Ponzi schemes and Boston’s historical boasts recounted
An editorial recalls a Boston resident named Ponzi who moved funds through foreign exchange, profited while paying investors fifty percent for three months, and parlayed a two cent postage stamp bid into a major bond contract. It extols Boston’s storied past from Bunker Hill to the Lion and Unicorn statehouse, naming Lodge, Coolidge, and Lawton.
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Ponzi
Boston
Boston Harbor
United States
Bostonian
Washington
Textile mills shorten schedules amid weak orders and prices
Mills cut hours or closed for long stretches as orders fall. Government data show wool consumption down about 17 million pounds from 1920 six month average. Consumers buy less clothing due to high prices, prompting apparel makers to anticipate weak winter demand.
Diet shifts show Americans eat different foods
A Agriculture Department survey of about 1500 homes in 46 states finds average daily food cost per person at about fifty cents. Meat consumption dips eight percent while grain products rise eleven percent and dairy products increase six percent. vegetables up four percent and fruit eight percent. The piece notes progress with room for further improvement.
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Department of Agriculture
How Much Should You Get versus Give
Bruce Barton notes the balance between compensation and contribution in practical terms. The quote urges readers to assess value by considering what they must give, not just what they seek to receive, framing fairness as reciprocal.
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Bruce Barton
Various Residents Travel and Local Notices Roundup
A series of short items note visitors and travelers including Edward V. Hughes in Tower Hill and Mrs. John H. Tucker Jr. in Hampton Connecticut James A. Munro returns from Casco Bay Maine and Wavner Verboncoeur visits from Ford City Ontario Multiple locals depart for short trips to Somerville Cambridge and New York while SUZMAN says special khaki pants and Walk-Over shoes are on sale Community events include a Rhode Island Cavalry reunion a barn fire at Metacom Avenue and National India Rubber Company resuming with pay for a week’s vacation Also noted are visits to hotels and homes around Providence Newport Jamestown Prudence Island and Bristol Avenue gatherings and a bronze uniform fitting for Col Charles Francis plus a minor accident at Hope and Burton streets and a lightning-struck barn at Metacom Avenue.
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Edward V. Hughes
Tower Hill
John H. Tucker, Jr
Hampton
Marlboro
N. H
Burton Street
Cecelia McGourty
Hartford
Albion
Helen Riang
Church Street
Anna
Sadie Hughes
Matunuck
Kathryn A. Lavey
Rosella
Emily Burdge
Cambridge
Mass
Suzman
Agnes T. Wilbur
Middleboro
Wilbur
Martha B. S. Rockwell
James FE. O'Mara
Annie O'Mara
Catherine O'Mara
Hotel
Belvedere
I . Thomas
Boston
A. Monroe
New York
H Newman
Dashkoff
Bessie
J. Zelniker
Providence
Eisenstadt
State Street
Joseph Swindells
Soldiers
Rhode Island Cavalry Association
Grand Army Hill
Pawtucket
Henry Rogers
Metacom Avenue
Warren
Central Fire Company
National India Rubber Company
Charles Francis
Colt Band
the Phoenix
Prosfteet Farm
John H. Bailey
Hope Street
John Amory Codman
Windmill Point
Social notes from Newport and surrounding towns
Bathing suits at Suzman s. Miss Annie Tobin visiting friends in Newport. William A. Francis returned from New York via Hudson voyage. Mr and Mrs Micha el Callahan of Brooklyn guests of Mr and Mrs William Parker Meth iom avenue. Rose Vanglin Emma Hawkins and Marie Hawkins of Greenville New Jersey guests of Mr and Mrs James Sethbst. Anna and Shirley Kennedy of New York City spend two weeks with Aunt Mrs T F Brown. Marion L Blanchard left for two weeks vacation in White Mountains. Joseph Vincent and family of Detroit guests of Mrs Mary Francis at 14 First Street. They stopped at Niagara Falls. Gabriel Gomes of the Sixty second Infantry Band US Army Camp Lejeune Va discharged and home. He served three years. two years in France with the 23rd US Infantry Band.
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Suzman's
Annie ‘Tobin
Friends
Newport
William A. Francis
New York
Hudson
Michaél Callahan
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Parker
Methiom Avenue
Rose Vanglin
Emma Hawkins
Marie Hawkins
Greenville
N. J
James Sethbst
Anna
Shirley Kennedy
City
T. F. Brown
Congregational Street
Marion L. Blanchard
White Mountains
Eel Joseph Vincent
Detroit
Mich
Mary Brancis
First Street
Niagara
Gabriel Gomes
Sixty-Second Infantry Band
U. S. Ai
Camp ‘Ler
United States Service
France
U. S. Infantry
Pigeon Sits Quiet as Bill Stays Closed in Odd Observation
A brief note reports a pigeon that coos without opening its bill, a remarkable fact noted by observers. The incident highlights an unusual vocal behavior in a common city bird.
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The
Bristol
Phenix
Bristol County
Farrally Brothers
J. F. Farrally
Ofice
RB. L
Bristol Post Office
Phoenex
H. M. Darling
Northup
Richard GC
Quirk
Bareld BE
Hasbrouck
Wood Street
Foreign Advertising Representative _PRESS ASSOCIATION
A. A. Edmonds
Editorial
American Railway Express
Américan Railway ExPress
August A.M. P.M
Otes, Nedge
B. V. Dusat“Suzman
Charles R. Beals
Little Compton
Julia Nerone
Beaver Tail
Jamestown
Dorothy
Mott
Prudence Island
Alice Cramm
Edward Kean
Worcester
James J. Walsh
Bourn Street
Loretta Walsh
Annie Houlihan
George Guinan
Flushing
di Macigaoliant Vsetaynbioes
Rosemary Howe
Wallis E. Howe
Carla Gordon
Margaret Guinan
Flushing, N. Y
Thomas F. Downey
Franklin Street
Barbara Thayer
Riverside
Bessie Levere
High Street
Suzman’s
Thomas Warner
Clifford
John S. Tucker
Petersham
Frank N. Easterbrooks
Benjamin Moorby
Nashua
Kearsarge
LeRoy D. Bell
Louise
Connecticut
Long Island
Bristol Aenue
U. S
Frank Damrosch, Jr
Trinity Church
Damrosch
Seal Harbor
Maine
Edwin Magnusen
Albert Battcher
Charles Street
Roy Anderson
Doris
Elizabeth
Tampa
Florida
Anderson
O. M. Crandall
Thames Street
P . Walsh
Walsh
Edward Gilroy
Morris Avenue
Summit
New Jersey
Winifred
Mary E. Gilroy
Summit High School
Sidney Pulver
Sophia
Charles
Torrington
Conn
Amos D. Kenyon
O . Crandall
Golden Glow Club
Pleasant View
Portsmouth
F E Talbee
Milton
F M Dimond
Talbee
A Y M.ca
Lake Champlain
J. H Young
Charlotte A. Young
Albert A. Young
Sea Cliff
A. O. Bourn
Hope and
Burton Streets
Alice Bourn
William Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Miss Bourn
A. M. Merriman
Beecham
Y. D. Fruit
St. Michael's Church
Mickie
Susu
Louise D. Malafronte
of New England Conservatory of Music
McHugh's Orchestra
Phoenix Office
A. A. Edmonds Co
Phoenix
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Winona
Minn
Henry Barton
Prospect Stree
Sherry Avenue
Bay View Avenue
A. P. Nerone
Joseph Silva
Gooding Lane
A. A. Edmonds, Co
Ixtra
Star
Stevens Brothers
Fred Shaller
Teilatter
Buck
Collins
Matthew Leonard
Coffey
Bifulco
Kid Sammy
Central Falls
Tin
Dominica
Fedéral Ooricers
Joseph
Wood
MODEL
Mohawk Trail
F. O. B. Bristol
J. W. Sutcliffe
Pure Food
Chase & Sanborn
Santos
la Touraine
Autocrat
Pillsbury’s
Lexington Brand
Armour
Charles A. Johnson
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