Speeding Up The Massachusetts House and Harvard Director Sargent
The piece urges the House to adopt morning sessions to curb delays and criticizes attendance. It notes Dr. Dudley A. Sargent resigning after 40 years as Harvard gymnasium director, praising his work and impact on physical culture. It backs the legislative committee’s call to break the State fish pier lease held by the Boston Fish Market Corporation to reduce high prices and curb profits at the public expense.
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Tew
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Harvard
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Fish Trust
Boston Fish Market Corporation
Fish Market Corporation
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Feve
Victory Loan Drive Urges New England to Double Up
The Last Lap urges the Boston and New England district to boost Victory Loan subscriptions. It notes New England trails St Louis Chicago and Minneapolis, calls for immediate action, and urges buyers to purchase two notes, starting with a $50 option with $1 down and $1 weekly. It stresses patriotic duty and compares to the Yankee Division's wartime performance.
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Boston
New England
Post
Rhine
Farm to Table Parcel Post Fails to Cut City Costs
Washington post office officials label the farm-to-table parcel post plan a failure. Director Ryan says it has not reduced city food prices and mainly benefits the wealthy as farmers set high rates for distant buyers. He notes public reluctance and parcel post costs deter adoption.
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Washington
Parcel Post
Postoffices
Ryan
New Homes Needed as Demand Surges and Costs Rise
The piece notes that new housing must be built to meet a growing population and limited supply. It highlights higher building costs, rising wages, and scarce office space in New York City. It also argues that consumer refusal to buy products of child labor could curb such work, amid a Supreme Court challenge to child labor laws.
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Financial District
the Post
Supreme Court of the United States
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United States
Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth
New York
Proposals for International Court for Kaiser Crimes
The peace conference favors bringing the late Kaiser before an international court for crimes against civilization and broader use of the method in justice. Prominent is the trial of German officials linked to the Lusitania sinking, including Admiral von Tirpitz and Count Johann von Bernstorff among others in the United States.
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Lusitania
Admiral von Tirpitz
United States
Johann von Bernstorff
Heinrich Albert
Conference burden for international court on wartime figures
The text cites Belgian and German officials, including Dr Dernberg once German colonies minister and Captains Boyed and von Papen as naval and military attaches at the German embassy. It notes the conference would aid historians but create a mountainous workload for the international court.
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Dernberg
Boyed and
von Papen
International Court
What are the legal holidays in Massachusetts and beyond
Post letter from ANXIOUS asks which holidays are legally recognized and how a holiday qualifies. The writer argues several exist and notes Massachusetts and other states observe holidays by statute, while suggesting the term national holiday is misapplied since the United States has no national holiday.
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Massachusetts
States
United States
Ice supply for New York not harvested in Maine says official
The secretary treasurer of the Natural Ice Association of America states Maine rivers have supplied no ice for New York in the past decade. A Birmingham judge recently sentenced a prisoner to 12 strokes with the cat for robbery with violence.
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New York
Maine
Natural Ice Association of America
Sir
Great Britain
Birmingham
Bridge traffic density record challenged by Chicago Rush Street
In a letter to the editor, the writer asks which bridge holds the traffic density record. He cites London Bridge with 7578 vehicles in 12 hours, then claims Rush Street Bridge in Chicago carried about a thousand more vehicles in 11 hours.
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London Bridge
Rush Street Bridge
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Editor's Q&A on Great Lakes and Woolworth Building
A reader asks which Great Lake is largest and its size, receiving that Lake Superior spans about 360 miles by 160 miles at its broadest, while a second inquiry about the Woolworth Building’s height yields about 0 feet above curb, with 56 stories above street and 58 from the basement, main part at 30 stories.
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Post
Great Lakes
United States
Lake Superior
Woolworth
New York
N. Eng
Broadway
Air travel time Paris to London cited by aviator
A dialogue notes the fastest airplanes making the Paris to London run in about one hour and a quarter. The exchange then asks for legal Massachusetts holidays listing New Year s Day Washington s Birthday Patriots Day April 19 Decoration Day July 4 Labor Day Oct 12 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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Paris
London
the Post
Massachusetts
Elliot C. M
Cleanup drives improve efficiency across the department
The update notes steady progress as teams reorganize workflows and standardize procedures. Managers report clearer responsibilities, faster response times, and reduced duplication of effort. Staff welcome clearer goals and recent training sessions.
Calf Carrying Method for Strength Advice from Waldo
A lighthearted writer offers humorous fitness guidance to Waldo, warning that chasing wealth harms health. He recounts a motorcycle mishap and then proposes a bizarre method: lift a young calf each morning until it grows into a full cow weighing up to a ton, claiming it will build strength for daily tasks.
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Back Bay
Weston
Mass
New York
Victory Notes Forefront in Sacred Ground Fund Drive
A wartime appeal urges readers to honor fallen soldiers by purchasing Victory Notes. The message emphasizes faithfulness to comrades and the sacred nature of military graves, encouraging support through the fund drive to sustain memorial grounds.
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Uncle Sam
The Bottle and the Rise of Gin in London Society
Crui kshank's popular series The Bottle exposed liquor’s ruin, while historical price laws and ordinances reveal drink costs and controls. Early 18th century gin flooded London, spurring a 1736 tax and riots as Old Tom gin gained notoriety through a penny slot gimmick outside a cat sign.
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Cruikshank
London
Observant Citizen notes on spring and local life in 1919
The column reflects a spring mood with May customs fading, a Panama hat sighting in Boston, and reminiscences of Walt Mason and Frank Woolworth. It mentions Eastern markets with fresh seafood and produce, Tokyo style growth in Japan, blooming cherry trees at Arnold Arboretum, and a 90th birthday for Almira Roberts of Dover. It also notes high telephone rates, trout fishing setbacks near Middleboro, and a London businesswoman advocating makeup. It celebrates Jane F. Draper as Boston's first female bank clerk retirement and marks the 60th wedding anniversary of Marcus and Mrs. Holmes of Brockton, Civil War veteran.
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Warren Avenue
Brockton
Holmes
Massachusetts Volunteers
Lee
Premier Clemenceau House to Toast Tablet on West 12th Street
The Greenwich Village residence of Georges Clemenceau near Washington Square will receive an honorary marble tablet. The report notes Clemenceau’s long wait for Marshal Foch and mentions Romanian influence at a conference. Joseph Cummings Chase painted War Department portraits including Pershing and MacArthur for the U.S. Army.
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Greenwich Village
Washington Square
West 12Th Street
New York
France
Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
Romania
Joseph Cummings Chase
War Department
Dennis B. Nolan
Douglas MacArthur
Hunter Liggett
Adelbert Cronkite
George B. Duncan
Pershing
Boston May Weather Records From Old Observations
The excerpt notes Boston weather on May fifth with historic highs and lows. It cites 35 above in 1891 and 1907 as cold records and 82 degrees in 1904 as a warm record, adding no rain in the past decade except 1910 1914 and 1917.
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