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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post issues its December 21 1912 edition. It lists prices for daily and Sunday subscriptions, Canada and foreign rates, postage surcharges, and payment instructions. Editor A Grozier is noted along with telephones and office addresses.
Quote from Robert Hoe highlights the Boston Post as owning the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the biggest press in the world, signaling its industrial prominence.
The Hurley plug hat, famed as a vote-getter, remains a symbol of loyalty as John F Hurley is unlikely to abandon it. The salem mayoral veteran, known for backing friends, is expected to continue his political path with the same emblem he has long worn.
A large crowd attended the fountain dedication in Postoffice square honoring a citizen famed for humanitarian ideals. Spectators paused for a drink break as thirsty team leaders and wheel horses cooled at the water basin, reflecting the column’s humanitarian sentiment central to city life.
Eliot argues the third degree method of obtaining evidence in criminal cases is a shocking disgrace. He calls physical torture forbidden, but notes mental torture borders on it and harms both innocent and guilty, labeling the practice an inquisition repugnant to justice.
Attorney General Wickersham rejects pro rata stock distribution proposed by Union Pacific leaders to dissolve Southern Pacific and returns the issue to the courts. Union Pacific claims they financed Southern Pacific controlling stock, seeking a share, while Wickersham notes no regal title to distribute, highlighting the case as a key precedent for future railroad mergers.
President Taft grants a pardon to William H. Van Schaik related to the ill fated steamer River, which burned on the river in New York, resulting in a noted loss.
The debate centers on blame for the Slocum sinking. Van Schaik is labeled a scapegoat while the captain bears fault for lacking adequate life-saving gear. Owners faced no punishment despite neglect. Their employee served three years, prompting calls for accountability for those “higher up.”
President elect Woodrow Wilson denounces professional panic-makers as a danger to public welfare. He vows to use strong measures if needed, aiming his critique at conscience-free bears who profit from market turmoil, while bankers and brokers widely respect his resolve and warnings.
The reminiscence of J. Cheever Goodwin and the Papyrus Club highlights Evangeline as a landmark in American musical comedy while a satirical column rails at Rockefeller and Standard Oil. It praises posthumous influence, notes Boston origins, and mocks rising gasoline prices and express tariffs with a witty, period voice.
The Forest Reservation Commission urges Congress to authorize a purchase totaling about 10,000 acres in the Carter range Bethlehem and Franconia areas. The plan would round out government reservations and bring contiguous White Mountain land under federal control, creating 80,000 acres of protected land for public enjoyment.
Washington December 20 Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus will be relieved of command of the Atlantic fleet January 4 by Rear Admiral Charles J Badger and has been appointed a member of the general board of the navy with station in Washington D C The appointment places Osterhaus on the Navy General Board in the capital setting in motion a shift in fleet leadership.
A humorous rejection of childhood memories is framed as a verse by Jack Sumner urging readers to forget a sentimental song. The playful narrator recounts rough childhood incidents and dismisses rural recollections in favor of modern city life and asphalt.
A ditty recalls a little girl losing a muff worth forty dollars in gold, purchased by her father. The fragment hints at loss and cold lily white hands, with a mournful tone about the muff never being seen again.
New York December 20. Official appraiser J W Lyon said all published estimates of I H Harriman estate are guesswork. Lyon held a hearing on unlisted securities and will reconvene January 10 to appraise the entire estate after that session.
A column recounts Harris Hammond owning the Joseph Bonaparte estate in Bordentown New Jersey once linked to Napoleonic legend. It notes lobster shipments from Yarmouth and Maine lobstermen’ s struggles, wooden Indians in Cambridge, Maine shipyards declining, and a Parcels Post egg test from Oklahoma. It also mentions Harvard portraits by Tarbell, Frank Cousins’ colonial architecture book, Ensign Monaghan memorial in Spokane, and local civic notes on the State Board of Trade, Tremont Street improvement, stamp collections, and local officials.
In the Sinai peninsula near Jebel Musa stands the convent of St Catherine, ringed by a Justinian wall. The lonely site draws few visitors, yet its church and surrounding buildings display astonishing wealth and artistry, stark against the barren desert where monks endure solitary life.
Investigators examined a society run entirely by women noting sound finances, perfect accounts, and growing membership. All society members and officials were women, and the audit team from the insurance commission was also all female.
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