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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1912
Page
10
Daily One year rates and Sunday Post subscriptions listed. Rates include six months and shorter periods with cents per copy for Canada and foreign delivery. Postage charges apply. do not send cash. make checks payable to Post Publishing Co.
The Post lists phone lines for departments at 1004 1005 7008 to 1883 1384 Main and urges subscribers to pay in advance. If the Post cannot be obtained from dealers, notify by mail. B A Grozier is editor and publisher.
The Boston Post announces possession of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England, boasting the biggest press in the world, underscoring its industrial scale and leadership in print.
A New England seasonal note celebrates a snowy Christmas as tradition and warmth endure. The author recalls New England’s hardy winter character and extends holiday greetings to over a million readers of the Post with cheerful seasonal sentiment.
Boston public school janitors receive a substantial pay increase totaling 28000 dollars to be distributed among them. The gesture is welcomed amid rising living costs, reflecting appreciation for their hard work and the vital health duties they perform for students.
A New York justice criticized the lack of severe penalties for drunken driving after sentencing a chauffeur to one year in prison for injuring a woman. He urged treating automobile operation while intoxicated as a felony to adequately punish reckless drivers and serve as a warning.
The note recalls a failed express car robbery near Illinois capital by bandits who did not blow the safe. It stresses that such outrages spur more crimes, and urges authorities to pursue the robbers to deter further train looting and maintain public safety.
A French court acquitted famed novelist Mme Bloch for shooting the wife of an American in Paris amid a love triangle. She was taxed damages of one franc, a surprising twist reflecting French judicial quirks.
In a dreamlike meditation the speaker recalls Dante and his visions. The threefold bow glows while a Rainbow vision rises. A crown bearing flame bends over Paradise flowers, hinting at a missing small kiss shared by mortals in daily life.
A fragment notes that life taken or murder with impunity in France becomes a sociologist’s puzzle and suggests a distance view of possible legal tomfoolery rather than a firm conclusion.
The holiday rush exposes downtown Boston streets as insufficient for pedestrian and vehicle flow. Washington and Tremont streets become crowded as foot traffic spills onto roadbeds amid persistent congestion. Multiple proposed schemes exist but none fully fit the city’s needs, yet reform is clearly required and immediately necessary.
The piece notes unfulfilled Christmas hopes in the world and in Mexico where unrest promises heavy losses before order and stability can be achieved. It questions Taft's communication to Madero offering guarantees, asking whether the government can back them with force and ensuring foreigners' lives and property. It ends with a cautious hope for a season of peace and adjustment.
Opinion argues bombing viceroys is an insane blunder. It notes 300 million natives under British rule with 75k troops and 160k armed natives, and claims killing isolated officials cannot end subjugation. Racial conditions render such acts ridiculous and no method to free India.
A humorous Christmas reminiscence lists odd gifts and mishaps from Santa delivered via a weary narrator. Slippers from Aunt Isabelle trigger a plan for a wholesale slipper store while other gifts include a military hair brush set, El Cabbage cigars, and a bottle of rye. The piece pokes fun at holiday generosity and personal grievances about gift costs.
Boston observer notes fireman William J. Porter injured in North Square blaze and his Christmas plans with family. He is a candidate for Russell Fire Club president as officers vote after Christmas. The column also salutes Santa turned Doctor Santa at Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Shaker colony in Alfred Maine, Arbor Day tree plantings, and holiday scenes around Boston. A Hun to Taft staffer Rollins named to an Aerodynamical Laboratory commission.
A lively exchange wished a merry season and called for a resolvatin attitude. Tickets are on sale for the water wagon tour offering a one way ride. Beatrice is urged to step away from mistletoe as talk turns to the kissing bug danger.
A humorous 1918 Christmas note advises readers to do their shopping now and avoid mishaps from cocktails and hot gravy. It quips about asbestos whiskers and Santa Claus moments, while urging timely gifts and caution as the season approaches.
A playful verse notes the contrast of cheerful anticipation for a big Christmas box with the slap of disappointment upon discovering nothing in his two socks. The humor hinges on a simple tug between hopeful glee and comic letdown.
A fragmentary poem evokes passage of kings and fishermen on the Galilee lake scene. The speaker contrasts crowns for him with none for themselves, blending sea, stars, and oleander imagery in a lament for unequal glory.
Twenty members of Eliot Congregational Church choir in Roxbury sang Christmas hymns and songs under the leadership of Rev W O C Rhoades and organist Gardner F F Packard, parading along Roxbury streets last night.
The Civil Service Commission presented Street Commissioner James A Gallivan and Overseer of the Poor Matthew J Mullen with official documents approving their recent appointments by the Mayor. Gallivan will begin a fourth term as street commissioner on New Year’s Day, while Mullen starts a third term after six years in the role.
Alfred Noyes, a young English poet, contributed verses titled The Slumber Songs of the Madonna on this page, reflecting his early lyric voice and religious imagery from his early career.
Employees at Mailparn's Ladies' Specialty Store on Winter Street received Christmas envelopes with gold pieces as gifts. Amounts varied by length of service and position, the smallest being 2.50 dollars. The gesture honored loyalty and good work. Hailpurn's, four months old, has gained many friends in New England for its courteous values.
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