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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
14
The New York Conservation Commission accuses Henry C. Phipps of allowing his agent to trap nearly 500 wild ducks on his estate. A $27,000 fine is anticipated, arguing a wealthy man should be held to the same game law standards as others.
The Boston police and state are urged to pursue the killers of Ordway R. Hall the Dorchester store manager and to solve a Roxbury store murder from the prior Saturday. The editorial calls for an unprecedented police effort to bring the assailants to justice and to seek the electric chair for the perpetrators.
Secretary Daniels reports a net enlistment increase of 1413 sailors from Feb 1 to Feb 20, compared with 1500 for all January. He notes strong pay across occupations, and that the 74,500-man Navy will reach authorization with little trouble. He adds that naval training stations have swung from too large to not large enough.
The city Planning Board backs a highway from Chauncy Street to Back Bay. It would cost about 20 million dollars to start and net the city around 8 million after improvements and remnant act income. For now the project is too expensive and can wait.
The State constabulary plan faces objections from Police Commissioner O'Meara who argues the expansion would require controlling 13 more cities and 24 towns. Proponents cite large existing forces in New York Chicago and Philadelphia to counter his concerns.
The sentence argues that some fail to distinguish between aggregated areas and a single city like Philadelphia, labeling such views as near-sighted. It reflects a debate on regional scope and perception.
Congress tightens the post office appropriation bill to enforce bone dry rules, challenging 14 States that forbid sale at home but allow import from outside. The move raises questions about interstate privileges, Maine’s stance, and potential nationwide reverberations as wave effects of prohibition unfold.
Lawmakers consider prohibiting sale of veal under six pounds dressed weight after hearings reveal extensive evasion of 40 pound live weight rules. Petitioners including the Boston and Cambridge health boards seek protection from shipments of underdeveloped calf flesh described as bob veal.
Women win new rights in Ohio as the state grants presidential suffrage. Minnesota's House passes a bill to submit a federal amendment, New Hampshire reports favorable action, and Maine's Senate unanimously supports submitting the measure to voters next September. The path to universal suffrage lies through state amendments.
A letter from East Boston asks how many decks a modern first class steamship has and names the Mauretania deck order from boat deck to lower orlop. It also asks if a storekeeper can keep his business closed on Saturday yet open on Sunday, noting he cannot legally transact on Sunday unless police written permission covers emergency work.
An anxious reader asks if the insured can claim cash from a life policy my paying for 15 years with me as beneficiary. A lawyer replies that usually the insured must sign a release before payment, but details matter.
The letter identifies John Holland of New York as builder of the first successful submarine and answers yes to whether all parts can be manufactured domestically.
A downtown street theft ends with a chase and capture as Slippery Sam grabs a net bag from a matron. The pursuit ends when Officer Hennessy finds the missing jewel tucked in a thief's thigh pocket, revealed as a potato.
Dorchester writer Henry Chamois reports on Punk town Massachusetts where the Band of Peace clashes with Jud Snow the selectman at a Monday Town Hall rally. Disorder erupts as Doc Orr argues for pacifism while Deacon Jonas Small and others become involved.
The Campo Santo in Pisa holds the largest cloistered courts with 46 foot high walls and 400 foot long passageways. Italy leads with grand cloisters including Rome’s St. John Lateran and St. Paul without the walls. England France and Spain follow with notable abbey and college cloisters and Oxford Magdalen and New College cloisters noted. Tomorrow's Picture The Biggest Telescope in the World.
A Lowell trust ad highlights the flag as a symbol of loyalty and patriotism. The column lists spry New England residents, wage and price notes, local anecdotes, and fisheries data comparing Boston, Gloucester, and Portland port receipts in 1916.
Child prodigy tale of Georg Frederick Handel born February 25 1685 in Halle. Early bans by his father, a hidden spinet, later operas and oratorios, debts paid by Messiah and other works, blindness but continued composing, sword incident with Matthieson, stubborn bachelor, Westminster burial.
An elderly Boston observer recalls a record cold day of three degrees below zero on this date, noting past extremes such as two below in 1907 and four above in 1873, with warm records of 58 in 1875 and 62 in 1874 and recent precipitation in 1909 1915 1916.
Emma McCutcheon visits the mournful Elms to find Uncle Charley's memory best kept by living joy. She challenges Aunt Josephine's eight year mourning, urges a happier, charmed atmosphere, and persuades her to play music, ending with a shared hymn and renewed peace.
Walt Mason critiques cross cultural medical practice contrasting Chinese doctors who bill per visit with American doctors who bill only when needed. He quips about doctors dop ing patients with remedies and incantations while praising a freer system where payment aligns with necessity.
A mother praises her son as brave and true, raised to serve. She recalls his childhood and growth into a man who will answer the battle-call, follow the colors, and stand against cowardice for his country.
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