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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1922
Page
10
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for domestic and foreign readers, plus Canada rates and combined daily Sunday plans. It provides office addresses, telephone numbers, staff roles, and notes about payment in advance and republication rights.
The Veterans Bureau ordered ending the Parker Hill Hospital noonday meals effective March 16, cutting about 15 dollars a month from civil service workers. The remote location and 30 minute lunch window worsen the hardship, prompting calls for reversal of the policy.
A Senate finance committee backed a 15 percent ad valorem duty on hides, aided by agricultural bloc pressure. Opponents say the tax benefits packers and farmers gain little, noting hides are a minor factor in cattle pricing and wool duties fail to raise sheep prices.
The critics argue the proposed duty on hides mainly benefits packers while farmers and others pay the higher costs with no offsetting advantage. They warn the measure will extract profit from the farming sector without delivering concrete gains.
State Senator Lewis Parkhurst vows to devote time and resources to replacing Massachusetts Charlestown’s outdated prison. He cites 1920 corrections bureau findings on Congested dirty site, lack of hospital facilities and bucket system. He aims to rally public support to abandon the current site and build a modern facility.
The article urges the Legislature to pass a bill for a great aviation centre in East Boston at Jeffries Point. It cites Eddie Rickenbacker and local fliers praising the site’s harbor location and proximity to the city. It argues aviation centres are essential as navigation advances and public interest requires state backing, not private exploitation.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports a February rise in department store trade versus January, with mass retail activity seen as a gauge of improving employment and consumption. Increased store health implies more work for factory workers and renewed money circulation supporting the city’s economy.
Concord firemen fought a forenoon blaze that attacked the old Sexton place on the Bedford road. Sparks from the chimney ignited the roof, burning the front side. Apparatus responded after a long run. Damage estimated at 400 dollars. The house is owned by John Glavatini.
The dow spider of Madaugasoar is described as the largest spider known, weighing about a pound with eight legs as long and thick as a lead pencil.
A bashful man named Newton Newkirk wanders a tea party overwhelmed by polite society. He struggles with handshakes tea and lighted cigarettes then drops items and collapses into the street. He is later taken to a psych ward for observation. The piece ends with a phonetic joke about early spring.
The poem urges readers to seek humor in the day's funny columns written by gloom-dispellers. It notes a traffic officer in Oakland who arrest his wife for jay-walking, suggesting justice may feel hollow after a difficult day.
A collage of letters and anecdotes covers quirky fixes for fruit juice sprinkles, praise for Harvard’s Charles Milot on his 88th birthday, and reflections on European whip tradition. It also recalls New England stone walls, privacy in rural China, a boll weevil monument in Enterprise Alabama, and portraits of elderly locals in Bath Maine.
In a Household Hint note the advice to use jelly tumblers with tin covers when making steamed puddings. The guidance emphasizes proper vessel preparation for even cooking and neat presentation.
A jumble of quips on reform, truth, schools, advertising and leisure. Notes on cars, houses, meals, movies, phonographs and instalment plans. A humorous close about a bath and a cold bath.
Teresa a quiet Pier Street resident falls for J Bennington Dennett after Eleanor leaves for business college. Kay Anderson, her long time admirer, watches with heartbreak as Dennett woos Teresa. Kay struggles with unrequited love while Teresa dreams of a cottage with Dennett and a hopeful future as Mr and Mrs Kay Anderson.
The entry notes Boston’s coldest and warmest March 20 readings in official records. It cites 1875 and 1876 as cold predecessors and a warm 77 briefly in Meh with decades noting no precip except 1912 and 1913.
Aaron Winterfield grows up on High Mountain and descends to civilization where he meets Lulie Vaughan. She loves another, so he returns to the hills. Lulie realizes her heart is on the mountain and goes to find him, where they reunite as love crosses worlds.
The poem extols water as the noblest drink. It contrasts hydrating rivers and rain barrels with alcohol, urging temperance. It notes the dangers of drinking brandy and the social shame that follows a drunken spree.
In a statement opposing the bonus bill Congressman Luce estimates the cost at 4 098 719 350 and likens Uncle Sam to Micawber. He derides the Fordney bill as a pawnbroker policy and predicts borrowing for three years to cover obligations, risking higher costs and political blame.
Four cars were stolen in Cambridge last evening with none recovered by midnight police suspect a band of thieves. Victims include Miss Mary L McNair Dorchester resident James W Dowd Arthur W Smith and Mrs Thomas Charak. An earlier attempted theft by two armed men near 1900 Massachusetts Avenue supported the gang theory.
Readers submit inquiries and answers on a range of topics from Boston post office history to Franklin’s signature, Bermuda island counts, tarpon origins and Navy coal quality. The column confirms City Hall dates, corrects Franklin’s state, and cites Irish city populations and historical quotes.
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