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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1922
Page
10
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily Sunday foreign and Canada delivery, plus postage rules and billing details. It includes contact offices in Boston and letters to Editor Edwin A Grozier, with Associated Press license notes and international bureau locations.
Last week several families on St Marys Street faced days without water as the city water department cut supply over unpaid charges by the building’s owners. The editor denounces the action for harming innocent tenants and endangering health, urging the Board of Health to forbid such practices and suggesting the city collect dues only from delinquents.
On his eighty third birthday John D Rockefeller is described as enjoying a normal life, playing golf, and blending philanthropy with frugality. The piece contrasts him with Croesus and notes his happiness and health have not diminished with wealth. It also reflects on his brother’s lack of philanthropy in his will.
The June motor vehicle fatality count fell to 53 from 66 in the prior year despite 60 000 more cars on the road and two unusual railroad crossing crashes that caused eight deaths. Officials praise growing driving responsibility.
The Morgan Memorial runs a slummer vacation camp in South Athol for over 150 children from Boston’s South End. An industrial school will operate in July and August under Miss Kate I Hobart with alternating afternoon sessions for boys and girls. Children will cultivate gardens, with produce sent to families, and take daily hikes and swimming trips under supervision.
A call to strengthen bodies and spirits of youth as Morgan Memorial asks for funds to aid its mission. The message urges readers to remember the organization when contributing to its work for future citizens.
The piece argues against a proposed federal Department of Education and nationwide subsidies. It warns the plan would create a costly bureaucracy and allow Washington to dictate state education methods, likening it to Prussianism and stressing the risk to American freedom. It emphasizes preserving state control and rejects standardization.
Massachusetts militia now National Guard entered a thorough camp at Devens with stern realities and practical instruction. Officers and noncoms acted as instructors amid disciplined drills, shaping soldiers into capable citizens through setting up deportment and overall military bearing.
The President unveils a coal settlement plan calling for an immediate resumption of mining on current wage and condition terms, with an arbitration board to resolve disputes. A commission would study broader reforms toward a permanent, fair system for mining and transport, aiming to avoid future shortages.
A Boston observer cites official figures for July 11 noting a warmest 100 in 1911 and 94 110, and a coldest 54 in 1890. He adds that rain fell on this date in the past decade in 1014 1014, 1817 and 1914, reflecting historical variability.
The Woodville entomologist Herbert Roberts showed a hornets nest in his woodshed and claimed hornets are inactive until May. Al Brown pricked his leg with a pin, causing Roberts to scream and doubt his own knowledge. The incident prompts a revision of his hornet theories.
A London column argues dogs trot on three legs mainly due to urban nervousness. Town life allegedly excites terriers and city dogs, with freedom after muzzle rules and busy streets pushing four feet to speed escape. The piece contrasts city and country dogs and questions judgment on the habit.
The column marks Edward J. Phelps born centennial, noting his Vermont Democrat roots and service as ambassador to Great Britain by Cleveland. It also recalls the 118th anniversary of the Burr Hamilton duel, surveys changing views on dueling, and highlights public sentiment in New England.
The deep collar with a shoulder bow tops Paris style. Overskirt panels swing from satin and chiffon dance frocks. Summer frocks mix dyed lace with georgette or chiffon. Lipstick red shades rise in summer wear. Organdie dresses pair with concolor slips for charm.
A Rochester Herald piece notes 13 million bachelors in the United States and about 1 million marriages yearly. It cites living costs, housing shortages, unemployment, and women’s independence as factors slowing marriage growth while highlighting the burden and benefits of wedlock and quoting Jeremy Taylor on marriage’s social value.
The Hague July 10 Dr J C A Kiverwijn Dutch minister at Washington has resigned for personal reasons. No successor has been named.
The letters ask about comets passing earth during the last century and define absolute zero as about 273 degrees below zero. They discuss electricity as rapid electron movement, visiting-card titles, reels of film, and whether peeling potatoes before boiling reduces mineral content.
The town formerly Groton Junction was incorporated as Ayer in 1871 to honor James C. Ayer, the Lowell patent medicine manufacturer. Frederick F. Ayer donated the town’s public library.
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