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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1912

Page

10

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The Daily Post lists one year at nine dollars eighty, six months one fifty, three months seventy six cents, and one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post charges one year three dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five, two months sixty six, one month thirty cents. Canada delivery is ilc per copy. Mail payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY Boston.

the Sunday Post Canada Boston Mass Post Publishing Company The Boston Post

Boston Post’s Expansion Adorns Largest Press Plant

The Boston Post proclaims possession of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world’s largest press, per Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. The boast highlights scale and modernization of the paper’s production capacity.

Boston Post New England Robert Hoe R. Hoe & Co

Tree Defies Stage Elders With Kipling Vaudeville Plan

Sir Herbert Tree faces backlash from titled peers over his plan to perform a one act dramatization of Kipling's The Man Who Was in vaudeville. He argues it should not shame him as an actor to work outside regular theatre and entertain an intelligent music hall audience.

Herbert Tree Kipling

Labouchere’s Truth Journalist Remembered for War on Shams

The obituary lauds Henry Labouchere as a brilliant English newspaper man who elevated personal journalism with Truth. It notes his power to strike fear into swindlers and his lasting legacy of fighting frauds to improve life for ordinary people.

Henry Labouchere England Labouchere

Bomb in China signals new form of protest

The article notes bomb throwing as a political tactic emerging in China after adopting a republican government. It compares this to familiar uses in Russia France Spain and cites England's early gunpowder legacy with Guy Fawkes as a prototype, remarking on the novelty for Chinese activists.

China Russia France Spain England Guy Fawkes

Senate ends secrecy on arbitration treaties openness urged

The Senate voted to end the executive session for arbitration treaty debate with near unanimous support. The move signals a push for reform in Senate procedures and greater public understanding of foreign relations deliberations.

United States Senate Lodge Senate

Publics deserve open discussion of matters of public concern

The speaker argues that issues affecting the people should not be hidden from public knowledge. He warns that secrecy causes embarrassment and that it is more troubling to conceal the reasons for actions on public questions than to expose them.

Lodge

Port Directors Seek $25 Million for Boston Waterfront Growth

In Boston a new Port Directors board pledges major waterfront development plans seeking legislative approval for 25 million dollars to acquire all existing terminals and to back 25 million more in steamship securities. This follows 9 million already allocated and 3 million requested for a dry dock, aiming for large scale port expansion balanced with statewide finance considerations.

Boston Picayune Commonwealth Steamship Company Massachusetts

Merging City Departments Seeks Administrative Reform

The proposed ordinance aims to consolidate the Park Public Grounds Bath and Music departments under one body. It argues a single line of authority reduces conflict, harmonizes operation, lowers costs, and improves results by concentrating executive responsibility and technical expertise.

Bath

Wrecking Fire Destroys Boston Revere House Landmark

The Revere House in Bowdoin Square burns, ending a storied era as Boston’s premier hotel. Once a gathering spot for notable guests and acclaimed minds, the tall, aristocratic structure from the mid 19th century is described as a dignified landmark now lost to flames.

Revere Bowdoin Square Boston Tremont House Revere House

Hitchcock Devised Telegraph Scheme Behind Taft’s Back

The Post master-General moved to government ownership of the telegraph without the President’s knowledge or consent. Taft’s cabinet has voiced anti administration views, complicating the President’s position. Taft bears the burden of poor assignments from his own officials.

Hitchcock Taft

From a Woman Slips Keeps Heart Young Sayings

A fragment quotes a woman advising to keep the heart youthful to avoid worries about aging, offering a candid reflection on aging and optimism. The line suggests timeless, intimate counsel from an older female voice.

Millionaire for a Day a Wilkes Barre Stunt

John Jay Mc Devitt, a Wilkesbarre man with 1500 to spend, tried living like a millionaire for 24 hours. He borrowed to extend the sensation, and the anecdote suggests it is cheaper to feel a billionaire than a millionaire.

John Jay McDevitt Penn John Jay

Electra and Newt Recall Park Street Subway Meeting

A long exchange between Electra and Newt recounts a Park Street subway encounter. Electra writes of a curly haired girl and the missing diamond stickpin, while Newt recalls their first meeting and the car rides to Mattapan. He promises recognition when they meet again and mentions alerting the police.

Newt Newtie Altho Park Street Electra Mattapan Columbus Avenue

Keep your temper in cold storage and you'll never get hot headed

A concise proverb-like line advising restraint and steadiness in reactions. It contrasts temper control with avoiding rash anger, suggesting self discipline as a path to calm judgment.

Post Office and General Store Burned at Reeds Ferry

Fire destroyed the general store of Fessenden and Lowell at Reeds Ferry near Manchester, including the post office. Loss pegged at 15000 dollars. Origin not determined. heavy snow on nearby buildings limited spread.

Manchester N. H Fessenden & Lowell Reeds Ferry

Dombey and Bagstock Meet Mrs Skewton and Edith Granger

Major Bagstock escorts Dombey to Leamington where he meets Mrs Skewton and her daughter Edith Granger. Dombey, mourning his son, grows curious about society and Edith, while Bagstock boasts of military glory and bonds with the merchant chief.

Major Bagstock Mr. Dombey Paul Ted Mrs. Skewton Cleopatra Arcadia

Boston Co operative Milk Producers Elects New Board

The annual Boston Co operative Milk Producers Company meeting in the American House chose a new board of directors. New members include J H Johnson Westboro Mass and Lewis H Ruggles Hardwick with several other regional reps. Secretary W A Hunter declined re election after 11 years.

Boston Boston Co-operative Milk Producers’ Company American House J. H. Johnson Westboro Mass Lewis H. Ruggles Hardwick James Dwinnell Barre A. L. Osgood Pittsfield John A Spaulding Lyndeboro N. H N. H.; 8S. F.’Mcnally Lancaster Simon Brewster Jewett City

FourYearGrace Owes Family Reflection On Discipline

A four year old Grace laments to Papa about Mamma's strict discipline after a day of punishment. The casual family moment reveals tensions around authority and marriage with a child’s candid request for understanding.

Grace

Man Found Frozen Under Snowdrift Near Lenox Road

Pittsfield reports John Gray, 55, of 55 South Mountain Road, found buried in a snow drift off the main road to Lenox at 10:30 AM. He died en route to the House of Mercy after being dug out by John Wilbrant and Andrew Miller. Gray, a driver for Sidney M. Johnson, reportedly fell asleep from a late sleigh ride. police note he was not a drinking man.

Pittsfield John Gray South Mountain Road Lenox House of Mercy John Wilbrant Andrew Miller Gray Sidney M. Johnson

Retired Sergeant Charles B Blazer Named for Pension

Police sergeant Charles B Blazer of Division 10 is retired after 265 years and three months of service. His name is placed on the department pension roll with pay at 700 dollars a year. He entered the service October 23, 1886 and was made sergeant in 1900.

Charles B. Blazer Police

Feared the Sausage Dialogue Sparks Grocer Banter

A humorous exchange centers on praise for a sausage. The grocer urges praise while the new assistant cautions that overpraising might provoke the sausage to wag its tail.

Injured Boston Officers Awarded Damages in Collision Case

James W. Caffrey Frederick S. Howell and Grant H. Farwell Boston police officers from Station 4 Lagrange street received damages after a patrol wagon collision with a streetcar on October 23, 1909. Caffrey $2800 Howell $4500 Farwell $1000.

James W. Caffrey Frederick S. Howell Grant H. Farwell Boston Caffrey Howell Farwell Station 4 Lagrange Street

Reader Praises Round Table Club Article

N C Fowler Jr commends the Round Table Club feature in the Sunday Post page 30 for its quality humor sharpness and style. He notes many of the men named in the piece are men of mark and spoke to him about the writing.

Post Round Table Club Sunday Post Mark N. C. Fowler, JR

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