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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1917
Page
12
January yields 2750 plates per day with 72900 registrations in two months, a 37 percent rise from last year. Total 1917 figures exceed 1913 and approach 1914 totals, with commerce vehicles rising past 15000 versus 9885 in all of 1916. The surge signals strong early year prosperity in auto licenses.
The sudden drop in temperatures surprised many as a sharp chill spread across the region. Observers note the harsh wind and biting air, yet believers say this traditional spell tests stamina and offers a fleeting, seasonable thrill.
Lawmakers renew the push to let Boston voters decide liquor licensing at the November state election rather than the December municipal ballot. Proponents argue licensing is a city matter and should be settled with city contests rather than state wide issues. The bill has previously been defeated.
The speaker argues the measure is unnecessary and likely to fail, insisting it should be defeated as a pointless piece of lawmaking.
Washington critics urge rejection of a zone based increase for second class mail arguing it would raise reader subscription costs and threaten ailing papers already hurt by higher news print prices. They call for a wider 1000 mile first zone and full hearings before any bill passage.
The Legislature debates amending the 1915 health housing law governing cellars and basements in Boston. A hearing by the metropolitan affairs committee will examine changes to occupancy and light, air, and sanitary conditions amid concerns of overcrowding and health.
Mur ray warns German Austrian and Polish depositors in the U S postal savings bank not to fear wartime seizure. He states no circumstance would allow the government to seize private money from nationals of a country at war. He asserts deposits are as safe as possible, safer than home storage, and urges keeping funds earning interest.
In Boston a man received a month in the house of correction and a $20 fine for deceiving a poor woman with rotten potatoes. Prosecutors say he was on probation for selling dead lobsters as live ones, prompting calls to revoke his pedler’s license and curb consumer fraud.
The Elysium Club of Boston with many prominent German descent members sent a loyalty vote to President Wilson yesterday. The note was conveyed via Charles B. Strecker Assistant United States Treasurer at Boston.
The excerpt recalls historically cold readings 3 below zero in 1914 and 1 above in 1907. It also cites warm spikes of 90s in 1990 and 58 in 1884, and mentions rain or snow in Boston on this date during 1908 1909 1910 and 1916.
A Maine newspaper mock headline questions state officials claims of fish fry losses due to fish not intelligent enough. The writer in a satirical exchange argues even a blindfolded commissioner would get lost, comparing human intellect with that of a fish.
A spoof letter from Admiral I. M. Delirious mocks Newt as a war correspondent and urges him to send a $9.75 check for a flag. The piece promises a fictional voyage to Frankfort haven with a mock commission and cites imagined harbor mines as part of the jest.
Short column of anecdotes and observations from the Observant Citizen page. Items include St Valentine’s Eve customs from childhood lore, reunion plans of the English High School class of 1898, commentary on early submarine ideas, wireless telegraphy in wartime trenches, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, a reader’s correction on cribbage counts, Jesse Pomeroy emblem notes, and upcoming Quincy House guests.
The column complains that a published answer lists nine U S navy yards omitting Saugus and argues the Saugus yard deserved top billing. It notes New England pride and patriotic sentiment surrounding shipbuilding.
The article surveys major steam vents including New Zealand's Karapiti Blowhole and Yellowstone thrills. It notes pressure estimates, occasional eruptions, and the potential global impact if vents clogged or intensified, with comparisons to Iceland Italy and the United States.
A hungry orphan boy named Jimmy Mansfield encounters a generous woman, Miss Emily Winslow, who buys him a valentine and shelters him. He heals a broken romance by offering his own valentine to aid Emily, leading to a warm home where he finds care and a sense of belonging.
The piece mocks critics who hail great works as eternal while noting many books fade quickly. It compares modern authors to Robert Louis Stevenson, arguing no fiction lasts, and cites a rotten modern read after Stevenson’s era.
Points on Facts and Fashions notes fine French Valencienne remains popular for undermuslinas. The lingerie blouse will outpace crepe blouse in fashion. Taffeta, crope? uses for collar trimming. Separate coats and one piece dresses rise in the spring with decorative stitching as the new trimming on practical frocks.
Morris Goldberg & Co at 6 Bromfield Street Boston offers pay cash for jewelry, loan tickets, and diamonds. This historic notice states immediate purchasing options from the Boston firm.
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