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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1922
Page
10
This fragment from 1922 outlines postal rates and subscription terms for the Boston Post Eke. It lists prices for domestic and foreign subscriptions, mentions daily and Sunday editions, and notes mailing details and addresses in Boston and London. It credits Edwin A. Grozier as editor and publisher and notes Associated Press rights.
London dispatch reports the Chaulmoogra oil treatment markedly lowers leprosy deaths in India. At Parutia Leper Asylum the six month death rate dropped from 66 to 29 percent and then to 21 percent in the first half of this year. Pusion sees a fall from 25 to 5 percent. The method, perfected by American doctors in Hawaii, is hailed as a major breakthrough.
A Chicago memorial honoring Eugene Field will feature the old woman figure with children, funded by coins from youngsters. The unveiling is planned for next Monday at Lincoln Park, with school pupils reciting Field verses such as Little Boy Blue and Wynken, Blynken and Nod. Hawthorne praised Field as closely perfect child literature, noting his blend of poet and storyteller.
A Dartmouth president discusses higher education guiding principle toward an aristocracy of learning. He argues rights must be balanced with admission facilities and calls for selective criteria while questioning liberal vs. illiberal policies on access. A Penn professor expands debate on admissions and equality in education.
The article outlines Scholastic's admission procedure prioritizing New Hampshire residents, then alumni relatives, then alumni-recommended applicants, and finally distinguished men from high and fitting schools if space remains. The method is presented as fair and unchallengeable.
The piece defends slow drivers dubbed road mopers who travel about 15 miles per hour arguing they have equal rights to use improved highways. It criticizes faster drivers and Registrar Goodwin for implying mopers tempt speeding and calls for respect of all legal paces while urging careful passing when safe.
The region enjoyed three days of warm weather surpassing October records. Ice and coal sales lagged as residents relished sunlit beaches and parks. Some skeptics promise a true November spell, but locals welcome any warmth.
The New York Evening Post quotes December 13 1831 on Lehigh Coal Co admitting stock may be exhausted and no room for more orders. The piece notes 1831 fuel scarcity urged longer term supply fixes, yet argues a century later progress remains insufficient and action is overdue.
Massachusetts girl scout commissioners arrive for a five day conference at the First National Training Camp in Plymouth woods eight miles from the town center. Mrs J J Storrow leads the camp with Miss Katherine Briggs as assistant guiding new training methods and session plans for a several hundred attendee meeting.
A Hopkinton reader found a quaint classified ad offering nine laying Ancona hents and hoosters. The reader questions what hent and hooster mean, pondering if hent is a fur bearing animal or hooster a game bird. The author admits uncertainty and suspects a typesetting error.
A humorous column quotes witty aphorisms on travel home and human nature. It contrasts frugal travel life with comfort of home and comments on modern life symbols like filling stations and weekends.
A playful note from a cat lover laments public adulation of Newt as press coverage repeats his name and image. The speaker, in affectionate satire, vows devotion and asks for the cycle of praise to slow so they can be noticed themselves.
The column surveys Glenburn Maine’s centennial as a town, compares its 1916 and 1920 populations to Chicago, and mixes in readers’ notes on politics, bats at sea, a spry Roxbury elder, and local observations on fuel, seafood, and duck hunting. It preserves the voice of a long-running local commentator.
The piece traces Annapolis Royal as Nova Scotia’s oldest settlement, its 1605 port history, Champlain's 1606 winter, and Fort Anne ruins. It recounts Port Royal’s capture by English in 1710, its renaming, and the 18th century governorships with vivid courtly revelry at Government House.
A dramatic poem speaks of a dauntless soul who roams oceans and lands, scales walls and climbs over fear. The speaker vows to challenge hate and scoff at fear until foes are slain, while others retreat in fright and doubt. The speaker’s naked bones defy the fear that grips the living.
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A child learns limits during a day out with parents. The list includes stay clean, don’t cross the road, avoid noisy behavior, listen to adults, eat properly, and stay safe around animals and water. The voice resembles a parental guide urging compliance and good manners.
Barbara, bored by endless social whirl and her sisters youthful edge, rebels by becoming a faux flapper. She borrows a mod look, visits a barber, and unexpectedly encounters Roger Whitman who urges her to a frat dance while teasing her about growing up.
A squib notes a man’s gentility by how he uses a car horn and carries an umbrella. The author argues true manners show in moving through a crowd with an umbrella held high without shoving others, contrasting with aggressive behavior.
An old Boston observer recalls official heat records for October 8 noting the warmest day within living memory. He cites earlier years 1898 and 1914 and mentions a 36 degree anecdote, though details are uncertain and fragmented.
Readers submit inquiries about Maude Adams last tour play A Kiss for Cinderella from 1916 17 18 questions about Madison Square Garden roof garden origin and the term yegg meaning hunter and criminal. Also asks if Christmas is a double holiday and details about Bates Hall reading room height length.
The article explains the six reel motion picture length noting one reel equals 1000 feet of film and each foot holds 16 exposures. A six reel film would total about 6000 feet, which is well over a mile.
Fadts and fashions highlight batiste and lace collars on Latin afternoon frocks and velvet dresses with filet. White and silver military braiding decorates a pear white caracal coat while fur capes grow long. Coats measure 50 and jackets 28 inches. A gray satin frock features a bolero waist with embroidered peasant sleeves and a black and gold brocade coat has square sleeves and flying squirrel trim. Steel and red beading accents a navy blue tricotin 4 Street costume with long straight lines.
A fragment notes a bride's heightened devotion, describing her as worshipping her husband with three daily burnt offerings before him. The odd phrasing suggests a ceremonial or biblical frame, but the source provides only this brief depiction.
The Edison Company sets the maximum rate for electricity at 914 cents per kilowatt hour after a fall from 10 cents last September 1. A prior cut on March 1 removed the coal clause and reduced charges by 5 percent. The reductions cited reflect rising business, potential for scale without heavy investment, and improving operating economies.
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