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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
18
The Boston Post announces daily and Sunday subscription rates for U S Canada and foreign editions with varying term lengths and a postal surcharge for the Boston district. It also lists editorial and business office contacts and urges prepayment and notification if copies are unavailable.
The Boston Telegram launches in Boston yesterday priced at one cent per copy. Editor and publisher Frederick W. Enwright also runs newspapers in Lynn and other locales. The salutatory dedicates the paper to improving Boston and New England with support from The Boston Post.
Boston mayor Peters stayed incognito at the Hawkins Street Wayfarers Lodge, posing as a nightly guest. He found the lodge clean ventilated and well run with decent food, noting equipment needs and urging increased funding while keeping his identity secret from the residents.
A brief note expresses optimism that the fellow-guest will find employment. It conveys general support for men of his type and states a hopeful outcome without detailing specific names or locations.
Washington correspondent for the Transcript notes a cooling tone between President Harding and the Senate as clashes over patronage emerge. Key episodes include Selden Spencer’s surprise at C C Madison as district attorney nominee for Missouri, Jones’ anger at Harding’s naming autonomy, and La Follette’s objection to Esch for the Tariff Commission. The piece argues such disputes won’t destabilize the nation if the president selects worthy appointees, despite frustration over consultative norms.
The Krupps plan to build large factories in South America for peaceful products, but observers fear conversion to munition plants. The piece argues against reestablishing military bases and urges legitimate competition as Germany resumes industry after WWI.
New England Drydock and Ship Repairing Association asserts unfair treatment by the Federal Shipping Board in vessel repairs. They cite cases such as West Inskip, Dewey, and Shickshinny being sent to New York, Philadelphia, or the Navy Yard, despite local firms claiming better economies and bidding opportunities were denied. They urge allowing local bids before decisions are made.
Signs of spring appear across the country with ground sprouting and pasture turning green though March weather remains uncertain. Farmers stay alert for potential late frosts or surprises as the month nears its end and planning continues.
The high court weighs whether gains from selling securities by non dealers count as income. Government and Massachusetts taxed gains above baseline values set in 1913 and 1916, leading to claims that appreciation is not income or profit. Plaintiffs argue such appreciation should not be taxed, supported by prior court rulings.
A Washington congressman labels Henry Skeffington’s Boston port immigration trip a junket, while the editorial defends the mission as a working European tour to study port conditions and curb immigrant contamination, noting the trip’s value beyond deporting Reds to Riga.
The piece previews Chick Evans' Golf Book detailing Evans beginnings as a caddy in Chicago, his rise to fame, and his 1916 double crown. It also highlights The Art of Lawn Tennis by William T. 2d, noting Tunden’s focus on tennis history and great players, with praise for Brookes and Williams as top figures.
A letter to Newt argues farmers should remove rocks from their land to aid aviation. The writer recounts a pilot friend who survived a crash at about 2000 feet over western Massachusetts, striking a hillside and nearly suffocating after hitting a rock. The plea asks rock removal to a depth of 20 feet.
A humorous essay disputes clam intelligence, recounting a Portsmouth narrator who trains a pet clam named Lucy and a friend clam Clarence. The piece riffs on human misjudgment of animals, praising silent minds and clever tricks learned from a pocket kept in chowder.
Practical tips on preserving food to save money. Wrap cheese in vinegar-wet cloth, wash greens and refrigerate in a paper bag, store fish in a covered pail, keep rice cereal and tapioca in glass jars, and place bread in a cake box to maintain freshness. Mrs. F. H. Bachelder of Derry New Hampshire signs.
Observations mix historic Boston Evacuation Day lore with spring signs. Washington’s maneuver at Dorchester Heights, Howe’s retreat to Halifax, and a reminder of early spring bloomers mingle with notes on St Patrick's Day legends, Keats letters, and local academic talks.
Kate Greenaway English artist and illustrator born March 17 1846 in London to a wood engraver. She designed beloved Christmas cards and later illustrated books with gentle children flowers and landscapes. Her prints and watercolors earned wide acclaim and after her 1901 death she left behind many poems.
The White Villa dramatized from Edith Ellis's The Dangerous Age is staged at Eltinge Theatre New York in matinees. It follows Elsie Lindtner a 40s wife who rebels against loveless life by using a legacy to build a villa near Copenhagen. Other stories mirror similar dangerous years as a physician's wife and a widow confront desires. Tomorrow: Thy Name Is Woman.
Thomas W. Lamont, now a partner at J. P. Morgan & Co, is praised as a great New York financial man and former 20 year reporter on the New York Tribune. Boy Scouts leader Daniel Curtis Beard is described amid a slip in Flushing, offering bold remarks. Roscoe preacher Carl Hoop, at 11, delivers a 30 minute sermon from memory. Gilbert Chesterton comments on American women and waffles, and New York lawyer Bertha Rembaugh leads a growing practice after clerking for her brother. Reverend George Lee Patterson, Salem South Congregational Church pastor, keeps a residence within the church for his duties.
Walt Mason reflects that March defies seasons with rapid weather swings from snow to sun, cold to heat, leaving people uneasy. He humorously notes the month’s contradictory signs, the stubborn unpredictability of spring, and a playful portrait of March as a badly mixed season that unsettles everyone.
Native-born actor Fred Stone was born in Colorado on August 19, 1873. The letter to the editor discusses French hegemony pronunciation, tidal calendar questions, and the timing of two high tides in a day with a specific example of a 12 hour 23 minute interval at the navy yard.
Scientists say no current telescope can individually identify a man or animal on the lunar surface. An object would need to be 295 to 440 feet long to be discerned with the largest telescopes in existence today.
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