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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
14
The item lists rates and subscription details for The Boston Post and The Sunday Post from Boston, with office locations, advertising notes, and editor contact. It boasts ownership of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world, as cited by Robert Hoe.
A New York cigar store chain posted a $1000 reward for bandit apprehension after a wave of daylight robberies. A gang then looted an Eighty eighth Street shop, mocking the notice, underscoring crime and tense law and order concerns in the city.
The President announces two hours each week for confidential discussions with reporters on administration policies, signaling trust in the press. A late-life Blaine remark is cited, praising press honor and confidences kept by journalists under tempting pressures.
Former president William H. Taft arrives at Yale to teach law as a lecturer, choosing a modest wage and a role to shape young minds. The scene marks a notable shift from public office to academia, highlighting Taft's preference for service over prestige.
The British chancellor of the exchequer, David Lloyd George, insists his stake in American Marconi was an investment not a speculation. He argues no propriety breach, though critics see little difference in method given government talks with related English firms. The episode highlights expected decorum for statesmen.
Destruction across western districts blazes a path of loss beyond estimate. Authorities note vast property damage while communities rally with public spirit and courage to rebuild. Immediate needs focus on shelter, food, and resources for those displaced by the disaster.
The text urges prompt public support for Red Cross relief efforts, noting many communities lack resources to care for the needy. It emphasizes food and clothing as essential immediate needs and frames the appeal as a duty of more fortunate localities to aid in relief.
An analysis of the Morgan legacy argues no future figure can match J Pierpont Morgan. Public sentiment, laws, and regulatory reforms will curb trusts interlocks and dictatorial control. While Morgan may have successors, the power to dictate will fade as institutions become people governed and constrained.
The 13th district of Massachusetts selects John J. Mitchell as the Democratic candidate in a primary after a strong past record. The piece frames the election as an early test of President Wilson’s administration and predicts Mitchell will win, noting his clean, energetic, progressive service and opposition to unpublicized corporate measures.
A compact feature profile explores Newton Newkirk, detailing his background and public persona. The piece examines his career, influences, and the questions surrounding his public image, presenting a balanced portrait of a complex figure.
A comic taste of spring poetry appears as readers mock a skeleton form for spring verses. Respondents parody the device with quips about bees, skeletons, and light verse, while a separate note jokes about a Kansas railroad crossing bill that would supposedly prevent train collisions for 10,000 years.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved the directors report on Massachusetts railroad problems. The chamber now speaks with official authority of a powerful trade and finance body. The danger lies in recommendations becoming academic without influential members ensuring real action.
A collection of aphorisms on marriage pride and self awareness. Observations note that married life links to cooking school ties while suggesting people focus on others' faults to miss their own. The compile warns against stinginess and jokes about failed multitasking and misquoted proverbs.
A collage of quick jokes about finances, politics, and social scenes plus a humorous front door notice. It quips on a broke 4 man, a Merry Widow reference, a Woodrow Wilson probe, Eve as a fault, and a spoof “paste this on your front door” sign listing mundane household refusals and a bulldog guarding the door.
Nashville April 1 The Tennessee Senate concurred in a House resolution ratifying federal constitutional amendments providing for popular election of United States Senators.
London April 1 Harold Smith a Unionist MP and member of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into government wireless contracts resigned from the committee in protest over information being withheld.
The article outlines how the Bureau of Animal Industry within the Department of Agriculture studies dairy, livestock, and birds. It notes the economic value of dairy products, potential yield increases, and the impact of improved egg production. It also discusses livestock inspection, birds’ roles in farming, and efforts to control pests like sparrows and starlings, plus an insect import program aiding crop pollination.
Boston gossip covers New York figures Gaylord White and Dr John Elliott learning from Boston. A stray pocketbook yields $15, Henry Reed’s hens lay large eggs, Por ter in Dutch Africa, and aging Beverly residents Endicott and Porter celebrated. Suffolk records work copies 1689 onward. Kingsbury’s baby thrives after blood transfusion. MIT co op health service analyzes milk and fights mosquitoes.
Chief Engineer G B Buxton described the new Y M C A building features. He cited seven miles of steam piping eighty seven miles of electric wire two thousand windows and over fourteen thousand panes of glass across four structures. The system includes 800 dormitories 40 classrooms and a swimming complex with 78000 gallons of water and two filtering machines. The basement houses a multi function machine serving as air compressor vacuum pump and floor scrubber with six elevators and an artesian well 401 feet deep.
The line officers of the Ninth Regiment M. V. M. will attend tonight's Tre Mont Theatre performance of The Top o' the Mornin featuring Gert rude Quinlan, sister-in-law of General John J. Sullivan. Officers listed include Col Edwards J. Loga Maj P. F. Butler Maj Frank J. Donovan Capt John P. Kane Capt Henry D Crowley Capt J. F. Murphy Capt F. Lee Lt Hugh J. Maguire Lt Edward B. Hurley Lt J. W. Mahoney and Lt J. F. O'Kane.
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