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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1913
Page
6
The Independent Democratic Paper of New England announces its daily Boston edition for February 19 1913 at 259 Washington Street. No. 17 in Volume 31, published by Post Publishing Co. Office location listed in Boston Massachusetts.
The Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including Canada and foreign copies, with prices for various terms. It notes postage charges in the Boston district, payment methods, and advance payment requirements. Editor E. A. Grozier urges timely renewals and directs readers to notify by mail if unable to obtain the paper.
A Boston Post report highlights its new printing plant as the largest in New England and includes the claim of housing the largest press in the world, attributed to Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
The Boston School Board is praised for reversing its April order to extend the school year by two weeks, bowing to parental associations and public opinion. The piece commends the board for wisdom and suggests similar discretion in revising its gag rules, noting the hot weather and the need for popular trust.
The article praises Joaquin Miller for poetry marked by sincerity character and patriotism. It notes his work reflects Pacific slope life and era and places him among writers who mirror their day for posterity. It compares his honesty to Whitman and emphasizes his manly, equitable voice.
The report that Joseph Wilson, brother of the President-elect, quit the bid for secretary of the US Senate is a mistake. He hurried to the capital to insist he remains in the race, a scenario seen as inappropriate given his brother’s presidency and the Senate’s executive sessions.
Immigration authorities announce they will carry to the Supreme Court Judge Ward of New York’s ruling that ex President Castro was illegally excluded. The piece argues the government used invalid evidence and argues that any alien entering the United States has rights under law the immigration department cannot ignore.
Boston population figures from the federal census of 1910 are disclosed, with commentary on how these numbers illuminate historical understanding. The census bureau at Washington provides the data, enabling local pride and a basis to affirm or correct past records.
The city reached 670 585 residents, a 20 percent rise since the census thirteen years earlier. Boston has grown by natural increase, reproduction, immigration, and political accretion such as Hyde Park's annexation, with a healthy ongoing expansion expected.
Officials of the railroads waived large arbitration for mediation under the Erdman act. Judge Knapp of the Commerce Court aided in reaching an agreement. The crisis would have collapsed service, worsened food and coal shortages, and stirred the East. The Erdman act, since 1898, has resolved over 60 cases affecting 163000 employees and 500000 miles of railroad, signaling a new era in labor relations that should deter future strikes.
The City of Mexico signals a potential peace as Huerta and his cabinet hold Madero allies prisoner and proclaim a new regime. The move may ease Washington tensions and vindicate Taft’s cautious policy, though lasting stability remains uncertain for a month or more.
The Senate over rode Taft's veto on the immigration bill and the House may follow. The piece argues against barring immigrants unable to read, warning that denying asylum runs counter to long American policy. It praises the President's duty and condemns wrong as not correctable by Congress.
Olin Downes spoke at Boston University Jacob Sleep Hall on Bizet's Djamileh Haensel und Gretel and La Foret Bleue. Mme de Courcy and Boston Opera Company performers Lippmann and Giaccone assisted with songs and duets from Haensel und Gretel.
Newspaper style column recounts Newton Newkirk and Henry Russell debating attendance at Boston grand opera. narrator excuses his absence citing work, illness, and a missing dress suit, promises to attend Monday night, with witty notes on Carmen and a Naples setting. Special emergency notice teases tomorrow's All Sorts.
In a playful dialogue, Mr. Settemup offers a fish selection including black bass whitefish bluefish red snapper and yellow perch while Miss Colormad asks which would best accompany her suit. The banter blends culinary and fashion concerns in a lighthearted moment.
The Foreign Missions Conference of North America calls churches nationwide to celebrate David Livingstone’s centenary, honoring a man who sought to Christianize African tribes and end the slave trade. Born in Blantyre to Scotch Highlanders, he worked in a cotton mill from age ten, saved to attend Glasgow College, and became a minister in 1840. He opened paths through Bechuanaland Mabotsa and along the Zambesi, survived fever and lion encounters, found Lake Nyasa, mapped new lands, and died May 1 1878 at Ilala. His body was carried to the coast and laid in Westminster Abbey, though many favored burial in Africa.
A long column of snippets profiles notable locals and events. Miss Scanlan keeps a 100 percent attendance record despite an on the job injury. Maine legal luminaries D. D. Stewart and Josiah Crosby are remembered for law careers and Supreme Court ties. Navy Secretary Meyer discusses tarpon plans. St Marys Society banners a profanity warning. photographers Emmons and Lincoln celebrate art and aid missions. a 60th wedding anniversary prompts reader queries. local pageant plans praise Arlington town hall celebrations. a Maine sea captain and Boston tales end with a grateful pipe gift.
A 1913 verse encourages selfless acts to gain inner appeal. It urges maidens to help others in danger such as halting frenzied horses, aiding a driver, saving people from a fire, rescuing a drowning person, or stopping a robber, then informing a hustling yellow journal. The poem mixes humor with moral exhortation.
A brief dialogue features Mrs Rand praising her husband as a model man while Mrs IKKadon coyly notes a late model at night arrivals, implying a secretive or suspicious relationship dynamic in a clipped, period-voice exchange.
Walt Mason portrays a perpetual exile called Ponce as he drifts from port to port seeking refuge. Harassed in France Spain England Italy and beyond he faces rejection, confinement, and hostility from authorities and villagers alike, never welcomed or pitied.
Joshua Kendall longtime Cambridge educator and founder of a private boys school in Appian Way West Somerville died at his home aged 87. Born January 4 1888 in Belmont he graduated Harvard 1853 and taught in Meadville Rhode Island and later ran his school from 1870 to 1995 retiring in 1995 Surviving wife Phoebe Mitchell sister of astronomer Maria Mitchell and son William Mitchell Kendall of New York. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Professor Charles E Fay residence Somerville with Rev Samuel A Eliot officiating burial in Waltham cemetery.
New York Feb 18 Yale University and the University of Leipsic Germany will each receive 42929 as residuary legatees of the estate of the late Albert Seesel who died early in 1911 the decree settling the executors accounts was signed by Surrogate Cohalan today
A terse dialogue unfolds as a stranger asks to buy a hunting dog and a hunter replies with a stark, clipped commitment. The exchange suggests a tense, wary atmosphere in a rural or frontier setting.
Colin Grant McKenzie, Cambridge poet and woodcut printer, dies at his daughter’s home in Bound Brook New Jersey. Funeral services set for 12:50 in Mt. Auburn Cemetery Cambridge. McKenzie, oldest printer in New York, native of Banff Scotland, pioneered woodcut overlays and published works for major editors.
Cardinal O Connell will attend the memorial mass for deceased St Stephen's parishioners at St Stephen's Church Hanover Street on Washington's Birthday morning. The service is organized by North End Council Knights of Columbus and is expected to draw many former district residents.
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