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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post issue dated August 15 1912 reports daily news from Boston Massachusetts with front page notices and local items. No specific events or names are provided in readable text.
The Post offers Daily and Sunday editions with varied prepaid rates. One year subscriptions cost 00 for Daily One year, 3.00 for Sunday One year, with shorter terms listed. Foreign copies 16c each, Canada 1c extra per copy. All subscriptions must be prepaid and sent to The Post Publishing Company in Boston. vacations available at 25c per month for Daily Post and 30c per month for Sunday Post.
Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co cites the Boston Post owning the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world, underscoring its capacity and prestige in the industry.
The piece notes Rolla Wells pledges daily disclosure of campaign contributors and amounts, reflecting a strong stance on campaign finance. It questions why rival parties would not follow and argues that honest financial conduct may negate the need for compulsory pre election disclosure laws.
The nation extends sympathy to the New York Astor family as a widowed mother raises their baby John Jacob Astor. The Titanic tragedy looms in memory, and though the child may not inherit vast wealth, he carries a famous name with expectations of honor and societal approval.
Coal men warn of spring mining suspension causing apparent anthracite shortages. They say reserves held by big companies remain largely untapped and that any shortage in eastern cities is artificial to keep prices high. Government inquiry expected to test the claim.
Officials report bubonic plague in Porto Rico is controlled with only one case since August 7. General Blue of the Health and Marine Hospital service notes extermination level control, citing prior San Francisco visitation as a model for complete containment.
The report notes homes in Porto Rico being vacated and occupants aided by public subscription. Missionaries in the San Juan district say no widespread destitution exists, describing local housing as simple one story cabins and emphasizing no serious distress.
The piece argues that public figures have promoted the idea of global price increases, citing France 1911 as showing the United States up 21 points since 1900 while Germany and the UK rose about 4 points and France 6. It claims the US rise is 3 to 5 times greater and credits Governor Wilson with the accurate facts.
A New Hampshire Supreme Court appointed commission will hear claims over Crawford Notch land for a state park this week. The 6000 acre tract faces owners seeking full value including denudation profits, but a fair, equitable settlement aligning private and public benefit is anticipated.
The piece questions Congress supporters of acquiring Monticello by eminent domain while Jefferson Levy owns the property. It notes eminent domain use must serve a federal function and ponders Jefferson’s view of a government ejecting a reluctant owner without necessity. It concludes the method feels un Jeffersonian.
The Boston Floating Hospital managers announce a remaining $11,000 is needed to complete this season. Subscriptions to George C. Lee at 44 State Street, Boston, will fund the charity's sea air healing and expert care for poor babies and aiding mothers.
The Boston Journal argues that true reporting will expose the Kansas Republican contest as a defeat for Stubbs in the popular vote, despite a legal technicality giving him the nomination. It notes stand-patters were hoisted by their own petard and predicts Progressive outrage if the outcome were reversed.
A distant observer notes that self denial seems prudent to the average man, suggesting restraint as a valued trait or social expectation without further context or detailed events.
The article argues Haines as a potential Alaska railhead for a grand network connecting Seattle or Vancouver to Fairbanks Nome and Cape Prince of Wales with a new Bering Strait link. It envisions tunnels and transcontinental lines, a sensational Atlantic to Pacific alliance, and a future where travelers ride from Boston to Paris in a single train.
Athirst Pokeus and Astingus plan a royal rescue after a late night note to Cartagin. They confront King Proboscis at nine in the morning and learn Dartagin has been executed at sunrise, ending with the cliffhanger that the tale continues tomorrow.
The column quotes a weather wisdom line about Old Prob being unable to forecast tomorrow. It notes the uncertainty in predicting weather and hints at folklore style commentary.
A Cambridge resident urges that George W Coleman be named Governor, praising his manhood, executive qualities, sanity, common sense, tact, and business judgment as fit to lead the state under the gilt dome. The letter emphasizes Coleman’s balance of capital and labor interests.
A boy asks a teacher how long a camel can go without water if it has water. The exchange illustrates curiosity about animal physiology and the limits of dehydration in desert mammals.
Berton Braley notes in the Newark Star that despite calculators, diagrams, and languages among players and umpires, baseball is still a lively crowd sport. Fans cheer, jeer, and scream as before, with the same old energy under a new scientific glare.
A mother asks her daughter why she cannot keep a secret and the child replies that two of her front teeth are gone making secrets slip out. The anecdote captures a playful moment of a precocious child.
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