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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
13
A collection of letters advises parents to avoid locking a daughter out and to use love and gentle guidance. Experts urge understanding, reconciliation, and open doors over harsh measures, recommending patience, chummy support, and drawing the girl nearer. Consider authority involvement only if needed.
To the Editor of the Post reveals a query about presidential ages. It states Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest at 42 and William Henry Harrison as the oldest at 68, presenting a concise historical note on presidential ages.
The writer asks the Post to identify the two largest islands by area. Greenland is listed at 827 300 square miles and New Guinea at 330 000 square miles, prompting clarification.
American-born actress Mary Anderson, born July 28, 1859 in Sacramento California, is said to live now under the name Mary Anderson de Navarro at The Court Farm Broadway Worcester shire England.
The Lincoln Highway features major cities including New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Canton Fort Wayne South Bend Omaha Cheyenne Salt Lake City Sacramento and San Francisco. The total length is about 323 miles.
Nevada records the smallest state population in 1920 with 77 407 residents, about 15 684 fewer than Somerville's population. The figure appears in a 1920 census summary comparing state and city populations.
The text estimates 8424 languages worldwide including dialects and notes 1624 spoken in America. It presents broad counts without regional detail or sourcing.
To the Editor, Louis Napoleon was elected president in 1848 during the Second Republic. Louis Adolphe Thiers served as the first president under the Third Republic in 1871.
Mary Walker rose from a $5 week job at Joliet Sash and Door Co to sole proprietor by long experience in lumber work. She faced early dismissal for being a woman but proved skilled in figures, grew her salary, bought a half share, and eventually bought out her partner with a small bank nest egg and persistent effort.
Lazelle entertained by Jerry at her home seeks to help his beloved poor girl, planning an arrangement to bridge their age gap and ease the waiting. A sudden faintness exposes the deeper tension as she contemplates her past marriage and widowhood. The couple’s fragile balance hinges on a future guest who could bind them closer.
In 1920, Jack and Jill plan a business trip to Joaville revealing jealousy and longing. He lists constraints while she imagines a shared excursion, only to be surprised by a sly twist as he invites her to join for an overnight romance plot.
A tender scene unfolds with a couple expressing hope for marriage and enduring love. He notes her beauty waning with age yet faces the future with optimism, while she bids him good night and prepares for tomorrow's meeting.
The essay notes Gilbert Keith Chesterton on his American tour and the lasting value of Charles Dickens A Critical Study. It cites two quotable passages praising Dickens as a world of wonder, humor, and comradeship, and frames the author’s journey toward a symbolic end in a tavern at the world’s end.
A home cookbook item details marmalade with tomatoes onions salt pepper brown sugar and vinegar then fruit jelly steps Wash fruit chop seeds remove seeds blend with water soak boil and rest to jelly then fill twelve jelly tumblers credited to Mrs H B Crosby 286 Princeton Street East Boston.
The poem critiques young girls wearing makeup by likening faces to works of art and condemning artificial hues. It contrasts youth with aging beauty, warns of vanity, and notes physicians deem makeup harmful to skin while describing older women with painted complexions as weathered and flawed.
Farmer Al Falfa notes Hez Pegrew is running for county judge and raises questions about his qualifications and bar admission. Farmer Timothy Hay offers a counterpoint remark.
In a colorful remark a speaker touts Al Hez as a seasoned liquor judge who could quickly clear all pending wet case matters, noting his repeated admission to county bars and expertise in liquor rulings.
A bank client jokes about a former cashier fleeing to dodge arrest as the new cashier reports trouble. The exchange hints at a chaotic financial scene with possible wrongdoing and evasive responses.
A fragment notes a life and death era editor famed for rapid certainty and assertive enterprise, hinting at scrutiny of his lifelong journalistic stance amid evolving standards.
The Morning Star reports a previous obituary for William R. Jones was erroneous and now denies the death notice. The paper asserts it remains at the lead on the story and clarifies the earlier publication was incorrect.
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