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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1922
Page
6
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for domestic and foreign readers, including Canada and Sunday editions. The notice contains mailing offices, fees, payment instructions, and publisher details with editorial and contact information.
Dr. R Kendrick Smith of the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy warns that modern conveniences like trolleys cars escalators and movie seats promote hip down weakness. He urges walking daily to strengthen bones and muscles and avert common ailments from a sedentary life.
The Dorchester murder case prompts review as Massachusetts lawmakers allow petitions for new trials anytime before execution. The Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction for a new trial, but a conflicting claim from a convict in Pennsylvania urges full court inquiry to verify guilt before any death sentence.
The Boston mayor denounces bonding companies for refusing to pay when contractors fail. He cites Hyde Park avenue sewerage work where a bonded contractor abandoned the job, causing city inconvenience, with bond penalties not yet honored. He urges removal from city bonding lists for such nonpayment.
Time notes the Senate failed to invoke cloture to curb tariff bill talk as Democrats once pressed for cloture in 1918. Republicans were largely united for limiting debate, while the outcome reinforced partisan irony in congressional procedure.
The piece recalls objections by Lodge McCumber Watson Kellogg Smoot Hale and Warren G Harding to cloture, stressing that debate freedom is a cornerstone of American institutions. Circumstances shift opinions as demonstrated by yesterday's sample.
The piece argues German marks have collapsed from 23.8 cents to six for a cent amid postwar inflation. It warns of rampant printing, value erosion, and bubbles, noting massive loss of American dollars and cautions readers against speculating on currency without real value.
Educators visit Boston and find the city has time for the arts amid growing commerce. Hamlin Garland notes Boston feels more commercial, yet the city leaves a strong impression with its harbor gateway to world trade and welcoming hosts.
The proposal by Senator Sterling and the Anti-Saloon League would authorize prohibition agents to board vessels within six marine leagues of the U S coast. Critics call it piracy and warn it could provoke gunfire and a wartime clash, citing 1812 precedent.
Will Hays chief of the film industry argues against tariffs on foreign movies entering the United States The producers believe American films can compete on merit and say free admission would not harm infant American industry and reflects practical economics and faith in home production remotely.
A reader letter from Clarice laments being plain and ignored by men. The columnist urges removing self pity and envy and argues inner beauty lasts while facial appeal fades. He notes character's beauty endures beyond surface looks and stresses effort to improve.
In a column reflecting on universal recognition of first names with initials, the piece notes John D Rockefeller as uniquely identifiable by first name and initial. It discusses William Rockefeller's death and the taxes, then highlights Percy Avery Rockefeller's charity work and support for youth welfare, the Boy Scouts, and French War Orphans relief.
A collage notes on birds and humor, theater crowds in Boston, and a close look at money in circulation. The piece cites a closing Boston restaurant for actors, then muses on flies, clocks, Pilgrim tercentenary, and rural life. It drifts into remarks on coins, age, and the Maine Bar Harbor scene with autos and tourism. It ends with N J Amster’s travel observations praising Spain as a money-rich country with potential trade.
A frightened crowd gapes as a drunken youth is restrained and placed in a police wagon. A war worker girl persuades him to tell his story and write a note, sparking a fragile bond. Later a police boat collision leads to a lifeboat rescue, and the pair part hopeful for a reunion.
Lighthearted notice riffs on longing for a better ride than a trolley. A playful, quotable quip questions if happiness depends on status, framed as a casual exchange.
A playful letter critiques auto licensing enforcement for drunk driving and questions holding car owners responsible for alcohol in their radiators. The writer uses humor to argue licenses should not be taken for vehicles “under the weather” and imagines denatured alcohol remaining in water.
The oldest inhabitant recalls unusually warm conditions on the eighth day within memory attributed to official records and mentions prior decades with minimal rain in Boston, noting scarce precipitation compared to Sears years 1913 and 1915.
The Cenacle Convent in Brighton postponed a girls retreat that was due to begin yesterday. The event now runs from July 18 to 20 and will admit girls aged up to 14 years.
The piece notes Ahmed Fuad I becoming ruler of Egypt after 1952 years of foreign rule, the modest portrait of the new king, and the royal lineage claim to Cleopatra through the Fatimite Caliphs. It mentions Fuad’s marriage to Princess Nazli, her veiling controversy, and a past romance with Spanish girl Carmen Barrera. It also references Fuad’s uncle the former Khedive and British views on safety of the Suez.
A collection of reader questions and brief answers covers usage like different from vs different to, authorial claims about radium, etiquette on inviting guests with stated dates, the line of world boxing champions, soldering brass, composer Carrie Jacobs Bond, restoration of citizenship after marrying a foreigner, and the Leviathan steamer’s service status.
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