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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1914
Page
14
Senator Penrose warns that Senate debate can’t be limited as in the House. He says deliberation is constrained only by physical endurance. He questions whose endurance matters and cautions that any obstructionist tactics will face public response.
Senator Weeks writes to Frank L. Brier arguing Republicans in Congress made the Owen currency reform bill seem safe and credit for the reform should go to them. He questions why 16 years of GOP power failed to enact reform, while a Democratic President passed it in under a year.
Reader notes a surge in forming new corporations under Massachusetts law since the new year. About a dozen large firms with $17,750,000 in authorized capital have organized here, aiming to benefit from tax exemptions on securities while paying initial fees and annual franchise taxes.
A protest arose over potential renaming of stations on the Old Colony line at Cape Cod. Officials clarified changes affect only employee conduct tables, while the public will still recognize the traditional town names. The piece notes many lines preserve generic names with directional prefixes as settlements grew.
A fragment lists Rome Palmyra Syracuse Athens Utica and about a dozen similar origins. The note hints at a broader set of place names in a brief roundup with no other context or events detailed.
Article reports Villa forces capturing Torreon and pushing the Federal army toward Saltillo and Monterey. Carranza government gains most of northern Mexico, marches toward Monterey, with potential path to Mexico City opening post-victory. Huerta urged to act to avoid collapse of regime.
Debate over installing meters on measured service telephones expects fair billing and accurate usage data. Proponents urge meters to show talk time and cost, while opposing the idea that customers should bear the $3 meter charge. bill in Legislature questions funding.
The Bureau of Entomology in Washington holds a shipment of meadow ants from Europe to decide if they should be banned as a dangerous species under exclusion laws. The piece argues for broad, cautious rulings and warns against importing unfamiliar pests, citing the gypsy moth as a past misstep that became a persistent forest threat.
A Washington House amendment seeks to pay Representative travel costs from the treasury, a stance criticized as outdated given rail travel and free parcel post. The column also includes humorous exchanges about a salary problem, noting the implausible arithmetic and suggesting hiring a professional accountant.
In a witty exchange Carol Vox and Mrs Dan l Pratt debate who wrote the line about man’s inhumanity to man. Vox defends Burns citing the poem Man Was Made to Mourn while Dan l Pratt argues Pope authored the lines and urges verification with a microscope search for evidence.
The Goat Editor dismissively notes the fad of preserving elite women's voices on phonograph cylinders. The exchange reveals a playful, provocative newsroom banter about gender and technology.
To the Editor the explanation for the Cochran defender named Vanite is simple and feminine. The Irish phrase means The Woman of the House and contrasts with Sir Thomas Shamrace as the boss, per RMAN Lewiston’s note.
The article details Constantinople on the European Bosphorus peninsula with Stamboul and Pera, the Golden Horn harbor, and the Bosphorus linking seas. It notes Galata as a trading center and compares Stamboul to Venice and Paris, citing Kinglake’s Eothen. It closes with reflections on the Bosphorus tragedies and royal intrigues.
A Boston era column recalls a minor clash in a train over the Mexican War, celebrates a Mill City anniversary ode, notes suffragist Maud Wood Park's Des Moines tour, records a Megunticook Lake landlocked salmon catch, and reports concerns about a Boston elm in Jamaica Plain. It also cites a New Hampshire reader disputing a Revolutionary claim, Maine and Massachusetts civic updates, humane swimming lessons, Medford rum history, a Santiago school funded by Major Higginson, a civil suit over a damaged dress, and prison invention chatter from Charlestown.
A moral tale recounted in a diary style. A financially distressed couple facing hunger weigh sacrificing a child to an aunt for money. In a tense night they decide to keep both boys, choosing family over fortune, and Aunt Martha later sends a generous check.
Poet Walt Mason laments the end of Dobbin as engines grow. He notes horses of many tints still fetch high prices while auto and motor trucks advance, yet steeds refuse to fade away and remain sought after by buyers and vendors.
A 19 year old asks Mildred Champagne if it is proper to drink wine with a man claiming to be 15 but looking 45. The columnist cautions that pressuring a young unchaperoned girl to drink signals a poor partner and warns against becoming a “sport.”
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