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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
12
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including Canada and foreign rates. It notes postage, order handling, and payment instructions, with mailing district specifics and cautions on sending cash.
Editorial staff numbers listed for TELEPHONES rooms at 1004 1005 7008 and 1539 Main include Main Sporting Editor Sunday Editor and Financial Editors. The Post requires subscriptions prepaid with discontinuation on expiration if delivery fails. readers should notify via portal at once.
Opera singer Emma Trentin i was fined 2200.90 dollars for failing to pay income tax. She declined to comment and reportedly flouted Uncle Sam, prompting discussion on enforcement and the reach of the internal revenue service.
The letter discusses Columbia South Carolina authorities withdrawing sprinter Plaxico from the University of Pennsylvania games to avoid facing Howard Drew. Coach George Orton says the University of Pennsylvania knows no color line. The piece suggests race prejudice persists in sports and praises Pennsylvania’s stance.
The European war depresses gambling activity at Monte Carlo. The Casino company sees its stock fall from 1000 to 500 and may drop further. The piece queries whether postwar demand for gambling might recover or if wartime lessons curb such vice.
Judge Hendrick of the New York Supreme Court allows Harry K Thaw a jury trial on his sanity as a lawful path to due process. The flight from Matteawan via bribery is not due process though. If Thaw is found sane or not, the case could end the money taint in the public eye.
The article notes Pasteur’s lasting influence on disease fight and reports Dr. Plotz of Mount Sinai Hospital isolating the typhus germ and creating a vaccine. It asserts the discovery benefits preventive and curative resources against typhus and related diseases like typhoid fever, stressing typhus as a universal scourge.
An appeal to the resources of the civilized world comes from one of the stricken peoples of Europe seeking aid and support amid widespread suffering and devastation.
A neighbor argues neutrals may alter neutrality laws during war citing treaties. The piece recalls Daniel Webster on contraband tracing to 1842 and notes historical embargoes, constitutional doubts, and Jefferson as a defender of neutral arms trade.
President Newman of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners criticizes Boston streets as worse than any city he has visited. Holes and depressions line downtown pavements, with inadequate repairs or none at all. He suggests reform may come from accountability and expenditure for decent streets.
The Hamburger Nachrichten argues war is waged by armed forces against armed forces and condemns guerrilla actions by noncombatants. The piece questions why sinking unarmed British merchant ships by German submarines would not be equally criminal, challenging reciprocal violence.
Adele Hugo, the youngest daughter of Victor Hugo, died in obscurity in a Paris suburb at age 85. Though unremarkable in personality, her death marks a link between the literature of her father’s era and the century that followed. She survived the Hugo family, whose patriarch was a towering literary figure for generations.
J. Eliot Baker of Brookline will inherit all property of his brother Harvey H. Baker also of Brookline the Juvenile Court judge. The will was filed yesterday at Dedham.
The article notes official Boston temperature records for April 24 over 106 years. It cites warmest 62 and coldest 28 in 1885 and 1882 respectively, then lists yearly highs and lows from 1905 to 1914 with temperatures such as 1905 62-38, 1914 69-36, and other pairs across the decade.
A satirical poem urges granting women the vote in every state and sending women voters to Congress. It mocks objections to female suffrage and imagines women debating in congressional halls with witty rhymes. The piece reflects early 20th century suffrage rhetoric.
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a fisherman boasts of catching five huge trout while the game warden checks his creel. The man claims to be a master, but the creel measures reveal under six inch fish and the inventor of tall tales confesses with a name twist.
The West Newton Educational Club marked its 36th anniversary with a luncheon at the Hotel Lenox featuring a musical and literary program. Fifty two members attended, including two who have served for 23 years. Officers elected for next year include President Mrs Walter Beedle and several officers across vice presidencies, secretary roles, treasurer and auditor.
The piece portrays Arizona as a scenic desert and the Navajo Reservation, noting its 11,900 square miles, high elevations, nomadic people, Mogot pueblos, and rich weaving art. It highlights water holes, sheep herds, and the value of Navajo blankets, dyed with native colors and produced with traditional methods despite rising European tourist interest.
The Observant Citizen column surveys simplified spellings in newspapers, regional spelling variants in Massachusetts, and memories of general Philip Reade and the Sons of the American Revolution. It also shares reader letters praising old New England residents and touches on Boston business visitors and South Boston observatories.
A civic-era ad touts Brown's Bronchial Troches as beneficial for throat and chest troubles. It promotes relief for coughs and a coughless night, urging readers to buy from druggists in 25¢ 50¢ or 1.00 packages.
A verse by Walt Mason bids farewell to a stubborn furnace that heated a home during harsh weather. The speaker recalls laboring to pay coal bills and maintenancing the old system, promising to revive the heater each autumn and endure its quirks again.
A reader asks Miss Champagne about who should pay travel and living costs when a young man invites a woman from another town to a house party. The columnist argues the man need not cover her board or rail fare if he cannot afford it, though he should pay for entertainments and offer hospitality if possible.
Governor Walsh yesterday signed a bill allowing no license cities and towns to become dry if local licensing authorities choose. The measure was part of the anti saloon campaign during this year's legislative session.
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