresented Puritan era Sabbath norms and warns against returning to old controls, citing Dr Crafts remarks on limiting travel and Sunday papers.
The speaker argues that once the public is educated to accept new crimes such as selling a Sunday newspaper or taking a Sunday country ride by car, agitators will not stop there. History shows further extensions of what is deemed criminal.
The fourteenth special session since 1835 begins to act on a committee report for revising and consolidating the general laws. Cost is estimated at 60,000 dollars. Expect limited scope due to time before 1921 inauguration and holiday shortened schedule. Focus centers on liquor laws town meeting votes and Boston teachers pay.
Pope Benedict lauds Hoover for a mercy project aiding Belgium during famine and extends the effort to three million distressed European children. Hoover, as European Relief Council chair, will coordinate major benevolent bodies in a historic, large scale relief undertaking.
Lord Northcliffe crafted German styled papers to attack the enemy press, while Grace Walton of Belfast leads local Rebekahs after 37 years of service. F Tennyson Jesse, grandniece of Alfred, was a wartime London correspondent and Brussels siege survivor. Colonel Court Repington's ties span generals and leaders. Eliza Daggett campaigns for mayoral reform. Lucy Abbott aids Pekin union medical education. Hilaire Therren family of 13 with eight workers.
A reader rebuts a Post editorial on Sunday observance, arguing for a return to an earlier, more religious Sunday. He recalls boyhood routines with family prayers, church, and quiet afternoons, lamenting modern leisure and theater on Sundays.
Poem contrasts short days and cold blasts with coal dust and snow. Children imagine sleigh rides and snowball fights while adults feel the chill and prefer rain to freezing flurries.
A reflective line recalls youth and carefree days as the speaker wishes to reclaim the innocence of childhood. The refrain centers on joy, simple pleasures, and a nostalgic attachment to earlier times.
The piece mocks an all day dog advertisement from South Newbury Vermont, noting vagueness in seeks like a first class male rabbit hound, a good starter, a steady follower, and bark at a hole. It argues advertisers should specify exact needs to avoid wasted words and space.
A humorous exchange comments on an imagined scam to profit from discarded pen points. Owen urges Newt to fund a pen point recycling scheme via shares, while Owen counters with shrewd business scorn and cites posthole stock values and dividends.
A column blends local musings on winter arriving two weeks out at 10 17 p m with tales of pawn shop trends and Harvard students touring a freighter. It also reports on Boston health rat squads, navy uniform stripes for veterans, and remarks from Samuel W Reyburn on college men in business plus Longfellow anecdotes.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston’s historically cold seventh day of December with official highs of 4 above in 1996 and 12 above in 1902. He cites warmest readings of 6 and mentions no rain or snow on this date in a decade except in 1910 1913 1914 and 1919.
Billy, the canine hero of Ernest Thompson Seton's tale in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, is a real, likable dog. The piece invites readers to meet him through the unusual story and its warm depiction of his character.
The piece recounts Goethe’s first sight of Charlotte Buff as she cuts bread and butter for her large family. It traces their complex relationship with Kestner, Goethe’s secret passion, and how he chose to end Werther with a self inflicted death inspired by a friend’s tragedy. Charlotte marries Kestner and later forgives Goethe.
Walt Mason lampoons an election loser who is tossed by the people yet hints at a comeback. The piece notes his sadness after defeat, the rallying cry of time healing wounds, and ends with a jab at melodrama and social scenes in Kentucky.
In Parker's No Defence Dyck Calhoun fights rebels amid Ireland in the era of the French Revolution, choosing loyalty over French gold as he faces jail, a Caribbean voyage, and a Jamaica plantation rise. Spurrier in The Law of Hemlock Mountain mirrors the jail theme, a daredevil blamed for another's murder, ending with a different fate.
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