Boston Post January 20 1921 issue
The Boston Post announces its January 20 1921 daily issue details including staff offices and contact addresses in Boston London and Paris. It highlights its large daily morning circulation and references the Fourth Estate.
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Post Publishing Co
Oqrtice
Washington St
Boston
Boston Post
Cockepur Street
London
Avenue de l’Opera
Paris
France
United States
Utah High Heel Legislation Called Silly Utah Joke
A tongue in cheek account argues against a proposed Utah bill criminalizing wearing high heels with fines up to 300 dollars and 1000 dollars for repeats plus jail time. The piece mocks sumptuary laws and deems the measure silly and unhealthful.
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Utah
Commonwealth
Kansas
Texas
Maritime Association Aims to Boost Boston Port Trade
The Boston Chamber of Commerce launches the Maritime Association to act as a clearing-house for port related maritime and commercial action. Organizers report liberal funding and hope to press Boston's port advantages locally and to attract business amid a nationwide push. John F. Fitzgerald warns Boston must wake up or miss a pivotal era and lose opportunity to compete with other cities.
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Maritime Association of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Maritime Association
Boston
John F. Pitzgerald
Ston
The
Orean
Merchant Marine Advantage Highlighted for Future
A speech urges leveraging the built up merchant marine legacy to secure prosperity. The speaker calls for continued investment and strategic use of seafaring resources to benefit national interests.
Attorney General Allen Critiques District Attorneys Powers
The annual Attorney General Allen report questions district attorney powers and cites cases of alleged misconduct including Middlesex DA Tufts and Suffolk DA Pelletier. It argues for restraint on prosecutions without judge approval, while praising Allen as a vigilant public prosecutor and predicting strong legislative impact.
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Allen
Commonwealth
Tufts
Middlesex
Herman L. Barney
State Legal Department
Mr. Allen
Mr. Pelletier
Suffolk
Grand Jury
Sugar Tariff Debate Highlights Tax Concerns
The piece argues against raising the sugar tariff, labeling it a special interest raid on consumers. It notes the tariff’s long use, its revenue role, and the profits of domestic sugar producers, contending higher costs would hit all taxpayers and gamblers in sugar alike.
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Congress
Editor White Calls National Campaign a Vast Joke
William Allen White, Kansas editor, says the Republican and Democratic platforms are alike and the campaign a grand joke. He claims insiders lied to irreconcilables to influence nominees Hoover and McAdoo, and that bitter enders like Borah and Johnson will react when warned of being fooled. A costly outcome may follow the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
Chicago
Hoover
McAdoo
White
Borah
Johnson
Knox
Brandagee
Boston Syndicate to Build Boat for Fishermen Cup
A Boston syndicate plans funding to construct a boat for entry in next year’s Fishermen’s Cup races. The announcement signals strong confidence in securing participation and potential title chances.
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Boston
Worcester Fire Tests City Resolve and Regional Aid
Worcester faces the worst fire in its history as officials pledge strong response to ruin in business and homes. Investigation may determine if arson caused the fires, while neighboring towns and Boston contribute aid including a high speed 44 mile emergency engine run in under two hours.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Boston
January Weather Brings Seasonable Relief and Cheer
The article hails cold snap as seasonable and healthful. It argues winter’s brisk air, circulation boost, and germ destruction justify discomfort, noting New England shifts mark the right January weather and urging cheerful acceptance for better wellbeing.
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New England
Wild West yarns prove popular with two new novels
Review notes Zane Grey's The Mysterious Rider and BE M. Bower's Cow Country. both editions feature cowboy life with strong setting and action. Grey's tale centers on Hell Hant Wade and a meek heroine, while Bower offers grounded, non miraculous characters amid ranch life and races.
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Harper
Zane Grey
Little, Brown
BE. M. Bower
Mr. Grey
Bill Belllounds
Post
EH. M. Bower
West
Binks
Coal prices cut in New Haven by several dealers
In New Haven on January 19 the price of hard coal dropped from 18 to 17 dollars a ton as several local coal dealers reduced prices.
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New Haven
Conn
Ielen Tours French Battlefields in Married Life Tale
In the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, Mabel Herbert Werner chronicles Ielen’s travel to France’s battlefields as part of the married life narrative featuring Helen and Warren. The piece blends travel scenes with personal reflections on relationships amid historic sites.
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Ielen
France
Helen and
Warren
Mabel Herbert Werner
Boston Sunday Post
Roaring of his ache inspires a punchline punch
A Groton Connecticut item titled WILDCAT presents a playful verse about an old geezer who seeks relief from pain through a comic wallop on the head. The humor follows his altered mood from groans to laughter as a change lifts his spirits.
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Groton
Conn
Wildcat
What the Sphinx Says in the Fog of Fear
A cryptic line warns that in a fog of fear great distortions will appear. The phrase frames a prescient caution about perception under uncertainty and danger.
Fear, Courage, and the Lie of the Future in Sphinxism
The essay attacks fear as a hoax that disrupts life and drains resolve. It contrasts fear with courage, arguing future doom is a false Nemesis that breeds miserliness and aging, urging readers to confront fear directly to make it vanish.
Winter Weather Notes And Maine Political Costs
A reader cites cold snaps across Newfoundland and warm Ber muda conditions, noting thermometer discrepancies and public measures. Maine lawmakers advance higher penalties for assault and larceny while funding Blaine House maintenance exceeds vice president salary. The Esperanto fishing schooner sale and winter labor wages in New Hampshire are reported, followed by Pilgrim Society remarks on Winslow and Scammel in Tercentenary context.
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Washington
Coolidge
Maine
Blaine
Pine Tree
Arthur Lord
Pilgrim Society of Plymouth
Edward Winslow
Colonel Scammel
Scammel
Plymouth
Winslow
Cow-Shot Mishap Nets Farmer Fifty Dollar Claim
A hunter aiming for a buck accidentally shoots a farmer’s cow. The farmer values the animal at fifty dollars and files a claim. Ruth Machugh from Rochester, N.Y. reports the incident.
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Ruth Machugh
Rochester
Courtship Note to Plaster Asserts Affection
Bernard writes of a new love named Plaster and vows to court her, describing her porosity and determination to stick to the relationship. The brief dramatic exchange is set in Boston.
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Newt
Bernard
Boston
Dear Newit I Cannot Extract Lime Juice
A Halifax reader asks how to get juice from limes after failed attempts to roast or press them. He inquires about methods to extract lime juice and mentions a prior note about boneless codfish, seeking practical guidance.
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Newit
Delawana
Halifax
Oldest Inhabitant Notes January Weather in Roxston
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Roxston’s coldest January 20 records with figures from 1901 and 1875 and mentions a warmest 6 percent in 1907. He adds no rain or snow at Boston on this date in the last decade, except 1914 and 1916.
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Roxston
Boston
The Most Beautiful Women of the World Duchess of St Albans tale
Harriet Mellon daughter of a peasant rose to prominence on stage in northern England then London under Sheridan. She married banker Thomas Coutts at age 80, later becoming Duchess of St Albans in a second marriage to a man 25 years younger.
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Harriet Mellon
Thomas Coutts
Duchess of
Lake District
England
London
Sheridan
Mrs. Siddons
Miss Warren
Dora Jordan
Lydia
Miss Mellon
Harriet
Liverpool
Mr. Coutts
Duke of St. Albans
Coutts
Baroness Burdett- Coutts
Victorian
Theodosia Burr and Thomas Coutts Meet in London Gossip
The tale recalls Theodosia Burr’s dramatic theater scene and her links to Thomas Coutts the elderly banker. Coutts, famed for generosity in big gifts, marries later and heirs his fortune to Harriet and, after her death, largely to the Coutts family including Baroness Burdett Coutts philanthropist.
Longer Auto Route Between Boston and New York Question
A letter to the editor asks which Boston to New York route is longer. The Springfield route is listed at 249 miles, while the Providence route is one tenth of a mile shorter.
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Sir
Boston
New York
Springfield
Providence
Question on Cribbage Hand and Jefferson Boston Roles
Reader asks how to count two in cribbage when A is up and a jack is held in same suit with three other cards. The column then shifts to whether Joseph Jefferson performed in Boston beyond Rip Van Winkle and Both Acres, and if Rip Van Winkle was written in the U S or England. The note cites a Boston Theatre engagement starting February with multiple roles.
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United States Weather Bureau
Ceribbage
Sir
Joseph Jefferson
Boston
Rip van Winkle
Acres
Jefferson
England
The Unequal Match and Other Early London Theater Ventures
In 1860 productions in London included The Unequal Match and a suite of plays such as The Loan of Lover Jenny Lind and Mischief Making. Rip Van Winkle received its permanent stage form by Dion Boucicault in London. Jefferson previously adapted the tale for the stage, with several earlier versions existing before Boucicault's version.
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Jenny Lind
Prince
Roland
Oliver
Rip van Winkle
Dion Boucicault
London
Jefferson
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