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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
18
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Emma Goldman, deported to Russia for anarchist activity, writes from Moscow on March 8 that she misses America after 30 years there. She notes Russia's wartime hardships and doubts about acclimating, then contrasts Soviet Russia with the United States, concluding the U S may not be so bad after all.
In Boston a former Navy official notes that history judges deeds by distant observers, not by narrow partisan votes. He argues Lincoln would not be rated by a Democratic convention verdict in 1864 and cautions that today’s leaders will be measured by future, broader assessment.
Dartmouth College at Hanover reports admission lists for next fall are closed due to rising applications. Fewer than 600 freshmen can be housed in dormitories with additional town housing, while dormitory room applications from qualified entrants exceed last year’s demand by more than three to one. Formal requests from over 1000 new men are on hand.
A brief note states that the current applicant surge surpasses the total number of men Dartmouth once enrolled, highlighting a common strain at many colleges. It suggests the influx presents a significant problem requiring careful study of potential solutions for collegiate admission capacity.
The President reiterates the demand for ratification of the Versailles Treaty and Covenant, argues his uncompromising stance shows no mental impairment, while noting public opinion and allied hints toward accepting Lodge reservations. The piece urges compromise to avoid prolonged international uncertainty.
Nathan Straus donates 100000 for a medical research and health service department at the University of Jerusalem. He says his charity is a personal reward and travels to Palestine to advance a non sectarian mission. His broad aid to the poor in New York reflects his many benefactions.
Mrs Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia chairs the Finance Committee of the National Woman's Party. Since June 4 1919, contributions totaled 93599 for ratification work. The party says more than half a million dollars were raised 1913 to 1919 for the campaign. It claims this was necessary and modest compared with prohibition efforts.
The Mineola Intercollegiate Air Meet drew 59 entrants with little prior flight experience and only one minor crash. Sponsored by the U S Air Service, the event showcased early collegiate aviation with no formal prequalification rules, underscoring low hazard and growing confidence in pilots.
The report compares football and aviation, arguing risk in air travel is always present as in locomotion but smaller than laymen think. It notes a hastily arranged event could demonstrate safe operation and suggests a systematic, wisely controlled competition reduces danger.
The New York Fed urged a partial payment campaign for Liberty Bonds, seen by the Wall Street Journal as amateurish and a stupendous folly. The Journal equates partial payments with margin buying, while defenders call partial payment a sound investment method. Investors saving weekly now gain bargains and help banks free funds for business.
Lord Fisher portrayed as King Edward’s close friend and a humane autocrat. Dr. William Gallagher to be retired by Stacey B. Southworth at Thayer Academy. Schwab and Gary cited as business barometers with optimistic outlook. Roy Chapman Andrews profiled as China explorer. Pat Waldo, famed clown, balances farm life and stage work. James Fortescue of Beacon Street marked 75th birthday with gifts and dinner.
Birth date May 11 1811 described as founder of a major U S industrial city. Born in Connecticut to a farming family, he left school at 17 then held jobs including teamster clerk and farmer. In 1840 he and his brother moved to Lackawanna Valley, built a town that became Scranton using local iron ore and coal to smelt iron and make rails. He died in 1861.
Jane, the village belle of Derry New Hampshire, purchases overalls that fit poorly causing a comic scene. She attempts to wear them, struggles to pull them on, attracts admiring onlookers, drops her purse, and bursts into embarrassment after a rip prompts a plea for a tailor.
A fragment from Weymouth News comments on self respect and happiness while a Boston clipping jokes about a lost white French poodle missing eyes and nose. The writer muses on being lost without sight or scent and the dog’s reliance on scent.
A humorous Q and A from Quincey MRE on gardening basics. He says plant lima beans eyes up, source confetti seed from seed stores in rainbow colors, and jokes about macaroni holes from his company. He clarifies the worm seen was a snake, not a cut worm.
A historical overview of Lincoln’s assassination six weeks after his inauguration, Johnson’s contested presidency, and the 1868 election culminating in Ulysses S. Grant’s unanimous Republican nomination and vice presidential choice of Schuyler Colfax, with insights into party struggles and impeachment.
The guidance says a polite woman should return a misdirected bow just enough to spare the stranger humiliation and, if pressed, gently ask if she is mistaken for someone else. For a visiting woman, the host or a family member should greet her at the railroad station to ensure a courteous reception.
An unusually slim collection of stirring short stories by John Russell begins with The Wicks of Macassar and will be printed in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The column recalls 65 cent meals in popular priced Boston eateries and Mrs Atkinson’s hash and pie legacy. It also mentions tulip decoration day predictions, an Osteopathy prize to Edith Webb, praise for Lewis Goldberg in the Communist cases, a Massachusetts Audubon Society outing, reader observations from New Hampshire and Pembroke, fishing fleet earnings, and a shift from footpaths to cement walks in the Common.
Walt Mason writes that he will not swat flies this year though past efforts failed and flies return in greater numbers. He notes health board objections and his long repeated battles with insects, comparing toil and futility to a fable about pushing a boulder uphill.
A Connecticut suburb tale of a low white garage tucked beside a Dutch colonial home. The design blends with wild woodland fringe yet clashes with a backdrop of stately trees as homemakers push outward in individual decorating.
The oldest resident notes Boston's warmest May 11 on record with no rainfall in the last decade except 1914 and 1919. He cites official figures showing a high of 0 dollars in 1881 and 1895 and a coldest 33 degrees in 1900 for this date.
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