Boston Post August 17 1912 issue glimpse
The Boston Post dated August 17 1912 issue presents brief daily notices and local items from Boston Massachusetts including community news and advertisements typical of a provincial paper of the era.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1912
Page
8
Subscription rates for The Sunday Post and Daily Boston press
The notice lists pricing for Waily One year seven cents? No. It shows One year seven dollars? Six months 1.50 three months 75 cents. The Sunday Post rates: One year 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 75 cents two months 60 cents one month 30 cents. Canada per copy. Foreign 16 cents. 1 cent extra postage in Boston district. Payments via checks or money orders to Post Publishing Company. avoid sending cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Maas
Post Publishing Company
Frctorial Rooms and Post Office Contact Directory
Classified note lists editorial and business offices at 1004 1005 7008 Main with Sunday and sports editors. It urges advance payment for subscriptions and asks readers to notify the post if unable to obtain the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial
Sporting Editors
BE. A. Grozier
The Post in Vacation Time
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and territories for 25 cents monthly while the Sunday Post costs 80 cents per month. Subscribers may change addresses as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
Boston Post Announces Largest Newspaper Plant in New England
The Boston Post unveils its claim to own the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, according to Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Hilles Sees Taft Winning 384 Electoral Votes in 34 States
Charles D. Hilles proclaims Taft will carry 34 States with 384 electoral votes, while conceding 10 Southern states to Wilson totaling 144 votes. He omits Bull Moose support as irrelevant, and suggests even more aggressive posture might have been warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Hilles
Mark Tapley
Taft
Wilson
Hilles
Pittsburg Gazette-Times Attacks Wilson Speech For Using Very
The Gazette-Times ridicules Governor Wilson for using the word very claiming it appears 27 times in 7500 words and calls the critique very silly. It argues the paper reveals weak political ammunition and praises Wilson’s speech as cogent and well expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Gazette-Times
Wilson
Ads oppose Grand Trunk rail route through New Hampshire
Newspapers across New Hampshire print large ads opposing the Grand Trunk line to Boston. The ads, signed by the Boston & Maine general solicitor, plead, threaten, and cajole to block a major public improvement. They cost cash, not transport, and raise questions about who benefits from the fight and who pays the thousands spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Grand Trunk Railway
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Grand Trunk
Rewards of Literature Valuation of McCarthy Estate Shows 2300
The estate of the late Justin McCarthy who died intestate last April is valued at 2300 with 987 in personal property. Examiners of the British office fixed the adjustment basis. McCarthy, famed novelist and historian, commanded a wide field and was read widely in the English language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin McCarthy
Notable literary figure with political ventures recalled
The passage reflects on a figure whose history is classic and novels remain popular. It notes possible strains from political endeavors on his resources but argues his life was distinctly literary with a lasting balance in achievement.
Meyer oversteps Navy role in partisan lecture to Congress
The piece argues that the Secretary of the Navy, while favoring a two battleship policy, frequently intrudes into legislative territory by lecturing Congress and the Democratic majority. It asserts the Navy Department is an administrative bureau and that Congress alone handles budgets and expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Won
Meyer
Navy
United States
Congress
Navy Department
Taft blamed for high U.S. meat prices over veto
The article attributes the rise in American meat prices to President Taft vetoing a farmers free-list bill. It argues free competition with Argentina Canada Australia New Zealand Austria and Mexico would have lowered costs by aiding competition with the American beef trust. It notes domestic prices rose over 50 percent while London prices fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
United States
Argentina
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Austria
Mexico
American Beef Trust
Great Britain
American Trust
London
Congress
Taft
Connecticut militiamen gain practice from imaginary conflicts
The piece argues that military maneuvers in Connecticut provide useful knowledge and experience for militiamen. It notes the value of practicable skill work, physical training, and strategic wit between opposing sides, despite the battles being fictitious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New York
Fortunate lapse in veto trip creates civil service reform chance
The House failure to override the President’s veto on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill is seen as a Fortunate lapse. It allows chance to strike seven year tenure for civil service workers and preserves merit protections. Democratic MPs from Massachusetts backed the veto changes indicating broad support for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Commerce Court
House
Massachusetts
Progressive party recruit touts direct election of senators
A Massachusetts Bull Moose booster argues the Progressive platform could win direct Senate elections and other liberal reforms. He contrasts with Democrats who recently passed a resolutions for direct election, noting the Democratic party rarely delivers such measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Progressive Party
United States
Democratic Party
Bull Moose
Massachusetts
Democratic House
Senate
Congress
United “States
Alaska's Yukon Journey Through the Northward Frontier
The lower Yukon greets travelers with wide, lakelike waters and sparse settlements as prospectors roam the Alaska wilderness seeking gold. Nulato, Anvik, and Holy Cross Mission shape regional life with reindeer herds and Jesuit education, while delta shores host Eskimo groups and geese as steamers head toward St. Michael's amid sudden coastal storms.
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Yukon
Nulato
Anvik
Holy Cross Mission
Alaska
Haaanweaad
Holy Cross
St. Michael's
Stiquo Interrogation Sparks Royal Cloistered Exchange
In a brisk two hours the musketeers deliver Stiquo to King Proboscis, who weighs diplomacy over threats as Stiquo taunts the monarch with witty repartee. The captive hints Count de Stingo’s double cross aims and revolts against the throne, then exits. the royal summons Count de Stingo follows. The scene closes with a teaser for Monday. The cityfolk crave summer in the country, while a St. Louis Times verse laments country life versus city life.
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Stiquo
Proboscis Anopheles
Athirst
de Bique
M. Stiquo
Count de Stingo
Proboscis
King Proboscis
de Stingo
de Stinge
M. Stiguo
M. Stique
St. Louis
Global Trade And Food Trends Noted In Brief Inquiries
The world railroad mileage stands at 625000 miles. Iceland ferments dried codfish flesh into a breadlike substance. Last census shows four bushels of potatoes per person. Population growth raises total food demand as more people eat. In South Africa natives outnumber Europeans but the gap narrows. Germany ranks second in iron and steel exports at 333 million dollars plus 9 million on agricultural machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Union of South Africa
Germany
How Berlin Uses Sewage
Berlin uses its municipality owned sewage farms to reclaim waste land and plan land reclamation. The city owns two large areas for disposal and may sell excess land for profit while seeking biological methods to meet disposal needs. The wasteful practice of discharging sewage into streams removes soil nitrogen that should return to the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hat Pins Mistaken for Attack Evidence
In a heated exchange, Watson questions the claim of an escape from an attack by savages. Sherlock deduces the marks on the hat are not injuries but new style hat pins worn by women, clarifying the misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodman Watson
Sherlock
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