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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
12
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The Sun notes the mayor’s clemency tonight may bias Bacchus. Even with 200 plus all night liquor licenses approved for New Year celebrations many New Yorkers will still turn in sober, raising questions why licenses were suspended to legalize so many all night centers of debauchery.
In response to criticism drawn from a Biddeford Journal note, the Post argues that rural drivers are not reckless and that most country crashes involve city residents who overestimate safety in the countryside. It contends that many rural accidents stem from city drivers under the influence and cautions against generalizing about country motorists.
The piece recalls Germany’s 4 August pledge that no Belgian territory would be annexed even in war. It notes the current move to restrict American consuls and imply Belgian loss of sovereignty, prompting American sympathy and debate over assurances versus reality.
Voters in Salem rejected Mayor Hurley, electing Matthias J. O'Keefe as successor. The recall followed a city charter provision allowing a special election after 25 percent petition within six months of a mayoral term, a plan proved workable in practice.
The passage argues a recall scheme needing 51 percent is unworkable in practice unless a corrupt mayor is exposed, noting Boston’s 1909 charter as a reference and suggesting alternate pathways to accountability.
The article lauds Colonel Roosevelt's plan to tour major cities giving lectures with proceeds aiding local employment. It stresses his experience, oratory, and nonpartisan humanitarian aims, urging fairness and unpartisanship to mobilize national effort and inspire action beyond dollars.
Governor Walsh appoints Joseph B. Eastman to regulate public service corporations in Massachusetts. Eastman has long studied railroad, street railway, electric light, and related public interests as secretary of the Public Franchise League. He is described as fearless, just, and a strong champion of the people's rights in corporate oversight.
Editorial notes that Supreme Court review of Leo M. Frank’s Georgia murder conviction does not decide his guilt. It argues the case probes due process safeguards under the Fifth Amendment and calls for a timely high court ruling protecting the defendant’s constitutional protections.
A quirky poem recounts buying a seaside homestead at low tide and nearly getting stranded as the tide rises. The narrator mentions tax sale looming next Monday noon and a life-saving crew assisting at dusk. The verse closes with a wry note about tides and the moon.
A compact reflection on courtesy as a social lubricant shaping everyday conduct. The idea frames politeness as the subtle force that eases interactions and preserves harmony in communities.
Oklahoma jail tightens security after inmate Jeb Slade slips from a cell through a hinged window and wanders downtown for an afternoon. Sheriff Bolton rebukes him and withholds supper as punishment, while other inmates condemn the escape and accept stricter rules.
A proverb-like statement asserts that true friendship equates to real wealth and endurance, suggesting a person with loyal companions cannot be financially or emotionally impoverished.
Dialogue kicks with inter film vaudeville patter about married life. Clara and George discuss her death and his potential remarriage with comic back and forth. The skit hinges on Clara asking would he remarry and his coy refusal to go as crazy as that.
Pa Van Loon delights readers as a surprise feature in the upcoming Sunday Post comic section. The playful panel promises humor and hints at a memorable twist for fans.
Household hints describe sewing sturdy buttons by tying a knot in stout thread two inches from the end and sewing as usual then cutting the thread with ends knotted. It also advises pressing each pattern piece with a hot iron before laying it on fabric to prevent slipping.
A Boston column recalls Sam Carrick’s sea voyage from Jacksonville to Boston and oddities from Gypsy fortune tellers to a Calder House fire. It notes Hingston's remark about Boston, smelt catches, and Salvation Army charity with Dorothea and Huston Hile helping 4000 children at the People’s Palace.
The article traces William Wallace’s sacrifice and Robert Bruce’s rise to found Scotland’s independence. It details Bannockburn in 1314 as Bruce’s defining victory, England’s failures to conquer Scotland, and the long arc toward a united kingdom despite enduring wars and political shifts.
A lyrical verse wishing a good year to ladies, hearties, mothers, singers, and toilers. It celebrates love, beauty, motherhood, and the labor that builds the world with hopeful, uplifting imagery. The piece blends romantic and aspirational sentiments across repeated stanzas.
A double page drawing by Robert Burns Wilson with text by Filson Young is slated as a feature for the next Sunday Post magazine.
A comic verse by Walt Mason from 1914 extols a mother-in-law who visits half a year, turning the home into a busy, cheerful chaos. She cooks, sews, prescribes cures, and rules the household, leaving the speaker content yet dreading her return.
Mrs M N Hlid Ford of South Weymouth urges Boston Post readers to back humane action for city street horses. She praises the Spare the Horses editorial and calls for urgent reforms to reduce animal suffering on paved streets.
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