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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
18
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including Canada and foreign copies, with different term lengths and postage details. It lists contact details, editors, and payment instructions, urging advance payments and notice of discontinuation.
Bethlehem Steel Company rejects a claim of threatening to raise armor plate prices by 200 dollars a ton if the government ar mor bill passed. The article questions Senator Penrose’s remarks to a Senate committee and his representation of state steel interests.
James R Garfield former Secretary of the Interior suggests that if the Republican convention rejects the third term idea a third party could emerge The Progressive party plans a Chicago convention and Roosevelt ally Garfield notes a potential shift to a third party candidate could influence Hughes and Root strategies
Representatives of each New England state met to organize a regional publicity association. They favored cooperation over rivalry and emphasized promoting the area’s scenic and commercial advantages to attract summer visitors and boost interstate rail commerce. Governor McCall highlighted seacoast privileges and the need to supplement natural assets with coordinated promotion.
The recent gathering in Boston shows strong momentum among state business leaders toward a key proposal. Evidence from the meeting indicates broad support and practical certainty of implementation.
The bill to require the Boston Elevated to pay for a Transit Commission Arlington street subway stop advances with a narrow approval. Public support favors the Arlington station as essential for business. critics warn the penalty clause may be unconstitutional and urge the company to come halfway and drop the threat of penalties.
State recommends reforestation with a million white pine saplings ready for distribution. The plan includes 300,000 trees for the Metropolitan Water Board at Wachusett and Southboro and about 200,000 for Blue Hill and other Metropolitan Commission needs. Private propagation also encouraged.
The Evening Sun notes broad Democratic hostility to President Wilson and a Republican scramble over renomination. It quotes Democrats who voted for Wilson and cites GOP voices insisting Roosevelt or Hughes or Root could defeat him.
The American Woolen Company grants a 10 percent wage increase, offered as a voluntary profit sharing amid strong current business, likely influencing independent mills to follow. The move signals durable prosperity in textile manufacturing and cautious optimism about the near future.
A California man gains fame for an unusual culinary skill cooking whole cows. The next Sunday Post Magazine features his image and story, highlighting his technique, background, and the unique claim to culinary attention.
A narrator recalls a seed catalogue’s vivid images and his plans to garden. He digs into his yard and unearths relics from Plymouth Rock to brick and bones, then confronts a squabble with a neighbor over a fallen rooster and a broken kitchen window.
A critical review contrasts Macbeth and Hamlet as contrasting types of action and thought. It argues Macbeth is a self made ruler driven by practical rewards while Hamlet remains a dreamer tormented by irresolution and fate. The piece notes moral hazards in drawing lessons from Shakespeare. Tomorrow's Picture Lady Macbeth Walking in Her Sleep.
The column recalls Baby elephant Tony at the Zoo causing mischief in Boston, notes painter John Singer Sargent preparing a library mural and shifting to landscapes, and reports busy Charlestown navy yard activity with ships Androscoggin Ranger Iwana and others for repairs. It also mentions Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of Maine, amateur radio links, a quail-eating wager, and early Massachusetts oil ventures with failed wells.
An 18th or 19th century advertisement in the News-Letter outlines the Bell Cart’s Boston-to-Milton rag collection in support of a Milton paper mill. It lists men who would buy rags for the mill, reflecting early industry efforts and local commerce.
A reader asks whether a girl waiting for an introduction should be labeled prude. The adviser suggests the woman can invite the man to her home to prove his sincerity and pass the scrutiny of friends and family, noting that a suitor must meet standards of trustworthiness and respect.
A student asks about the order of precedence among English titles. A reader from Amesbury asks for the latest freezing temperature in Greater Boston and whether a June freeze ever occurred. The Boston record notes ice formed on May 8, 1874.
The oldest resident recalls the coldest April 12 on record at 20 above zero in 1874 and the last decade’s low of 33 degrees in 1914. He notes the warmest April 12 at 68 degrees in 1915, with 66 degrees in 1876 as the next warmest. Storms occurred on this date in 1912 1913 1914 and 1915.
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