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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1921
Page
10
The February 5 1921 Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, domestic and foreign, with post office handling fees and payment instructions. It notes association with the Associated Press and reserves republication rights.
The embargo is actually a maximum price of $9 per ton free on board at French ports, effectively limiting exports. After freight, American firms would net about $4 a ton, curbing shipments to France though France has coal to spare. The move alters European coal dynamics and could lower domestic prices in the United States.
Reverend Charles R. Brown of Yale warns that America risks becoming amusement minded and dance crazy. He questions if public life is truly swept by frivolity as he fears, noting the people are busy with immense pursuits and nearly endless undertakings.
The passage defends constructing the world and saving millions from famine while ensuring earned leisure. It asserts Dr Brown should understand that work not play defines progress and that the United States’ record of achievements is a marvel. It notes the public is not mad, though a minority may appear so at times.
The Massachusetts Plate Glass Insurance Company approved a $100000 loan program to support prospective home builders, with individual loans not exceeding $5000. The plan aims to rapidly increase housing in Boston and across the Commonwealth, turning talk into action and boosting local assets, stability, and insurance demand as more homes rise.
The Boston Post urged President-elect Harding to consider ex-Governor Samuel W. McCall for a cabinet post while acknowledging ex-Senator John W. Weeks is likely to join. The Greenfield Recorder notes reconciliation could aid party harmony and cabinet caliber, questioning any objection to McCall's selection.
A New York group of 62 restaurant proprietors formed a food cooperative and opened a warehouse at 515 West Sixteenth Street with space for sixty carloads. They report a 20 percent price reduction to diners, a relief echoed here in Boston as local eateries struggle to match falling raw food costs amid tariff questions.
President Wilson vetoes a bill transferring about 77 acres of public Montana land to a private sportsmen group. He argues the move harms public interest and proposes turning the area into a federal bird reservation under national protections for game birds.
In a national House resolution the body of an unknown American soldier would be brought back and buried with honors. Arlington is named by some, but supporters argue the Majestic rotunda of the Capitol in Washington would be a more fitting tribute, reflecting universal sentiment and gratitude toward France and Great Britain.
The speaker contrasts American reverence for Arlington with visits to Washington, noting all visitors enter the Capitol and urging the Unknown to rest in solemn grandeur there, likening French and British memorials to Arc de Triomphe and Westminster Abbey as ideals of fitness and beauty.
The Kaiser proposed a 500 billion gold mark bill to reimburse the Allies for wartime costs. Parliament approved the figure, but now Berlin protests that Germany cannot pay. In Doorn the exiled Wilhelm sympathizes with his people yet insists the aggressors must cover damages caused by the invasion.
A vivid New Books review praises The Happy Highways by Margaret Storm Jameson as a vital, youthful revolt against convention. It highlights its distinctive style, mature understanding of characters, and a blend of realism and romance, framing life as a grand adventure driven by curiosity and courage.
A montage of early life stories and notable figures including Bob Smilie a powerful British labor leader who started work at age ten in Belfast mills and by sixteen earned scant wages, Roland Rohlfs the American aviator with a 32458 foot altitude record and Everest plan, John Farras editor of The Bookman a Yale graduate and poet, Congressman Marvin Jones of Texas a storyteller, and notes on three duchesses of Westminster plus royal engagements among Princess Mary and Olive Campbell with the Duke of York and other peers in London society.
An archival weather note records Boston history on February 5 with temperatures as low as seven below in 1886 and ten below in 1918, a high of 64 in 1890, and no precipitation on this date for ten years except 1917 and 1920.
A playful verse praises a Boston woman’s spring fashion and beauty. It laments on makeup and clothing details while celebrating allure and style. The speaker notes the crowd’s gaze, the woman’s neck, hosiery, furs, and upcoming straw hat signaling spring.
A cottage column reprinting letters and quips about an African adventure dispute involving Haggard, Newick, and a famed albino race. Friends exchange gossip about a wife’s reactions, marital tensions, and a playful exchange with “Snooky Ookumless” in Brighton. The piece preserves period tone while summarizing the domestic uproar and public curiosity.
Charles Lathrop Pack writes to commend a Post editorial on saving forests. He notes the Snell bill's aims, the forest products crisis, and the impact on housing costs and the economy. He praises New England efforts and calls for swift action by American forestry advocates.
The 1817 open air ceremony in Washington drew 6000 to 8000 attendees, far surpassing earlier inaugurations. Monroe's address and oath unfolded on a sunlit day on the Capitol portico, amid a crowded scene noted by the National Intelligencer.
The column notes Quinquagesima and Shrove Sunday, recalls Moody and Sankey in New York, and comments on weather, spring signs, and Boston life. It mentions the 1921 potato prices, spring milestones, and local figures like Henry Peterson retiring after 40 years of service.
Poet Walt Mason lampoons Warren as busy politicians swarm around him all day. Statesmen, office seekers, and editors fill the scene with endless chatter while Warren longs for quieter days and the comfort of past popularity as the world clamors for more pie.
The Industrial Aid Society reports its worker placements total 113,698, a figure linked to a prominent organizer whose name will be long remembered. The note emphasizes widespread coastal duck populations, with black ducks most common and elders reported from regions near Cape Cod to New York and Massachusetts.
More than 600 employees and friends from the Gilchrist Employees Cooperative Association attended the 16th annual ball at Convention Hall St Botolph street. It served as the inaugural dance for newly elected officers of the Gilchrist Company. Guests of honor included Charles C Ferris president Telix Vorenberg vice president and secretary Fred Vorenberg assistant treasurer and Samuel Vorenberg vice president. Samuel Vorenberg acted as chief marshal with Mrs Anastasia L Ward as chief of aids. Arrangements were led by Frank L Parnham and a committee including Margaret Butler Laura Barney Elizabeth Cadish Millicent Frazier Josephine Schuster Josephine Toomey Anne D McElroy Gus Cardoza James J Curran John J Kenney Louis Palmiro and Horace Spear. Officers elected were Louis C Campbell president Frank L Parnham vice president and entertain ment chairman Miss Gertrude MacKey recording secretary and Irwin Stanley treasurer.
The Boston Central Labor Union meeting tomorrow moves from Wells Memorial Building to Fay Hall at Washington and Dover streets. Delegates are urged to attend. the session starts at 2 30 PM. DIES AT AGE OF 103. Mrs Ann Moran of Clinton, aged 108, dies at Clinton Hospital from hip fracture after three weeks. Born in Ireland, she lived here over 70 years and leaves a son who no longer resides locally.
Mrs Agnes Kouitz Dederich of Toledo Ohio, noted midwest concert singer, gave a Boston debut recital in Ford Hall before a large audience with Loretta Long accompanying. Long, author of The Sandman and Immortality, offered seven childhood songs alongside works by Haydn Handel Curran Giordano Leoncavallo and Woodman.
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