Boston Post moves and subscriptions long established
The Boston Post announces postal rates and subscription terms for its editions, including Canada and foreign copies, with editorial details and offices in Boston, London, and Paris. It notes Associated Press rights and locations, asserting broad daily circulation claims.
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Avenue de l'Opera
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Boston Post
United States
Automobilist Earle Faces Jail in Fatal Reading Road Crash
Arthur H. Earle, indicted for reckless driving after a Reading road crash that killed William Wood Jr. and Major Gardner of Andover, may receive three months in jail rather than a fine. District Attorney Saltonstall calls the act extreme negligence, noting officials must not be lenient toward automobile offenders.
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Arthur H. Earle
Reading
William MM. Wood, Jr
Major Gardner
Andover
Earle
District
Postage rate hike to raise government revenue
An early January increase in parcel post charges will raise about 60 million dollars in additional income. The tax will affect the average family by about three dollars annually, with the change pending ICC approval and reflecting the public concern over government costs.
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Inter- Commerce Commission
Political Tea Bridges Social Lines in Campaign Tactics
A report describes Senator Cabot Lodge hosting a tea as a campaign method among supporters. The piece notes tea with friends extends neighborhood fellowship beyond a social function and may redefine women’s role under party influence as new amendments shift social duties in politics.
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Senator Cabot Lodge
Domiei
Competition with Britain threatens American maritime policy
The Westminster Gazette cites fears in British papers that American favoritism toward its own marine service could divert European cargo from British liners to American vessels. It warns that such shifts would hurt Britain’s already large merchant fleet and clash with efforts to defend the wartime–built American merchant marine.
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America
Westminster Gazette
United States
US Shipping Policy Tradeoffs Hint at Postwar Tensions
The passage argues that if US traffic increases harm Swiss and British interests, the United States should prioritize its own vessels. It notes President Harding's subsidy bill failure and urges favoring American ships to bolster the merchant marine, suggesting Britain should not complain about a stronger US fleet.
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Switzerland
Harding
Great Britain
United States
Let Us Have Peace Across Europe and Washington
A plea for global peace urges immediate diplomacy between Great Britain and France. It attacks war as a waste of blood and money, calls for international protests, public meetings, and arbitration to prevent another world calamity.
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Europe
Washington
Great Britain
France
Caring for the lame ducks in post primaries
The piece notes several defeated Republicans, including Senators New and McCumber, as lame ducks. It suggests Harding may appoint McCumber to the tariff commission and New as a Philippine governor candidate, though New dismisses the offer yet remains open to a suitable post. The lame duck season may widen by November.
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Indiana
McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
Harding
Tariff Commission
New
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Cleveland
Democratic State convention rejects Ford for Presidency
Bay City dispatch notes resolutions committee of the Democratic State convention declined to endorse Henry Ford for the Presidency at this time. The idea of a Ford favorite son was rejected as premature and too far ahead of the 1924 election.
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Bay City
Michigan
Resolutions Committee
Henry Ford
Sabrina statue chase at Amherst College
The Sabrina statue, Amherst College's campus goddess, fled in a car during an undergraduate photo, then vanished. The statue was driven by J. R. Kingman of Minneapolis as odd and even class rivals pursued it after last year’s disappearance in Litchfield Connecticut.
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Sabrina
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Litchfield
Conn
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Sep 30 Records
An elder recalls Boston weather on September 30 with official figures noting a warmest 83 in 1879 and 1898 and a coldest 85 in a prior year. The remark reflects historical temperature records and local climate memory.
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Boston
All Sorts Newton Newkirk What the Sphinx Says
A quotation from the column discusses how overrating a man spurs effort. It notes that inflated estimates prompt him to strive to meet the perceived high standard and often succeed. The saying highlights motivation and self expectation.
Bootlegging Ring in Shadows Sparks Curiosity
A narrator stalks a suspicious bootlegger in a downtown alley after a failed attempt to buy coal substitutes. The man leads him into shadows, insisting on secrecy, and reveals a black leather bag filled with unknown substances. The tense encounter ends with a dramatic doubt about the bag’s contents.
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New England
Pennsylvania
Coal Restriction and Distribution Committee
Observant Citizen Notes Historic Dates and Bootlegging Tale
A digest touches St Jerome and Jerome’s translation work, Wilton Lackeye’s sixty birthday, Svengali and Trilby era fame, and a 32 year anniversary of the McKinley tariff. It recounts a coal bootlegging anecdote and ends with dialect verse about frost and overcoats.
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Jerome
Wilton Lackeye
Ben Bolt
FATHER AND SON AT FOUNTAIN INSPIRES FURIOUS DRINKING SCENE
A roadside scene clocks a father guiding his young son to drink from a fountain as onlookers grow restless. Report recounts the boy’s persistent attempts, slips, and the father’s struggle to manage him. Nearby notes mention cider stands, roast duck sandwiches, and local gossip.
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Bridgewaterway
Wrentham
J. P. McEvoy
Cape Breton Island A Coastal Retreat And Coal Hub
Cape Breton, a Nova Scotia peninsula turned island by the Strait of Canso, lures New Englanders to Sydney and Whycocomagh. The Bras d'Or lakes split the island, Gaelic-speaking pockets endure, and coal fields near Sydney power regional trade with New England as about 13 million tons mined annually.
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Cape Breton
Canso
New
Bras d'Or
Sydney
Atlantic
Scotland
New England
Sally Sees It Thro An Evening Story
A Sewell Ford story titled Sally Sees It Thro appears in a magazine feature. The piece centers on a female observer named Sally and her viewpoint within the plotted narrative.
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Sewell Ford
Sally
Post Letter Box Clarifies World Populations and Tax Rules
Readers ask about global population estimates white demographics tax filing rules and various trivia. The editor answers with figures on world population and white share, tax guidance for federal and state returns, and brief explanations of religious texts stage names cribbage rules and street boundaries in Boston.
Congestion Relief by Reducing Inner City Driving
A reader from Boston argues that traffic congestion could ease if nonessential drivers keep away from the city. He states daily Cambridge to Boston commuting harms everyone and urges voluntary restraint unless necessity dictates.
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Boston
Cambridge
A. Harrington
Dropping Open Cars Depicts Urban Transit Shift
The Boston Post notes a shift away from old time trolley trips for pleasure as electric roads promise new benefits. It discusses how earlier pleasure rides drew revenue and how public sentiment laments their passing, reflecting a transit era change.
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Brockton Enterprise
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End of Open Cars Ends Pleasure Rides in Summer
A historical summary notes that semi convertibles failed to attract riders as holiday vibe faded. Despite predictions by The Enterprise and others that people would stop riding in summer if closed cars limited open air, road owners and conductors argued against open cars for safety and fare collection. The result: open cars vanished, reducing pleasure rides and leaving many conductors unemployed.
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