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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
16
The Boston Post issue from December 16 1915 presents local news briefs and notices. It covers city happenings and public notices typical of the daily Boston newspaper, reflecting the era's reporting style.
The notice lists daily and Sunday rate plans including one year six months and monthly terms, for U S and Canada. It also notes foreign rates and single-copy pricing, postal charges within Canada, combined Daily and Sunday rates, and payment instructions.
Readers reminded to pay subscriptions in advance and that the Post will be discontinued at expiration. Contact numbers and office references listed for advertising and circulation questions along with editorial staff roles.
The New York Herald shows a silver Henry Ford Trophy awarded five years ago by Henry Ford for the best team shooting in the Michigan National Guard. Ford, once a donor and visitor at encampments, urged employees to join the militia as service to the State.
The Maine hunting season reports 11 human deaths from deer killings, with fewer than 10 000 deer slaughtered. The piece questions laws and the sport's morality, noting repeated fatalities and calling for scrutiny of deer hunting as a sport in the Pine Tree State.
In a cordial post-election message Mayor Curley called for cooperative spirit. Councillor Storrow met at City Hall expressing intent to work with Curley for Boston’s good. The Good Government group appears aligned, promising stable city governance.
The writer notes partisan papers in Boston sneer at the Austria note on the Ancona case while urging fairness to President Wilson. They warn war with Austria could trigger war with Germany, stressing the President’s awareness and calling for balanced coverage.
A concise remark suggests the subject could derive enjoyment and tangible gains from the proposed activity. The statement emphasizes potential positive effects on their systems and overall usefulness.
The article notes wartime wages rise for millions of English workers and argues no major distress among skilled labor. It cites Asquith’s plea against broad strikes, reduced immigration to the U S, and a looming shift after the war toward a safer readjustment and employment conditions.
The article argues for adopting the metric system worldwide after the war, noting Britain and Russia resist it and the US already uses it for coinage with limited changes. It suggests decimal tables would simplify schooling and trade, aid South American commerce, and could come as an unexpected blessing of the war.
A daily note urges living honorably to curb slander and protect reputation. It quotes Franklin on costly tongues, warns of distrust toward others' faults, and notes how even enemies may doubt unfounded accusations. It ends with a cautious, humorous valediction.
A Bangor Maine newspaper Christmas advertisement outlines gift ideas to please the whole family. One item highlighted is a floor mop promoted as a practical present for Mother.
A terse classifieds note promotes floor mop deals with two prices. One mop described as a great trade for 90 cents, another offered at 49 cents, highlighting special value.
A humorous fatherly and motherly squabble over impractical gifts mocks the idea of a floor mop being Santa Claus’s present. The speaker urges better kitchen and home aid gifts like a pneumatic sweeper or Little Fairy dishwasher to cheer the season.
The piece notes Britain's resolve in the European war, acknowledging conscription debates but highlighting a vast mobilization potential. It projects more than 4,000,000 men could be sent to the front within six months, and urges humanity and civilization to hope for an earlier end if just.
A humorous collage of quotes from various papers showing women rejecting fashion items with a series of refusals. It begins with William Henry Birt preferring a green and yellow shirt and continues through playful lines about hats, skirts, shoes, and gowns, ending with a maid of Fifi Isle donning earrings and beads.
Boston readers note storms from New York to Connecticut causing drifts and travel woes. The Boston area reports only light snow and breeze, while other cities face trapped trains, milk shortages, and widespread discomfort. The piece touts Boston as a premier summer and rising winter resort.
Weather notes show December 16 records with coldest on record 1 degree above zero in 1876 and 1883, and the warmest 55 degrees in 1877 and 1894. Over the past decade the extreme highs and lows are 6 and 49 degrees, with two stormy December 16ths in 1908 and 1911.
Word arrives that Austrian authorities confiscate printing plants used to produce lead shell components. The report notes shortages complicating munitions production and cites disruptions in wartime industry and logistics.
Thebes suffered devastating ruin after Alexander’s siege with 6,000 killed and thousands sold into slavery. Pindar’s house spared amid slaughter. slavery flourished in Greece, with hundreds of thousands enslaved. Athens trembled as Alexander showed mercy to seek peace, preparing for Asia invasion.
A wartime editorial piece imagines chaotic effects from Austrian type and printing shop tools as weapons. It warns that confiscated type could injure soldiers and civilians, describing puncturing pica slugs and ink towels as devastating ammunition and branding.
A nostalgic poem expresses relief from winter through June roses and blooming landscapes. It envisions calm after storms with bluebirds, daisies, violets, and summer gardens. The speaker cherishes picnic bells, gardens, and affectionate spring mornings.
Local items report Guy Lyford serving in the American ambulance corps in France and awaiting a Christmas box. Newburyport bantam hen returns with three chicks. five pheasants roosting near Readville station. Henry Hay of Lynn, oldest man in the Shoe City, walks to Lynn Centre and critiques films. Captain Robert Wharton’s fishing schooner profits. bamboo in Boston parks regreening. 200 wild black ducks arrive at the zoological pond. Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater's Christmas tree gifts for Slater Mills workers. readers share humor about a publishing claim and Sullivan voters in Boston.
Uncle Walt Mason laments that Europe will rebuild churches and farms after the war yet the brave young men who died will not return. He envisions a revived world with art and industry, but notes the absence of those who kissed their mothers goodbye. The poem reflects sorrow for fallen soldiers enduring beyond reconstruction.
A reader. while examining the city directory. counted columns and estimated totals. The note mentions 75 named John Sullivans and recounts a rapid modern business deal used by Robert Luce involving the Hyde house on Harris street in Waltham and a chain of telephonic reach from Maine to Bremerton, Washington. It also discusses a family business lineage in building moving, highlighting John Cavanagh & Son with John T. Cavanagh II as manager and tracing four generations of the firm.
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