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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post issue dated December 17 1912 from Post Publishing Co lists office at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass No 40 Vol 315. The masthead announces daily publication and identifies the newspaper as issued from Boston.
The notice lists Daily and Sunday Post subscription terms including annual and shorter plans with prices. It notes Canada and foreign per-copy rates, Boston postage surcharge, and that all money is at sender’s risk with checks or money orders payable to Post Publishing Co.
Fiditorial Rooms 1004 1005 7008 Main Sunday and Sporting Editors 1272 Main Financial Editors see006 1539 Main Business Office se00 1883 1384 Main Want Advertisements 1684 Main AN subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy please notify us by postal at once BE A GROZIER Editor and Publisher.
The Boston Post unveils a new newspaper printing plant described as the largest in New England and housing the world’s biggest press, according to Robert Hoe, president of R. Hoe & Co. The announcement underscores the paper’s capacity and ambition for wider distribution.
The Portuguese consulate reports progress on a Boston to Lisbon line with calls at Funchal Ponta Delgada Angra and Horta. Service would start within two years with a sailing every fourth Monday or within one year at five week intervals. A profitable, welcoming service is promised to boost the "Sail from Boston" slogan.
The piece satirically notes how job-hunters pursue the coming president with relentless pressure. It warns that Governor Wilson signals candidates should back off and avoid nuisance tactics or risk the opposite of their aim.
Dr. Carl Lucas Alsberg, the Agriculture Department chemist, is appointed by President Taft to succeed Dr. Wiley as Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. He is praised as a real scientist and biochemistry author but faces a central duty to uphold public interests against adulterators and misbranders, beyond science alone.
A group of commercial travellers on the New Haven line staged a protest on a Wallingford to New Haven train. Twenty three paid fares after the conductor threatened arrest, while others refused to pay. The piece notes fairness in seating and cites state court decisions against passengers who refuse to pay.
The Secretary of the Interior proposes a broader, more detailed policy for developing natural resources. The report highlights a comprehensive approach and calls for approval by the new Congress.
The text urges tapping water power to boost industry and transportation, noting underused potential. It discusses federal versus state control of navigable and non navigable waterways and aims for coordinated policy under Secretary Fisher. The goal is to prevent monopolization by special interests and ensure resources are preserved for wide development and use.
The Supreme Court ruling on the anthracite coal roads affects railroads and the public, limiting a 35 percent independent output contract but stopping short of ending control by Reading and Erie affiliates. It hints at a path to freer coal pricing, yet warns the industry may retain price power unless Pennsylvania railroads lose control of mines.
London reports the peace plenipotentiaries began drafting the core process in St James Palace. Delegates showed willingness to pursue a lasting settlement with minimal concessions, while Balkans and Turkish dismemberment pose delicate, competing ambitions. A successful, acceptable European peace is anticipated.
The article notes President Taft could fill the Ambassadorship to the Court of St James with a party representative but declines to act. It argues his restraint shows courtesy in unofficial relations and respect for the late election verdict as a new administration would seek its own ambassador.
A wife chides her hardworking literary husband for burning the candle at both ends. He replies that it is the only way to make both ends meet.
Readable fragments summarize a stray newspaper item with unclear details. The text hints at a feature or column but lacks concrete names or events to identify a clear person place or date. The readable portion preserves the sense of a quirky paper segment without explicit facts.
A farmer narrator speaks of daily toil and visions of trout turning to a grim vent as the pest conversation turns violent. He relates a brutal assault on the pest with shifting imagery and macabre actions ending in a triumphant cry.
A columnist ridicules a man named William who offers $50 to broker a wife with exacting specs and $10,000 in her own money. The writer notes the absurdity, warns against soliciting a wife for cash, and jokes about the impractical demand and potential fraud.
A story framed as a playful dialogue asks why the tale bears the title The Thieves. It notes a pattern of stealing glances, kisses, meetings, and time, escalating to a run of evasive departures and the idea of stealing back what was taken.
A Maine paper interview recounts Roxanna Coose a war of 1819 pensioner living in Camden who receives a quarterly $36 check. Highlights include a 32 pound 36 inch lobster from Vinalhaven for the U S Institute, plans to replace an old Norwich Vt Hanover N H bridge with an iron span, and Professor W H H Pierce a descendant of Captain Pierce.
The Sinai peninsula stands as a remote, sparsely inhabited land where desert grandeur blends with red, green, and purple mountain slopes. Bedouin life remains faint yet enduring, while the region’s geography reflects the Exodus route, linking Moses to the Promised Land and shaping Judaic and Christian thought for world history.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis certified two questions on the Oklahoma grandfather law ruling. The measure aimed to disfranchise uneducated black voters by barring those unable to read parts of the state constitution unless their ancestors voted before January 3 5.
The price of gasolene will be increased seven cents at wholesale on Jan 1 as notices from Standard Oil indicate a charge of 2 1/2 cents per gallon to consumers. Rising demand from more automobile use has strained refining capacity and taxed production beyond current ability.
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