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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
6
The New Year’s holiday becomes legal in Massachusetts marking the first observance as a state holiday. Public sentiment will shape its practice in coming years as readers are urged to seek happiness, prosperity, and contentment in 1917.
The article hopes the President finds time to attend a February Boy Scouts of New York rally. Delegations have already urged him to speak to the scouts and the nation, and the boys await an evening with the chief executive. It suggests a departure from usual speeches could deliver a strong message to Young America.
The Massachusetts Association of Sealers of Weights and Measures gathers at Horticultural Hall on Wednesday and Thursday to educate the public on weights and measures. The event aims to ensure shoppers receive fair value in essential commodities across the Commonwealth.
The text notes the high cost of living is a universal problem and that obtaining entitlements at grocery stores is essential. It promotes a convention open to the public that will show how to achieve this outcome and encourages attendance.
The Bank of England becomes London agent for the New York Federal Reserve as part of a broader plan to pair foreign state banks with the Fed. The aim is to expand world banking, promote the dollar, and reduce large gold shipments between nations. After the war, gradual gold balance adjustments and smarter global regulation are expected to shape a new, more efficient trade system.
The Entente reply to Cermahy's peace conference proposal is harsh yet leaves door open. The Kaiser note is called a sham, yet suggests a possible conference if Germany details its aims. President Wilson urges an early gathering of all nations at war to declare views on terms and guarantees to prevent future conflicts.
A longtime Boston resident cites past New Year weather notes including 2 degrees below zero in 1881 and 16 above in 1910 and 1914. He mentions a warm 70 degrees in 1878 and 50 degrees in 1907, plus stormy dates in 1713 1915 and 1916.
To all that mighty host who daily read The Boston Post I give the season's toast Here's luck and Happy New Year To printers' devil staff and id To Newt and what hair's on his head To Sphinx whose riddles can't be read And to All Sorts potes who lasso one another's goats Here's luck and Happy New Year Cheer up you ginks who voted dry Your turn is coming bye and bye Lose gamely like a cheerful guy To Mister Sunday's ushers a gentle patient manly crew And last to Billy Bertie Bertram Dorchhester Mass In this Hiost of living era not only the sins but also the second hand clothes of the father are visited upon the children
Report on speed dressing contests with Mrs William G McAdoo setting a 20 minute mark and Mrs Carter Harrison Jr cutting it to 18 minutes Miss Violette Selfridge and others commenting in Dallas Texas and Chicago about fastest dressing times and humorous letters to the editor reflect quirky urban chat in the December skies.
A playful proverb compares casting a cookie on water to frosting returning, warning that sowing mischief in another’s life will rebound with sting from a wasp. The piece uses light humor to express karma and reciprocity.
The column muses on New Year’s Day as a legal holiday across states, August observances, and historic dating shifts. It notes Boston telephones, a Springfield bank operator, and a plan by appraisers to study salaries, plus a note on interned ships and a whaling museum gift from Emily H. Bourne.
Poem fragment celebrates bright blue winter days and renewal. It contrasts blue skies and May dreams with fearless, vibrant youth. The speaker envisions sunlit shores beyond mist and a lively beat of hopeful hearts.
A New York New Year feature highlights the Equitable Building as the largest office structure. It spans 40 stories, 650 feet, with 28 acres of rentable space, 6 miles of corridors, 10,000 doors and 5,000 windows and houses 15,000 workers daily. It hosts its own fire and police services and a welfare department, pays about 450 000 dollars yearly in city taxes, and sits near Wall Street and Trinity Church.
After the 1873 panic, American cities led in erecting large office structures. New York Boston and Hartford spearheaded early tall buildings aided by elevators fireproofing and steel frames. Europe lags in public rental buildings and major corporations rent space rather than own.
A jovial verse greets the New Year with hope and warning. It recalls last year's misery from high costs and war while urging readers to welcome the year with charity, curb speculation, and help the needy.
On New Year’s Eve Mr. Borden, stern toward cheer, hurries home through a cold snowstorm. A gentle wife helps him see value in family joy as two children burst in with greetings, changing his view. The next day he calls friends to wish them well, a surprising turn from his usual wealth focus.
A correspondent describes an 18 year old in love with a man four years older who has overcome past bad habits. The adviser notes his two year sobriety is commendable, urges motherly caution about the girl’s youth, and questions how such a longstanding acquaintance could be misjudged. The piece emphasizes present conduct over past faults.
A reader seeks the original version of a revived old story about a hen and Henry Ward Beecher. The note recounts the preacher praising the hen as a beautiful creature, the hen laying two eggs in his hat, and asks for the original wording. It then asks the meaning of the Fourth Estate as used in the Post editorial page, noting it refers to a periodical devoted to the news.
Household tip advises buying a small piece of chamois skin for about ten cents. Use lukewarm water to wash windows, then wipe dry with chamois for clear glass and extra shine with little effort. signature Mrs. Geo. F. Holt from 26 Nutting Street, Gardner.
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