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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
14
Daily Boston newspaper page listing its issue number and publication date with office address. Contains standard front matter for the Post and identifies the edition as No 14 in volume 362.
A Washington despatch claims Germany deposited funds in Mexican banks to aid General Huerta, hoping to provoke U S intervention and halt arms shipments to the Allies. The piece also links such schemes to Von Papen and other officials, noting Americans may find the tales unsettling.
The American Forestry Association begins its 35th annual convention today here. Key topic is a Washington proposal for a 10 million dollar appropriation to buy more forest reserves in New England and the Southern Appalachians and to care for existing national parks. The Weeks law progress has gained approval, and a strong push favors saving natural resources for public enjoyment over private exploitation, with the association in a leading role.
The article explains that the Mexican embargo was a congressional grant allowing the President to suspend arms exports to Mexico when deemed wise, a power used by Taft and Wilson. It argues the two situations are not the same as the Mexican action was a suspension, not a full embargo.
The note condemns arms exports to a disorderly neighbor and arms sales to distant foreign powers, arguing such actions threaten the United States and its citizens and should be obvious to all observers.
The Brooklyn Eagle critiques stock issuance without par value as risky rumor and tax evasion, while others praise it as a Wall Street reform. The essay argues such shares truly represent company assets and earnings, free of misleading par value, and calls for legal removal of fictitious dollar marks.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes a shift from German imports to coal tar colors in the United States. American dye works now produce about 15 000 tons annually from domestic materials, up from 3 000 tons before the war. Seventeen firms make intermediates and twelve produce finished dyes.
The New York Sun notes President elect Wilson personally opposed a one term six year constitutional amendment in Congress. They argue this stance contradicted the platform that elected him and could not affect his term, emphasizing the measure aligned with others' interests rather than his.
A humorous look at mangled English from various sources. Examples include misprints like Pickled Beats at a business luncheon and a tax collector notice misread as seeking suffrage votes. The piece notes printers and proofreaders contribute to these errors and the charm of such slips amid quick daily publication.
The oldest observer reports January 17 temperature ranges in Boston from 4 below to 9 above, noting the warmest for the date was 5 above in 1918. He cites historically frequent storms in 1907 1900 1912 and San.
A fragmentary line describes darkness and a beak bumping an open door as the mina reveals sulphuric shades. The vivid imagery conveys an intense sense of collision, danger, and hidden depths without clear factual context.
A moral reminder against boasting emphasizes that great deeds speak louder than words. Boastful individuals inflate themselves while losing credibility as their claims collide with silent deeds and public perception. The piece closes with cautions and proverbial maxims about humility.
Local Haverhill advertiser proclaims aggressive reductions with lines like good men's umbrellas priced at 198 cents. A nearby cafe within 100 miles is mentioned, signaling regional sale activity in the area.
At Susa Alexander marries Statira and Asian chiefs wed with Macedonians. Arrian notes lavish ceremonies and dowries, while Alexander pays off followers' debts. His soldiers resist Asian mingling, and he rebukes them, asserting Macedonian roots and his own shared sacrifice.
In a Boston shop window a half milk fed chicken is offered for 45 cents while a Worcester chimney cleaner proclaims himself a poor draft expert in an attention grabbing ad. The pair reflects quirky mid 19th century advertising tactics and local trades.
Dr. Richard P. Strong, head of the Harvard Unit, shared his wartime typhus relief efforts in Serbia during a free Harvard Medical School lecture. He traced medieval plagues that nearly exterminated populations across Europe.
The column surveys markets with modest prices and passes along community anecdotes. It highlights Dr. Osgood’s medical affiliations, Mrs. Huldah Silver’s 88th birthday quilt project, and local twins in Essex County, plus remarks on forestry plans and a Dawes Hotel portrait connected to Paul Revere’s rider lineage.
A humorous verse contrasts a schoolboy’s winter joy with an elderly man’s pain from snow. The playful boy enjoys sleds, snowballs, and greetings to curfew while the gentler figure endures coughing, gout, and a shoveled path.
A reader asks how to handle a faithless lover who grew close to her friend during a month away. The columnist advises accepting the end of the relationship, recognizing the loyalty of the chum, and seeking another suitor rather than dwelling on the hurt.
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