Boston Post subscription rates and mailing details
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The Right Spirit: Baruch Urges Backing the President
Bernard M. Baruch told a Chicago reporter that ending European quarrels and getting everyone back to work would restore normal conditions and boost trade. He urged citizens to support the President regardless of party, praising wartime service and criticizing opponents who opposed the administration.
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Chicago
Europe
Harding
United States
Baruch
President Harding Deliberates Vacation Plans In Washington
President Harding hesitates over where to spend his summer vacation. He weighs several invitations offering favorable terms. A better option, however, is suggested as being right here in Massachusetts.
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Harding
Washington
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Welcomes Harding for Summer Vacation Visit
A nostalgic appeal extols Worcester county and the Berkshires offering sea breeze surf forest retreats easy mountain climbs top golf courses and accessible trout brooks. It notes presidents Cleveland and Taft vacationed here and invites Harding to Massachusetts for a welcoming summer stay.
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Cleveland
Taft
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Harding
Shipping boom as nine Royal Mail steamships near completion
The shipping industry sees a profitable export boom with nine 15,000 ton steamships planned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The vessels, each with 3000 tons of refrigerator space, will operate between Seattle, Great Britain and Continental Europe via the Panama Canal, boosting canal traffic and widening access to wheat cereals from the West and fruits and vegetables in Europe at lower prices.
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Great Britain
Europe
Panama Canal
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YWCA Boston Aims $104,000 for 1921 Work
The Boston YWCA reports 1920 totals: 7,881 accommodated, 402,939 meals served, 2,502 enrolled in classes, 887 placed in positions, 28,643 at Blue Triangle Recreation Centre, and 1,000 students reached in 10 colleges and schools. To sustain the program in 1921, it seeks $104,000, with checks payable to George C. Lee at 44 State Street.
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Revival in Business Expected After Midwinter Doldrums
The piece notes signs of recovery as spring approaches with active markets and rising orders in sextile and steel, leather and wool. Motor production runs at 89 percent of capacity, inflation remains a hurdle, and banks and the Reserve System debate discount rate timing while business leaders urge a brighter psychology to drive growth.
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George A Sayre Quotes on Seeds of Kindness on Livery Day
A quotation attributed to George A Sayre encourages sowing seeds in the hearts of those you meet. It urges planting flowers rather than thistles or thorns and frames Livery Day as a moment to foster kindness through thoughtful actions.
The Observant Citizen Notes Longer Daylight Periods
The piece comments that daylight hours are increasing rapidly, making today slightly longer than yesterday by about an hour. It emphasizes the swift change in day length and reflects on the gradual shift as seasons progress.
Napoleon and Celeste the old mare and other musings a Bostonist
The writer recalls a lively old horse Celeste nicknamed Napoleon and shares tales of sugar bowls, a plowed past, and a stubborn road horse. He riffs on spelling chaos, Dada art, amateur radio regs, and a retired doctor turned attorney, ending with notes on Easter reflections, theatre premieres, and a new film series in the Post.
Postmaster General Aims to Humanize the Postal Service
The Postmaster General told New York postal workers his aim is to humanize the department. He argues recognition for individual effort boosts efficiency and morale, preventing workers from becoming mere cogs. He believes comradeship and proper credit will strengthen support from the American people and spur the service to greater importance.
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Hays
Postal Service
Dreadnought Battleship Birth Year and Size Contrast
A reader asks about the original battleship named Dreadnought built in 1906 with a displacement of 17,900 tons and compares it to the latest battleship design at 43,209 tons. The letter explains Dreadnought as the first all big gun battleship. The correspondence notes letters are answered in order and requests full writer details.
Bergdoll Muddle Seeks International Precedent
The Bergdoll case, an escaped draft evader, raises questions of international law as the United States seeks return for his uncompleted sentence. Convicted of evasion, Bergdoll vanished using a pretext, fled to Germany, and now lives there. The U S government wants him back, but no surrender demand has been made. The U S is technically at war with Germany and extradition rules are unclear, given the armistice without a peace treaty.
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Germany
Washington
United States
Potato planting depth and days to maturity guidance
Guidance indicates plant potatoes about five inches deep. Maturity ranges from 80 to 140 days depending on variety, affecting when they are ready to dig.
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Polar Square House Windows Face All Compass Points
At the north pole a square house with a window on each side would have each window facing every compass direction. From that singular point, any outward line lies along a compass bearing toward south, so the four windows effectively face all directions around the horizon.
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Asparagus cooking tip for best flavor
A reader asks the editor how long to cook asparagus. One chef suggests a two stage method: boil salted water, stand asparagus with tips out for ten minutes, then simmer five more minutes with tips in the water until soft.
Liquor Sale Rules Vary in Porto Rico and Bermuda
A note compares Porto Rico as dry and Bermuda as wet in Captain P. J. Fraser’s booklet on Bermuda, describing it as a place where prohibition and frost are unknown. The contrast highlights differing local liquor policies and the quirky phrase dry versus wet.
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Bermuda
P. J. Fraser
Massachusetts Chauffeur Law Blocks 17 Year Old Driver
A 17 year old with strong auto knowledge cannot drive for pay in Massachusetts. To be paid as a driver, a chauffeur must hold a license and be at least 18 years old, blocking the teen from such work this summer.
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Massachusetts
Milk in Jar Sparks Dining Debate in Boston
A Boston reader recounts ordering milk with dinner at a busy restaurant. Milk served in a small jar required pouring into a tumbler, leaving excess milk in the jar. The writer questions whether this yielded two glassfuls or only one, wondering about serving etiquette.
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Seattle Nearer Europe Apples Improve In Appearance
The article notes Washington Oregon and British Columbia apples look appealing though lacking the flavor of New England and Annapolis Valley fruit. Demand rises, especially from foreign markets, signaling growing fruit growing prospects.
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Pronouncing hiccough as Hik-up in old rhyme
A reader asks about the correct pronunciation of hiccough, noting an old rhyme that guides pronouncing it as Hik-up and seeking confirmation of this practice.
Melted sulphur pain claim debated in heat test
A dispute asks if melted sulphur can be held without pain. Sulphur melts at 103 degrees Celsius, three degrees above water's boiling point. Without protection, the claimant would feel pain, while the opposing view recognizes skin burns from contact with hot liquid sulphur.
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Records
The aged observer cites official figures for March 28 noting the coldest day in memory reached 21 degrees above in 1894 and 24 in 1878. He records the warmest 66 degrees in 1920 and notes no rain in ten years on this date except in 1911 1914 1917 and 1919.
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Book reviews praise The Fur Trade of America and The Cradle of the Deep
A reviewer hails Agnes Laut’s The Fur Trade of America for its clear history of fur markets and trade dynamics with the United States import growth from 40 million to 100 million dollars annually, noting abundant photos and data. The piece contrasts it with Sir Frederick Treves’s The Cradle of the Deep, set in Caribbean West Indies, praised for vivid depiction of island life and Prohibition era shifts.
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West Indies
Dutton
Sir Frederick Treves
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A verse where a repentant motorist admits fault after injuring Mr. Chee and vows safer driving. Chee, bound for home in a crate, laments the recklessness and calls for care on the road. The poem ends with the motorist promising caution to spare lives on busy streets.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Reading the West Indies Travel Classic Reissued
A sixth edition reprints a vivid travel narrative of the West Indies and Spanish Main. The author did not visit Cuba or Nassau and skipped some minor islands, yet the leisurely voyage remains readable and evocative next to Froude. Illustrations enhance but are secondary to the prose.
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Personal deposed Czar Ferdinand eyed Byzantium crown plan
Ferdinand, the deposed Czar of the Bulgars, hoped to be crowned Emperor of Byzantium at Constantinople if the Germans won. He prepared a costume modeled on ancient Constantinople emperors but has worn it only in private. Also noted are curatorship changes and prominent figures in arts and music.
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Byzantium
Constantinople
Contemporaries Recount Hoover Car Incident in London
The passage recalls Herbert Hoover driving through London during wartime activity, hitting a factory girl who broke a bone. He transported her to a hospital and ensured she received care. Upon her discharge she thanked him and said she could not repay him, then added a warning about black jams, illustrating cultural differences between England and the narrator.
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Classified ad appeal for leasing and selling Boston Transcript
Message promotes using the Transcript classified ads to lease an avenue property and sell or trade a street property. It recalls a successful ad from last year and urges calling the main number for advertising. The tone is promotional and time specific to the Boston Evening Transcript.
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