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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
8
The new street car station at Egleston square opens today and aims to ease Dudley Street congestion. Officials have cut feeders from Dudley and redirected them to Egleston, creating more space and promising immediate improvement.
The seventh anniversary of the Boston Newsboys' Club marks a milestone of community impact. The club has trained unskilled youths into valued citizens and improved public perceptions of newsboys and their ambitions through organized effort and leadership.
The former Boston bark Harvard, a coal barge for eight years between Norfolk and this port, has been refitted with rigging and sails for transatlantic trips. War urgency spurred a surge in American shipping and the industry now views Yankee tonnage as highly profitable and expansive.
An English comedian in New York used a topical tune to hint at President Woodrow Wilson with lines about secret notes and “pelf.” The audience hissed him. Americans condemn disrespect to the President and compare to Londoners reacting to insults against the King.
The Department of Agriculture reports total farm product value for the year closing at 13.499 billion dollars, the highest on record. It tops 1915 by over 2.5 billion and 1914 by about 0.5 billion, with noted differences in certain classifications.
The text notes that prices paid to producers have risen well above last year, creating a stupendous aggregate and placing the United States at the top among civilized nations for food production. It cites corn, cotton, hay, and wheat each surpassing a billion dollars in value, while acknowledging higher living costs. It ends with a question about the cause.
Mayor Curley urged a Massachusetts statute to pay a living wage to families left at home when National Guard members are on federal duty. He proposed making state soldier pay count toward support, with federal pay supplement to sustain dependents during service. The plan aims to avoid charity and require legislative passage.
The piece notes six weeks left in the current Congress with heavy work ahead on appropriations and complex matters. It questions whether key inquiries into Wall Street events and international tensions will be resolved in time, yet expresses confidence in representatives and potential substantial legislation to meet the crisis.
Richard Henry Lee, a prominent Virginian planter and scholar, served as justice of peace, then chief justice, and was elected to the House of Burgesses at 27. He rode as a colonial captain against stamp tax agents, helped originate the Continental Congress, motioned the Declaration, and led as president of the Congress in 1784 and as a U.S. Senator in 1789. He died in 1794 after shaping early American law and liberty.
A verse from 1917 pithily contrasts love’s quiet good night with morning song. The lyric images a long life blessed by love as memories glow and dawns bring hopeful greeting to the world.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes on January 20 records in Boston. The coldest on record for this date was 3 below in 1901, with 4 above in 1875 as the next coldest. The hottest readings reach 58 in 1890 and 1907, and only light precipitation occurred in 1907 1914 and 1916.
A humorous piece centered on Bertie Bertram’s schemes to marry or abduct Miss C Gar Box, with gossip about John Devine Inflater and the Wollaston neighborhood. The tale chronicles Bertie’s flirtations, C Gar’s fury, and Bertie’s exile, ending with his cautious return and ongoing schemes.
A reader questions Boston transport quirks including why cars bear Newton Watertown and the mysterious bunter. The columnist replies that Newkirk name details were debated but offers no explanation for bunters, suggesting they may be a winter muffler.
The Observant Citizen surveys St Agnes Eve lore by Keats and Tennyson, notes on marriage divination, and a Boston lodge record of initiations. It reports a proposed fraternal insurance expansion, a long lunch pie anecdote, a spring caterpillar sighting, a forthcoming outdoor flower show by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and local chess on Parker River ice fishing traditions.
Household hints advise applying aqua ammonia to old rubbers to restore shine and extend life. C L Atwood of 79 North Main Street Brockton offers the tip amid rising rubber prices.
A reader asks if a young woman can invite a gentleman friend to use an extra theatre ticket without implying romantic intent. The advice encourages tactful, casual invitation to avoid gossip and stresses that proper approach invites mutual courtesy and doesn't pressure him.
The Arctic sea is the world’s largest intracontinental sea at 5,541,630 square miles with ice covering over two thirds. Depths exceed 12,000 feet near the Pole, and floating icebergs pose shipping risks as only a ninth remains above water.
A desperate Kitty launches a marriage bureau to escape stenography and bookkeeping. James Gray, a bachelor, seeks a wife with exacting qualities and ends up meeting Kitty. After a playful misalignment, he kisses her and requests she stop chasing a perfect match, admitting she has found him.
Paragraph highlights new fashion trends with open necklines in blouses, colored cretonne in millinery, serge lining in top coats, and changeable taffeta for petticoats. Yoked jackets, ribbed silk jersey suits, kimono sleeves, and Paisley trim appear. Evening gowns feature tulle ruffles, rose chiffon over silver foundation, and sheer Shantung silks.
Three former Lowell city officials Edward H. Foye purchasing agent Robert J. Thomas superintendent of the water works and Andrew G. Stiles treasurer and tax collector petition the Supreme Judicial Court for mandamus claiming no notice was given and no stated reasons for their removal by a City Council vote. They argue civil service protections apply.
Walt Mason laments overindulgence in Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts in a humorous verse. He vows to diet and endure months of exercise and medicine, urging restraint and hollowing the body to avoid festive excess.
A.S. asks which is colder the Norton Pole or the South Pole noting winter at the South Pole should be colder since the earth is about 3,000,000 miles farther from the sun in that case.
The letter discusses how Massachusetts assets would be split among a husband and blood kin with a $5000 upfront share and halves of remaining personal and real property, while the editor asks what the U S Treasury would do if currency lost at sea is proven worthless. The response notes the Treasury will not reimburse currency totally destroyed.
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