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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
5
A humorous exchange shows a mother scolding her son for misbehavior and the boy replying that his earlier dime purchase was worth it. The lighthearted dialogue captures domestic wit and a playful family moment.
Miss Ida Lipches president of the New York School Teachers League argues men should teach many high school classes. She contends young women teachers are often more interested in matrimonial chances and dress than public questions. She speaks on School Problems.
Miss Lipches advocates four teacher kinds for different ages, plus equal pay for equal work. She criticizes overemphasis on mathematics Greek and Latin, endorses vocational training, and prefers older married women in primary grades while favoring young teachers in high school. She supports women on the School Board and cites New York equal salary moves backed by Interborough Association.
Poem lyricizes a voyage across Vesuvian bays and islands. The speaker drifts by Vesuvius and Ischia with Capri awaiting beyond sapphire gates, imagining a dreamful, spirit filled paradise. A wistful, romantic landscape unfolds in vivid maritime imagery.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire Mrs Mary Shaw of Exeter found a balloon sent up by Eben H Blaisdell a Portsmouth grocer in 1910 It carried a promise of reward and was later awarded a Christmas gift to celebrate the discovery in a tree after nearly three years
Sallinger proprietor of the Peoples Credit Company received a mahogany card table and cut glass lamp yesterday from his employees. A supper was served and the presentation followed by a damia on the floors of the sales offices at 501 Hington Street.
The steamer Menominee from Antwerp with 75 passengers reached port after a near collision with an unidentified laden steamer in darkness during a savage Christmas Eve blizzard. Officers kept control as the other vessel disappeared, the Menominee’s crew and passengers unaware of danger. The voyage endured rough seas and a damaged wireless setup aboard the ship.
The Menominee was over three days late as continual storms kept passengers in cabins. On Christmas Eve a fierce blizzard struck with head winds and seas while Captain Anfindsen stayed on the bridge. Near Cape Sable a freighter appeared in the liner’s path prompting quick signals to the helm and engine room.
The Dorothy M Smart reports the drowning of four crewmen after a squall off Yarmouth Cape. Frank Daley of Mt. Pleasant Jessie Halliday of Digby Loran Mc Whinnie of Port Nova and Stewart Robinson of Parker's Cove perished as eight were swept overboard with three survivors and one rescued by a dory. The Digby schooner hails from Digby.
Berlin December 26 reports Prince August William and Princess August William welcomed a son today. The couple, married October 22, 1808, are the Emperor's fourth son and Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig Holstein. This marks their first child.
Goods move quickly and create money saving opportunities as fast as one lot sells out another appears. The bulletin cannot print all bargains again today but shoppers are urged to buy now for substantial savings.
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