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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
12
The brief item provides publication date and office address for The Boston Post under Post Publishing Co. The record notes January 3 1918 edition No 3 and the Boston office at 259 Washington Street.
Public notice lists subscription prices for Daily One year 1288.00 six months 1.50 twelve months 75c and 25c per month. Sunday Post prices three months 75c six months 1.50 one year 3.00. Rates for Canada 1 cent per copy. foreign 16 cents per copy. Postage and payment terms noted. payment by checks drafts or money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO.
The Post warns subscribers subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration if unpaid. If delivery fails, notify at once. Editor and Publisher BE A GROZIER.
The Boston Post claims ownership of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world’s largest press, per Robert Hoe of R. Hoe & Co.
Efforts to raise funds to preserve the Francis Scott Key residence in Georgetown fail. The historic home will be torn down for a modern structure. The writer notes Key’s memorial endures through The Star Spangled Banner rather than the building.
The piece notes Russia abolished serfdom only last Wednesday after 50 years of arranging the Caucasus emancipation. It argues nominal freedom hides continued Siberian bondage and states Russia cannot claim moral leadership while political offenses still keep some in bondage.
The New York World argues ousting Police Commissioner Waldo is futile without a better candidate and political reform. It says the job is hard because the post is political, tied to mayoral terms and gang influence. Removing politics could ease half the police troubles.
Governor Sulzer rejects pomp in favor of action and pledges to let deeds define his administration. He notes the state’s trend toward spectacle but emphasizes performance over spectacle and declares the people will judge him by future results.
The new Congress will not delay six weeks before convening and will start as quickly as practicable after inauguration around mid March. This allows prompt consideration of the work for which Congress was specially commissioned.
The Ways and Means Committee aims to have revised tariff schedules prepared or ready to start work by the time of the next steps. It recalls that Taft’s first extra session began 11 days after inauguration and expects no delay. Voters expressed clear intent in November, with a midyear goal for tax relief through tariff revisions.
The piece endorses Governor Foss in promoting direct U S Senate elections by popular vote and advocates state led regulation of railroads via a public service commission. It calls for immediate Port of Boston improvements, Panama Canal toll policy favoring free access, and Massachusetts to push ahead on international reciprocity and harbor development.
The writer challenges Boston arrest figures for drunkenness in 1911 arguing many arrests involve non residents from nearby no license towns. They note 46 881 arrests implying an unfair city population ratio and call for data on how many arrestees were locals versus visitors.
A playful verse column by Newton Newkirk mocks a riddle about where a boil should be placed to keep frail man in the path of grace. Booker Bazook contributes a location query as the piece wittily blends wordplay and whimsy.
A Salem Mass newspaper piece recounts a family cow named Flossie, her mischievous antics from kitchen to parlor, and the eventual sale to Armour as beef. The humorous narrative contrasts Flossie’s charm with the family’s longing for normalcy.
H Lynton Barker of Baltimore discusses holiday turkey prospects noting the warm autumn thins flocks and burdens farmers. He recalls a Delawarean who faced bad luck with turkeys while his hens improve as they eat their own eggs, suggesting eventual self-sufficiency.
The article recalls the 1840 campaign for William Henry Harrison with Tippecanoe almanacs as symbols of rough honesty. It covers his Virginia birth, frontier career, and Tecumseh clashes, leading to his 1841 inauguration and death a month after taking office. It notes the electoral victory, campaign songs, and his status as first president to die in office.
A patchwork column cites a pro suffrage verse from 1912 and notes on local oddities. It mentions the cat owl visit in Granary Burying Ground, Somerville school committee member Daniel A. Bradley handling New Year mail, and Bath Me shipyard output with two sailing vessels among fourteen merchant ships built last year.
Observant Citizen James B E Cole notes applications to bury wires are snowballing beyond the three miles a year allowed. Eliza Merrill recalls the 1810 Bridgton birth and the 1816 year without a summer. Salvationists Weatherley sail Jan 15 to England for ill health. Mattapan residents report ankle injuries from new cars and seek concrete stepping blocks. Health officials praise low city death rates and typhoid figures.
George B Chandler, a Connecticut legislator, was born in Fryeburg Maine in 1865. He grew up on a farm and attended Bridgton Academy and Bowdoin College, graduating in 1890 with honors in English and oratory. He later served as principal of Franklin and Milford High schools in the state.
In days of old, when knights were bold, Tommy trilled and danced on the walk. He bowed to the audience and climbed the steps with hat in hand. Harry warned against passing the hat after the show, while Juliet defended it as fine.
Juliet invites four suitors to propose within three weeks and will marry the most unique proposer. Tommys plans for a bungalow reveal his certainty she will be his bride, while Juliet contemplates her true feelings.
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