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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1916
Page
12
Daily issue details dated February 14 1916 from Post Publishing Co in Boston Massachusetts. No content beyond publication metadata and office address is provided.
Ex president Taft criticized direct primaries as the worst cure for evils and said boss ridden conventions yield better candidates. The remark was shared with the Southern New England Textile Club of Providence. The piece laments his return to old ideas about voter choice.
A long life ends for John Towns end Trowbridge, whose productive years extended beyond the psalmist’s limit. He shaped New England life with vivid poetry, humorous tales, and patriotic works that educated and delighted generations, becoming a monument to a golden age of literature.
The Boston and Maine proposes a three year dividend deferral for leased line stockholders to aid rehabilitation while preserving shareholder rights. It hinges on leased-line owners choosing to exchange property for preferred shares with uncertain earnings.
The article notes that the result depends on whether a majority will approve the plan. It mentions other debatable features to be discussed later by the Post.
The editorial argues against repealing the Massachusetts no party enrollment act and for a simple amendment. It cites the risk of cross voting in primaries and proposes a Western States style multi ballot system to prevent interference while preserving party nominations and contests.
The article notes German Africa possessions are being defeated by Allied forces with Kamerun, a territory north of the French Congo, nearly secured after German troops are dispersed and interned. It compares Kamerun in size to 60,000 square miles less than Texas and an estimated population of 2.5 million with under 3,000 whites. The conquest is marked as a major outcome of the war.
Roosevelt supporters Gardner Bird Cushing and Washburn push for Roosevelt in the Massachusetts GOP. The insurgent drive for delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention faces a strong conservative counter effort, with McCall’s victory cited as evidence that a primary beating could jeopardize later gains.
The recent subway scare was a staged test with mock bomb carriers to evaluate police detection. Crowds and visible police presence sparked public alarm and near panics, making the exercise a failure despite its intent to measure readiness.
Leander Leghorn, famed rural bard, defends his absence from All Sorts and explains jury duty on the Civil Docket. He also shares a poem about bare boughs and February’s chill, noting travel and law duties that kept him from contributing.
A pithy admonition about the peril of concealing past lies and the risk of exposure. The line hints at moral accountability and the difficulty of sustaining falsehoods.
The piece describes a Doylestown inventor's coin slot box for churches. Dropped coins trigger different audible effects from silent halves to explosions and whistles, sparking debate about whether it promotes generosity or attendance.
A brief verse notes how small sawdust or sand grains on sidewalks aid those who stand, offering a quiet observation on safety and caution. The piece uses a simple, reflective tone.
A quarter to a half page advertisement discusses made to order suits for spring. The piece mentions over five hundred swatches and prices from fourteen dollars. It humorously suggests a swatch is an approximate compromise between a Belgian hare and a goon cat and notes swatches were more plentiful decades ago.
The San Jose scale severely reduced a defenseless animal, causing thousands to die and long extinction. Now the swatch numbers rise, driving prices to $14 or more for a single specimen, twice the old cost to breed swatches.
The column forwards items from Boston area readers including opinions on leap year romance and pig-raising schemes in cities, remarks on old clocks and Lincoln, delusions versus hallucinations, aging couples in Billerica, celebrity sightings with Farrar and Lou-Tellgen, hospital aid via draw-pads, longevity in Brockton, spinach health claims, and clock hands found after delay.
The article notes a global surge of Shakespeare anniversary events as April 23 nears, with lectures, exhibitions, school programs, and club activities. It highlights Shaksperian legacy, his early life in Stratford, London dramatist years, and the universal appeal transcending education and war.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a playful lyric about loving someone openly. It mentions cheerful cherub imagery and the act of saying I love you aloud, with truncated phrases suggesting gentle affection and a wish to express feelings plainly.
A 21 year old man asks Miss Champagne if he should reveal his love and current hardships to a younger girlfriend. He lost his job, seeks a trade, studies, and asks whether she will support him. The advisor urges earnest talk, lasting commitment, and trusting the right partner to stand by him.
A satirical poem depicts a town where signs promise “Money to Loan” for rich debtors but deny help to the poor in need. It contrasts easy mortgages for merchants farmers and speculators with the stingy reluctance toward the desperate, ending with a sharp moral about access to credit.
Paragraph points on fashion fads include striped wools with taffeta and large mushroom millinery. Chinese embossed leather trims neckwear and suits. Pockets range from small slashed to embroidered or beaded, white linen dresses with pale yellow piping, hip hoops for some, bright bag accents, revived revers on waists and cuffs, pointed spring shoes, silk handkerchiefs, minimal stockings ornamentation, bolero with sacque back, chain belts at coats, elaborate sleeves, and matching pocketbook and hat.
The Oldest Inhabitant cites records showing the coldest 14th of February in Boston was 8 above in 1875, with 12 degrees the coldest in the last 16 years, 652 degrees as a misprint, and 69 degrees the warmest on this date in 1884. He notes storms on this date in multiple years including 1908 and 1911.
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