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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1921
Page
9
The Boston Post issue from March 7, 1921 lists subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and Canada options, with seasonal terms and postage details. It names Edwin A. Grozier as editor and publisher and provides contact and editorial office details.
A Massachusetts Legislature proposal would abolish the Boston Legal Aid Society. The editorial argues the move is unwarranted and ill advised, noting the Society’s long record of helping the poor access legal assistance and prevent injustices. It urges defeat of the bill, calling the Society a useful institution.
Judge Westman rules that a railway passenger cannot watch his luggage while asleep, so the Pullman company must maintain a reasonable watch over a passenger's property in berth. The decision implies few cases where the company would be liable for stolen luggage such as guitars.
The court states that the Pullman company should implement a system of protection for passenger luggage to deter thieves. It argues the company would benefit from a reasonable watch, allowing sleepers to rest without vigilance, and notes the duty should have been assumed earlier by the firm.
The inaugural address stresses ties of trade bind nations and that a nation must be both buyer and seller. It argues reciprocal trade prevents conflict, supports a large merchant marine, and urges Congress to weigh tariffs with the principle of give and receive. It notes U S actions in Central America to halt war and uphold policy.
A reader questions the logic of dividing a party’s large campaign expenditures by votes cast to justify spending. The piece notes $8,100,739 spent for Harding’s 16,138,914 votes equates to 50 cents per vote, then 16 million votes would imply huge funds. It argues the issue is whether such money use is correct, not per vote cost, and asks if the party with bigger funds should always win.
Senator Hiram Johnson labels President Harding's inaugural address as signaling the end of the League of Nations. He praises Harding's reaffirmed policy and warning against entanglements, while noting unresolved questions about future U S participation. Figures like Taft and Lowell had urged Harding election to push the league idea.
Within twenty four hours of inauguration the White House hosted a conference with the President and newly minted Secretaries of State War and Navy. They discussed rapid next steps and the dispatch of identical notes to the involved government.
A Post reader proposes a simple law to end summer work after 4 p m for day shift employees in cities or states, as a health measure. He argues the idea could be unofficially adopted by industry, though constitutional issues and legislative resistance are noted.
George Bruce Cortelyou longtime aide to McKinley and Roosevelt now head of Consolidated Gas, known for stenography and verbatim reporting. Viscount Stuart and Eleanor Guggenheim lease near Rugby, director of boys hygiene. Frank Sisson heads publicity at Guaranty Trust, ex cub reporter and publisher. England’s new poor trend noted with Duke of Northumberland selling estate. John Singer Sargent painted Ruth Draper, granddaughter of Charles A. Dana. Dr S. S. Goldwater, hospital construction expert and Mt. Sinai founder, studied capital labor and medicine after journalism. Quaker relief unit arrives in Dublin with Barclay Spicer and others including Walter C. Longstreth.
Dr E J Melville presents Napolean Gomo describing Prosper Lashaway a Canadian lumberman turned wealth. Lashaway’s wife pushes status and luxuries, Prosper mocks thrift at dinner, grows a business empire then dies of heart disease. The piece notes his family’s decline and laments misfortune among prosperous neighbors in San Halbans Vermont.
Alice Stone Blackwell warns in Dorchester that House bill 598 could imprison unemployed people for vague misuses of time pending a March 10 hearing in Room 249. She argues the law could target women suspected of prostitution and invite police blackmail, urging amendments.
The item highlights warmer winter trends in Boston, rising temperatures, and a series of sky observations. It mentions Jupiter becoming an evening star, Venus in the west at sunset, Saturn’s ring, and a fast-drifting nebula. It also salutes Mrs. Achsah Roberts and quotes Philip Cabot on Rockefeller and Jim Hill as business visionaries. It closes with praise for the Sth Regiment drill and a child in a streetcar listening to her father.
A brief humorous note from Andy in Mattapan laments a poor rhyming pool for the name Noot and vows to write a poem dedicated to the subject. The speaker jokes about failing to find rhymes beyond coot.
Poem by the Bentztown Bard from 1921 speaks of hearing sounds and signs guiding the heart toward renewal. Vague dialect of wind and sun, trees and lilacs, conveys prophecy of spring and the memory and dream of love.
The Tavern directed by George M. Cohan is a satirical burlesque of a serious play. Arnold Daly as the Vagabond delivers solemn humor while Elsie Rizer, Wanda Carlyle, and Spencer Charters provide comic support in a tavern-set series of episodes. The piece has run in New York since last September and draws constant business.
A lively critique of C. Lewis Hind’s Authors and I and two companion volumes How to Know the Authors Emerson and Poe. The pieces spotlight intimate portraits of Wells Meredith Hardy James and others with readable criticism. Crothers portrays Emerson as a living man while Smith’s Poe study favors prose and life over poetry.
Walt Mason muses on Kansas winters versus milder shores. He recalls brutal cold in Kansas, yearnings for sun and warmth, then notes reforming climates abroad and the paradox of finding happiness amid changing weather.
The letter with only the special delivery stamp would be delivered with two cents collected on delivery at the address in Boston. March 17 is a local rather than legal holiday in Boston. Christopher Columbus had children, including Don Diego Columbus and Fernando, who wrote a chronicle of his life. Jack Dempsey weighed just over 188 pounds in his last fight. Water pressure at 100 feet yields about 21.65 psi. A meerchaum pipe cost $15 and drew ridicule from a friend.
Reader questions cover building materials from various regions, the origin of meerchaum in pipes, the first electric trolley run in Boston on January 1 1889 from Allston to Park Square, a legality query about a marriage under a false name, and an explanation of foot pounds and horsepower with definitions and conversions.
The Oldest Inhabitant cites Boston weather data noting extreme cold on the seventh day of March with figures dating to 1872 and 1878. He references official measurements showing rainfall and temperatures including 67 degrees on this date in 1912, 1914, 1916 and 1918.
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