Boston Independent Democratic Paper of New England July 14 1920
The issue lists subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada and foreign copies. It notes office address at 359 Washington St Boston and contains varied pricing for daily, Sunday, and combined subscriptions with regional postal charges.
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The
Boston
Independent Democratic Paper of
New England
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Mass
U. S
Canada
Cater
Sugar in Boston Sugar imports flood Boston harbor with 17 120 000 pounds from Cuba
Two Cuban steamer cargoes totaling 17 120 000 pounds arrive in Boston and go directly to refineries. More cargoes are expected before week’s end. Housewives hedge on preserving sweets until distribution shelves are stocked.
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Tropics
Cuba
Boston
Alaska Reindeer Herds Seen As Food Staple Opportunity
An expedition led by Dr Edward K Nelson from Washington seeks to study Alaska meat supplies amid high living costs. Reindeer herds have grown from 143 in 1893 to 150000 today with vast range. The piece notes Alaska’s purchase from Russia for 7200000 and hints at potential profits from new air freight routes and reindeer meat entering markets.
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Territory of
Alaska
Edward K. Nelson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Nome
Boston
Vermont secretary of state condemns unguarded grade crossings
The Vermont Secretary of State urges license penalties for drivers who collide with trains at grade crossings and argues for constant protection at crossings. He calls unguarded crossings barbaric and urges either removal or full guarding by tenders or electrical devices.
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Secretary of State of
Vermont
Would Harding Put Coolidge In Cabinet Ex Officio
The piece questions if a future President Harding would name Calvin Coolidge a cabinet member with a seat at all meetings. It notes this could resemble a minister without portfolio and would require Senate consultation, given the Vice President presides over the Senate.
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Harding
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Senate of the
United States
Vice President Faith and Cabinet Innovation Discussed
The discussion notes that a vice president from a different faith than the Senate majority would be unlikely under a Republican victory. It suggests the vice president would remain conventional and that adding him to the Cabinet would be innovative, a move Harding would avoid.
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Senate
Hardings
General Wood Calls for Unity and Progressives' Input in GOP
General Leonard Wood urges the Republican Party to unite and include progressive elements in the campaign. He criticizes destructive attacks on the administration, notes his own platform diverges from Chicago’s, and warns party leaders to avoid rigid pledges while expecting broad independent support. Wood’s stance highlights tensions over reform, Prohibition, and suffrage.
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Leonard Wood
Chicago
Harding
Wood
San Francisco
United States
United Effort
Express Firms seek ICC OK for Continued Consolidation
Washington reports the American Railway Express Company asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit continuation of its merger with Adams Express American Express Wells Fargo and Southern Express. George C Taylor New York president says 31 million dollars is needed for new equipment and facilities. The consolidation originated with the federal railroad commission and now the allied firms push for ongoing operation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Express Company
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
Wells, Fargo & Company
Southern Express Company
George C. Taylor
New York
Consolidated Organization
Federal Railroad Commission
Should Shamrock IV Win The Cup For Yacht Racing
The article argues that a Shamrock IV victory over Resolute would boost international yacht racing. A win would spur new challengers, intensify national pride, and renew public interest in the sport, benefiting yachting and its following regardless of personal sentiment toward Lipton.
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Thomas Lipton
Lipson
Sir Thomas
Vermont Governor criticizes federal system over suffrage amendment
Gov. Clement denounces the federal system after refusing to convene Vermont's Legislature in special session for suffrage action. He argues the Seventeenth Amendment and related constitutional changes clash with state authority and warns of broader constitutional strain.
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Congress
United Fun
Clement
Harding
Legislature of
Vermont
Economic Outlook Shifts From Panic to Brisk Business
The article notes panics fading after the event, with talk turning to a winter shutdown risk that has largely already occurred. It cites price drops in wool and leather, grain price dips from good crop weather, high labor costs, and huge reserve note volumes as factors shaping a rebound to normal, brisk business within months.
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Federal Reserve
Notable Massachusetts Writer James Montgomery Now Resides in New York
Roy McCardell profiles James Montgomery Jr. once Maplewood high school toiling as a way-bill clerk for National Dispatch Freight Line in Boston. Montgomery now earns a substantial stage writing income for works like Easy Money Going Up Irene. Samuel M. Vauclain signs wholesale locomotive contracts with Poland Serbia and Romania exchanging engines for oil grain and ores. Dr Royal S Meeker resigns as US labor statistics chief to lead the League of Nations international labor office bulletin in Geneva.
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James Montgomery
Irene
Massachusetts
New York
Roy McCardell
James Montgomery, Jr
Maplewood High School
National Dispatch
Boston
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Europe
Baldwin Works
Poland
Serbia
Romania
Vauclain
Royal S. Meeker
United States
Geneva
International Labor Office
League of Nations
Meeker
Princeton University
Wilson
Birthday Bio Briefs: Owen Wister Pioneer of the West
Born July 14 1860 in Philadelphia Owen Wister became a defining Western writer likened to Bret Harte. A Harvard graduate with musical honors he shifted from music to law and finally found his calling in Wyoming Arizona and the American West shaping the novel Virginian after many travels.
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Owen Waster
Owen Wister
Bret Harte
Remington
Philadelphia
Fanny Kemble
Harvard
America
Wyoming
Arizona
Hea
City ordinance on streetcar fares backfires in Indiana town
In a brisk Indiana city the council passed a rule refunding fares when a gentleman gives a seat to a woman. The result: men become polite to win nickels, women refuse seats, crowded cars attract stampedes, and officials may repeal the ordinance soon.
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Indiana
Boston
Ladies And Gentlemen Preferred Rooms For Rent
A Massachusetts newspaper ad offers furnished rooms to let with bath use and a strong preference for ladies and gentlemen as tenants. The notice jokes about rooming for horses or livestock and hints the top floor could be a garage, with caveats about muddy weather and car access.
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Bath
Mass
Spare Time Woes of a Boston Businessman
A Boston businessman asks Newt how to use time efficiently. The reply says he wastes half his time explaining to employees and doing tasks himself, suggesting firing all staff to double personal productivity and avoid productivity stalls.
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Newt
Boston
Bill
You Can't Against All Odds Voice
A terse line from SS FOF voices doubt and opposition. The speaker scorns the phrase you can't and champions perseverance over discouragement.
Sam Turns Warm Coffee Into Lukewarm Breakfast Mockery
In Salem Massachusetts a reader criticizes a husband named Sam for his odd habit of blowing on his fingers to warm them and then blowing on his coffee to cool it, insisting he only means well and is a stubborn but polite figure in domestic quirks.
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Mr. Newkirk
Sam
Salem
Mass
Clara
United States
William A. Hayes
Lewis Goldberg
Edward Howe Forbush
State Division of Ornithology
Massachusetts
Maine
New England
Etiquette and Manners in a New Neighborhood
Miss Alice Stuart advises new residents to send engraved cards with their new address and reception day to all old friends when moving to a new neighborhood. The custom helps maintain social ties and informs connections of the change.
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Alice Stuart
Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston July 14 weather records
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston’s warmest July 14 records at 95 in 1873 and 93 in 1879, and the coldest at 56 in 1895. He adds no rainfall on this date in the past decade except in 1913, 1915 and 1918.
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Boston
Evolution of Sports Through Time and Across Cultures
The article traces how modern games like baseball football tennis golf and wrestling evolved from primitive forms. It notes that wrestling remains the most unchanged sport while others diverged due to rules and play style changes. It mentions ancient judging methods and hints at historical discoveries such as an Egyptian tomb dating around six millennia.
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Europe
The
Nile
Orient
Sukune
Japan
Wrestling Through the Ages in Queen Elizabeth's Era
The article surveys global wrestling history from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe and Elizabethan England. It notes judges' praise for a set of depictions, cites Henry VIII’s interest, 1222 English championship beginnings, and Devonshire vs Cornwall rules and rivalries.
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Europe
Henry VIII
London
Westminster
Observant Citizen Reflects on Potatoes and News
The column muses on potato blossoms as garden decor, recalls a frugal Boston man buying a cleaned old suit for 3 dollars, and notes global events from Bastille Day to naval coal economics. It also mentions local civic notes about a new Curtis Guild School and ewes moved to Long Island hospital.
Transit of Venus Defined and Mercury Transit Noted
To the Editor the transit of Venus is explained as the planet crossing the sun between Earth and the Sun. The phenomenon is rare and no Venus transits are expected this century or until 2004. A Mercury transit occurs in 1924. Also questioned is whether the Library Bell rings for great occasions, last rung at Chief Justice Marshall’s funeral in July 1835.
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Venus
Earth
Fost
Marshall
Fire Devastations in St Johns and St John Cities
St Johns Newfoundland suffered major destruction in 1877 with about half of the city burned. St John was twice leveled by fire in 1816 1817 and again in 1846. A later note cites 14692 as a burned fraction.
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St. John
New Brunswick
St. John’s
Newfoundland
St. John's
Relative capacities of common kitchen measures
The teaspoon is the smallest, with three teaspoons making one tablespoon. Sixteen tablespoons make one cup, so a cup equals approximately fifty one teaspoons.
Who sculpted Venus de Milo and where found
A letter to the editor asks about the sculptor of the Venus de Milo. It notes the statue was found among ruins on the island of Milo in ancient times.
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Sir
Island
Milo
Melos
Lotta as Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin at Boston Theatre 1869
Records show Lotta, Charlotte Crabtree, appeared as Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Boston Theatre during spring 1869. The season also featured her performing a character named Gaunse-a sha-nee-joseph-e-nee-clite lager-lodovica in The Female Detective.
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Sir
Lotta
Charlotte Crabtree
Boston
Topsy
Gaunse-asha - Nee
Joseph - E - Nee
Joseph - E - Nee ~- Clitelager-Lodovica
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