Pull Together Gentlemen Five-Cent Fare Push
The editorial urges unity to push a five-cent fare on the Elevated system and defends Mr. Grenville S. MacFarland against claims of responsibility for the 10-cent fare. It calls for passing Mayor Curley’s bill and leaving the public to decide in the next election.
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Retention of Naval Reserve Officers In Question
The naval bill before Congress omits funding to retain about 200 reserve officers on auxiliary fleet vessels. Without the amendment, these capable officers must depart, a move described as ill advised. Reserve officers’ expertise differs from combatant-ship officers and is essential for auxiliary duties.
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O'Hare Named to Boston Elevated Board of Trustees
Governor Cox selects J. Frank O'Hare a veteran labor representative and unionist for the vacant Boston Elevated Board of Trustees seat. O'Hare has served on Public Safety Executive Committee Coal Committee State Fuel Board New England Milk Commission and Federal Food Board of Massachusetts among others. He was appointed in 1921 to the committee investigating railroad executives requests for New England.
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O'Hare Seen as Useful Trustee Candidate for L Trust
A letter endorses Mr. O'Hare as a capable, high character candidate to serve on the L trustees Sard. The writer notes a career marked by creditable work across several locations and a rise in freight rates, urging the appointment based on his proven record and reliability.
Victory for the plain people over costly Cambridge bridge plan
The House defeated the plan to replace Magazine Beach play space with a costly bridge favored by real estate and motorist interests. Editors praise the House and local leaders, Cambridge and Boston mayors, and supporters including the newspaper for opposing the relocation of Cottage Farm bridge and protecting recreation space.
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The Rate Cut in Freight Rates By Railroads
Yesterday a roughly ten percent horizontal cut in railroad freight rates was announced by the Commerce Commission effective July 1. Rail executives welcomed the adjustment as necessary for recovery though they fear reduced revenues and seek a wage adjustment by the Railroad Labor Board. The move continues the service-at-cost philosophy while hoping for better results than the past two years.
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Statlers plan Boston hotel on Park Square site
The Statlers have decided to build a great hotel in Boston and have purchased land in the Park Square district. The article praises the project as a high grade, well run establishment that will attract other businesses and elevate the area, with the slogan the guest is always right cited as guiding principle.
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Fannie Kilbourne Story in Boston Sunday Post
Fannie Kilbourne will present her tale The Feminine Slant in the Boston Sunday Post magazine. The story is noted as one of her best and highlights her business romance themes.
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Be sure truth will rise again without crutches
A humorous exchange features Newton Newkirk Clarence and Margaret as they discuss bobbing hair, etiquette, and social mores with wry remarks about engagement, fashion, and column correspondence. Pete comments on a hooch incident and suggests mothballs to mask odor.
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Observant Citizen Teases Flat Earth Beliefs and Emerson’s Birthday
The column mocks flat earth arguments by Architect Aurin F. Hill and followers, notes Mars and Sun distance debates, and mentions Emerson’s 118th birth anniversary. It also previews a Nantasket Beach outing by Boston Clerical School students with a planned athletic contest and a trophy for the top class.
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Waist line and other musings in a Boston column
A Boston column blends fashion critique with light anecdotes. It notes fashion’s focus on the waistline, recalls Cunningham murder trial echoes, a man preserving an egg, the Boston Floating Hospital moving to Constitu tion wharf, a safety broadcast recount, corn bread’s wartime habit, frocking relics, and General Edwards promoting Citizens' Military Training Camp at Camp Devens.
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Famous Love Stories and Romance Heroes and Heroines
A compact reflection on enduring romance citing celebrated partners and passionate bonds across literature and myth. It frames love as a powerful driver of art and human experience, pairing timeless tales with contemporary insights into desire and devotion.
Shelley and Harriet Westbrook’s troubled marriage revealed
The account traces Percy Bysshe Shelley's early life, his elopement with Harriet Westbrook, and the ensuing rift over marriage and money. It notes Harriet’s death, Shelley's later union with Mary Godwin, their exile in Italy, Shelley's death at 30, and a sailor’s confession of a murder-attempt on his sailing boat years later.
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Post Letter Box Inquiries On Movie Motion Arboretum Bugs And Memorial Day
Readers ask about motion on screen being continuous or jerky and explain the process. They describe a new building near Franklin Park and identify it as the West Roxbury court house. They name Arnold Arboretum blooms and note autos are barred inside. They ask who pays for rings in a double ring wedding and seek Kingsley’s poem The Three Fishers. They report U.S. WWI combat duration as 200 days and War Department figures for killed and wounded totaling 48 909. They ask if Memorial Day is a national holiday noting states observe Decoration Day with no national holiday authority.
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Village Bumps Slow Speeding Auto Traffic
In a quiet country village near Boston, officials installed artificial bumps every 100 feet along the main street to deter speeders. Autos hitting 50 mph performed dramatic flips and rolls, but after a few days traffic calmed. Residents watched from porches as peace returned.
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Snap Thoughts On Men Women And The War
A collection of satirical observations on male ambition marriage and finance. It references modern courtship tactics a cookbook like guide titled Thirty six Ways to Hold a Husband's Love and a scientist predicting no trace of current civilization after a million years. Bob Quillen is noted.
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Offerings after Aaron as high priest
The passage describes Aaron offering a lamb on the altar for the people’s sins. The Lord sends fire to accept the sacrifice, prompting joy. Priests keep the fire, and sinners may bring offerings for forgiveness, burnt offerings for sin, and peace offerings for thanks with part burned and part eaten.
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Boston Weather On May Day Record Warmth And Rain
Records show Boston's warmest May 2nd readings reached 87 in 1916 and 81 in 1875, with a coldest 43 in 1877. The date saw rain in five of the last ten years including 1917 1918 1919 1921.
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World Monarch Dreamer Won’t Stand The Test of Time
A cryptic verse presents a ruler aspirant who grants kingdoms to brothers and proclaims imperial power while signaling a fateful zero hour. The ominous line hints at a dramatic collapse or end of his bid for global dominion.
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