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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
16
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for the Daily and Sunday editions including domestic Canada and foreign options. Rates list yearly and shorter terms with specific prices, plus postage and payment instructions.
The Norwegian committee declines to sit this year and will not award a prize. The editorial argues this narrow view ignores peaceful progress in the United States and the global context, claiming recognition was warranted for efforts that helped avert war amid widespread conflict.
The Maryland case against Colonel Charles Alexander of Providence faces bribery and blackmail accusations involving the woman who triggered the federal probe. The woman admits traveling with the colonel, but she was not a "white slave" and no financial gain by the accused is shown. The Mann act, aimed at interstate traffic in immorality, may need a broader interpretation by the high court.
A massive blaze devastated Thomas A. Edison’s great manufacturing plant at West Orange, despite claims of absolute safety. Edison vows immediate reconstruction and says the new facility will be proof against everything but an earthquake, signaling a push for a near perfect fireproof system.
A columnist condemns sensational war coverage and clarifies that American papers did not state the Kaiser had pneumonia. The piece defends using a dispatched Amsterdam report as the source of the rumor rather than repeating it as fact.
A sharp critique argues that no one should support critics who rely on newspapers to learn the news, labeling such experts as unworthy and out of touch. The remark underscores skepticism toward media-savvy commentators.
The Public School Association backs Joseph Lee for re election and Moses S Laurie for the vacancy left by Chairman Brock. The editorial argues a balanced board with two Catholics two Protestants and one Hebrew and praises Dr Frederick L Bogan and Dr Herbert J Keenan as worthy alternative candidates.
The Post Santa Claus drive gathers both petitions and donations as the calendar tightens. Citizens donate pennies and dollars while children write letters seeking remembrance, ensuring toys, mittens, stockings, and comfort reach thousands of homes before the two week deadline.
State records show Governor Walsh granted 29 pardons and commutations by December 1, 1914, far fewer than 69 in 1913 and 98 in 1912, with strong opposition to clemency for John A. Hail who stole from Southbridge Savings Bank.
Treasurer Moore of Harvard notes secret practice may be overdone and asks if students should play games rather than watch varsity. He suggests Yale faces a similar view and many agree the long secret sessions are unsportsmanlike. He cites no other sport with such hidden training.
Dear Newt explains monkey trimming as fur used to trim women’s wear and hats. He recalls a Tremont street window joke, then reveals monkey trimming involves fur from a monkey rather than adornment for the animal. He mocks shoppers and lampoons milliners in a playful reader letter.
A discussion on whether poker is a scientific game or mere chance circulates as an Italian judge weighs key arguments. The piece also includes a humorous Boston ad spoof about buying a 100 acre farm near railroad stations and comic musings on cash flow and a glue factory next to a silo.
A Boston column notes pleasant Charles River embankment strolls near Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes memorial at 296 Beacon Street and plans to add shrubbery. It reports sea gulls on the Merrimac River, a Hawaiian calabash in a local collection, and Christmas week business closings by paint and oil firms. It also highlights the Peabody Museum portrait of Colonel Francis Peabody, a Jamaica Plain crooks anecdote, Meyer London event at Tremont Temple, hunting trips and wildlife observations, and New England antiquities photos from Wallace Nutting.
A historical account traces Merlin as a fiction of later writers while Arthur remains the probable real Celtic ruler who resisted Saxon invasions after Rome left Britain in 407. It outlines the era’s climate, Roman legacies, and the Angles Saxons and Jutes as they settled eastern England by 500, shaping language and culture.
John J. Kingsley the gem merchant will provide expert assistance to holiday patrons. Located at 11 Court Square in Young's Hotel Block, he offers guidance and expertise for buyers and collectors.
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