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The Boston Post lists subscription prices for U S and Canada, six months two dollars fifty, three months one dollar twenty five, one month fifty cents. Foreign rates for South America and Canada vary. Sunday editions priced separately. Postage and mailing districts are noted with payables to POST PUBLISHING CO Boston.
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Boston Post masthead and notices from 19th century issue
Editorial and staff listings plus subscription notices and copyright statements. Advertising and office addresses are listed for the Boston Post with Associated Press note and international datelines. No central event or story beyond the masthead material is presented.
Reaction to Prohibition Enforcement Sparks Inquiry
In a New York State Anti-Saloon League view, New Year’s Eve precipitation was extreme yet compared to past holidays. William N. Anderson argued agents follow least resistance by not interfering with those who carry their own, suggesting stricter enforcement might provoke greater public reaction to the law.
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New York State
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Postmaster General Hays Offered 150000 Yearly to Guide Film Industry
The offer would place Hays as the high arbiter of film companies with a three year term and potential extension. Proponents say it would uplift the industry morally, raise public interest, and mirror Judge Landis’s role in baseball. Critics await his decision on a historic, influential contract.
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France labeled enfant terrible of disarmament talks
The article notes France's defiant stance at the disarmament conference by refusing to back the American plan to cut submarine numbers and tonnage. It observes critics who attacked Woodrow Wilson for his calm, dispassionate approach while opposing France's obstruction.
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France
Woodrow Wilson
Paris leaders blamed for militarism in hindsight
A year or more ago critics warned against military excess in Paris. Now aggressive criticism from those same leaders and papers confirms they believed Wilson’s earlier diagnosis was correct.
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Paris
Wilson
Living Costs Report Highlights Price Controls and Coal Research
The Commission on Necessaries of Life releases its annual report with cases labeling the term profiteer as the other fellow. It urges criminal penalties for producers or wholesalers who refuse price cuts to retailers and notes a Supreme Court restraint of trade ruling. It also recommends funding IT Institute coal research to cut New England fuel costs.
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New England
Doctor Uncle Sam health tips via radiophone
Uncle Sam acts as a doctor delivering bi weekly health bulletins by radiophone every Tuesday and Friday night. The messages, readable by amateurs and professionals, aim to educate Americans on vitality building and preventive health care.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Five-Cent Loaf Brings Bread Price Back to Prewar
New York papers report a large chain store cutting the 14 ounce loaf to five cents restoring the 1916 price. The retailer cites lower materials and increased business plus reduced overhead as justification for the nickel loaf. Consumers in major cities may welcome the move.
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New York
British prize offer for helicopter design sparks global competition
The British government weighs a £50,000 prize for a helicopter type craft that can rise to 2000 feet, fly at 60 mph in strong wind, and land safely with engines off. The design must carry one person and fuel, resist wind, and drop straight to earth. President Harding says aviation will advance and America should lead in development.
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Henry Ford
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Harding
America
When You Pass a Stranded Driver You Help
A verse recalls a man who would not aid a stalled motorist until fate put him in the same rut. He finds that refusing to help earlier returns as a surprise bad day. The poem urges thrift and neighborly aid, noting you may soon need a lift yourself.
Household Hints for the Lone Bachelor Button Rescue
A humorous note from What the Sphinx Says suggests the lone man carry emergency buttons with cloth patches and thread to repair a torn trouser or suspender in a car. The spoof advice claims a man’s reputation can hinge on a single button and replaces shingle nails with thread and needle.
How to Be a Mail Carrier by J P McEvoy
A humorous pastiche lists odd requirements for mail carriers, praising endurance and exposure while lampooning pay. It notes monthly pay is redistributed among government uses and mocks the tough training imagined for a postal career.
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Congress
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston's Coldest January Fourth
The oldest resident recalls Boston weather with official figures showing 3 below zero on January 4 in 1904 and 1910, and a warmest record of 60 degrees in 1874. He notes no rain or snow on this date in the past decade, except in 1914 and 1919.
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Fleet sails for Guantanamo for annual target practice
Units of the Staneed based at New York Navy Yard departed today for Guantanamo Cuba to conduct their annual target practice exercises.
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Birth centennial and Utah statehood anniversaries noted
The Observant Citizen notes Washington D. De Pauw's centennial birth anniversary and Utah's statehood anniversary, reflecting on his philanthropy and the state's early opposition. The column also touches on local prices, Boston harbor life, and changes in street paving from cobbles to modern materials.
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Harve y Ide arrives and stirs Lois Parmenter in a careworn city tale
Lois Parmenter and Miss Buffum discuss editors and H I notes while a new boarder Harvey Ide arrives. Lois worries about failure yet begins a cautious bond as Ide urges her to reveal her experiences and plan a Sunday walk to spark her writing. Measles delay return to spring.
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Kipling
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Notice to Preserve Story Sent for Reprint
Public notice requests recipients to keep a copy of a story provided and to return a self addressed stamped envelope for retention and possible reprint. The message emphasizes preserving material for future use and accessibility.
China’s Grand Canal and Population Pulse in Ancient Times
The article surveys China’s Grand Canal from Hangzhou to Tientsin, describing its age, sections, and scenic landscapes. It contrasts the canal with the Yangtze and Huanghu rivers, notes flood depths, and highlights urban centers like Beijing and Shanghai while offering population estimates for China proper and major cities.
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Mystery Writer H I Stands for Harvey Ide?
In a brisk exchange amid shirtwaists, Lois learns editors will publish He That Goeth Forth to Battle in an early issue due to strong human interest. Miss Buffum deduces H I likely stands for Harvey Ide, while Lois notes editors’ spring reconciliation.
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Post Letter Box and Reader Questions Stump Newspaper Pages
Readers ask about England's constitution whether written or unwritten. Other letters query St Patrick's birthplace, Roman roads versus modern highways, electron versus atom, and the aquarium site in New York now named Castle Garden built as Fort 1907.
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An 1823 entertainment hub to a 1898 aquarium
The letter pack traces a locality from early entertainment in 1823 to Jenny Lind’s 18 percent year, notes an 1855 immigrant landing phase, and marks conversion to an aquarium in 1898. It includes inquiries on wild geese flight, New York female to male ratios in 1920, dining order of grapefruit and soup, Hughes cabinet roles, and social manners for calling on a young lady.
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Jenny Lind
Kid Roberts Wins Title Round 14 in Leather Pushers
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine notes Kid Roberts advances toward the heavyweight championship after winning Round 14 in H C Witwer's Leather Pushers series. The result marks a key step in the ongoing fictional boxing saga featured in the magazine.
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Kid Roberts
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