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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1920
Page
12
The Boston Post, an Independent Democratic paper, is referenced with a price of five dollars. The brief note notes its publication identity and cost.
Nearly forty years after its founding in Boston the Nation Life Underwriters Association marks its expansion nationwide. The four day event at Copley Plaza will feature church and state dignitaries, technical discussions, and social entertainments as professionals convene for ceremonies, receptions, and excursions.
A Boston dispatch reports Mayor Peters supports the practice of eating lunch at home to pressure restaurant owners to cut prices. He says lunch from home is practical and that restaurant meals have become unaffordable, urging others with homes to do the same to protest perceived price gouging.
The text suggests that authorities could, or might, push for reductions in food prices, though it stops short of asserting a guaranteed outcome. The statement implies potential government or group pressure to lower costs.
The piece argues against panic amid a cooling business mood and predicts a revival driven by cheaper money and railroads. It cites Federal Reserve actions, home and rail infrastructure boosts, and wage/material gains, noting improved revenue from higher railroad rates and a shift toward a new boom after the current low mood. It references past political quotes on patriotism and farmer pricing as context.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr calls Franklin D Roosevelt a maverick while praising shared kinship. The piece notes F D Roosevelt is closely linked to the Roosevelt family by blood and marriage, with Elliott Roosevelt as his father in law and Theodore Roosevelt present at the wedding.
A Coney Island man paid over 10 dollars to a New York clerk after a magistrate lectured on Economics and the Straw Hat. The justice stated no man may break another's straw hat and that a hat may be worn any time. In hard times, hats should be stored for the next season.
The article notes Senator Harding claiming a definite U.S. agricultural policy is needed for a self-sustaining nation and hints he supports a new deal for farmers. It recalls his past remarks from the wheat bill debate stating dollar wheat is very profitable, casting doubt on his farmer advocacy.
The article accuses Kameneff head of the Soviet mission to Great Britain of violating pledges by meeting with Labour Council of Action and tracing a 75 000 pound Russian subsidy to the Socialist Daily Herald. It questions Leninist governance and its trust in international deals. The piece notes Wilson declined US recognition of the Lenine Trotzky regime citing such breaches.
The piece criticizes Republican and Democratic travel plans as barnstorming alike, noting a Marion porch speech strategy that shifts to 15 or 20 states. It questions Chairman Hays's distinction and implies both parties use extensive travel and rear car speeches.
Mme Catherine Breshkowskaya termed the Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution is dangerously ill in a Philadelphia relief mission report. Senator Sherman faces potential rest or blindness, with no cure. General Fayolle to replace Marshal Foch at a Cleveland region meet. William Proctor Douglas, New York yachtsman, died at 77 leaving 1 167 690 estate. Prince of Wales starts ranch stock with eight mares seven Dartmoor mares and one stallion. Alexander of Jugoslavia and Princess Mary of Roumania engagement announced. he is King Peter of Serbia’s son in his 80s with English military education.
Arrangements completed for a 20 concert series by the People's Symphony Orchestra of Boston made up mainly of players who left the Boston Symphony Orchestra last spring during unionization efforts. The first concert is scheduled for Sunday afternoon October 31 at Convention Hall St Botolph and Garrison streets.
A reader chides Newton Newkirk Dear for threats in his column and sends a humorous ghost story poem titled GHOST STORIES. The piece ends with a brief signoff noting SUR LE TAPIS Boston.
The column includes a scam letter exchange over 75 000, Bowdoin Square landmarks talk, Dorchester sugar prices, Near East Relief updates, and festival plans. It also notes Washington Crossing site preservation, Pilgrim half dollar plans, a torch parade rumor, and a Somerville antiques joke plus long service at Snell Manufacturing for George Richards.
The record notes Boston’s warmest September 20 with 86 in 1878 and 87 in 1882, and the coldest 42 in 1878. It notes no rain on this date in the past decade except in 1913 1917 and 1915.
The Mona Lisa, enigmatic smile of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, is traced to Lisa Gherardini, wife of Zanobi del Giocondo. Leonardo labored four years on the work and many critics praise its beauty, noting its timeless allure and mysterious sitter.
Frederick H. Rindge, famed Cambridge benefactor, faced nervous breakdown at Harvard and ill treatment in California. After a world tour and new wife, he embraced irrigation, dug canals, and transformed a green valley near Los Angeles into a productive, fertile landscape, shaping a vigorous manhood and lasting legacy.
A humorous verse recounts J Adolphus Kale a boastful stranger who tries to bluff merchants with promises of three miles of barb wire fence. Local shopkeepers doubt his claims while Mudtown warns to guard all valuables. The piece ends noting merchants’ wary records.
The deceased left an estate valued at 20 million dollars and his wealth spurred further philanthropy. His lasting legacy includes major benefactions that enhanced Cambridge's beauty and facilities.
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