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Harvards Laski number provokes backlash against Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon’s Laski issue draws fierce critique for personal abuse and insulting cartoons. The harsh attack backfires, provoking sympathy for Mr. Laski and sparking dissent from prominent Harvard figures renowned for their patriotism.
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Harvard Lampoon
Mr. Laski
Harvard
Gompers Warns on Bolshevist Propaganda in America
President Gompers argues that Bolshevist propaganda and journals of opinion abroad and in the United States threaten American institutions. He doubts that openly Bolshevist sources are more effective than detached Russian payrolls funded outlets. He notes the danger lies in the subtle weekly publications and their appeal to certain temperaments.
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Gompers
United States
America
Mr. Gompers
Mames
No Time For Delay In Boston Freight Strike
The Boston freight handlers strike has created intolerable conditions for the Boston area. Alternative transportation offers partial relief but cannot meet demand. The issue has lingered for six months with a hearing held two months ago. The Boston Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Peters, and others urge an immediate, authoritative decision from Director-General Hines to resolve the disruption.
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Boston
Vicinity
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Hines
Railroad Administration
Washington
Chamber
Peters
Treasury relaxes liquor ban on foreign ships in U.S. ports
The Treasury Department confirms a permanent change to the December regulation sealing liquors on ships in American ports. Foreign vessels may now provide wine or beer to their crews aboard while docked. The decision aligns with international shipping rights and avoids broad disruption to foreign commerce.
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Treasury Department
United States
Clothing Prices May Rise, Boston Manufacturer Says
A Boston clothing company head counters a federal forecast of lower clothing prices with detailed cost figures. He cites surging material costs from June 1919 to October 1919 and notes future prices are likely to rise rather than drop as producers face higher inputs. The piece stresses that current and upcoming apparel remain tied to these escalating costs.
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Post
Arthur Williams
Boston
Alpaca
Our cities next summer and the seas beyond
The brief ode notes that domestic reform glimpsed in a prohibition amendment cannot govern distant waters, hinting at limits of constitutional reach over maritime realms and the idea of broader governance beyond national shores.
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High Seas
Post seeks to boost Clancy Fund to 16000 dollars
The Boston Post urges raising the Clancy Fund to about 16000 dollars to allow a widow and her three year old son to live on 1400 dollars yearly, combining 800 from bonds at five percent with a 600 annual Boston pension. After their deaths, the remaining principal would pass to heirs. Readers are asked to contribute promptly. The piece also notes Democratic delegates in Ohio and women’s delegate dynamics ahead of San Francisco.
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Clancy
Boston
Boston Post
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Mass
Belated Fault Finders In Congress On War Financing
Mr Vanderlip and Congressman Luce join critics of Treasury and the Federal Reserve over war costs and currency inflation. They discuss the $25 billion price tag and the $2 billion of hired money, noting elastic currency. Luce favors raising the discount rate as the remedy already begun.
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Luce
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Mr. Luce
Congress
Federal Reserve
Vanderlip
Euce
First Woman Named Delegate To National Convention
Mrs. A. P. Pyke of Lakewood Ohio is announced as the first woman named as a delegate to a national political convention. W B Gongwer confirms the appointment as the Democratic organization in Cleveland publicizes the signal development in the party effort to court women voters.
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Ohio
Democratic Party
A. P. Pyke
Lakewood
Cleveland
Women’s Democratic Committee
Cuyahoga County
W. B. Gongwer
Democratic
The League of Nations First Case and South American Dispute
The first case before the League of Nations council concerns the Tacna and Arica provinces disputed by Peru and Chile, with Bolivia seeking a Pacific seaport. The treaty expected a popular vote to settle nationality, a matter overdue by ten years, while the United States remains outside the League and unable to advise.
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Council of the
League of Nations
Europe
Peru
Tacna
Arica
Chili
Bolivia
Pacific
Chile
United States
Liberal and Proper Policy Revival for War Risk Insurance
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington proposes reinstating lapsed policies for veterans returning to civilian life. Many claims expired due to neglect of premiums after the war ended. Liberal revival conditions apply regardless of lapse duration or discharge date, with an expanded beneficiary schedule.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington
Notable Names and Nicknames in British and American Society
A travel through honors and fame includes Sir William Harcourt dubbed Jumbo in Parliament, Gladstone’s son nicknamed Tupence, Captain Wedgwood Benn called Button and Little Ben, and Captain David H. Crowell hailed as the oldest G. A. R. man in Massachusetts. New York critics meet John Meldrum, a blind pianist descended from Daniel Webster, and Maine’s Paul W. Monahan a leading farm education authority. Albert von Tilzer writes songs at all hours, with varying song issue milestones.
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House of Commons
Wiliam Harcourt
Herbert
Gladstone
Eton
Tuppence
Wedgwood Benn
Button
Little Ben
New York
John Meldrum
Daniel Webster
There’s Many a Slip ‘Twixt on the Screen
A quirky verse from Josh Cornish of Maine describes a clumsy moment where a couple’s kiss is interrupted when someone slips on screen. The humorous line contrasts romantic bravado with accidental mishap in theater or film.
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Josh
Cornish
Aleck Smart and the Five-Dollar Mail Hustle
A man calling himself Aleck Smart, actually a petty con artist, used a mail scam in New Jersey to promise people a dollar per hour without work. He collected five-dollar payments, replying with a boastful but vague letter before being arrested for fraud. The tale echoes the old line one is born every minute and parallels other silly schemes.
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Aleck Smart
New Jersey
Aleck
Henry
Calaboose
Wiseheimer
Observant Citizen recalls Washburn centennial and city life
A Boston reader notes the 100th birthday of William B. Washburn and his missionary philanthropy. The column discusses postal blotters promoting a new station numbering plan, local anecdotes about street life, a tribute to Henry C. Brine and a $130 gold purse, bird feeding ideas, anti influenza efforts, and Boston fishing and animal welfare efforts amid heavy ice. It recalls past police work at Hanover Street and a phenactine drug case.
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Uncle Sam
Boston 14
Hurley
Henry C. Brine
New England Dry Goods Association
Earle Powers
Boston City Club
William J. Rooney
Rank McCauley
Pemberton Square
Hanover Street
Cain
Salem Street
McCauley
Quits
All Sortier Offers Local Clipping Re rented Cow and Calf
A Vermont reader from St Johnsbury thanks for a clipping about a rental ad for a fine tenement and a cow with calf. The note playfully weighs renting options, cow maintenance costs, and whether the pig anecdote proves prudent farming.
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St. Johnsbury
Columm
L. H
Pp. L. H
Happy Days Remembered By Boston Coal Circular
A West Somerville reader recalls a Boston coal company circular dated April 17, 1911 listing Furnace coal at 6.25 per ton Egg 6.75 Stove 7 Not 7 and Pea 5.25. The note inflamed hopes for 100 tons at those prices before realizing the old date undercut the illusion.
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West Somer
Boston Coal Company
Boston
Jim
Reader letter questions Sims naturalization claim
A. D. Turnbull, commander USN, thanks the Post for printing Admiral Sims 1910 Guildhall speech exactly and asks for prompt clarification that the editor did not intend to imply Sims was naturalized American. Letter from Portsmouth New Hampshire dated January 29 1920.
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Guildhall
A. D. Turnbull
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston Weather Recounts Cold and Warm Records
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston's coldest January 31 on record near 1 degree in 1915 and 1898, with a warm 62 degrees in 1913. He adds no rain or snow on this date over the past decade except in 1912 1913 1914 1915 and 1917.
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Boston
Death of King Philip closes Plymouth era in early New England
Reflects on King Philip's War and Benjamin Church as key to its end, then traces Plymouth's brief independence under Andros and merger with Boston in 1691. Praises Pilgrim qualities of faith, daring, sturdiness, and tolerance as priceless heritage, ending with tomorrow's Picture on the Mayflower sailing.
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Philip
Plymouth
Benjamin Church
Miles Standish
Mount Hope
Anawam
New England
James II
Sir Edmund Andros
Boston
Andros
Post
Two Minute Talks for Americans by Charles Franklin Jones
Charles Franklin Jones argues Bolshevism and anarchy appeal when Americans fail to share a better spirit of democracy. He says the nation’s focus on money and personal happiness left others outside, allowing radical ideas to attract the vulnerable while we ignored them.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Toronto Editorial Calls For Revolver Control
An editorial responding to "The Permitted Menace" argues Toronto's stricter gun laws curb crime, contrasting Boston and many other cities. It asserts Toronto's rigid approach shows the wisdom of restricting revolver access to protect life and public order.
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Post
Boston
Toronto
Canada
Facts and Fashions: Linen and Batiste Undergarments Rise
A fashion note outlines tubable undergarments in linen and batiste and a dull colored duvetyn jumper. It mentions head slips, tailored dimity blouses, net fashion, and sport hats with crepes and wools. Millinery favors blues from navy to electric, with waxed ribbon accents and feather fans chosen to contrast gowns.
Gifts for a Man Under Etiquette Rules
A column on proper gifts to a young man one has met once but written to weekly for over a year. It warns that gifts from a lady to an unengaged man are inappropriate in elite society. If a gift is sent, choose an inexpensive handmade item such as initialed handkerchiefs or knitted neckties.
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