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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1913
Page
10
The Boston Post details subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, Canadian and foreign per copy rates, postage charges within Boston, and payment instructions. It lists the editor and publishing details, office addresses, and notices on advance payment and discontinuation.
Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co proclaims the Boston Post now owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, underscoring its expansive production capacity and regional dominance.
The Washington Star argues that a cash register monopoly harms all buyers as the ultimate consumer bears the cost. If prices are inflated by restricted competition and a jury finds a monopoly guilty, the conviction mirrors breaking a food trust in protecting consumers.
Authorities arrest Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst in connection with the country house bombing. Her claimed responsibility may be braggadocio and a case must be proven. the episode risks another historic suffragette justice fiasco while a conviction could curb militant crimes, hunger strike notwithstanding.
The writer argues against multiple bills before metropolitan affairs committees seeking to alter Boston’s government. He says the charter should be left intact for a four year mayoral term and warns that career politicians pushing changes risk public suspicion.
The New York Stock Exchange chief joins the fight against incorporation, arguing it would grant the exchange dangerous new powers and curb governors disciplinary authority. Proponents claim public sentiment welcomes testing the curb on inside wrong under new rules.
Senator Elihu Root argues against treating voting as a natural right for women, centering on expediency and the state’s interests. He concedes women’s domestic rule but says political power would injure the state, as the public suffrage question shifts to policy and education-based limits for men.
The text argues that residence and citizenship should not be decided by abstract theoretical generalities. It emphasizes concrete criteria and relied upon facts to determine lawful status.
The article notes Britain will not recognize General Huerta's government in Mexico until a general election confirms it. It describes European and American positions, citing the Mexican murders of Madero and Suarez and urging full explanation and reparations before Mexico can rejoin civilized international affairs.
Within less than a year since Congress sent the Seventeenth Amendment to the states, 21 Legislatures including Massachusetts California and New York have ratified. The strong pace reflects public sentiment for reform and suggests the next Massachusetts Senator may be chosen by voters, possibly including women.
Editorial urges passage of a measure to pay destitute wives $1.50 a day for each day their imprisoned husbands work in prison or road gangs. It argues inmate labor should count toward family support, reducing hardship and benefiting society.
Indian chiefs who traveled from the West to assist President Taft at the Staten Island memorial ceremony appeared in traditional dress now relics of past Indian life. They observed buffalo as unfamiliar beasts in the Bronx Park while admiring early beadwork and basketry, serving as mourners at the monument installation for their vanished people.
A poem urges foreign-born settlers to bring willing hearts and hands to build the Republic. It extols liberty and freedom, inviting all from every land to join as part of a united state, portraying the gates of opportunity open to newcomers and stressing unity over noble lineage.
A playful exchange mocks press liberties as a speaker jokes about daring lines. The speaker and a woman negotiate boundaries of creative license, with flirtatious tension framing the debate over freedom in printing and writing.
A pithy remark notes that people who constantly complain that nobody understands them are the easiest to understand in the world, suggesting self-obsessed perception. The line reframes complaint as insight into one’s own clarity of voice.
A Calais Maine piece lampoons ready made post holes as a winter aid for digging. It tells of Boston Post Newkirk's venture and the public prejudice hindering adoption while recounting a mock letter from a dissatisfied customer and a joke about square eggs.
A hopeful young reporter travels to a suburb to cover a supposed blaze that is already out within minutes. He knocks on doors asking for Mr Yaights and learns both he and Mrs Yaights are unavailable, and the maid confirms the fire is extinguished.
Boole, wandering an enormous department store with his wife separated, waited at a busy junction for an hour. A polite shop attendant finally directed him to the third floor and over the bridge to the mourning department, then Boole waited on.
The account of Leonidas Hubbard Jr and Dillon Wallace begins with a three man canoe journey from Northwest River Labrador on July 15, 1908. After months of starvation floods and gale winds Hubbard dies near Lake Michikamau while Wallace and Elson push toward the coast as they endure extreme cold and dwindling food. Hubbard left a diary and a hopeful note that his mission would be fulfilled by others, and Wallace regards his friend as a brave leader whose message endures.
The column surveys city affairs from Public Works to city Hall, highlighting Miss Elizabeth Herlihy as mayor's chief clerk and the first woman in the role, Captain William Smith's deer capture on the Charles River, and various Boston figures. It mentions Fitchburg business booms, colonial ancestor tributes, and a Cambridge printing hobbyist.
In this humorous verse Uncle Walt Mason mocks seasonal woes and rising costs, blaming a capricious Medicine Hat climate for storms and wind that threaten farmers, workers, and warmth. The poem riffs on public frustration with winter, prices, and political talk, ending with a jab at sudden Arctic blasts.
The coming season favors silks in matte and dull-faced finishes with bold black and white combinations. Lingerie embroidery trims souple silks while hand embroidery and needle-worked lace appear beneath mousseline cassock Rus sian blouse wraps. Sleeves diversify from elbow-length to kimono shapes, and sacque back coats with cutaway basques gain popularity.
A patient and doctor spar over iron therapy with a hint of sarcasm about preferring precious metals. The exchange highlights the clash between medical need and ostentatious tastes in a light, period-voiced tone.
A dialogue between Mr Dix and Mrs Dix centers on political reform with Mrs Dix urging voters to follow her guidance and vote as she directs, framing reform as a simple, personal decision for the electorate.
A lyrical meditation on fate and opportunity asking when a long awaited chance will appear. The poem questions whether a golden moment will come clearly or pass unnoticed, likening it to a hen’s crow or sudden signals.
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