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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
10
A Republican candidate in Western remarks argued that after the war the nation must safeguard its supremacy. The Democrat administration counters with accusations of misdirected policies as the dialogue over national strength intensifies amid wartime rhetoric.
The Chicago wheat market surge prompts fears in English papers. The London Daily Telegraph accuses German Americans in Chicago of conspiring to push prices to embarrass the Entente, a claim dismissed as implausible by Americans.
The piece notes Raymond Robins, once a Moose, now backing Hughes, likely endorsing anti Wilson attacks on Mexico policy. It recalls Robins’s Chicago speech of Oct 19, 1914 praising Wilson’s restraint in avoiding war with Mexico and protecting American lives from corporate interests.
A political stump speech shows Mr. Robins grappling to justify his earlier praise of Wilson while now denouncing the same policies he once endorsed. Critics note the clash highlights shifting alliances and potential electoral risk.
President Wilson summons presidents of the nation’s great railroads to discuss final authority on railroad matters. The move aims at peace and justice for both sides, with a confidential proposition to be presented to 600 Brotherhood chairmen. Supporters hope the ultimate authority will prevail for the public.
An Iowa infantryman at San Benito Texas writes to the President defending mobilization camps. He asserts soldiers are well treated and healthy and counters rumors of mistreatment, aiming to reassure families of Massachusetts militiamen about border conditions.
In Brigh ton police court a man who mixed alcohol with gasoline and drove with women and children aboard his car was sentenced to two months in the house of correction. The court ordered permanent cancellation of his license by the Highway Commission, a move presumed already executed.
Francis H. Rowley, president of the Massachusetts P C A, argues that license fees and fines paid by automobile owners fund only a small portion of road costs. He cites Massachusetts spending over 15 million dollars on 28 000 miles of roads last year, while only about 1.075 million came from auto-related fees.
Master mariners steamboat captains and many others urged immediate completion of the Sandy Bay breakwater off Cape Ann before the Board of United States Engineers of Rivers and Harbors. They argued the incomplete structure is a menace and that a finished harbor would provide a harbor of safety for shipping.
A witty dialogue on avoiding hard work by leveraging others. The speakers discuss recognizing the right person to do work, the temptation to delegate, and the social consequences of widespread reliance on proxy labor. They warn of a shortage of workers if the trend grows.
A 29 year old Indiana man, a renowned antique collector, recently married a 67 year old woman. The writer questions the match, suggesting motives tied to historic associations rather than love or value as a wife. The piece contrasts coin collecting with antiques and wealth in marriage.
A saying notes that evil thoughts imply bad associations in your inner life. It links moral self with the quality of one’s mental company and urges vigilance over influences shaping mindset.
A letter to Newt proposes a joint venture for a typewriter print obliterator that would erase mistaken keystrokes. The writer suggests sharing profits and urges rapid development with Foxboro, Massachusetts as the location. A reply counters with a whimsical fly obliterator idea and dismisses the scheme.
The funeral for Mary A. McAuley daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas P McAuley of 267 East Cottage Dorchester will be at St Marks Church Columbia Road at 9 this morning. She was a Hugh O’Brien School graduate and Roxbury High student not yet 18 and popular with classmates active in social affairs.
The next two Shakespeare plays pictured are Timon of Athens and Troilus and Cressida. Timon emerges from a despairing 1607 mood, revealing the master’s fierce critique of mankind while Troilus remains puzzling yet show passages of his genius.
The Observant Citizen notes crowded summer resorts in New England with scarce rooms and a Mt Washington visitor record. Mussels, praised for nutrition, spread from Boston hotels to homes, while lunch menus show rising prices and a quick justice style from Judge Keating in the Superior Criminal Court.
Social notes from 67 61 Franklin Street list wedding announcements and invitations in a local society column. Brief entries note couples, venues, and dates with concise event details.
Uncle Walt Mason argues that living writers lack the bite of Addison and Steele and would fail to sell such verbose prose today. He mocks long-winded morals and jokes that today’s scribes would fetch only five cents a yard.
A bustling column gathers quirky notes from daily life. A swimmer finds gold mounted molars, a fashionable visitor disguises a reward story, and Jupiter rises in early evenings. An 82 year old undertaker retires after 87 years in business, a Mexico client learns Boston travel via shoe strap misdirections, and Mt Greylock reports early winter signals with geese heading south.
A young woman of nineteen asks how to win a twenty one year old lover who ignores her advances. Mildred Champagne cautions that bold pursuit often fails and urges resignation while noting men respond to different approaches and that heartache can fade with time.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes the hottest August 18 in Boston was 94 degrees in 1884 and the warmest in the last decade was 91 in 1913. He cites the lowest 54 degrees in 1880 and 1902 and the cool 55 in 1915, with rainfall on this date in 1909 1911 1912 and 1914.
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