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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
20
The Boston Post bulletin for January 14 1921 lists issue number 12 in volume 41 from the Post Publishing Co. Office address is 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The reports of Lenine's serious illness or death alarm observers. He remains the strong man of Russia, maintaining government functions while not the most radical figure. His loss could plunge Russia into chaos with global consequences.
The article notes Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis may earn 42 500 a year to keep baseball clean, then cites numerous large payments across sports and entertainment. It argues these sums reveal American generosity and the era of big money despite widespread poverty.
Parliament debates the duties of the British Poet Laureate Robert Bridges as war and peace poetry arise in discussion. Critics question neglect of current events while Kipling’s name is proposed, with advocates urging poetic license and personal inspiration as the guiding principle.
The passage extols American generosity both at home and abroad, noting the vast sums shared worldwide to aid others. It frames American wealth as a safeguard against threats by enabling broad philanthropic efforts and global benevolence.
The piece warns that casual contract breaking erodes civilization as much as in international deals or labor pacts. It cites Germany’s treaty breach and J P Morgan on character and credit, urging a halt to scrapping contracts for short-term gain.
The Mississippi senator who opposes the emergency tariff measure offers the codification bill as an amendment to halt the tariff. The codification draft is about 1280 pages long with roughly 2 000 words per page and could require two weeks to read. Critics call the tactic improper and a parliamentary gimmick.
At a Washington Senate hearing on cable legislation, it was revealed that all U S government communications to its agents in Great Britain are handed to the British secret service. President Carlton of the Western Union disclosed that copies are kept for ten days before return. Reluctance followed the disclosure of this British arrangement.
The text questions British surveillance of diplomatic access and whether such monitoring should be accepted or negotiated on solid grounds. It discusses potential trouble from spying and whether relations can be adjusted on a proper basis. It considers readiness to admit surveillance in diplomacy.
A Berlin interior ministry order prohibits public monocle wear by officials saying earnest workers should discard trimmings in hard times for democracy. The move, seen as anti monarchist, requires a rigid fitness check for wearers and aims to curb affectation linked to monarchical days.
Letter to the editor discusses the death of the Czar of Russia and cites witnesses describing the tragedy. It also ponders the origin of common substances like borax and cream of tartar with notes on their sources.
The excerpt asks for the origin of the line quoted from Thomas Gray. It references On a Distant Prospect of Eton College and the couplet "Tis folly to be wise." The note cites lines about each man’s sufferings and sorrow and asks who first voiced the sentiment that ignorance is bliss.
The record notes Massachusetts has sixteen Representatives and two Senators. It also explains that a person with liquor in possession before prohibition who plans to move must contact the federal prohibition director at room 339, Little Building, 80 Boylston Street, Boston, to obtain the forms and permit needed to transport the liquor to the new home.
The text asks if a man lawfully possessing Aquor can gift liquor to a sick friend in a different neighborhood. Federal authorities say gifting is unlawful. only serving to a bona fide guest in the giver’s home without pay is allowed.
The text asks if Douglas Fairbanks is a Colorado School of Mines graduate and inquires about the gender and pronunciation of the terms flancee and flance. It explains the feminine form flancee and masculine form flance, and suggests pronouncing fee an-say with a as in art.
The U S Constitution Article 1 Section 8 grants Congress alone power to declare war, issue letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules on captures. The President cannot unilaterally declare war without Congress.
In Marion Ohio on January 13 it was announced that Warren G Harding will take the oath on the same Bible used by George Washington. The Bible, kept in a glass case at the Alexandria Masonic Lodge in Virginia, was obtained for the ceremony through Masonic influence and has not been used by any other president since Washington.
Dr Paul Cret of the University of Pennsylvania presented plans at the Fairmount Park Art Association annual meeting for a World Fair to celebrate the 150th anniversary of American Independence to be held in Philadelphia in 1926.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston coldest and warmest records for January 14. Official figures show 8 below in 1914 and 63 in 1892, with no rain or snow in the past decade except 1011 and 10274 years.
A Boston note recalls a shoemaker who hung a shop sign offering fifteen dollars for 1917 pennies. The passerby checks his pockets, realizes the math, and reflects on the humor and the shopkeeper’s joke about pennies and a high value.
A short quotation praises a bright happy face as a mirror of the sun that cheers and inspires all whom it smiles upon.
In a local exchange, Willie Doolittle proposes turning discarded shirts into aprons and other items, promising to tag shirts for lenders and distribute cloth among neighbors. The plan uses two sleeves per shirt for patches and bags, with a Chelsea contact to handle commissions and a Boston writer praising the idea as a profitable venture.
Do not quarter apples when cutting for sauces salads and puddings. Cut away from the core intact to avoid waste and speed up the process. Pared and quartered apples kept in cold water overnight resist breaking up in canning and resemble pears when canned. For vegetables and fruits rub grease on thumb and forefinger to prevent staining. Mrs E Porter 6 Norumbega Terrace Waltham.
The column muses on Benedict Arnold versus lesser-known John L. Sullivan, dictionary quirks, and the shifting cityscape from Pie Alley to modern cafeterias. It cites Luce and Gallivan and recalls Roosevelt humor, ending with noting Connecticut river valley towns forming an early republic on January 14, 1689.
Wool Needles and Beads presents Alice Brady Palm Beach beaded slip on knitted style with note to adapt to unitted sport blouse or sweater. Advertisement invites readers to Allen's No 8 Winter Street Boston Mass for necklace re stringing and bead work services including chains beads crochet threads and D M C products.
The article reviews the lives of Frederick Augustus Duke of York and two influential women. Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, wife of the duke, remained virtuous and educated, while Mary Anne Clarke used her influence to curry favor, profit from appointments, and provoke a major political scandal. Clarke’s manipulation led to the duke’s resignation and a suppressed exposé before her death in 1852.
A summary of varied profiles includes Mrs Eleanor Woods a Boston woman urging greater American interest in the Near East and Balkans due to immigration flows from those regions. It mentions Mary Savage a New York child actress who supported her mother after her father’s death and aims for riches as a boy in film roles. It also highlights Matilda Locus a Russian-born California pianist prodigy with blue eyes and reddish hair, and Henry A Wise a Virginia lineage Republican long prominent in New York City, noting his grandfather’s link to the John Brown hanging and his own role as Cuba’s governor-general.
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