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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1916
Page
14
Publication data shows date April 8 1916 issue number 73 volume 855 from Post Publishing Co Boston mass with office at 259 Washington street indicating a historic newspaper format and issue metadata
In Oyster Bay Colonel Roosevelt praised the principle that Uncle Sam must not wrong the weak. He warned rulers, noting the Panama trip he boasted about after a staged revolution with marines present, and implied strong public support from Colombia.
The Nation of New York reveals a straw poll led by Wilson with 1557 votes while Hughes 980 Roosevelt 376 Root 355 Taft 60 and 154 scattering. Republicans doubt the ratio predicts defeat but the piece argues voting blocs beyond the straw are uncertain and infighting may skew outcomes.
The article argues the armor plate bill will likely pass the House, noting government production could cut costs and that private steel firms like Bethlehem fear losing profits. It cites past private overpricing and a shift to prevent foreign underbidding as the armor plate monopoly faces reform.
The passage notes a mild cold spell not distressing, aligning with tradition. As sunlight increases, early green growth remains restrained, delaying premature output while the season readies itself.
The piece notes a timely end to an untimely cold spell and describes spring returning at a reasonable pace. It mentions a recurring April chill that causes little harm and signals a stable bloom ahead in nature’s cycle.
The Progressives were lured back into the Republican fold with a platform promise for eight hour shifts in 24 hour industries. A bill to enforce three eight hour shifts passed the House but was killed in the Senate with a blunt vote. The Bird Evening Record laments the defeat calling it not progressive or intelligent and questions Governor McCall’s influence. Massachusetts status remains doubtful ahead of a recon sideration vote next Wednesday.
The Boston gas price issue returns as the Gas and Electric Light Commission debates abolishing the sliding scale. Chair man Weed and General Schaff contend the system should end unless the Boston Consolidated Gas Company is separated from its holding firms. They argue stock watering and profit juggling exist but the sliding scale remains valid, useful, and practical.
An elder notes historic cold and warmth records for April 8. He cites Boston official figures showing 20 below zero in 1888 the coldest on record, 30 degrees in 1912 and 1913 as the past decade’s coldest, and 68 degrees in 1899 as the warmest on the date with 66 above zero in 1915. He also mentions storms on this date in the last decade including 1907 1908 1910 1914.
The riddle asks what bears more responsibility by its size than a suspender button. It hints at a claim that something small carries a heavy burden, inviting reflection on proportional influence and the metaphorical weight of scale.
A damaged snippet from Nashua New Hampshire mentions a group or company abbreviated D. D. & with a colloquial remark awfully good. The text lacks clear subjects or actions to determine a full news item.
J. W. B- was painfully injured last Tuesday when a dead limb fell from a tree on Ellis Hawkins farm south of town. He sustained severe bruises and broken teeth but is much improved according to the Columbiana Ledger.
A humorous, fictional box score from Roxbury Massachusetts describes Molasses at the stick and Steam Ship pitching. Players with pun names fill the lineup as Apple the umpire is roasted, and Lightning finishes a 1 to 0 score in a cheeky local vignette.
A sporting editor notes Harry Payne Whitney forgot an uncashed 11 400 check from Regret’s Kentucky Derby win. The writer urges charity for the lapse, saying any reader might similarly forget large uncashed checks and should avoid ridicule.
A nostalgic poem longing to reclaim a single golden hour from childhood. The speaker curses time and heavy life to restore the simple pleasures of spring, song, nature, and youthful delight on a sunlit hill. Evokes fields, woods, birds, streams, and a blissful fairy clime.
The article recounts Macbeth and Banquo meeting the three witches who prophesy Macbeth will be king and Banquo founding a line of kings. Duncan later promotes Macbeth after the traitor of Cawdor is executed. Irony colors Duncan’s praise of Macbeth as a peerless kinsman while Macbeth harbors murderous ambitions.
The column recalls days growing longer as daylight gains steadily. It mentions crowds in the Cambridge subway, a woman blocked by a door, and a train leaving many passengers, plus anecdotes about public figures, ship patrols, Benedic Arnold history, and local elderly residents with healthful living.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason contrasts a cautious new driver with the later urge to speed. He warns that early restraint gives way to flaunted driving until a crash or warning ends the thrill. Published 1916 by Adams Newspaper Service.
A reader doubts the Char lie Chaplin salary claim and questions a supposed $1,000,000 yearly pay to John Hays Hammond while another asks for flowering plants that stay bloom through frost. A Brookline reader suggests sweet alyssum ageratum and dwarf French marigolds for summer to fall edgings.
A reader asks if a trunk carried by a taxi should incur a fare. The editor notes Boston taxis may charge 20 cents per trunk and no charge for hand baggage. The correspondent disputed paying for trunk transport.
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