Boston Post 1920 Subscription Rates and Postal Details
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for U S and Canada with various term options. Rates include daily 8 cents in Boston, Canada annual 5 dollars, and combined Daily and Sunday pricing. Postal and payment instructions specify checks or money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO and caution against sending cash.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Maia
Post
Massa
Sabbath Day Crisis Postpones Wilson Cox Roosevelt Meet
Robert I. Hiller, president of the Harding and Coolidge League of DC, says Americans who value Sabbath observance will regret that Wilson and nominees Cox and Roosevelt met on Sunday. He urges that the Sabbath take precedence over politics and notes the statement might have been better released Monday.
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Robert I. Hiller
Harding and Coolidge League
District of Columbia
Wilson
Cox
Roosevelt
Hiller
Is Jimmy an asset in presidential perception
The Boston Herald questions whether using the nickname Jimmy for a Democratic presidential candidate aids or harms public image. It notes presidents named James rarely wore such familiar forms, using Abe Lincoln as a counterexample, while acknowledging Teddy Roosevelt as a nickname example.
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Jimmy
Boston Herald
Jameses
United States
Lincoln
Abe
Teddy
Still a Mystery Over Harding Dollar a Day Remark
The Sun and New York Herald note the claim that Senator Harding said a dollar a day is enough for any workingman. They find no original attribution in any newspaper and suspect an idle denial was used to attack Harding. The piece questions the need for such tactics in modern times.
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Harding
Sun
New York Herald
Senator Harding
How Women Vote for President Without Federal Action
The Post explains that states can allow women to vote for presidential electors even without a federal constitutional amendment. Electors, chosen by states, are state officers, so state constitutions can grant women voting rights for president. Even without ratification by November, many women will vote through their states.
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United States
Gambling in Wheat Again Resumes on Chicago Board of Trade
After a three year lapse wheat trading resumed on the Chicago Board of Trade amid unsettled conditions. Commission houses limit speculative accounts to margins from 60 cents to $1 per bushel, likely reducing trading volume. The piece argues the activity is gambling and questions the rationale for allowing it again.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Commission
Wheat Speculation Explained as Gambling in markets
The author denounces using food staples as pawns for speculation. They argue no one proves the proposition and urge legal prohibition. Wheat should trade freely without gambler influence since speculators do not hold actual wheat. The writer foresees laws someday abolishing this practice even for speculators.
Prices Fall Across Textiles Leather and Grain Markets
A period of sharp price declines affects textiles leather and grain with buyers delaying purchases in anticipation of further drops. Mills close and production slows while some goods may soon be in short supply. A dry goods leader reports strong weekly wholesale distribution and analysts foresee potential two factor liquidation delays from crops and reduced mining factory output.
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Middle West
Cox Proved a Strong Vote Getter in Ohio Governorship
The article argues Governor Cox is a successful and consistent leader, noting he has been elected three times as Ohio’s governor despite strong Republican challenges. It emphasizes Cox’s repeated electoral success and hints he could win again.
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Cox
James M. Cox
State of
Ohio
Abolish 24 hour ticket rule praised by papers
New England papers applaud the Post stance against the rule requiring ticket use within 24 hours of sale. Critics say it causes public inconvenience and may alienate travellers while railroads defend it as protection against misuse and baggage checks.
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New England
Post
Portsmouth Times
Lawrence Tribune
New York Health Chief Defends City Against European Critics
Dr. Copeland, New York Health Commissioner, after attending a Brussels conference, proclaims New York superior to European cities in physical health and morality. He contrasts police, traffic rules, and street cleaning unfavorably with New York and cites its milk-supply protection as a model. London’s oversight is noted as lagging.
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Straton
New York
Copeland
Brussels
Europe
London
Housing as Public Utility Proposed in Response to Living Standards
The doctor criticizes local milk distribution as nearly criminal and concedes the US lags Europe on housing. He notes Europe treats housing as a public utility due to its pressing need, suggesting the same approach is inevitable here to improve living places for the people.
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Europe
The Tragic Fate of Prince Joachim of Prussia
Strikingly mixed reports about Prince Joachim of Prussia during and after the war leave Americans puzzled by his death. He is described as wounded and pleased, yet often viewed as invalid and health compromised. His front line actions are disputed, while his military inspired music and adherence to class traditions are noted amid global tragedy.
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Prince Joachim of
Prussia
Namur
Grand Duchess of
Baden
Hohenzollerns
Caesar
Uncle Sam
America
Notable WWI Inventor Browning Earns Million From Inventions
The article notes John M. Browning, inventor of Uncle Sam’s new machine gun and automatic army rifle, reportedly earns about a million dollars yearly from his inventions. He continues to work in a private beachside shop in overalls, whistling.
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John M. Browning
Uncle Sam
Birthday Bio-Briefs: Petrarch and the Renaissance
Petrarch born July 20 1304 in a poor family in Avignon grew to wealth and fame. He revived interest in ancient art and literature and inspired Laura poetry. He preserved manuscripts coins and relics and became an intimate counselor to kings of his era.
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Petrarch
Dante
Francesco Petrarch
Avignon
Laura
Comedy of the kitchen and car woes across papers
A jumble of old clippings shows husbands praising meals and misusing food for mechanical fixes. One man cracks a biscuit and jokes about lifting a car with it while another impractical chef messes with meat and pie lids. The row of quips spans Cincinnati Canton Newark Portland and beyond.
Post Hole and Square Egg Ventures Collapse
A satirical annual report reveals two fictitious enterprises the Consolidated Post Hole Company of America and the National Square Egg Corporation failing due to material shortages and uncooperative hens. The piece humorously notes exhausted supplies of old cellars and tunnels and hens refusing to lay square eggs, ending with a critique of misjudged investor confidence.
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Consolidated Post Hole Company of America
National Square Egg Corporation
Post Holes
Square Eggs
New England
To Let House With Three Rooms And Odd Garden
A house of three rooms with a cellar beside the car line is offered to let or lease for fixer upper use in cattle. A garden accompanies the premises described as scattered with hardwood floors. Address withheld for contact.
Watchful scrutiny of trust in another’s good faith
A wary observer watches a man who questions the other’s honesty and integrity. The scene centers on doubt about sincerity and the need for reliable conduct in their dealings.
Odd Roadside Incident In Connecticut Stirs Curious Reaction
A man driving a large limousine at 40 mph avoided hitting a cornerman by ditching the car in the road. He claimed the man stood in the way to attack him, while bystanders report a fake straw-filled old suit and boyish laughter from nearby youths. No one injured. car damaged about 800 dollars.
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Connecticut
Boston July Temperature Records and Rainfall Note
The remarks recall Boston temperatures on this date: warmest 95 degrees in 1894 and 92 in 1876, coldest 54 in 1891, and a ten year span with no rain except in 1916.
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Boston
Horse Racing Through the Ages and Races Across Europe
The article surveys ancient to medieval horse racing, noting chariot racing in Greece and Rome, later popular in Europe among Huns Magyars and Tartars, with Sardinia and Hungarian steeple-like street races. It describes vivid costumes, dangerous courses, and early English public races influenced by James I and Chester.
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Greece
Rome
Constantinople
Europe
Asiatic
Steppes
Hungary
Sardinia
Italy
England
Chester
James I
Scotland
Observant Citizen Highlights Mt Tom Hotel Idea and City Notes
The column notes Margaret as a revived girls' name and reflects on Old Ironsides and wood endurance. It surveys Mt Tom's view and a possible hotel, Boston bridge safety signs, and a clever auto mechanic joke. It also reports teacher summer schools, Ward 8 delegate counts, and rising driving hazards at rail crossings with national death tolls.
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James Rideout
M. B
M. E
Hooper’s Almanac Folly and Hooper’s Pills Parody
A playful verse tale mocks old time almanacs and Hooper’s pills, narrating a reader who abandons the questionable cures after a wakeup moment. It includes references to zodiac linked stones and marriage luck, with a note on alternate stone attributions.
Question on ages of Fairbanks and Pickford
A reader asks how much older Douglas Fairbanks is than Mary Pickford whom he married recently. Fairbanks lists his birth date as May 23, 1883 and Pickford’s as April 8, 1893, about ten years apart.
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the Lost
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Fairbanks
Boston to Halifax Route Distances Revealed
A reader to the Editor outlines a possible automobile route from Boston to Halifax Nova Scotia with mileages between major stops. Boston to Bangor 256.5 miles, Bangor to St Stephen 124.9, St Stephen to St John 75.6, St John to Halifax 153.7 for a total of 610.7 miles. This path is noted as suggested in the Blue Book.
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Sir
Boston
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Bangor
St. Stephen
N. B
St. John
WN. B
Gem birth stones by month garbled list ends with April
Historical column presents conflicting birth stone lists. It states January uses the jacinth or hyacinth symbolizing fidelity February uses amethyst for sobriety and peace of mind March offers bloodstone or jasper for courage and success April begins but is cut off in the excerpt.
Quaker settler myth about Providence debunked
Roger Williams founded Providence and was baptized Baptist in 1639 before becoming a Seeker. He was not a Quaker. The Quakers did, by tradition, found New Bedford in New England, historically called Acushnet by local Indians.
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Sir
City of
Providence
Roger Williams
Baptist Church
New England
New Bedford
Acchusnett
Dimensions of the Massachusetts State House dome and height
The State House measures 172 feet at the front with a total height from base to pinnacle of 155 feet. Its foundation sits about 106 feet above the bay waters. The gilded dome itself is 53 feet in diameter and 35 feet high.
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Mt. Tom
Holyoke
Connecticut River Valley
Massachusetts State House
State House
State Manual
Birth of a Nation First Shown Date
Motion Picture Magazine cites March 8 1915 as the date when The Birth of a Nation first appeared on screen.
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Motion Picture Magazine
Voting rules in Libera restrict electors by blood and land ownership
The Statesman’s Year Book notes that electors must be of Negro blood and landowners. Natives are not excluded by race, but outside civilized centers they participate little in politics.
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Republic of
Liberia
the Statesman
Fish and Brain Food Debate Perplexes Letter Box
A reader challenges a scientist's claim that meat beats fish for brain nourishment. The letter notes brain phosphorus needs and that phosphorus in fish is mainly in bones as calcium phosphate, suggesting bone consumption would be required for full benefit.
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Letter Box
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