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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
10
The defender Resolute has won twice and faces a single decisive race at Sandy Hook to determine who carries the great cup. Experts favor the Yankee boat to retain the cup as Sir Thomas Lipton labors for victory, while the era of constant possession may shift if the challenger wins.
Parley P. Christensen, Farmer-Labor candidate for president, pledges to relocate the capital from Wall Street to Washington. The piece notes the Constitution did not fix Washington as the capital and comments on Wall Street and Wilson era tensions with the Treasury.
The Spa reparations accord faced German resistance yet was signed under protest. Germany plans to meet the Spa terms, with the Reichstag to discuss next steps as state presidents in Berlin pledge full cooperation toward reconstruction and peace.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce questions federal census accuracy. Partial work suggests about 37 396 more residents than listed, a 5 percent increase, totaling 785 319 versus 747 923. A full recount may be possible but time limits and vacations hinder re enumeration.
A mid narrative note declares satisfaction with a census error and pledges immediate correction. It states a five year horizon to conduct an independent count and rectify the figures, reflecting governance concerns and citizen expectations.
The piece debates Senator Hardings push for a new association of nations while maintaining U S independence It contrasts his proposal with the existing League of Nations and questions how Republicans like Taft Root Crane and others might respond It also hints Cox will comment in his acceptance speech as the campaign unfolds.
The telegram shows William J. Bryan refusing a Prohibition convention offer and asserting loyalty to the Democratic party while leaving his vote in November uncertain. Robert M. La Follette profiles sharp criticism of both major parties and a refusal to back Harding. Bryan hesitates on Governor Cox with hope unresolved.
Testimony for the defense of Lt Colonel Hunt in the Bergdoll court-martial claimed the guard was capable, but Bergdoll escaped easily. Hunt refused irons to avoid humiliating him despite warnings of his dangerous character, prompting calls that Hunt bear responsibility for the miscarriage of justice.
A telegram from Virgil G Hinshaw chairman of the prohibition national committee explains why the law and order plank was not in the Chicago platform. Will Hays says the plank was stricken out by the platform sub committee as meaningless and never presented to the full platform committee or the convention. The remark notes that many meaningless planks might have been dropped from the GOP platform.
A fragmentary OCR read suggests only a small portion of the document survives with limited legible details. Key names or dates are not clearly readable, but the fragment implies a final state of the source page.
A Republican columnist attacks the Democratic platform for omitting a sugar price stance. He argues the Sugar Equalization Board advised buying Cuban sugar at six and a half cents, a move the Wilson administration rejected, leading to high open market prices. He warns critics would condemn any outcome, whether prices rose or fell, revealing political posturing.
Washington reports President Wilson may be asked to author motion pictures as propaganda during his term. A New York correspondent notes Harding smokes a pipe but doubts it. Paderewski touted to represent Poland. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks honeymoon voyage aboard Olympic. Queen Marie of Romania pledges Jewish relief aid. Edison uses telegraph key again. Clemenceau in Paris drafting a novel on Egyptian life. Harding campaign press corps to monitor every move through Marion.
Lincoln Neb July 2 Prohibition party candidates Aaron Watkins of Germantown Ohio and D Leigh Colvin issue statements denouncing Senator Harding on prohibition. They condemn his acceptance speech noting his mention of dissent and possible repeal while praising enforcement as unacceptable.
A traveling salesman’s bag of dynamite is left on a sidewalk after Jed angrily kicks it. He discovers the bag’s contents and fears disaster, collapses, then recovers. The tale ends with a warning to be kind to objects entrusted to us and to consider how actions look from others’ perspectives.
Classified notice from a Massachusetts newspaper seeks a four or five room flat or small house with improvements in a good American neighborhood. The couple has no children and wants options in Quincy Wollaston Weymouths or Braintree. Address withheld.
A columnist explains that fried egg plant refers to a menu item rather than a restaurant name. The letter from Mary asks why a eatery bears that title. the reply clarifies it is a dish featuring eggplant prepared fried, hard boiled, scrambled or omelette.
The article traces baseball roots from rounders and town ball to the Abner Doubleday origin myth, noting early games in Cooperstown in 1839, Knickerbocker Club history, and the shift to nine innings. It recounts the 1846 Knickerbockers versus New York Nine score of 23 to 1, and the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings tour attracting 200000 spectators.
The column notes dog days dates differ by authority and cites an upcoming moving pictures system at Long Island Hospital funded by a $14 000 bequest. It mentions a referendum fight on a boxing bill, poll tax payments, and blueberry prices in Boston with a New Hampshire letter. It also reports streetcar line cuts, Plymouth line auction plans, and the steamship George Washington’s conversion to an oil burner in South Boston.
A collage of notes recounts Walt Mason verses, Bunker Hill crowds, fall fashion shifts, shipboard savings in Hamburg, fire escapes used for sleeping, and aging New England residents. Reports include cemetery care in Europe, rail labor shifts, rising Roman cheese prices, and Weymouth trout plans.
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