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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
10
Daily and Sunday Post rates listed for various durations. Canada and foreign postage shown. Notices advise not to send cash and to make payments by check or money order to POST PUBLISHING CO. Boston address provided.
Editorial Rooms list with main and department editors. Advertisement and subscription notices demand advance payment and discontinuation after expiration. readers urged to notify by postal mail if missed deliveries. Abbreviated names and numbers appear as office identifiers.
The Boston Post proclaims possession of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, cited to Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co.
Express companies claim higher government parcel post rates due to extra insurance charges. In New York, 62 151 parcels mailed in one day only 1599 were insured, about 2 percent. The rest trust Uncle Sam as almost all letters rarely go astray.
Boston shows influence in public welfare with trolley and underground issues, funds offered to two actresses to open a Toy Theatre in New York, and Prince ton planning a $300000 stadium modeled after Soldiers Field, reinforcing Boston as a central civic hub.
City Council adopts an ordinance extending police authority to Boston Commonesque disorderly conduct to restore decency and restore the breathing space. The measure aims to curb offensive behavior while balancing personal liberty with public welfare.
The report says William Rockefeller, sought by the Pujo committee in Washington, is staying at a Nassau Bahamas hotel in apparent good health. The note calls the service acceptance a mere form and mocks the money trust probe for failing to compel his testimony.
A regionally active pilot proposes carrying parcel post by air to cities within a large radius, promising relief from congested surface postal delivery. He argues air transport fits new public service developments and would replace bulky satchel packing, noting local express services clash with the plan.
A fragment discusses accepting accommodation by flight and proving landing in security. It notes consignments of eggs insured to $50 by 10 cent stamps may arrive as uncooked omelet, reflecting a dated, imperfect transit scenario.
The Massachusetts Republicans face a chance to elect a U S Senator aligned with progressive change and national forward momentum. The Boston Post urges choosing Curtis Guild, former governor and current ambassador to Russia, as the best representative of the state’s progressive sentiment for the new era.
An editorial urges caution by Boston police to distinguish drunkenness from medical illness after the death of Lewis G. Swett of Somerville following an arrest for intoxication. It argues that medical attendance at the first signs of distress is crucial to prevent wrongful humiliation or denial of relief.
Governor Foss argues past legislatures erred in opposing the federal income tax amendment and urges action to ratify. He says four more states are needed to enable Congress to levy a fair tax and ease the burden on the poor, warning Massachusetts risks discredit if it delays.
The appointment of Senator Crane of Massachusetts as chairman of the Senate committee arranging the next President's inaugural is fitting and appropriate. His position, leadership, and Massachusetts backing are expected to give the ceremony decorum, nonpartisan dignity, and nationwide endorsement of the succession.
The United States sub-treasury in Boston paid out over 224 million dollars last year per Colonel George H. Doty assistant treasurer’s annual report. Receipts totaled 1,992,923.96 less, leaving a balance in local vaults of 20,299,705.64 on January 1.
A Baboo lawyer defends a woman client with witty quips. He complains that mere wind from a teapot tries to browbeat him, then vows to make his bone of contention clear to the judge in the eye of honor.
A verse by R. D. Odelstierna riffing on Kipling and The Vampire. The narrator recalls a simple card scene where a boastful fool misreads odds and loses as four ladies are shown, leaving him stripped of pride. The poem alternates with direct calls to “you and I.”
A century old Q and A column compiles letters from readers in Cambridge Saugus and Malden about waking at 5 am dealing with dynamite bad advice aqua trucks pond ice rashes and bone headedness in short humorous guidance from a local inquisitive community page.
Poem lauds simple joy over wealth, contrasting rich man with automobile to a share of happiness. Narrator and Chloe ride home in amarket cart after selling eggs and butter, finding wealth in small moments. The speaker proclaims contentment and spiritual value over earthly riches.
A classroom joke where a teacher asks when William the Conqueror invaded England. A student answers 1066, then says he misremembered the date as a telephone number. The exchange highlights a humorous mix up between dates and numbers in history memory.
Franklin Pierce born November 22 1804 at Hillsborough New Hampshire enters Bowdoin College in 1820 where he befriends Nathaniel Hawthorne later a famed novelist. He rises from New Hampshire lawyer to state legislator and congressman before serving as 14th president winning 254 electoral votes to 42 for Scott and dies in Concord October 8 1869 after urging support for Lincoln.
Boston area notes reveal Harry Fogerty's convalescence after typhoid, a booming Christmas Savings Club with 1800 depositors, and a flurry of holiday greetings for Fire Commissioner Cole. Other items cover canal-bound Panama trip by Col Everett Benton party, pension efforts by Jeremiah Bancroft, Finnish naturalization efforts, a Plymouth Church tablet for Rev George Whitefield Phillips, Major Sargent’s militia leadership, and a shift in Police Commissioner O Meara's nocturnal walks.
Frank R. Dunklee, elected president of the Somerville Board of Aldermen, is a popular figure among T wharf businessmen. He is noted for his political acumen, likened here to his skill with fish.
The West End urban improvement plan, if approved, would demolish a Cambridge street bakery that has operated at the same site for a century. The note mentions local figures aiding a public school vocational education handbook and observers noting harbor vessels and a lack of nautical literacy among Boston youths. It also reports Fitchburg residents protesting actions by railroad officials.
The scene features Frank B. Cheney freshly elected vice president of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange admired for wit. A tale about a soap box orator prompting the audience to cry chloroform highlights sharp humor on reform.
Edwin Walter president of the Sharon Improvement Association aims to win cooperation from Federated Boards of Trade of nearby towns to pressure railroads for a monthly ticket rate similar to the old three months to Boston. Laurence Minot, a private owner and trustee, says indications point to prosperous times in Boston as Port Directors plan railroad development and rapid transit improvements fueling a building boom.
Dr. E Albert Kinley Jr, of 419 Boylston Street, has been appointed to Grace Hospital staff as an X ray expert. He is a Mount Hermon Academy and Tufts dental school graduate, noted for track records at Mt Hermon and for X ray specialization at Tufts.
The Rev Luigi Guanella guest of Rev Vittorio Gregori pastor of the Italian Church of the Sacred Heart North End attended a farewell dinner yesterday afternoon at the parish residence. Present were Italian priests from Boston including those of St Leonard of Port Maurice and Franciscans on Prince Street.
Young Tomnoddy enters a railway carriage and bids farewell to friends. He accidentally steps on a nearby lady’s foot, drawing a stern frown. He quips that her feet are too small to be seen, then insincerely lightens the moment as she relents.
The piece humorously recalls William Wax’s New Year vow to end debt and live thriftily. Yet year after year he yields to temptation, buying on credit and facing creditors as the year wears on. Walt Mason notes the universal struggle against debt.
BS rth his big campaigns, has opened an evangelistic campaign in Brookline. The exercises will be held in the First Presbyterian Church and will continue through to Jan. 21 inclusive. The congregations at the Sunday morning services at St. Pauls Cathedral have become so large that Dean Rousmaniere has been forced to request the former proprietors of St. Pauls, for whom seats are reserved, to notify him by telephone on any Sunday morning that they do not expect to use their seats. The Rev J Hughes, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Everett, is conducting a week of prayer at his church this week with special exercises every evening. William N. Hartshorn, chairman of the executive committee of the International Sunday School Union, former president of the Boston Baptist Social Union and publisher of the magazine Priscilla, has been ill for several weeks from nervous troubles caused by over work. He is at present at the New England Baptist Hospital on Parker Hill, where he is reported to be improving, with a fair prospect of recovery.
A steamboat crashes into a pier after failing to stop at a designated halt. Passengers panic while crew dismisses the incident as nothing, implying the captain forgot the stop. The scene captures sudden chaos and disbelief aboard the vessel.
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