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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1920
Page
16
Opinion on Mr. Alvan T. Fuller suggests he faces rejection by Congress as spectators imagine a mock reception at the Capitol. The piece lampoons party conflict and argues the public and the public treasury are the third party in Washington politics.
The obituary notes Robert M Morse aged 81 or 82, a foremost Boston lawyer and civic figure. He opposed Blaine and supported Cleveland in politics, urged Filipinos to abandon empire, and lived in Jamaica Plain. Known for sincerity, lack of show, and leadership of Suffolk bar with many notable cases.
A wartime editorial urges the 26th Division to refrain from displaying personal animosity toward General John J. Pershing. It praises his leadership, notes his global campaigns, and calls for national unity and hospitality toward the commander of American forces.
The passage recalls the figures and alliances that guided nations through decisive World War battles, highlighting the leadership and strategic actions that shaped victory and the course of history.
The address warns that the United States faces a gold shortage as exports exceed imports and gold shipments deplete reserves. It notes the impact on bank credit and potential need for drastic measures if trade imbalance and low gold mining profitability persist, while framing a commemorative day as a time for confident restraint.
Delegates at the National Council of State Normal School Presidents and Principals meeting in Cleveland on February 20 urged an educational campaign to alert the public to threats to children. Normal schools face teacher shortages as pay fails to attract qualified candidates, risking future teacher supply. The call is to attract capable individuals to teaching despite costs, to train today's children as the nation's future.
The article debates whether London or New York will be the world financial capital after the armistice. It contrasts New York’s ammunition with London’s banking experience and argues the outcome will shape global commerce and workers dependent on world markets.
The piece reflects on George Washington’s birthday as a growing national holiday. it links his ideas and leadership to the shaping of the new republic and the nation’s political progress as years pass.
The Post reports Washington notes a constitutional crisis as the Senate stalls on the League of Nations. Critics call for a remedy to prevent further paralysis, debating presidential and Supreme Court power and potential state intervention to restore function.
Edward P. Dutton, 89, dean of American publishers, founded E. P. Dutton & Co. after leaving Keene in 1832 and later moved to New York in 1859. The piece also chronicles Cecil Roberts, Archbishop Hayes, Shackleton, Captain Paul Edwards, Kaiser Wilhelm’s Doorn plans, and media figures Frank Munsey and Lionel L.?mpsey.
Fuller Payne taunts a so called winter prophet who promised a mild season. He imagines the forecast faker exposed in public and facing a free ambulance ride home as a punchline to the season’s snowbound misery.
In a between reels moment from Winter-Fillum Vaudeville, Punk and Bunk recount a joke involving Sam’s top floor fire scene. The punchline hinges on a supposed blanket joke as Sam leapt from a window, revealing the absence of a real blanket and the crowd’s expected laughter.
A long letter column offers anecdotes from anglers about a dobson named Theodosia, Washingtons rules, travel and transit tales, charity loans to doughboys, Pussy willows from Duxbury, subway fare ethics, and regional newspaper counts. It closes with library pride and shipyard sale hints.
The record notes Boston’s coldest readings on February 20 with official figures 3 below in 1876 and 2 below in 1907. It also lists a warmest reading in 1875 and notes ten-year dry spells with exceptions in 1915 1914 1917 and 1919.
Jamaica offers varied scenery from the scenic Rio Cobre and Bog Walk gorge to the 400th anniversary of Spanish Town. The tale includes the Kingston power dam on the Rio Cobre and the Rodney statue saga, reflecting colonial ties and local pride.
The piece recounts George Frederick Handel born February 24 1608 a German by birth who became an English citizen and one of the era’s great musicians His father a barber opposed music but Handel pursued training with help from a friend He later studied in Lubeck Italy and finally settled in England at 17 he pursued music against his father’s wishes. Handel lived most of his life in England where he died at 74.
Mary Hastings and Arthur Scott recount a young couple wrecked on a desert island in a humorous diary style feature for the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The article advises adapting tall high ceilinged rooms with balanced furniture. Use vertical pieces like tall mirrors and candlesticks, horizontal lines, and large wall decorations to visually lower the ceiling. Pair draperies and patterns to bridge ceiling and mantel, avoiding top heavy furniture when possible.
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