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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
14
The December 20 1912 Boston Post highlights city news and events from Boston mass Daily edition details include issue number volume and office address.
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Telephones and editorial rooms listed for Sunday and sporting editors at 1272 Main. Financial editors and business office numbers shown. Subscription policy requires advance payment and discontinuation after expiration. Notify us by postal if the Post isn’t available from your dealer.
The Boston Post claims a record breaking facility with the largest news print operation in New England and a press deemed the world’s largest. Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. is cited confirming the scale and capability of the new plant.
Pension statistics show Civil War veterans being mustered out in growing numbers as the list declines by 31 000 in twelve months. Despite fewer living veterans, total pensions rise due to increased liberalization and aging beneficiaries.
President Taft accepts a formal agreement to become a Kent professor of law at Yale, offering a dignified post that won’t hinder earnings elsewhere. Wilson is said to favor Taft joining the Supreme Court when a vacancy occurs, a move widely approved. Taft will have congenial work ahead at Yale.
Will Carleton poet journalist and lecturer died leaving a legacy of plain language verse. His work Over the Hills to the Poorhouse Betsy and I Are Out captured simple pathos and traveled the world. He filled a place for everyday readers and wanderers.
Ex Senator Foraker testifies before a campaign fund committee in Washington, admitting large payments from Standard Oil for legal work and loans for various purposes. He contends acts were as a lawyer and did not influence his Congress, yet the arrangement was improper for any US Senator and signals retirement if he cannot see that.
An editorial argues for placing a Washington monument in Westminster Abbey as a symbol uniting English and American ties. It frames Washington as a rebel turned liberator whose memory reflects the birth of an independent United States and a shared history with Britain.
The passage extols the exemplary qualities of America’s great independence hero and argues the tribute is a testament to international goodwill. It notes the movement to preserve the Washingtons ancestral home in England as part of this cross national respect.
The Pujo committee hearing exposes the Morgan firm’s control over railroads and banks, arguing against exclusive fiscal agency and urging competition for new securities. Reform is needed to dilute private power, with railroads required to issue securities openly and funds deposited in regulated banks.
The Boston subway project faces a clash between Harry Nawn of the contracting firm and Building Commissioner Everett over the stability of the former Boston Cab Company building now atop the tunnel path. Nawn fears endangering workers, while Everett refuses to condemn the structure, urging a safe compromise and urging authorities to settle the matter quickly to keep the subway on track. A plea for due care and decisive action follows, urging authority to resolve the dispute and avoid delaying a critical public work.
Francis J. O Hara Jr a young fish merchant and his wife left for the Pacific coast to be away about two months returning via the Panama Canal. The piece notes government tipping allowances for travel expenses under Treasury rules and questions the precedent set for ordinary citizens. Mrs. T M Merriman of Revere hosted a visit from Somerville friends who brought a rubber plant, the four visitors’ combined ages totaling 314 years.
A parish column surveys Civil War veterans at Dartmouth and local school drills, a dog saved by a physician, a small library fine dodge, and the sailing of apples to Brazil. It notes Paul Revere copper engraving discovery, language teaching plans, and Christmas gifts to a city official. It reflects on Bethlehem and Hebron, shepherd life, and biblical scenes in Palestine with vivid contrasts.
A Harper's Magazine note recalls a boy who withdrew two cents from a college settlement penny bank on Saturday and returned the money Monday saying he liked to have cash on hand over Sunday. The anecdote highlights frugality and Sunday readiness among children in savings programs.
A noble lord at a bar snaps at a journalist noting his glass. The reporter replies he would jot down the moment even if the lord drank water, a sharp quip reflecting press tensions in earlier parliamentary days.
The text describes a humorous dialect piece about a Naples girl with a prominent nose, praising her charm and nose in a comic exchange. It notes Hank meeting moving picture men and teases an upcoming performance in the Post comic section.
The Bull Moose club of the district organized with headquarters at 92 Main Street invites Mr and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt to attend a grand ball and concert on January 1. Mr and Mrs Charles S Bird will lead the grand march.
The text notes restrictions tied to religious identity, stating that Leah is barred to non-followers of Mohammed while Americans and Europeans may view a battered patriarch’s oak that sheltered Abraham’s flocks. Only seven steps of the stairway to Abraham’s tomb are permitted to believers of the Bible.
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