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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
16
The war fosters major shifts in labor parties in France and England. Leaders from the directing class are joined by workers and intellectuals in cabinets and party ranks. Programs reflect broad inclusivity and active cooperation across social groups.
The sap is flowing in sugar maples signaling the start of sugaring season. The rock-maple supports the economy with syrup wood and fuel while sap flow marks a yearly family farm ritual and natural beacon.
The Quincy City Council examined stable maintenance and an expert claimed ten dollars a week as a fair keep cost. The piece notes horses once cost ten dollars a month and suggests the horse is now displaced by affordable cars.
Variety reports that professional guides in devastated French regions will have a new supply of souvenirs this summer. An American tourist asked where the souvenirs are, and the guide replied they are being made in America, creating work for craftspeople in Brooklyn Cambridge and South Boston.
The piece argues that returning Americans who visit France this summer should be allowed to bring back the sole original helmet worn by the first aide to von Hindenburg. It contends that French guides and American tourists would suffer if the souvenir passion is denied.
The high court declares federal law unconstitutional to tax stock dividends, shaping state tax practices and business asset interpretation. It also sides with railroads on valuating rights of way and terminals at present value for 6 percent returns, boosting business confidence in the judiciary.
Sari daughter of a wealthy ruler and her love story unfold on Broadway Manhattan. Ben Mahomet pursues Sari with aid from the spirits of Haroun Al Rashid and O Henry as the Amir grieves and the search continues.
The Supreme Court held that a state's workmen compensation act does not apply to mariners. The case centered on a man injured while unloading a ship, with the state court previously reversing the compensation commission. The decision signals that maritime workers are outside state compensation schemes.
The notice discusses liability toward workers employed in unloading cargoes from vessels arriving at Boston and more broadly at Massachusetts ports. It highlights legal exposure for shipowners, operators, and stevedores in the unloading process and the potential duties owed to laborers.
Swiss reports that 200000 German war prisoners repatriated from France sing songs about returning home and the next war. The piece argues Germany has become a republic, ending imperial autocracy, and that veterans will soon realize the new political reality.
The pamphlet from Lenine claims Constantinople by a 1915 Allied promise but evidence is weak. Even if such a pledge existed it bound a Russia serving humanity, not a treacherous regime that capitulated to autocratic Germany. Soviet Russia would must fight to gain control.
Sir Oliver Lodge meets United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and notes shared family roots in Massachusetts dating to the 17th century. The piece highlights Mrs. John C. Bunton’s court connections, Robert H. Mainzer’s heroic fire rescue and fund-raising, Caroline J. Barker’s Newton memories, Edith Wharton’s Parisian aristocracy travels, Princess Anastacio of Greece’s American ties and wealth, and Miss Helen Scott Hay’s Red Cross service across Europe.
The Boston Post releases a 16 page testimonial on its 1919 career. It highlights leadership in local and national display advertising, a gain of over 3 million lines, total surpassing 10 million, and ranks with Chicago Tribune and New York Times in national copy. Circulation details cover more than a thousand New England towns and cities. Kelly-Smith Company represents the Post.
A playful dated verse from Wollaston sketches a man proposing to Marion Sherman with domestic vows and a playful cue to adopt the name Miss C Gar Box. The piece blends humor about chores and domestic life as a candid courting radio.
A quip attributed to the Sphinx urges bold virtue with a wink at temptation. The remark challenges readers to choose courage over easy wrong and suggests moral strength shapes character.
A column blends observations from a Washington street window with seasonal forecasts from New England snow and upcoming star gazing in Orion and Gemini. It includes a humorous matrimonial ad and a leap year birthday puzzle noting 1900 as not a leap year.
A humorous piece mocks a proposed Weymouth custom of using an ice bound dog with a rum cask to find lost men. It contrasts Swiss practice with Weymouth caution and imagines a large, comic stampede of townsmen chasing the dog amid snowy streets.
A Reading man claims a robin sighting. a Nartasket Beach resident reports a sea-serpent last summer. The piece jokes the robin was a blue jay and the sea-serpent an optical illusion, noting no sensible bird would cross New England in current snowbound conditions.
Dear All Sorts, a young lady friend asks to publish this ad to help her find what she advertises for. Please insert the notice in All Sorts. Lynn signs off.
A short clipped verse by Ruth Machugh from Rochester New Hampshire laments overshoes and urges plenty of buckles. The reader is invited to picture a colleague as a big handsome Mister Cop in a humorous urban mood.
A reader from Harwichport Massachusetts asks Mr Newkirk about tattoo designs for the back. She mentions seeing animal and emblem tattoos in papers and weighs a speaking head of coal or a domino sugar package but doubts billboard style body art is profitable or protective.
The article pictures Charlotte Amalie with Bluebeard’s and Blackbeard’s Castles and hilltop vantage points. It notes vivid streets, harbor views, and nearby islands St John Tortola and Road Town, once pirate haunts, now serene yet storied with relics.
A reader asks how to express the same idea as Ain't I and cites Canadian parents and U.S. birth. The response notes that being born in the United States grants you natural born citizenship regardless of parental nationality.
The record confirms Woodrow Wilson served as governor of New Jersey from January 17, 1911, to March 1, 1918. He resigned the office when he was inaugurated as U.S. president on March 4, 1913.
The piece defines democracy from Greek roots meaning people rule and highlights the New England town meeting as a near ideal. It notes citizens directly decide on local matters and elect representatives to carry out the majority will.
In March 12 1824 three convicts slated for public whipping in the Massachusetts State Prison assaulted a guard, freed inmates from solitary, and sparked a riot. About 30 marines under Major Wainwright arrived to quell the disturbance after protesters faced a three minute ultimatum.
The phrase denotes obtaining results by any means necessary, whether honest or dishonest. It reflects a pragmatic attitude that excuses unconventional methods to reach a goal, highlighting the ends justify the means mindset.
The phrase originated from medieval tools a crook for ground gathering and a hook for overhead retrieval. An old custom allowed tenants to collect firewood they cut with the crook or pulled down with the hook, dating to the 14th century or earlier.
The piece notes that fresh water has maximum density at 39.5 F and expands when cooled. As a pond freezes, the surface stays near freezing while the water below can be about seven degrees Fahrenheit warmer than 32 F, remaining above freezing even under ice.
A reader asks if the United States still coins silver dollars and whether such coins remain in circulation or are valued as collectibles. The unsigned query reflects concerns about monetary policy and coinage practices.
The text explains coin metals: nickels are 75 percent copper and 2 percent nickel, while the one cent piece, the copper, is 95 percent copper with five percent tin and zinc. It notes no United States silver dollars have been minted since 1905.
Thomas Mott Osborne writes to thank the Boston Post for its editorial praising his work and condemning corrupt politics. He says undeserved praise is due but laments interference with his work, and notes politics lower moral standards affecting social life.
The oldest inhabitant recalls Boston’s ninth of March as the coldest in memory with official figures 9 in 1885 and 11 in 1883. He notes warmest 62 degrees in 1918 and no rain or snow on this date for 16 years except in Wis and iid years.
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