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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
14
The Boston Post issue lists subscription prices for U S Canada and foreign markets with daily and Sunday options. It also provides office contacts at 209 Washington St Boston and notes on delivery, payment in advance, and Associated Press rights.
The piece condemns the disfranchisement of about 6000 Boston voters due to a ballot shortage on election day. It warns officials at city and state levels share blame, urges accountability, and calls for action to prevent recurrence.
Rudyard Kipling disavows a New York World interview attributed to him and denies making the remarks about America and the war. The piece questions Sheridan’s accuracy or imagination while asserting the need for her to be barred from reputable papers if she fabricated quotes.
The Senate backs an amendment to authorize the purchase of the Cape Cod Canal for 11.5 million dollars. The plan includes paying 5 million in cash and funding 6.5 million with bonds. Senator Lodge is cited for pushing the deal through.
Sir Philip Gibbs notes many Britons teaching in the United States offer little new or original insight. He argues Americans pay for lectures and choose whom to hear, but admits most foreign visitors provide limited value despite large audiences for figures like Lodge, Doyle, Lady Asquith, and Bir Philip.
Report notes visitors paid money and left with contact details, prompting questions as to why they then wrote spiteful remarks. The exchange centers on personal arrangements and subsequent criticisms.
The piece argues that social conditions like illiteracy and poverty shape crime across races and regions. It cites the Herrin massacre indictments showing mostly Anglo-Saxon lineage, claiming criminal behavior crosses national lines and that cultural veneer masks underlying sameness in society.
The medical team reports progress as the President's wife nears recovery with Dr Mayo noting no operation is needed. Optimism abroad grows as the White House mistress improves, lifting national spirits and easing the President’s burdens during difficult times.
On the 108th anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner, the writer renews allegiance to the national anthem and its stirring messages. It notes its long-standing role on battlefields and its enduring patriotism attributed to Francis Scott Key.
Geneva notes from the League of Nations reveal Britain cutting naval tonnage by 55 percent, France 36 percent, Italy 49 percent and Japan 59 percent. The United States delays, refusing to recognize the League as an entity, despite the Washington pact.
St Anselm's College in Manchester New Hampshire will open for the new year with many returning pupils and a large freshman class. The opening includes a solemn high mass at eight o'clock followed by class room preparation for the year's work.
Somerville school officials reported crowded conditions in several schools as classes opened. The issue was most notable at the senior high and southern junior high along with eastern elementary schools. Superintendent Charles B. (last name truncated).
The column quotes Newton Newkirk reflecting that those who never walk valleys cannot fully grasp the joy of mountain tops. It frames a timeless lesson about perspective and resilience. The aphorism appears in a feature titled What the Sphinx Says.
An eccentric note recounts a Chicago lady offered 2500 for a cat and a writer’s plan to buy or trade for the same brawny nocturnal cat. The piece ends with flippant verse about Phyllis and a window pose, highlighting humorous urban oddities.
A collage of witty observations and reader letters. items include jokes about bachelors taxes, public service, and a seven year itch. quips on furnished apartments and anti kissing enthusiasts. a letter from a St. Louis novelty maker proposing odd ideas like non-skid banana peels and ear rings for halibut.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a Boston publication with garbled names and phrases. The readable bits mention a song or line and a potential author or editor, but many words are truncated, leaving unclear details about event, date, or persons involved.
The text reflects on Carnation Day, marking the 21st anniversary of President McKinley and Roosevelt's oath, noting the carnation as his favorite flower and its later link to Mother's Day. It recalls early motion picture filming of McKinley’s era, torchlight parades, Stratford on Avon resistance to American film invasion, and local reminiscences about hats, libraries, pigeons, and post letters.
Poetic reflection on sailors returning and voyagers departing. The speaker notes duty to travel and homecoming, suggesting stars sun road and sky as the reasons behind leaving. Frequencies of voyage, fate, and longing pervade the verses.
The article recalls early travel by sail carts and horseless wagons, tracing how engines, nations, and mass production shaped the rise of the automobile. It notes steam, internal combustion, and the shift of leadership from England to France and the United States, and describes the auto as a growing traveler’s freedom with rising use and scope.
Betty Brown, a pink-eyed rabbit of a clover patch, leaves her farm for city writing at the Daily News. She writes about big cities and touring cars but misses home, craving air from hilltops, molasses cakes, and the simple life. She vows to help Tom Saunders and to write stories with real feeling, realizing how vast small things can be.
A poem praising those who aimed high and failed, urging comrades to toast the squandered hope, silent tribute to wasted darts, empty hearts, and imperfect valor, honoring fearless attempts despite loss and disillusion. The piece contemplates praise for effort over outcome and the solace found in shared ritual.
A dress of French voile features square mesh net with bold appliqued patterns. Bodices panels girdles and insets use lattice beadwork. Black taffeta lip under embroidered overdress is a popular two tone effect. Chain stitch remains common for embroidery.
A humorous exchange between Mr and Mrs Arnold Hattes about women’s gushes at social events unfolds in a staged debate. The frisky dialogue features back and forth jabs over insincere praise and feminine norms with a referee’s interjections.
A Boston resident recalls official temperatures for September days, noting the warmest 92 in 1915 and 91 in 1903, and a cold 40 as the low. He adds there has been no rain on this date in the past decade.
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