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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
14
Boston Post dated December 9 1914 reports issue details for the Post Publishing Co. with office at 250 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The New York World questions whether Phi Beta Kappa should admit top athletes at Harvard alongside scholars. It notes two football players and a student who is both the college’s leading tennis player and its foremost scholar, asking what prevents an athletic society from becoming a college athlete society and what harm such a shift might cause.
The Boston stock exchange, previously closed, will reopen in a week under sensible rules. The Post lauds the move as a return to financial normalcy that should spur business and lift spirits across markets and related activities.
The New England Belgian relief fund committee reports a major Boston effort for the ship Harpalyce, carrying comfort and necessity articles valued at about half a million dollars. Volunteers from local groups have supplied cargo for a Christmas voyage of mercy benefiting Belgian sufferers abroad without neglecting local needs.
The Italian former premier Giolitti asserts Austria warned Italy and Germany in August 1913 of intent to act against Serbia. He claims Vienna planned a Balkan war a year before it appeared, and Germany knew of Austria’s aims, illuminating Germany’s military buildup and tax measures. The piece also discusses President Wilson and Gardner’s proposed military inquiry.
A violent act targeted Austrian and German diplomatic offices, framed as hostile yet described as illuminating in its impact on international affairs. No further details on perpetrators or consequences are provided.
The President’s address to Congress blends lofty style with strong national economy aims and calls for regulated resource development. It supports self government for the Philippines and urges readiness to meet future tasks amid world conflict, while sparing debate over steamship ownership and military preparedness.
A humorous verse mockingly lists diverse trades and people from Newton Newkirk debating who pays the war tax. The bartender bald head actress peach founder characters quip about hair tonic dye paint cosmetics toothpaste and champagne, ending with a founder’s complaint.
A terse taunt about daily routines is quoted, with a man challenging a partner to try pushing a prank on him. The line suggests ongoing domestic joshing or a playful power dynamic within a household.
A witty exchange in a local paper pits the Goat Editor against the Office Boy over the meaning of a macaronigram. The Editor insists it is a letter from an Italian gentleman to his wife while the Office Boy calls it an S O S wireless from a ship carrying spaghetti.
The phrase asserts money cannot purchase an easy conscience. It suggests wealth cannot solve moral guilt or inner peace, contrasting material power with ethical burden and personal integrity. The remark functions as a caution about money’s limits in matters of conscience.
A visitor discusses a powerful boss overwhelmed by charts and orders. The talk turns to impressively rising figures, yet the visitor exposes hidden costs and accounting flaws. The boss grows defensive as the critic points out overlooked charges and inventory issues.
Miss A. K. Hutchinson tours the United States studying schools and visits the Pine Bank Children's Museum in Boston. A Boston friend sends Navy log updates from the battleship Nebraska. Marines seek a new dog after giving homes to two kittens named Rosie and Rosalie Jones. Wellington bridge progress halves travel time on the Fellsway. Suffolk court updates praise for Attorney General H. C. Attwill. A Salem mayor receives a Civil War Baton Rouge battle portrait. Whittier relic school bench with knife marks gifted to his East Haverhill birthplace. Dorchester veterans attendance at Benjamin Stone Jr. Post meeting shows high loyalty at age 70 average. Tufts underclass clash reshaped as a sandbag boag rush on the new field with face painting. Harvard men plan to attend San Francisco Associated Harvard clubs via the Red Star liner Kroonian4. Peat vein found by Allston creek workers described as fine fuel. Arcadia fire memory stirs fire department members. Arcadia and Vandals recounted in distant history with Genseric, Rome, and fall of the empire.
The piece argues for voting on the constitutional amendment to ban alcohol in Congress. It says the House has the measure before it and should decide without delay, noting political sidetracks last July and renewed push after Mr. Bryan's statements. It questions postponement by the current or forthcoming Congress and urges action to end the issue.
A brief notice from Lynn Massachusetts notes Phil Ossifer advocates using water instead of alcohol to support a wife and children, providing a frugal path. The item highlights domestic economy and family welfare.
Malden police assist in locating Barnet Settin aged 26 who vanished from his brother’s home at 6 Grave Street Malden Thursday. He had just returned from Panama and left with $5.60 in his pocket in search of work.
In Marlboro an elderly man, James G. Sheehan, was found suffocated after smoke from hot ashes in his pipe set his bed on fire. Officials believe the blaze caused fatal smoke inhalation.
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