Boston Post February 26 1921 issue header and notices
Subscriptions rates and postal details for Boston Post Daily and Sunday editions for U S Canada and foreign regions. Addresses and contact lines listed for offices and departments. Editorial, sporting, Sunday editor, financial manager and circulation notes shown. Printing and copyright lines credit The Associated Press and foreign offices in London and Paris.
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Canada
Sunday Post
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Associated Press
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Boston Post
Cockspur Street
London
Avenue de l'Opera
Paris
France
Judge Denies Citizenship to Draft Evasionists in Springfield
In a Springfield naturalization session, Judge Frederick Lawton refused citizenship to three men. Two were listed as draft evaders while the third a conscientious objector admitted he would not fight for the United States. The ruling is praised as proper rebuke of those seeking citizenship after avoiding danger.
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Frederick Lawton
Springfield
United States
Lawton
Massachusetts
Swiss officer lauds American Rhine army as best in world
Colonel Schalpbach of the Swiss Army praised the American army of occupation on the Rhine calling it the most up-to-date army globally. He cited their efficiency discipline organization and military fitness in Berne addressing officers' societies. The comments counter skeptical voices about Newton D Baker secretary of war.
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Schalpbach
Berne
Rhine
Newton D. Baker
United States
Rage opens transatlantic race to more boats
King Albert of Belgium offers an international prize for the transatlantic race but a proposal to exclude all but pleasure craft is criticized as discriminatory. The piece argues speed and seamanship should be shown by working craft, noting New England fishing fleet prowess and a coastwise Atlantic test. It contends the event could showcase practical usefulness rather than sport alone and questions fear of a Cape Cod schooner winning Prince Albert's gold vase.
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Belgium
New England
Atlantic
Prince Albert
Cape Cod
Parting Shot by Comptroller Williams Targets Bank Salaries
Comptroller Williams, in an interim tenure, demands public disclosure of salaries paid to national bank officers alongside the annual financial condition report. This move, aimed at bankers who have long clashed with him, could spark comparisons between executive pay and lower-level staff across banks. The dispute deepens as Harding nears his March 4 inauguration.
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Williams
Harding
Comptroller’s Office
Comptroltr
Bank 1
Abolition of Comptroller Office Considered for Economy
The comptroller's office could be eliminated as duties could be managed by the Federal Reserve Board. This move is proposed as a potential economy for the new administration to implement.
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Federal Reserve Board
Postmasters under Civil Service Threatened by Spoils Return
Wilson placed all postmasterships under civil service rules, raising hopes for reform. The incoming administration seeks to rescind the order, arguing party leaders want to refill offices with loyal Republicans while keeping reform’s protections at arm's length. The piece notes spoliation risk and recalls campaign promises by Wilson and Hughes.
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Friends of Civil Service Reform
Wilson
Washington
Congress
Hoover to lead Commerce in a broad department shakeup
The piece notes Herbert Hoover accepting the role of Secretary of Commerce in the Harding administration. It argues for a wide reconstruction of the department to focus on practical commerce, while warning that Congress, especially Ways and Means, will demand prerogatives in any major reform. The author believes Hoover will greatly improve the department’s effectiveness.
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Herbert Hoover
Harding
Commerce
Department of Commerce
Congress
Women Taxpayers Defy Silly Sex Stereotype Says IRS Data
Conference remarks branding women as the silly sex are contradicted by Internal Revenue Service figures showing 266000 women paid 790{,}902{,}600 in taxes, including 83000 heads of families. Many are in business, trusted positions, or manage inheritances, proving women are not mere fashion followers.
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Parent- Teachers’ Association
Internal Revenue Department
Andrews Wise Counsel Stresses State Officials Action
The committee on ways and means with Senators Representatives Governor Channing Cox and department heads urge all state officials to give serious consideration to the advice offered and act in accordance with it.
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Committee On Ways and Means
Channing Cox
Industrial leaders press strict retrenchment in Massachusetts
President Charles A. Andrews, leader of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts with 1600 members, urges drastic cuts and waste protection. He argues for economical state corporation management, no tax increases, and careful scrutiny of every dollar as business aims to keep plants open and workers employed amid ongoing burdens.
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Charles A. Andrews
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Hill
Elevator romance sparks Boston wedding year later
A Boston letter cites a newspaper headline about a couple who married after meeting in an elevator accident. The writer suggests a catchier alternative, noting the headline missed a golden opportunity to play up the romance and the lift metaphor.
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Newt
Boston
A Modern Maid
A Pittsfield reader recalls a curiously described performer, likening her to a pippin and a midsummer night dream with scanty attire and a dramatic makeup, noting her sinuous dance and the doctor’s supposed advice to live more openly.
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Leo M. Cone
Pittsfield
Yap Mandate Protest Shapes US Stance at League
Secretary Colby sends a strong courteous protest to the League of Nations council opposing Japan’s control of Yap. The move flags U S concern over handing the Pacific island, vital for cables, to a potential rival and calls for future statesmanship in resolving the mandate issue.
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Colby
Council of the
League of Nations
Japan
Yap
United States
League
Pacific
Review of Education Reform and Air Power Books
The piece cites John Hays Hammond and Jeremiah W. Jenks arguing education should spark curiosity over rote learning, noting it as a conservative critique. It also covers General William Mitchell’s call for a separate aeronautics department and Leonard Wood’s America’s Duty urging preparedness with a new World War II warning in a revised edition.
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John Hays Hammond
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Scribner
Europe
Air Force
Dutton
William Mitchell
France
Department of Aeronautics
Departments of War
Navy
Reilly & Lee
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston’s February 26 Weather
The eyewitness recalls that Boston's coldest February 26 on record dates to 1900 at 5 above and 1907 at 4 above. He notes the warmest on this date, 56, occurred in 1911, and mentions precipitation events on this date in 1912 1917 1918 1919 and 1920.
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Boston
The Mysterious Combination Horse For Sale
A Maine reader asks about a advertised “combination horse” and a humorous exchange follows. The responder suggests the phrase likely refers to a horse whose temperament must be learned to avoid being kicked or surprised, not a literal combo of horse with cow or wagon.
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Maine
Newt
Augusta
Observant Citizen notes oddities and old timers
The column muses on longer days, spring signs like chicks in poultries, and a New England snow map. It recalls Newfound land storms delaying an express train, warns about counterfeit two dollar bills, and mentions Good Friday Lady Day omens. It also shares letters about Mt. Desert Island routes, thanks readers for Washington hatchet poems, and highlights veteran locals’ longevity and activity.
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England
Earl of Shaftesbury Born in London February 26 1671
Birthday bio brief notes Anthony Cooper third Earl of Shaftesbury born February 26 1671 in London. Describes family prominence and political ties and his scholarly leanings and early parliament service. Mentions his marriage at age forty and his writing influence before death.
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Earl of Shaftesbury
Earls of Shaftesbury
Anthony Cooper
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Holland
Shaftesbury
Fienae
Inaugurations of Roosevelt Two Dramatic Ceremonies Compared
A comparison of the two Roosevelt inaugurations, 1901 in Buffalo after McKinley’s death and 1905 in Washington, highlighting the stark contrasts in ceremony, public mood, and the president’s dynamic persona. The Buffalo oath followed McKinley’s assassination. the Washington event drew hundreds of thousands with vivid pageantry led by the Rough Riders and a vigorous address.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Buffalo
William McKinley
Washington
McKinley
Buffalo Exposition
Roosevelt
Sedirondacks
White House
Capitol
New York
Rough Riders
Tremont Street Snowbank Shuffle Turns Laughing Eyewitnesses
A hurried young man squeezes through a crowd and shoves another onto a snowbank on Tremont Street. The shove triggers a brief clash then both laugh, as bystanders share in the lighthearted moment after the incident.
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Tremont Street
Letters to the Editor Clarify Capitol and Historical Figures
A reader’s letter asks why Washington’s Capitol ends with an o and contrasts it with capital. The exchange notes Webster’s lack of presidential nomination, Taft’s Supreme Court offers declined, Hughes’s resignation, Arbor Day timing, and Porto Rico’s adoption of prohibition by vote.
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Capitol
Washington
Rome
Capitoline Hill
Sir
Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Hughes
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
Poet Walt Mason recalls a happy shanty life with wife niece and auntie grandma in a chair. Pressure from family prompts mortgage to build a costly home fueled by pride and debt. He laments bills from plumber painter paperhanger joiner and craftsmen haunting his nights as he longs for his younger simpler years.
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Alice
Walt, Mason
George Matthew Adams
Questionable milk fat and swimming records query
A reader asks if a quart of milk contains fat amounting to about two teaspoons. Another asks how long a skilled swimmer takes to swim a mile, noting amateur records in a tank and open water, and a pro record in open water. A third requests the song title for a line about loving someone who doubted the speaker, suggesting On the Banks of the Wabash, and provides a verse with memory gaps.
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Wabash
Mary
Angel Mary
Bread and Gravy Etiquette Compared with Hoover Doctrine
Miss Alice Stuart weighs a dinner table dilemma in Etiquette and Manners. A reader describes dipping bread in gravy and a spouse’s rebuke. The Hoover doctrine favors not wasting food. etiquette guides view differ.
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Alice Stuart
Peculiar Tastes Clash Over Missionary Aid
A dialogue ends in disagreement as a millionaire refuses to fund foreign missions despite the Parson’s appeal to Scripture to feed the hungry. The exchange highlights frugal charity versus religious duty.
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Millionaire
Aper
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