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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
18
Post Publishing Co lists subscription options for Daily and Sunday Post with rates for Canada and foreign delivery, including different periods and combined Daily Sunday offers. Figures show November 1922 averages for Daily Post 388 572 and Sunday Post 393 585.
City Councilman Walsh backs a measure to bar water shutoffs for nonpayment when sickness or infant children are involved. The critic argues the rule should extend to all tenants regardless of fault, noting hardship from owners not paying. Legal remedies for tenants are long and unsatisfying.
The article notes Britain's complete evacuation of Ireland after centuries of presence. It praises a cordial farewell from former foes and honors veterans who carried out their duties, seeing the exit as a sign of possible peace and self-government for Ireland. It suggests Ulster reconciliation is a matter of time.
The piece links gun violence and jury flaws, urging swift punishment and broader firearm limits. It argues concealed carry penalties should be harsher locally and supports jury reform to curb liberal challenges to panels.
The text argues convictions are unlikely under current conditions and calls for reforms in both the pistol trade and the jury system, insisting that change is essential to address ongoing problems.
Mayor Curley proposes borrowing 2.5 million dollars beyond the municipal debt limit to widen Cambridge street from West Boston bridge to Bowdoin square and extend Court street to Scollay and Adams squares. Endorsed by the City Planning Board, the plan aims to connect the bridge to the heart of the city with a wide boulevard, boosting traffic and city economy.
A humorous appeal from N Newkirk, president of Consolidated Post Hole Co of America, about using surplus post holes as Christmas tree holders. Includes mocked ad text offering Yuletide tree hole holders for $5 each with other novelty pieces.
A Lausanne conference proposal to deport the Eastern Greek Orthodox patriarchate from Constantinople provokes anger among supporters of historic rights. Constantinople has housed the patriarchate for 19 centuries, and Angora is now the Turkish capital, prompting U S protest without entangling alliances.
The piece blends sundial timing quirks for Christmas Eve and three other dates with tallies from Massachusetts car registrations, five cent Elevated fares, bootlegger rumors, a Salem camellia tale from 1852, and notes on Eastport forts and Connecticut elders.
A Western college president addresses over 200 male students urging scrutiny of a prospective wife’s ancestry health and disposition. The speaker then flips the lens to women probing a groom’s family history finances and loyalty. He warns against marrying a man who cannot meet a woman’s expectations and rights.
A Vermont Farm Bureau Federation session in Burlington heard national figures showing a million and a half members with about 80 billion dollars invested. The Washington representative projected an average net income of about 465 dollars per farmer this year, signaling distress and urging action to ensure a reasonable income for actual needs.
President Clifton E. Gray of Bates College predicts Maine will surpass its past in national human resources. The piece lauds Maine’s historical resilience, leadership in Congress, shipbuilding, industry, and wartime service, urging continued progress despite harsh winters and rugged terrain.
The record notes Boston's coldest December 20 in 1575 at 4 below and 1884 at 10 below, with warmest on this date in 1806. It mentions no rain or snow in Boston for the past decade and odd weather remarks about horses becoming sluggish in cool air.
A string of humorous observations and oddities about style class and manners. It mentions soft hands among hard headed men, rich people, a man passing a car, familiarity with the great, failed attempts by a bride, Old Methuselah, a holiday memory, cheerful coworkers, and a mention of Bob Quillen during a collection plate.
The Beaumont oil rush began with the Lucas gusher in 1901 and drew thousands to Texas from every state. Land booms, huge profits, and later losses followed as headlines spread the tale of a world changing flood of oil and the rise of speculative companies. A Lake of 105,000,000 gallons is pictured as tomorrow’s feature.
A reader defends dual jurisdiction concepts on double jeopardy and cites Amendment 5. Frederick J. Allen argues the term protects life trials, notes federal and State rights, and requests concrete examples of crimes tried by both courts on the same charges. The Ponzi case is mentioned as a potential example.
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