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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1914
Page
9
A glowing critique of Gladys Edson Locke's That Affair at Portstead Manor. The piece praises the English locale, strong character work, and a capable female detective whose omniscience elevates the mystery. The Boston edition costs $1.25 from Sherman, French Company.
A harsh critique of Sir Gilbert Parker's latest novel You Never Know Your Luck. The reviewer blasts the melodrama and sentimentality, praising only the Canadian setting and hoping for a stronger future work.
A Bronson novel of frontier days that blends fact and fiction as the narrator and two companions broncho bust and join the California Column. The account offers a sober, realistic portrait of Civil War era frontier life and the rugged men who fought for the Union.
Dr Katharine Blackford and A W Newcomb discuss sympathy and love as bases of institutions. They urge an employment supervisor and analyze nine variables to match workers to bosses and jobs. The text also surveys forest service careers and forester training by Gifford Pinchot and others.
A review contrasts Palgrave’s Golden Treasury with The New Golden Treasury edited by Ernest Rhys and highlights the range from early English verse to modern poets. It also praises William Stanley Braithwaite’s Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913 and notes its American cultural value and publication details.
The article outlines Pinchot’s view of forestry, stressing that a trained forester must identify tree species and understand Silvics, the relation of trees to light, moisture, soil and each other. It notes forestry in the United States moving from agitation to a permanent profession under the U.S. Forest Service.
The Mail Man's Message by P F Sullivan from Roxburgh Publishing offers guidance on capital use punctuation paragraphing spelling and letter construction for daily English work It includes postal service details and parcel post benefits with a dedication to Uncle Sam's mail officials and carriers.
Public health critique argues tuberculosis causes large economic loss in the United States. Dr Otis details the disease and urges broad circulation of his book to spread knowledge and fight the infection in crowded urban conditions.
John Burroughs in A Bird of Passage ponders life’s secret beyond vital forces. He asks what modern science and the heavens reveal about life, noting molecules warmth and stars find life’s source elusive and ungraspable.
Claude Bragdon argues in the essay Learning to Think in Terms of Spaces that the starry firmament expands human understanding and places Earth as a tiny point in a vast universe. He notes Earth’s motion through space and the vast distances to stars.
The World's Work notes rising patriotism across China's youth and masses. Students reportedly cut fingers to sign petitions for liberty, audiences sing a new national anthem, and calls for a republic grow amid disturbances, suggesting democracy may endure.
A review discusses the 1909 edition of W W E Carson's Mexico The Wonderland of the South. It analyzes his critique of US policy toward Mexico, Huerta's regime, and the role of immigration and social forces in Mexican conditions. The piece notes Carson's cautious stance on intervention and his view that order requires a strong government and potential European immigration.
A Chicago based critique notes Clem Yore, long time police reporter, exposes life in the city’s dark side through blunt poems. The collection, including The Harlot and the Nun and Chung Hi Lo and Mary, aims to sting readers’ consciences and prompt reform.
Book notes discuss how Austria’s historic peace advocate Bertha von Suttner influences the final work When Thoughts Will Soar. The critique links Lay Down Your Arms to ongoing peace efforts and highlights recent salesmanship writings as catalysts for market interest.
Henry Woodruff spots Nanette Comstock at the SIASCONSET Ocean View Hotel veranda and invites a meet, as she greets the Post reporter with cordial charm. She teases about suffrage and jokes she would rather raise fancy dogs than win the vote.
The article portrays Nannette Comstock at a seaside interview, her athletic vigor and sharp wit on display as she dismisses artificial preset interviews. She jokes with reporter Henry Woodruff, chats about Shaw and psychology, then enjoys a bold bath and brisk return to the hotel amid lively beachgoers.
In a brisk exchange, the speaker questions whether a sprinter’s natural speed creates an unfair edge over a slower competitor. The talk shifts to dramatic critics remarking that some writers are quite capable.
Arthur K. Austin of Winthrop received six months in the house of correction for larceny of 160 dollars from F. S. Gage of Liverett. Judge Bruce presided in the Mald en court. he appealed and was released on 500 dollars bond on own recognizance.
Several people in outlying cities report being victimized by a man posing as Mr Berton and claiming to recruit correspondents for the Post. The newspaper notes no one by that name is connected with the Post and warns the public.
The Nation upholds independence in literary, dramatic, musical and scientific criticism. Poetry features Whittier and other poets as guidance for aspiring writers while science surveys medicine psychology and current inventions. Edmund Lester Pearson examines books and authors in curious facts.
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