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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
14
The article urges raising Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara from 6000 to 8000 dollars, praising his leadership and efficiency. It states he has public confidence and the force’s loyalty, arguing Boston should pay him what he is worth.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounces the US note as immoral and condemns President Wilson’s war policy. He blames Wilson for his 1912 election victory and for states he carried that the colonel had fought hardest to win. He would still attack any immediate war move even for Belgium.
Mayor Curley predicts about 30 conventions in Boston next summer. Banks plan to raise $10,000 for the Elks gathering while the G A R encampment and the International Foundry Men's Association meet. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected, reinforcing Boston as the nation’s premier convention city.
The remark notes that adopting conventions now will lead to repeated cycles in subsequent years. It discusses pattern formation and future repetition across times.
Governor McCall’s second inaugural speech to the Legislature and people of Massachusetts marks a standout, showing a break with the Old Guard. He advocates social insurance, health coverage, and old age pensions, while urging state economy, prison site inquiry, tighter auto laws, and fire protection for schools.
An opinion piece blasts Massachusetts plans for an international exposition to mark the Pilgrim tercentenary. It derides a world fair as old fashioned and costly, says it faults Plymouth’s connection, and urges simple meetings and great addresses instead.
A publicly released board report details Mrs Cornwallis-West seeking influence within army circles, pursuing a young Irish officer after he declined advances, and nearly ruining him. The exposure, seen as a democratic check on aristocratic power, ends the smouldering scandal in the army.
A London dispatch argues Germany seeks peace because it faces near starvation and cannot bluff at the same time. The piece questions British claims that the Kaiser's offer for talks is a mere bluff to shift responsibility to the Allies.
Newton Newkirk of the Boston Post asks Secretary McAdoo in a long, humorous letter for a sample of the sixty thousand new half-dollar silver pieces. He recalls supporting McAdoo and notes it would help his reputation to possess one, while joking about politics and skating.
A reflective line notes how men are shaped by fate and will. It contrasts those formed by circumstance with those who transcend it through resolve and growth. The quotation invites readers to consider identity as adaptive rather than fixed.
The elder observer recalls Boston’s coldest January 6 readings: 8 below zero in 1904 and 1910, with 3 above in 1882. Warmest on record for this date: 60 degrees in 1897 and 1909, 57 in 1873 and 1899. Noting stormy weather on this date in 1909 1910 1912 and 1916.
Maude Hall, famed dress expert, presents a forecast of fashions tailored for Southern wear. The feature includes color illustrations and guidance on styles, fabrics, and silhouettes for the coming season.
In the third year of war, the US appears to possess the largest vessels afloat the Arizona and Pennsylvania, both around 14 00 tons displacement. The Arizona features a single smokestack and oil fuel, with 12 fourteen inch guns and 22 five inch guns. Other nations’ ships are cited for comparison as battleships grow beyond 25 000 tons.
This column recalls Twelfth Day Eve customs with bonfires and a cider toast ritual. It also reports Louisa May Alcott’s Dove Cote house sale, bridge safety upgrades, eel skins as leather substitutes, a time worn money order, global piano exports, and Nantucket telegraph relics with a submarine cable sample.
Presentation to the Nantucket Historical Association notes the August 29 1916 transmission of the first spoken message via a submarine cable from Nantucket to the mainland. It records the cable cut from the Nantucket end by Harry B Turner and includes a courtroom scene in which a custody dispute involves two babies and a judge’s confusion.
Dick Barry, a handsome cynic about women, spots Phyllis Denton in an elevator and becomes infatuated. He plans a bold approach but she rebuffs him, leaving him puzzled. After a business trip and time apart, he wonders if she remains in the local office and whether rival Jim Fraser will win her attention.
A satirical critique by Walt Mason laments government committees probing cost of living and predicts slow real reform. The prose then shifts to a domestic scene where Dick reunites with his sister Betty, her teacher Miss Denton, and hints at a budding romance with Phyllis Denton Barry. A letter to the editor clarifies grand duke titles and ranks.
A student asks where the original Gold Coast is from which college building nicknames derive. The Gold Coast refers to the West African coast of Guinea extending along the region, shaping campus naming traditions.
A reader asks if Massachusetts law requires a physician to render aid when called by individuals in need. The response states that such obligation is not mandated by law.
Both sons are American citizens if the father naturalized while the first son was a minor. The second son born after naturalization is automatically a citizen. The first son retains citizenship if he was a minor when the father naturalized.
The quip notes a classic pun about a hen and night, joking that she cannot tell time because her son never sits. The playful line hinges on a wordplay about sitting and sons.
Letter to the editor discusses the etymology of the writer Patrick Matthias. Patrick means noble and Matthias, a form of Matthew, signifies a gift. The note asks what the names signify and their significance to the author.
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