The Boston Post and Its Publishing Details
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and publishing terms. It lists prices for daily and Sunday editions, foreign rates, postal handling, and billing. It notes editor Edwin A. Grosier and Associated Press rights and offers contact addresses in Boston and Paris.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Canada
PO. Publishing CO
Associated Press
Ted Press
Rio
London
Spur Street
Avenue de Opera
Paris
France
Boston Post
United States
Oarth
Boston Honors Curley In Historic Inauguration
On inauguration day James M. Curley takes oath in Mechanics Building event hall before about 15 000 citizens. The Boston Post urged the plan praising civic unity and the lasting impression on the vast audience as a milestone in city history.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Boston Post
Mechanics’ Building
Curley
Tax receipts show shift in smoking habits over six months
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports cigars paid $23,725,086 and cigarettes $17,454,708 in the first half of 1921, down from cigars $28,888,205 in late 1920 while overall tobacco revenue rises to $78,560,764. Explanations point to returning soldiers and new female cigarette use.
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Internal Revenue’ Bureau
Washington
Front
Irish constitution draft due this week amid troop evacuations
A provisional government committee is expected to finish a draft constitution for the new Irish state before week’s end. British troop evacuations on the island continue rapidly and quietly. Ulster and Dublin officials have met for the first time in years to seek a peaceful settlement.
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Ulster
Dublin
Tnaa
Peace sentiment marks Irish city elections and union views
Municipal elections in Cork and Belfast show partisan lines yet broad respect for equal suffrage. In Cork Lord Mayor O Callaghan opposed to the Anglo Irish treaty but received a unanimous vote with support from treaty advocates. Sir James Craig warned that peace will settle on the land.
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Cork
O'Callaghan
James Craig
Belfast
New York Stock Exchange Leader Pushes Bucketing Reforms
Mr. Cromwell, president of the New York Stock Exchange, advocates sweeping reforms to curb bucketing in securities trading. Proposals include open books for periodic inspection, lighting numbered accounts, and scrutiny of links between member and outside houses to restore public confidence.
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Cromwell
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Ae
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Judge Fines Worcester Man for Cruelty in Transporting Fowl
Judge Connelly in Brighton Court fined a Worcester man $25 for cruelty in transporting fowl. Agents of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals showed nearly 1000 birds jammed into 37 crates and a bag on the wagon. The report argues birds deserve humane treatment and points to market conditions as evidence of crowding cruelty.
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Connelly
Brighton
Worcester
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Boston
Deserved Reappointment of U S Commissioner Hayes
Justice Morton reappoints William A. Hayes as United States Commissioner for four years. Hayes earned praise for enforcing the Volstead Act with constitutional respect, requiring legality in searches and seizures, and ensuring fair trials for those properly apprehended, without favoritism.
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Justice Morton
Federal Court
William A. Hayes
United States
Commissioner Hayes
Washington conference praised as solid progress
The Observer lauds the Washington arms parley as a great success noting that while not all promises or proposals were fully realized, the undertaking is sound and solid, distinguishing it from Versailles and signaling progress for civilization.
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LAUDS
London
Associated Press
Washington
Observer
Versailles
Love and Labor in Old Verse and Prose Reflections
A fragmentary collage of poetry and notes, mixing Newton Newkirk verses about love with personal reminiscence of springtime affection and domestic labor. It juxtaposes love’s idealism with chores and parental hopes as a daughter exceeds her mother’s dreams. Standish Shore and quotes from The Sphinx add literary framing.
Rice Motor Invention Sparks Patent Advice Letter
A reader named Ike Newton Jr complains that a column exposed his Rice Motor idea and inflated its publicity. The correspondent encourages patent protection and outlines steps to pulverize rice to avoid clogging the motor, plus a plan to collect cooled exhaust rice for serving.
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Ike Newton, JR
Ike
Yassir
N. N
Observant Citizen Highlights Local History and Inquiries
A long reader letter page discusses Marblehead house history and Revolutionary stones, a MaineFranklin bet story, and a Somerville resident’s record of two wars. It notes Weymouth’s 300th birthday plans and Holbrook’s town anniversary, plus New England college enrollment trends and a sighting of a lady barber on Dundee Street.
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Maine
Franklin
Hancock County
Gilman Jordan
Waltham
G. W. Kenislow
Winter Hill
Somerville
New England
A. P. Lewis
Chestnut Street
Everett
William F
Company C
9Th
Massachusetts
G. C. Lewis
Brest
Bay State
Weymouth
Holbrook
Dundee Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Household Hints From An Old Column
Practical tips for laundry and sewing include using a soft cloth in the kettle to gather lines, froning lace to width, padding with cotton flannel, pressing with damp cheesecloth, and drying. A salt and milk eye dip substitutes crumb coating, baked crumbs instead of deep frying, and washing small items in a cheesecloth bag on the line. A vinegar bottle by the sink aids weathered hands after work.
Rome's Borgo: Vatican and St. Peter's Dome Perspective
The Borgo district hosts St. Peter's, the Vatican, and the Castle of St. Angelo. From St. Peter's dome, visitors glimpse the vast complex, palace sprawling beyond the church, with a small army of attendants, diverse staff, and independent governance of this world famous palace state.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Vatican
Borgo
Castle of
St. Angelo
Papal
St. Peter’s
Japan
Pius X
Castle of St. Angelo
The
Gramatorff Brothers
Malden
Skylark Night Sparks a Boston Sewing Circle Romance
Abigail Frisbee leads the H V sewing circle at Brisbee Manor on Bear Hill as gossip flies over hats marriages and a coming wedding. Angelina and Dix Dehan hatch a plan after a moonlit Skylark ride ending in a near accident and a pledge to wed with the club’s approval.
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H. V
Abigail] Frisbee
Brisbee Manor
Bear ‘Hill
Miss Abigail
Angelina
Miss Durant
Lorings
Miss Frisbee
Miss Darling
Dix Dehan
Loretta
H. V. Club
Khristen
Bear Hill
Cyclone Sal
Cap'n Kidd
Angie
Abbigail
Dix
Abigail
Gal
Cap’n Kidd
Unfit for His Place in The Human Race by Walt Mason
Uncle Walt muses on failed careers and lucky breaks as he jokes about men built for law, storekeeping, or poetry. A humorous meditation on talent, fate, and social roles ends with Mason’s wry reflection on mismatch and missed chances.
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Dan Webster
Jay
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Denounces Methods to Get Doctors in Public Complaint
A letter to the editor criticizes the Board of Registration in Medicine for using private detectives to entrap doctors. The writer claims the board acts as prosecutor jury and judge, manipulating cases to force illegal operation accusations. He urges a reform bill appointing an experienced lawyer to preside and steer the board away from such methods.
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Boston Post
Board of Registration In Medicine
Sweden's Harbors Blocked with Ice
Exceptional cold grips Sweden with northern harbors iced over and ferries from Trelleborg to Sassnitz halted. Denmarks links strained as ice closes ports. The American destroyer Reuben James, en route from Danzig to the Mediterranean, entered Trelleborg after a failed ice battle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Trelleborg
Sassnitz
Prussia
Denmargs
Reuben James
Danzig
Mediterranean
Ex-Premiers Visit Quirinal as King Seeks Premier
At the Quirinal in Rome on February 5 King Victor Emmanuel received Salandra Orlando Nitti and Giolitti in turn but no official decision on the new premier was announced.
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Boston
Rome
Associated Press
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Salandra
Orlando
Nitti
Giolitti
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