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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1912
Page
8
The document shows the Boston Post Independent Democratic Paper of New England dated August 31, 1912. It lists publication details including Daily issuance by Post Publishing Co. and an office address at 259 Washington Street, Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists daily and Sunday subscription rates, Canadian and foreign copy pricing, postal charges, and payment terms. It identifies the Post Publishing Company offices in Boston, requires advance payment, warns against sending cash, and instructs readers to notify by postal if the paper is unavailable. Editor Be A. Grozier named.
Robert Hoe & Co spokesman proclaims Boston Post now owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world.
Dr. Wiley exposes a flaw in the Sherley amendment to the pure food law. The rule forbids interstate transport of false and fraudulent patent medicines but hinges on the word and versus or. The distinction can shield violators by requiring two separate offenses for conviction.
In Burlington Roosevelt declares he uses himself as a symbol while warning against supporting the Republican State ticket. The bull moose stands for Rooseveltism and progress, illustrating how enraged force can smash opposition. The symbolic colonel aims this at the Republican party with notable effect.
An English MP reports in Canton and other cities the historic queue largely vanished post revolution yet a thriving trade in selling queues as souvenirs has begun. He notes the irony of capitalizing dead tradition and jokes about sending the deposed Manchu Emperor to vaudeville for extra income.
Advocates of paternal government point to federal control in the Panama Canal area, proposed property takings for community benefit, and the parcels post as evidence of a broader shift. They cite municipal extensions beyond private risk and note telegraph railways and phone services run by government abroad as precedent. The parcels post marks a cautious, gradual advance of the idea.
The article surveys a distant possibility that no candidate wins a majority in November. It cites forecasts on constitutional steps if no majority exists and notes Colonel George Harvey’s North American Review scenario. It suggests the House could be deadlocked and the Senate would choose the Republican candidate.
The article weighs the 1912 election and argues the electoral college will give Wilson a clear majority. It estimates Roosevelt 66 votes Taft 167 and Wilson 298, noting uncertainty about the exact outcome beyond party standings.
In Vermont Republicans cry foul at a smaller state majority seen as endorsing the national platform and free trade, while Progressives push national alignment. The Democratic candidate avoids Taft Roosevelt or Wilson. In Maine Republicans reject national issues, while Democrats press national topics and warn a Republican win backstops the tariff vetoes.
Local International Hotel Workers Union urges end to tipping, arguing wages should be sufficient for staff and tips unfair to guests and workers. They cite cloakroom and porter practices and note a London hotel that abolished tipping with sustained success.
A New York State court decision allows a citizen fined for intoxication to avoid a second punishment by claiming double jeopardy. If upheld, continuous drunkenness could shield repeated offenses, making only intermittent intoxication punishable and raising serious concerns over constitutional limits.
Mrs. Nancy E. Jones of 81 West Street North Attleboro seeks news of her brother Amos Kemp unseen for 40 years. She asks informants to send any helpful information to her address. Their sister Mrs. Jennie I Wilson of Sharon New Hampshire is now deceased.
The article surveys Alaska's grand scenery and rapid development, highlighting its commercial value with exports and imports around 56 million dollars annually. It notes dense population for a frontier territory, long days in summer, and mild seaboard climates influenced by the Japan current, as readers prepare for the final installment begins tomorrow.
The scene shifts to the castle on the wedding day of Princess Heloise to Count de Stingo. King Proboscis plans pomp while the Princess frets over loving Dartagin, who is imprisoned by revolutionaries. The countdown to the ceremony runs as tension mounts and Dartagin's fate remains uncertain.
Street commissioners weigh a one way conversion from Dock Square to State Street for the duration of Merchants bank construction and plan a public hearing at an early date. The order would remain in effect only until the bank building is completed.
A short 1912 poem by T A Daly discusses tooth structure from ivory to gums, urges daily brushing, and notes losing teeth as new ones grow in. The speaker humorously laments gaps in speech and meals while reflecting on biblical allusion to Mark.
George M. Whitaker, 79, secretary of the National Dairy Union and president of the Farmers' National Congress, died in Port Atkinson Wisconsin. Born 1851 in Southbridge Massachusetts.
Mayor Fitzgerald considers building a subway spur from Boylston Street to Park Square. The plan would route lines along Columbus avenue to improve rapid access to South Boston via a widened Pleasant street. Project cost is described as not great.
The revenue cutter Acushnet hauled the water logged schooner Julia A Berkeley of New York off the shoals near Colne Beach where she had been beached after going ashore south of Nantucket Wednesday. The schooner, nearly 50 years old, was refloated.
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