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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
11
The Boston Post outlines subscription prices for domestic and foreign readers, including daily and Sunday bundles. It notes mailing rules, single-copy charges, and reminders to pay subscriptions promptly, with editor Grozifr listed as publisher.
A columnist argues that newspapers supporting the Burnett bill overstate the impact of a literacy test by claiming 300,000 aliens would be kept out. The piece accuses critics of using the test as a self serving excuse to restrict new citizens and urges honesty.
A nationwide protest urges Mayor Blankenburg to keep the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia rather than sending it to the San Francisco fair. Activists argue a long rail journey risks damage to the historic relic and advocate preserving it at Independence Hall.
A Senate appropriation committee action supports government manufacture of powder and munitions, urging expansion to guns and armor. The piece notes Krupp’s wartime activities and argues public production could curb private profit and reduce war scares, promoting peace.
The article marks the 102d anniversary of Charles Dickens born in 1812. It notes renewed interest in his work at home and abroad, comments on his detailed style and long narratives, and praises his insight, observation, and pathos as timeless traits making him an immortal writer.
The article praises Secretary Dovalme for suggesting a revision of Massachusetts public documents laws. It argues that the blue book should omit constitutional texts governor messages and name-change lists. It calls for issuing one volume with new legislation only.
The article advocates making fewer and shorter laws as the best reform. It argues this would save money without harming the people, and might even benefit them.
The piece argues against unnecessary constitutional amendments such as moving the presidential inauguration to January and requiring a yearly congressional session. It notes Congress can change dates by law and recalls historical precedents, emphasizing that acts of Congress could achieve these changes without amending the Constitution.
James Ford Rhodes calls General Benjamin Butler a general without capacity while contemporaries and wartime files from 1861 praise his early war leadership. The piece questions public funding for a statue and contrasts Rhodes’ view with the period’s accounts.
The Hampden railroad and the Boston and Maine request Massachusetts Public Service Commission approval for a joint operating agreement. The B and M would pay 5 percent on 3.3 million dollars or 165 thousand dollars annually plus taxes. The board will weigh if the cut off earns sufficient traffic and if the line can cover its use costs, not the promoters’ 4 percent return.
The Harvard class of 1913 gathered for its first reunion at the Lenox last evening with a banquet. Walter Tufts Jr served as secretary in charge. After remarks the graduates moved to the Arena to watch the opening game of the Harvard Yale hockey series.
Secretary Daniels nominates Medical Inspector William C Braisted to be surgeon general of the navy with Charles Stokes vacating the post after a four year term at the end of today.
A witty note laments how the wealthy face tax problems as they maneuver wealth and taxes. The piece hints at hidden incomes and the burden of taxation on the rich amid social commentary.
A terse joke item notes a team nicknamed the Sinkers avoiding bold plays. The quip humorously cautions against flashy moves unless success is certain.
Old Doc Dutys Dope for Today counsels broad tolerance and kindness. Do not try to standardize others to your ideal. measure people by their virtues and overlook flaws. If you seek the good in mankind, the bad will shrink and life’s fun increases.
A proverb style line about risking trouble when seeking rewards. It cautions that pursuing sweetness may bring harm and suggests accepting consequences without complaint.
In a Chicago hotel a wealthy Mrs. Smythe loses sleep as her parrot Genevieve, after lessons from a night porter, bursts into forty expletives. The distraught owner seeks a Chicago bird dealer to curb the bird’s vulgar vocabulary and restore quiet at home.
A collage of short items from East Boston to New Hampshire covers Harvard ties and a Boston banquet, public works debates, long lived residents, and local weathered common sense. It mentions Howard Elliott, the Nahant road tree, mural plans at Prince School, and civic concerns about the Merrimack Common fire sale.
In a stalled effort, an unnamed initiative awaits guidance from a supervisor to finalize plans for a watts project. The delay follows unclear directives and internal communications gaps hindering progress.
Fragmentary lines ask about tomorrow’s weather and reference people and animals. The text lacks concrete locations or forecasts making a precise summary impossible.
Segovia sits where the Eresma and Clamores meet with a sheer rock topped by the Alcazar, a landmark of romance. Once a palace fortress and prison, it now serves as a military archives storehouse while the city itself, famed for its Roman aqueduct, remains a historic, noncommercial town of about 15,000.
Henry L. Higginson of Boston argues against a Massachusetts statue to General Butler. He insists monuments should reflect history without glorifying contentious figures and warns the $50,000 tax cost is waste. He proposes honoring better generals and saving funds for state needs.
Letter to the editor states Boston Post headlines misrepresented the dispute between Doubleday Page Co and the Allied Printing Trades Council. The writer clarifies that only the Photo Engravers Union is involved, while the Typographical Union is a separate branch of the printing trades.
The speaker recalls doctors overprescribing in the past and praises a nurse and self care. He laments bottle-filled bedrooms and hurried cures, then quotes a modern medical advice to live sanely with meals, sleep, and walks, while resisting costly prescriptions.
The piece mixes a labor dispute remark with a cheeky Q and A about love. It recalls union mentions of the Allied Printing Trades Council and a Sherman act complaint, then pivots to a playful inquiry about love, marriage, and old New England courtship habits, urging timely proposals.
Dear Miss Champagne, I am a 35 year old woman who has kept steady company with a man six years my senior for eight years. I ask if it is proper to let him kiss me though we are not engaged. If he has not kissed or proposed in all that time, the relationship remains platonic and should not abruptly change.
Chaplain Couden paid a glowing tribute to late Representative Robert G. Bremner of New Jersey at the opening of today's House session. He praised Bremner's sunny smile and sympathetic interest and said he would be missed in Congress and in every walk of life.
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