Boston Post 1921 Subscription Rates and Offices
The Boston Post outlines subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with foreign rates and Canada copy prices. It lists office addresses in Boston plus phone numbers and editor names, notes payment in advance, and credits the Associated Press. The piece also mentions international bureaux in London and Paris and claims the paper’s large circulation.
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Postmaster General Hays Keeps Burleson Era Expert
The article notes that Will Hays retains John C. Koons as postal expert, confirming continuity in the Post Office despite a broader regime change. It emphasizes that one valued member of the prior administration remains, signaling cautious preservation amid upheaval.
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Will Hays
John C. Koons
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A Great Year’s Work by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The MSPCA annual report led by Dr. Rowley shows 5183 complaints investigated and 57 087 animals examined. Prosecutions total 320 with 297 convictions. 1418 horses taken from work and 1055 horses humanely destroyed. Horse watering stations served 224 511, with ambulance runs 576 for horses and 1161 for small animals. The Jack London Club membership surged to over 176 000, doubling in the year, signaling growing influence for animal welfare efforts.
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Rowley
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The Bay State Trustees and a Union Attorney Clash
The Bay State street railway trustees faced sharp questions from James H. Vahey, attorney for the railway men’s union. Vahey’s forceful, constructive arguments prompt calls for detailed refutation by the trustees, who instead attacked the attorney. Citizens deserve clear answers from public servants paid by the state.
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Technological Institute appoints new president Dr Ernest Fox Nichols
The election of Dr Ernest Fox Nichols former Dartmouth College president to MIT's presidency surprised observers. He followed Dr Tucker at Dartmouth and faced a difficult, demanding task with modesty and sincere purpose, earning praise for his success.
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Nichols Leaves Dartmouth for Scientific Research Call
The six years at Hanover were fruitful for Ernest Fox Nichols who resigned of his own accord, feeling a stronger pull to scientific research than staying at a classical college. As captain of the "Tech" forces, Nichols is praised as a great scientist, educator, and administrator who should enhance the Institute’s reputation.
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Judiciary committee backs salary move for judges row
editorial argues against penalizing judges who seek salary gains while preserving pension rights. It urges Legislature to defeat the adverse committee report and consider fair treatment for judges, who face unequal consequences regardless of outcome. The piece condemns what it calls rank injustice and stresses honorable conduct by state representatives.
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Washington correspondent hints at staged Mexican policy
A New York Times Washington correspondent reports that Secretary Hughes plans no early Mexico policy statement. The State Department seeks other international issues first, with possible action only if developments compel or negotiations finish. Observers compare to Wilson era watchful waiting.
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Woman to Head Cabinet Health and Veterans Affairs
A proposal envisions adding a Cabinet post with a woman secretary to oversee Health Vocational Education and Soldiers Relief. The plan argues these interrelated specialties merit unified executive leadership and a prominent cabinet chair for the era.
Oath for Teachers Stirring Debate in New York Assembly
Editorial argues against a bill demanding loyalty oaths from public school teachers to the federal and state constitutions and the national flag. It decries the measure as suspicion of loyal educators, says loyalty cannot be legally compelled, and urges trust in teachers who guide American ideals. It asserts teachers are largely patriotic and essential to a viable school system.
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United States
New Books on Movies and Thrills Lie Ahead
Critics weigh how novel plots adapt to film in Merwin Roche and Johnson reviews. Merwin’s to Red and Gold entertains with exotic setting but flat character work, while Roche’s Find the Woman offers brisk pursuit in New York crime. Johnson’s Wind Along the Waste adds eerie suspense and a locked room mystery in a California dune house.
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Arthur Somers Roche
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California Dunes
Swat-the-fly Campaign Urges School Involvement
A campaign for children urges school teachers to educate students about the menace of the fly and enlist them as swatters. Teachers can lead a drive to make communities flyless, turning classrooms into recruiting grounds to protect health from typhus and bubonic plague.
Primrose Lane A Poem From The Bentztown Bard
A 1921 verse titled Primrose Lane recalls a personal path of memory from a garret room to city streets. The speaker finds a recurring dreamlike lane that Brightens life amid August meadows and urban clamor, promising resilience as songbirds and distant choirs lift the spirit beyond storms and hammers.
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Primrose Lane
President Harding and a proposed new Cabinet department
The piece notes Harding seeks Congress consent to create a Cabinet department focused on Education and Public Welfare. It outlines how duties now spread across agencies like Labor, Interior, and Treasury would be centralized under this new chair, shaping oversight of child affairs and related public welfare matters.
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All Sorts Newton Newkirk
Poem fragment by N Dermody celebrating spring and renewal with vivid imagery of colors and growth. The verses imagine the dead arising as spring wakes life from earth and mould with South winds and green gold flames.
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AVIS ADVISED FARMERS IN DODGY GARDEN MISLEADER
A playful dated column by G. A. S. from Dorchester offers spoof gardening tips. The piece, attributed to AVIS CANEDY a 15 year old from North Adams, jokingly suggests planting potatoes upside down to hang like tomatoes, warns onions near potatoes blind eyes, and urges squash seed alignment. The gag ends with a sign about toads in gardens.
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Motherly rooster draws Boston Post notice in Springfield
A Springfield rooster gains fame for mothering several chicks, prompting letters to Massachusetts Agricultural College. The author joins in praise, recounting personal anecdotes of roosters nursing chicks and even producing milk-like nourishment, with a stuffed Plymouth Rock specimen displayed.
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Joseph Blondel
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Observant Citizen notes and local tidbits from Boston area
The column blends casual observations on late winter to early spring, census population comparisons between New England states and counties, small town anecdotes from The Weirs New Hampshire, and light local news. It recalls a famed statesman’s death related to overcoat weather, a pool with goldfish rescued by boys, and fashion notes on imitation grapes and apple curing.
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Leary Ballard Tie Knot at Mission Church Roxbury
Laura T Leary daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Leary of 56 Calumet Roxbury married Thomas J Ballard son of Mr and the late Delia Ballard of Middleton Dorchester Rev Wather Volner officiated at the Mission Church Roxbury yesterday morning The ceremony united two Boston families in a quiet church wedding with the Rev Volner presiding.
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M. J. Leary
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Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston March Weather History
The oldest observer notes Boston records for the first day of March. Official figures show 17 above in 1884 and 20 in 1879 as the coldest readings, with a warmest of 69 in 1918. No rain on this date in ten years except 1913 and 1919.
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Skimp Makes a Shift from Sewell Ford in Boston Post
A new Torchy story titled Skimp Makes a Shift by Sewell Ford is slated to appear in the forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The piece promises the columnist’s familiar humor and urban misadventures.
The Story of the Kinematoscope Pioneer Dr Coleman Sellers
Dr Coleman Sellers of Philadelphia pioneered motion photography with the kinematoscope using wet glass plates and intermittent motion to create the illusion of movement. He photographed his sons to capture them in motion, overcoming crude materials and rapid sequential images to produce a continuous appearance of motion.
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Philadelphia
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Crimson Noses and Banished Barleycorn in Mason Verse
Walt Mason rails at Prohibition era rules in Rippling Rhymes noting John Barleycorn banned yet red noses persist on the street. He observes sober times, closed taverns, and the irony of drinking culture, pondering if water could tint a nose as strongly as spirits once did. The piece ends with a wry meditation on lingering color and habit.
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Barleycorn
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Notable Firsts and Prominent Figures in Brief Items
The document lists Fannie Davis Scott as South Carolina's first woman probate judge in Greenville. It notes Cora Chase as a Haverhill girl linked to Metropolitan Opera, and mentions Muriel Astor defying a stepfather in love for a poor artist. Other items reference Mrs. Jacob Weihl forming a gun club for all genders, Sir Edward Carson's Dublin birth and temperament, Boris III's engine hobby and reign, Dr. Crompton's 13000 specimen collection, and President Harding hosting Cabinet at Kuncheon.
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Jews oppose settlement in South Africa under British flag
The text notes that establishing a Jewish settlement in South Africa under British auspices would not constitute Palestine and thus was never supported by the Jewish community.
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Palestine
Half-Toilette and Introductions in Etiquette Advice
Miss Alice Stuart explains demi toilette as a gown cut low with neck lace and sleeves that conceal half the arms worn at small dinners and informal evening gatherings. In introductions, the lady speaks first, saying Miss A- allow me to present Mr B- rather than prefixing with friend.
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Sewell Ford Serial Skimp Makes a Shift to Post Magazine
Sewell Ford writes the latest Torchy tale Skimp Makes a Shift which will appear in full in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The installment announces its publication details and previews the featured episode.
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