Boston Post March 26 1921 subscription rates and notices
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including prices for 1 month 50c, six months 2.50, one year 5, and Canada 12c per copy. Foreign 17c per copy, postage extra in the Boston district, and advance payment required with discontinuation on expiration. Also notes postal contact details and advertisement office information.
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Gregee
Canada
When & O Ae
Oston
Boundary Settlement Proposed For Isthmus Dispute
The Isthmus boundary feud, marked by fighting, appears to find a solution through U S mediation under the 1915 Bryan treaty. Panama agrees to submit territorial disputes to the United States as mediator, aligning with Wilson era methods. The Harding administration may adopt similar steps to gain advantages.
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Isthmus
Panama
Washington
League of Nations
Lodge
Wilson
William J. Bryan
United States
Harding
Reverend Connell canvasses Congress on beer and wine
From Philadelphia comes word that Reverend Russell H. Connell of Grace Baptist Temple announced a canvass among new Congress members about beer and light wines. He reported 117 replies, with 110 in favor of the measure.
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Philadelphia
Russell H. Conwell
Grace Baptist Temple
New Congress
Congress May Loosen Prohibition Yet Faces Cautious Vote
The article argues that congressmen show mixed personal sentiments on relaxing Prohibition while hinting at broad support for milder stimulants. It warns against assuming a massive shift, noting that voting decisions depend on more than private letters. Public pressure and lobby influence remain pivotal.
Evacuation Day parade foes prompt call for troops return
The piece condemns General Buckman and Rear Admiral Dunn for banning Army and Navy representatives from Boston’s Evacuation Day parade. It argues the annual celebration honors liberty and the Revolution, urges Secretary Weeks and Secretary Denby to revoke the orders, and cautions against betraying Boston’s support for freedom.
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Army
Navy
Buckman
Dunn
South Boston
Boston
Friends of Liberty
United States
Great Britain
Weeks
Denby
Five Hundred Millions in Treasury Bulge This Morning
Treasury experts in Washington report a $500,000,000 rise in the national purse since yesterday. If distributed, it would total about $5 per person, though much is in promissory notes. Funds go to war savings, public debt, and transportation act guarantees, with last year’s earnings tax yielding over $800,000,000 and a downturn in late 1920.
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Sam
Treasury Department
Washington
Where is Harvey The vacant Ambassadorship to Britain stalls
The post of United States Ambassador to Great Britain remains vacant as President Harding delays sending George Harvey’s name to the Senate. Rumors claim London dislikes Harvey and that Hughes and party elders challenge his Republican authenticity, but the objections may not prevail. The appointment was once seen as a sure thing but is now up in the air.
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Congress
United States
Great Britain
Harding
George Harvey
Davis
Senate
Harvey
Court of St. James
London
Hughes
Mr. Harvey
Sene
Alfred Sze
Copley Plaza Hotel
Pone
Albert
Belgium
Efey
Mr. King
Pershing
New York City
Persh
Swat the Fly War Urged Against Household Insects
A regional notice urges early action against flies as a winter warm spell returns insects. It warns flies threaten food, children, and homes, urging swift measures before insects establish themselves in kitchens and dining rooms.
Early spring fly menace warns of booming brood
The passage warns that early spring flies signal a likely large brood of descendants and urges immediate action to reduce future swarms. It calls a fly-infested home a sign of neglect or unsanitary conditions and emphasizes blaming no one, urging residents to kill now to prevent August swarms.
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New England
Legislators misled by stock capitalization fallacy
The piece argues that allowing gas and electric firms to capitalize premiums would not create new wealth or raise dividends. Supreme Court ruling shows stock dividends do not boost property value, and state regulation fixes charges by service cost, not share count. The analogy: cutting an apple into eight shares doesn’t increase total fruit.
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Supreme Court
Edison Electric
Questions and Answers from a 19th Century Readers Page
A collector’s sample of readers questions about science law and trivia with brief answers. Topics include melting lead safety how a bill becomes law differences between octopus and devilfish tide ranges Portland Oregon versus Portland Maine winter temperatures what counts as shellfish and edible shellfish birthstones and actors ages and the 1881 yellow day in New England.
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New England
Reformers of all sorts in a cynical verse
A satirical poem rants at reformers as sanctimonious, divide into open shop and regular unions, claim endless moral policing and double pay for overtime. It contrasts reformers who push good deeds with those who condemn every pleasure, ending with the speaker hating reformers who claim salvation for themselves.
One-Way Cigar Mystery Letters to the Editor
A reader letter from Salem describes a cigar mishap where the lit end fell to the pavement and the writer inadvertently re-lighted the unlit end, asking why it would not smoke. The pun yields the line about a one way cigar.
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Newt
Salem
N. N
March Prognostication This Month Through Whimsical Verse
A humorous column on March guiding farmers and readers through humorous turn of phrase. It jokes about choosing between whistles or mortgages, florists selling odd vines, and a night blooming phonograph. It notes Aries sun sign, weather forecasts, and advises bringing windmills indoors and drying laundry by evaporation.
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Weather Buréau
Household Hint on Odors and Mustard Water
A reader from Woburn relays a humorous note on odor treatment. The piece playfully compares smells from fish and onions to Limburger cheese and glue, joking that mustard water could remove odors if the two scents could be isolated, ending with a quip about a man eating vile cheese.
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Lena
Woburn
Ena
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
Poem excerpt from 1921 collection celebrating endurance and distant stars. The speaker notes only those who are over the top can grasp the world’s hard blows and its vast joys, with lines praising dream fulfilled, youth, and the battle’s call.
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Bentztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Earth
Boston March 16 Weather Records From Official Figures
The record shows coldest March 16 highs with 10 degrees in 1872 and 12 degrees in 1918, while the warmest on this date stands at 61 in 13. No precipitation fell in Boston on March 16 in 1911 1913 1916 1919 and 1920.
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Boston
Evening gowns highlight distended hip silhouettes
Fashion notes describe evening gowns with distended hip lines and crepe suits with varied color combinations. Crepe jackets feature three quarter length sleeves flaring at the edge and Jenny displays dresses with half length free panel backs.
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Jenny
Observant Citizen recalls Pilgrim ter centenary and old Boston notes
The piece blends lore of Samoset and Pilgrim contact with 17th century New England history, spring signs, and local curiosities. It notes a cold December day in 1917, a Hanson schoolteacher's class, Islesboro Maine banning autos for two years, and a Biddeford couple with 16 children. It also mentions buffalo giveaways by the U.S. Forest Service, photo tricks on foreign dignitaries, and a torn two dollar bill repaired with bread-brand sticker notes.
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Palfrey
New England
Samoset
Monhegan
United States
The Skin Game at Bijou Theatre New York
John Galsworthy drama The Skin Game now running at the Bijou Theatre New York exposes class tension between Hillcrist aristocrats and Hornblower money. The plot centers on opposed interests over pottery factories and a social scandal affecting Jill Hornblower and Mrs Hillcrist with dramatic clashes and a sharp conclusion.
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New York
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Galsworthy
England
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Skin Game
Bijou Theatre
Marsh Allen
Cynthia Brooke
Herbert Lomas
Hornblowers
Hiller’s
Mr. Hornblower
Hillerist
I'1erists
New Books Praise Scattergood Baines and Others
Kelland’s Scattergood Baines is praised as an entertaining tale of a poor man turned millionaire and political power broker. Oppenheim’s Jacob’s Ladder follows an oil investor who aids the unlucky while outwitting swindlers. Cooper’s James Bevanwood, Baronet, features a carpenter who inherits a vast estate but leans toward sentimental fantasy.
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Harper
Clarence Budington Kelland
Scattergood
New England
Coldriver
Coldriver Valley
Mr. Kelland
Little Brown
E. Phillips Oppenheim
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Enid
Rippling Rhymes by Uncle Walt Mason
Uncle Walt Mason humorously notes that while most people stay cheerful, a few always lament. He argues life has joys and storms, and even as we celebrate weddings and sunny days, a minority still voices dismal thoughts. Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Caring for children an inheritance of Herbert Hoover
The article notes Herbert Hoover’s legacy of caring for many children through family lines. It recounts Rebec ca Grant rearing nine and adopting nineteen more, and mentions aging actress Ellen Terry still vocal on stage. It also covers diverse lineages from U S Treasurer Andrew Mellon to Norah McMullin and Esther Walker of New Bedford, highlighting prominent society figures in European resorts including Muriel Astor at St Moritz with her mother.
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Herbert Hoover
Rebecca Grant
Ellen Terry
U. S
Andrew W. Mellon
Rockefeller
Henry C. Frick
Mellons
Frick
Carnegie
Dublin
Norah McMullin
Muriel Astor
Lady Ribblesdale
John Astor
New York
St. Moritz
Switzerland
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