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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1915
Page
12
The Boston Post issue from 1915 lists the publication details and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. This entry notes the AP affiliation and issue numbering for volume 342.
The reappointment of Mr. A. Shuman as president of the Boston City Hospital board of trustees honors decades of voluntary service. His three-decade tenure marks a record length on an unpaid public body as the hospital expands and gains high standing.
The article notes that four o'clock yesterday marked the United States reaching a population of one hundred million. It cites census bureau methodology and highlights rapid growth since five years prior, urging local counters in Massachusetts to apply diligent counting for state credit.
James J. Hill in New York argues the European war may end this fall from physical financial and industrial exhaustion of belligerents. He bases the guess on popular endurance rather than military capacity noting that feeding armies strains home populations and reserves. If endurance runs out, fighting could halt and demands and interests would clash before any peace.
The letter urges immediate reform in taxing personal property in Massachusetts after exposing Orleans April assessing season abuses. It cites fake residences created at friends’ homes and hotels to dodge taxes, calling it a major absurdity and proposing a statewide identical tax to broaden collection and curb such schemes.
A witty satire targets Congress for wasting words and energy. The piece claims 20 million words produced a superfine heat that could warm New England, then pivots to a playful mockery of a setting hen and eggs as a lampooned metaphor for political delay.
The U S government formally demands full monetary value for the Amerian ship William P Frye sunk by the Eitel Friedrich off South America. Washington favors prompt payment over delay and questions a quicker German disavowal and inquiry into adequate compensation. Germany's lost diplomatic chances are noted as defenders question wider favor.
A dense compilation includes a French war accountability note on August offensive failures, Easter-date trivia, Coast Guard appointee Bowley, a young attorney Braley, a Connecticut prison labor proposal, then local color about clocks, bungalow trends, Washington’s war-era plans, elevated street sprinkling cars, Boys' Civic Club, a bird sanctuary by Thompson's Island students, New Hampshire milk costs, and a successful Suffrage Day fund drive raising 2312 dollars plus unemployed girls selling flags across Boston.
A Massachusetts debate on biennial elections draws critics who say reducing yearly voting would not curb political activity. They warn that biennials may create perpetual politics and oppose altering the yearly election cadence.
The Springfield street railway strike ends with arbitration after prompt action by the State Board of Arbitration. Workers and management gained a peaceful resolution, influenced by J. H. Reardon of the Trolleymen's Union who urged settlement and the unions and public now praise the outcome.
Official Boston records list the coldest April 3 on memory as 24 below zero in 1879 1881 and 1911 and the warmest as 77 above zero in 1892. For the past ten years the daily highs and lows on April 3 ranged from a 29 to 58 degree span in 1907 to 24 to 41 in 1911 with other years showing 27 to 58 27 to 39 36 to 42 41 to 46 28 to 40 and 44 to 54 degrees.
A letter column critiques a father’s ostentatious wedding attire drawing attention in the drawing room. It questions decorum, urging the father to let the bride be seen instead of upstaging her with costly white charmeuse and Venetian lace.
The old Franciscan Mission at Santa Barbara remains a living link to the past with brown-robed priests, adobe walls, and tranquil gardens. Tourists are drawn to its moonlit towers and daylight cloisters while noting access limits for women. Santa Barbara reflects California’s mission heritage amid a modern town. Tomorrow’s Picture showcases the Mission at San Juan Capistrano.
In Shinytown residents rally to rise in spring cleaning banishing trash from alleys yards and lawns while burning old hats sticks and rags with zeal. The town boasts no doctors and claims microbes pose no threat as a jitney bus replaces the hearse five cents a throw. Walt Mason captions Shinytown as a cheerful model for civic effort.
The old prison ship Topeka at Portsmouth navy yard is slated for refit and overhaul. The naval board considers the change for some time and sees the vessel as ideal for naval militia training despite high costs.
A reader asks about marrying a steady but unromantic suitor who is in a good position. The advisor cautions that marrying without love is ill advised, noting many people misjudge love and suggesting careful reflection before a life commitment.
The letter urges rational feelings and cautious judgment about marrying a man who is a friend. It questions whether such a union will bring absolute harmony or cause separation, and stresses that the decision requires long, thoughtful consideration given the seriousness and potential complications.
George S. Cole aged 78, longtime Essex county deputy sheriff and father of former Speaker John N. Cole, died suddenly of heart failure at his Andover home. The death occurred today.
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