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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
12
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for U S Canada and foreign delivery. Rates show one year five dollars for daily, with six months two fifty and three months one twenty five. Sunday four dollars yearly. Canada postage adds per-copy charges.
A fragment from the Boston Post includes editorial and business office lines with contact addresses and notices about subscription payment in advance. It mentions Associated Press rights and locations in London and Paris, noting the paper's claimed large daily morning circulation.
Harvard expands its horizons as a UC baseball team and a UW debating squad visit Cambridge to test talents against Harvard youths. The move continues Harvard's history of setting precedents, fostering cross regional undergraduate spirit and reducing provincialism.
Advance information quotes Congressman Henry E. Barber of California predicting a Republican win in the state regardless of Chicago nominations. He notes California will go GOP this year, but cautions an election still settles accuracy, recalling 1916 outcomes and unresolved explanations.
The Justice Department and Mrs. Wilson issue a weekly menu to promote economy in provisioning. The plan showcases four pounds chuck pot roast with vegetables on Monday, veal cutlets on Tuesday, chopped beef en Miserole on Wednesday, oxtail soup on Thursday, beef brisket on Friday, and escalloped corned beef on Saturday to prove meat-saving practicality and maintain an attractive table.
The French prizefighter M. Carpentier shocked some fans by saying he hopes to meet Dempsey in the ring and that the best man will win after a brief, friendly boxing with Major Biddle at a New York dinner.
The best man proclaimed support for the winner in a festive event. The newspaper notes the crowd's cheers and calls the moment a new note in pugilism.
The Federal Reserve bulletin accuses European governments of “lying down” on rehabilitation and urges Europe to take radical steps to rebuild industries rather than rely on US aid. It calls for disarmament, resumption of industry, fair taxation, and domestic loans to fund postwar costs.
The Republican presidential primary in South Dakota results show Wood a few thousand votes ahead of Lowden and Lowden slightly ahead of Johnson. Petitions for a decisive victory fall flat as the state serves as a key early battlefield. A Chicago convention deadlock looms if pattern repeats nationwide.
The London dispatch reports Elihu Root will join the League of Nations Council committee to draft a permanent international court. The move appears at the president's urging, though his party controlled Senate hampered ratification of the peace treaty, a paradox reflecting on U.S. postwar diplomacy.
The piece foresees a major construction boom in 1920 with vast employment across allied trades. It stresses a lasting shortage of housing and facilities, urging unity of capital and labor to meet demand and sustain prosperity through a lengthy construction wave.
The American Bankers Association forms an organization to train and equip young men for banking. Classes provide personal instruction and courses tailored to individual needs, benefiting future bankers and the banks by supplying trained personnel.
The United States banking scene is limitless with New York as a world finance hub. Banks should mold runners and junior clerks into capable helpers, stressing the need for industrial education and development to secure benefits amid intense competition.
Rear Admiral Plunkett told a Senate committee that his hostility to the Navy secretary hints at an indemnity claim. The admiral left cryptic remarks about if the United States faced Germany alone or with allies, implying outcomes not creditable to the U S Navy.
A diverse array of notable Americans and international figures are profiled. Brand Whitlock praises Belgian symbols of resilience tied to Albert King of the Belgians and Cardinal mercies. Senator John Sharp Williams, Le Baron Colt and Peter Gerry are highlighted for their roles and backgrounds. Mary Fay returns from war work in France. Colonel Barker advances Poland railways with coal logistics. Chester S. Lord leads the Lotus Club as Sun editor. A Boston University law student mother, 48, homeschools two while her eldest enters MIT as a senior.
For the first time in the city a Chinaman appears on the 1920 jury list. Soon W. Q. Seetoo a bank agent at 77 Tyler Street, California born citizen, is among 10 000 names on the list drawn by election commissioners approved by police and awaiting printing.
A short satirical note on marriage and social manners. It contrasts a wife mentioning her husband with a married man delaying to mention his wife, marked with a brief signature Allston.
In a weathered Canada postmark letter from Harry, a hard winter tale unfolds. He and his partner trap 25 miles of lines near Quebec, noting fur prices from martins to beaver and muskrat. He recalls shared hardships, cabin life, and plans to visit Boston after spring.
The oldest inhabitant recalls Boston weather records for March 27. Official figures show coldest on record 16 and 17 degrees in 1873 and 1880, warmest 74 degrees in 1914, with no rain or snow in the last decade except 1911 1913 1914 and 1917.
Elizabeth Jordan reports another tale by Elizabeth Yoowan titled Miss Hearn's Gift will be serialized in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
A historical overview of the Bahamas north of Cuba and Haiti, detailing its rise in revenue from liquor during Prohibition, Nassau tourism growth, new hotels and steamer services, and the broader archipelago's uninhabited islands. It notes New Providence and Nassau as a sunlit winter resort with notable trees and legends linked to Blackbeard.
Lent approaches with Palm Sunday and Good Friday ahead. Dana Chapman corrects trout season dates. Massachusetts waters now largely state stocked, licenses needed. John Kirchmayer’s Groton School tablet to Quentin Roosevelt noted. J Randolph Coolidge designed it. Boston rail official touts better service and public trust. Albert Allen rises to general freight role at Boston & Albany.
The verse by Walt Mason suggests that kindness is not measured by wealth. It notes that small daily acts of aid and cheer can brighten others lives even when one lacks money or power.
A Medford sale of the so called Old Fountain House sparks debate among Middlesex historians over whether the building is the original Fountain House or a later reconstruction. Local figures note the tavern's history, palaverer sign, and its evolution from Palaver Tavern to Fountain House.
An editorial describes a nearly bare room featuring a grand piano and a decorative panel, arguing that an empty wall space can elevate music and calm, offering a contrast to clutter. It urges readers to declutter walls to achieve beauty and serenity in living spaces.
A reader asks whether to answer the marriage card and visit the couple or wait for them to call. The answer advises acknowledging the announcement with a call or by leaving or posting a visiting card at the address given and also sending a visiting card to the bride's mother.
In fashionable society such calls are paid in the afternoon between 2 and 5 30 o'clock. Such calls, as a rule, are not paid on Sunday afternoons, although some still keep Sunday as the day.
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