The Boston Post declares largest newspaper press plant
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and distribution details for daily and Sunday editions. It notes the newspaper now possesses the largest printing press plant in New England and claims the world’s largest press, per Robert Hoe.
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Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Post Office
Mass
Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Harvard grants stadium use for New England games
Harvard authorities with the mayor's approval permit stadium use for the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association games on May 23 and 24. The action hints Harvard may allow Boston and other schoolboys to use the stadium on Saturday mornings next fall when Crimson activities do not clash.
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Harvard
New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Harvard Powers-That-Be
Boston
Crimson
A King of Quality Courage Under Fire in Madrid
The article lauds King Alfonso for his calm presence of mind and bravery during a Sunday assassination attempt in Madrid. It notes his past experiences under fire and asserts his popularity among a people who admire fearless leaders, citing the old adage that threatened men live long.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Hotel Fires Need Night Watch to Cut Losses
An 1612 report by Insurance Engineering notes a hotel fire every 33 hours in the United States with 85 percent at night and most in small country hotels. It urges reform and proposes commercial travelers’ organizations push for safer, better guarded hotels to reduce risk.
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United States
New York Height Restriction Inquiry Opens
A special New York commission begins its session to determine building height limits. The panel includes architects, business groups, and charitable/realty representatives, aiming to curb crowded skylines and address health, transit, and aesthetics concerns.
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New York
Special Commission
Boston
The
Institute of Architects
City Planning Move Promises Prominent Relief for Congestion
The discussion centers on proper grouping and distribution of buildings to relieve congestion. It emphasizes proportional adaptation to proposed uses and treats the undertaking as a rational advance in city planning, with New York entering the effort and promising benefits.
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New York
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A quirky poetic snippet praises hash with corned beef and eggs, mixing rural kitchen humor with a wandering discourse on food and self in a light long verse. Interspersed are stray lines about visiting a man named Og es and a line about burglars and waste.
Remembering the Titanic One Year On
One year after the Titanic sank in the Atlantic the world recalls the 1503 lives lost and the courage of survivors. The tragedy reshaped ocean travel with reforms and lasting lessons about safety and sacrifice.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Magno Polar Gravocar Sails Southward in a Staged Escape
A serialized tale introduces Stealthy Steve and his Magno Polar Gravocar capable of magnetic pull to north or south, negating gravity, and using solar force to travel east or west faster than the earth. In a nighttime maiden run from Suburbington to Washington the craft glides southward toward Yonkers, toward New York and beyond.
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Steve
North Pole
South Pole
Boston
Hong Kong
China
Shanks Mare
Suburbington-on-the-Hudson
Washington
Secret Service Office
Suburbington
Yonkers
New York
Ginger
Singer
Observant Citizen notes and social tidbits
Colonel A C Drinkwater declines re election to Braintree School committee and a memorial honors his 20 years of service. Rev Dr Willis P Odell receives a large generous donation for aged clergy. Daniel G Lacey uses woodpeckers to combat leopard moths in state forestry. Boston restauranteurs and scallop permits amuse readers amid travel and Titanic anniversary reflections.
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A. C. Drinkwater
Braintree
Butler
Uncle Sam
Libby
Leo
Grant
Willis P. Odell
St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookline
Odell
Smash It Early on Navy Yards Plan for Narragansett Bay
A Rhode Island representative pushes a bill to abolish Portsmouth Boston and New York yards and create one large base in Narragansett Bay. The piece argues against centralized naval hubs citing risk in war and praising existing emergency docks and protected stations. It urges New England lawmakers to oppose the measure.
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O’shaunessy
Rhode Island
Portsmouth
Boston
New York
Narragansett Bay
New England
Atlantic
Meyer
Daniels
Sensible Move Warns Passengers of Train Delays
New York New Haven Hartford officials, following Pennsylvania and others, issue orders to train crews to provide passengers with full cause and expected duration of any delays. The policy is praised as horse-sense, showing a public-friendly approach that Byrnes calls worth a million dollars at no cost.
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New York, New Haven’ & Hartford Railroad
Pennsylvania
Mrs Park Explains Denouncing Not Intended at May Convention
Clara Cahill Park writes to the Post defending her stance at length regarding the national congress of mothers. She praises investigators and local work on mothers pensions, notes delays in reporting, and says no further denouncement will occur. The Wollaston letter dates April 13, 1913, identifies her as secretary of the committee to investigate needs of widowed mothers with minor dependents.
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National Congress of Mothers
Sunday Post
Mothers’ Congress
Washington
Clara Cahill Park
Wollaston
Brockton post office official released on bail
Assistant Postmaster Robert Bray ton of Brockton was freed on $3000 bail by United States Commissioner Hayes pending an April 23 hearing on embezzling about 249 dollars in money order funds.
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Robert —. Brayton
Brockton
United States
Hayes
The Rogers Fortune a Generational Finance Icon
Henry H. Rogers Jr inherited about $40,000 and rose through refining to join Standard Oil. He battled mergers, helped form Amalgamated Copper, and reshaped Fairhaven Mass. He funded Memorial Church and streets, earning local gratitude while earning a reputation as both neighbor and financier.
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Henry H. Rogers, Jr
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Rogers
Brooklyn
Standard
Fairhaven
Amalgamated Copper Company
Boston Gas
Thomas W. _ Lawson
Butte
Amalgamated Company
F. Augustus Heinze
New York
Broadway
Harriman
Thomas W. Lawson
I Wish I Were As Young As My Chaperon
A narrator attends a play with a chaperon and watches old admirers greet her with reverence. He reflects on aging and youth as the chaperon subtly rekindles her youthful spark, until longing arises to be as young as she.
Mayor Fitzgerald Asked to Lead Banks After Term
Two trust companies and one national bank offered Mayor Fitzgerald to head them after his current term ends. The Mayor declined similar offers from a national bank and two trust companies and did not name which he would lead, remarking he has declined such posts.
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National Bank
Fitzgerald
Actors' Fund Benefit Seat Sale Ahead of April 25 Show
Opening Thursday morning, seats go on sale for a benefit at the Boston Theatre Friday April 25 to aid the Actors' Fund of America. The fund has faced heavy demand due to floods in the Middle West displacing over 1000 actors and vaudeville performers. Geraldine Jarar? headlines the program as Metropolitan Opera House soprano.
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E Actors’ Fund
Boston Theatre
Actors’ Fund of America
Middle West
Geraldine Jarrar
Metropolitan Opera House
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