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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post lists rates for Daily and Sunday editions to Canada and foreign locations with varying yearly and monthly prices. It notes prepayment requirements, mailing details, and contact lines for editors and business office.
Our aviator Lincoln Beachey smashed loop the loop records by performing the stunt six times in a single flight at about 2500 feet. He also flew upside down briefly. While thrilling to spectators the feats offer little practical aviation value and pose fatal risk to the performer potentially ending in tragedy with one more loop.
The piece notes Congressman Gardner asking A Piatt Andrew for consent to run again in the sixth district. It asserts Andrew will grant permission yet run himself, letting Gardner face competition. It argues voters deserve choice between two, or three candidates.
The Boston Post endorses Robert A. Woods of South End House for the city license commission. It asserts his career fits liquor regulation, cites unassailable character, and argues he would be impartial and energetic as an excise commissioner, urging unanimous governor council confirmation.
Boston & Maine directors announced a plan to operate the idle Hampden short line via a traffic agreement, a move viewed as preferable to a costly lease or purchase. The Public Utilities Commission would likely reject the suggested terms, but an operating plan offers a practical path forward.
A Washington record says crops and animal products totaling over six billion dollars mark a bumper year. Yet experts warn consumer prices run high while farmers get far less, due to a long chain of middlemen who can profit from the market.
The text argues the market for agricultural products faces a marketing problem with a surplus of production. It questions whether farmers and consumers should bear the cost, noting both sides are equally interested in resolving how to price and sell food fairly.
The piece argues for establishing regional banks across the United States as a check on centralization. It contends New England deserves a home bank run by locals to meet regional needs, control inflation, and support the area’s financial community alongside its own stock exchange.
The message bids farewell to 1913 with a year-end reflection on prosperity and progress. It notes widespread acceptance across Europe and California awaiting the chime of the new year. The speaker praises the era as favorable and hopes to improve upon it while recording its history.
The piece critiques astrologers and other prophets of events to come for 1914. It notes they disagree on details and suggests foreknowledge would make them rich, but observes the world will continue as usual regardless of such prophecies.
The author questions the wisdom of another Shackleton expedition to the South Pole arguing the pole has been reached twice and the Scott data already gathered. risk may outweigh any gain to humanity.
A private corporation will launch commercial aero boat transport between Tampa and St Petersburg on January 1 under Tony Jannus. Three hydroplanes will operate, keeping pace over 22 miles with two bays between towns. The company expects sufficient commuter traffic to load all three boats daily.
A quirky meditation on life and success linking inner attributes to outcomes. It contrasts debt behavior with personal accountability, suggesting that someone who borrows and defaults deserves pity yet must acknowledge it.
A Boston elevated conductor vents on the back platform about the grind of the job. He jokes that being a conductor is no cinch, scolds misbehaving passengers, handles fare disputes, dog policies, and rule quirks while guiding riders toward Park Street and Boylston Street.
The Immanuel M. E. Church congregation will greet the New Year with a bonfire fueled by a mortgage note on the church property. They will also observe watch night marking the church’s silver jubilee and debt payment as part of a festive program in Somerville and nearby cities.
Dick Fender wanders from a New Year’s eve outing to a barroom, nearly ignores his wife Bess and their ill daughter Betty. A note from a messenger brings urgency, prompting Dick to rush home where Betty’s danger ends as the clock tolls. He declares he has rung out the old life and rung in the new with family faith restored.
A reader asks about the term short lobster and a Boston correspondent explains a lobster as a well meaning fool who bungles timing. A short lobster is a broke ordinary lobster. The piece comments on housework and suffragettes with a dismissive aside about the role of husbands.
A Cincinnati wife sues for divorce alleging her husband returns home intoxicated every night for 13 years. The remark on impulsive wives questions why she acted hastily instead of waiting for potential reform.
The Mt. Pleasant Home in Roxbury still needs 15082.71 to cover its mortgage with 12917.29 already pledged. If the balance is not raised by February first, all pledges would be void. Superintendent Miss Lillian Maulsby remains confident the total will be pledged.
Congressman Edward Gilmore of the 14th district arranges civil service examinations at the Federal Building Boston on February 27 at 9 a.m. for one candidate and two alternates for West Point. The top scorers from his district will advance to the West Point entrance exam.
A New Hampshire claimant notes Mrs. Mary D. Stackpole of Wolfboro will celebrate her 105th birthday. Born Mary Canney, she comes from a family famed for longevity and good health, with several centenarians among its members. Dr. Franklin B. Dyer urges fire safety in schools, instructing teachers on extinguisher use and alarm reporting. Charles Logue of the Schoolhouse Commission assists with demonstrations.
The Hopi women of Arizona are described as highly independent, owning property, hosting bridal gatherings in their homes, and naming children after the mother's clan. The article notes their advanced status compared with other nations and highlights desert life where control of produce equates to wealth.
A reflective verse ponders the dying year and coming dawn. It contrasts solemn memories with urban lights and moths in the night, then hints at renewed hope and a prayerful outlook for the future.
A well known rector visits a poor parishioner, an old deaf woman, who laments missing sermons. He comforts her with self deprecation saying you don't miss much she replies with a wary "So they all tell me."
The taxes totaling about 8500 on Mrs Mabel Hunt Slater's corporation stock will be paid to Webster after the Board of Tax Appeals ruled against Milton's claim of her residency. The ruling follows an appeal by Milton asserting residency.
Professor Albert Tolman of Michigan analyzed Shakspere at the Modern Language Association and the American Philological Association meeting at Harvard. Harvard fellows entertained delegates at lunch, and visitors toured Mrs. John L. Gardner’s Fenway Court art collection.
Five thousand college students will open a convention of the Student Volunteers for Foreign Missions in Kansas City. The gathering aims at promoting Christianization of the world and will run from tomorrow through next Sunday night, billed as the largest student convention in American history.
W. Cameron Forbes, longtime head of J. M. Forbes & Co and former Philippine governor general, said he would not accept the police commissioner role in New York. Mayor-elect Mitchel reportedly sought his leadership of the Gotham police department.
A Walt Mason verse from 1913 contrasts crusaders who vanish when flies or snow appear with the steady Helping Hands and Willing Workers who step up when there is work to do. It urges individuals to perform chores without waiting for aid or praise.
Former President Taft endorses a churchgoing campaign in New Haven as a remedy for social ills. He wears a blue button marking his support and warns against exposing society to sensationalism while urging personal responsibility and spiritual self-examination.
The two day Alpha Delta Sigma convention, the nation’s largest high school Greek letter fraternity gathering, held in Malden, ended last night with a banquet in the Auditorium assembly hall.
Evening slippers are brocade in barbaric colors and printed crepe de chine scarfs remain in use by conservatives. New half season toilettes use supple taffeta. peach waistcoats with bordaux velvet suits are stylish. Nainsook collars, tulle calottes, sheer blouses, picot straws, and garniures of maire ribbon appear in Paris millinery.
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