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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1913
Page
8
The Boston Post issue from January 25 1918 reports daily news and notices from Boston Massachusetts. It lists office address at 259 Washington Street and provides the newspaper's publication details for that date.
The notice lists subscription prices for The Sunday Post and The Post in various intervals and regions. It notes per copy charges for Canada and foreign countries, postal considerations, and that all money is sent at the subscriber's risk. It provides contact details and instructions for payments and discontinuations.
The Boston Post proclaims ownership of New England’s largest newspaper printing plant, boasting the world’s largest press under Robert Hoe and Co. leadership. The claim underscores the paper’s industrial scale and historical prominence in the press industry.
The Massachusetts Legislature is urged to modernize ancient traffic rules that require passing street cars on the left from the rear. The public argues the law is dangerous and rarely followed, yet could be used in damage suits. reform is deemed imperative and unavoidable.
A New Haven railroad executive quips that big road funding comes from New York, not Boston, likening cash needs to buying a turkey. J Pierpont Morgan testified to controlling new securities for the New Haven, placing Boston in the hardware store class for finance.
John D. Rockefeller praises a small boy who returned lost gloves in a letter calling honesty a common American virtue. The autographed note may intrigue the boy as he grows and considers Standard Oil morals versus private ones.
Complaints allege Boston hotels violate 54 and 56 hour laws for women workers. At a Women Hotel Workers Union meeting charges were freely stated that overtime occurs despite prohibitions. Calls come for thorough investigation and vigorous action if proven true to curb a persistent claim of law flouting.
President Shonts announced a 10 percent wage increase for employees of the New York Railways Company and Interborough Rapid Transit Company. He added plans for co operative stores to supply food at cost, a further incremental benefit to workers. The move aims to curb the high cost of living by providing substantial savings on groceries.
The text states that productive means must meet needs while controlling expense through united management. President Shonts says the company's idea is to make workers’ conditions and pay as satisfactory as possible, a principle worthwhile for public service firms to adopt.
Pujo committee reveals in Baker's First National Bank report a 10 year syndicate transaction total of 2 428 675 000 and lists 13 leading U S national banks with top stockholders showing concentrated interlocking interests. Authors urge new laws to dismantle perceived financial dominance and reiterate public charter control.
A poetic meditation on traveling salesmen and ordinary heroes by Douglas Malloch. The piece reflects cheerful greetings, trade bustle, and moments of solitude, imagining a salesman crowned in the afterlife and greeted at gates of gold.
A historical reflection contrasts rulers making wars with people who fight. It notes that modern wars often arise from popular sentiment and that governments seek peace, while movements like the Young Turks react against peace terms. It also credits organized labor as a restraint on international conflict.
The resignation of Earl H. Fitzhugh from Central Vermont Railroad, a Grand Trunk property, draws Massachusetts respect for his conduct. By contrast, other figures in the Grand Trunk affair face harsh scrutiny as revelations unfold.
Roswell R. Robinson of Malden donates 40000 toward a 100000 fundraising effort to enlarge the Mt Vernon Street campus dormitories for BU School of Theology. The donation supports the divinity school's growth and ongoing community impact.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Tuttle, 64, assistant probation officer at Boston Municipal Court, has died. She succeeded Miss Hannah Todd, the first woman probation officer in Massachusetts courts.
A letter from Clarence asks for jokes to win a prize at a joke party in Allston Massachusetts. The writer replies that producing a fresh joke is easy yet satirically noble, noting the universality of humor and the high demand for laughs despite few original jokes.
A heir with cracked hands visits a manicurist who refuses to treat him until he sees a surgeon. The comic exchange highlights class and occupation humor in Tit-Bita style.
John Hoban designed the first White House and rebuilt it after British damage. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe altered social life in Washington, opposing calls and hosting few events, while her husband James Monroe's presidency featured the first White House daughter’s wedding to Samuel Gouverneur.
A collage of notes spans John Weeks summer lodge in Lancaster New Hampshire a Boston waiting room mystery at Harvard square and local civic chatter. Mentions include G A R post changes Cambridge owls and a Rhodes scholar style farming notes by Oscar Shaw and William Osgood plus a Hanover Maine attorney at 92 and University of Maine cattle funding plans.
A brief poem by T A Daly from 1913 argues that crumbs, though small, matter. It links crumbs to pests, greeds, and moral lessons, urging careful habits and charity as the Bible cites Dives and Lazazus.
Providence notes the 50th anniversary of the Providence Evening Bulletin, which began Jan 26 1863. It notes that Angell of Michigan University and Henry Mann, former editor and author, are alive. Henry Davis, secretary of the Providence Journal Company, has served nearly 60 years with the publication.
An orator at the Congress Hotel during the Republican convention warned that the republic stood on the brink of an abscess, declaring a painful situation to his audience of friends.
Suits of tussor or charmeuse for the South arrive in dark red currant mulberry cherry and geranium shades with pompadour mousseline lining. Kimono sleeves linger but often sit on extended shoulders and taper to a fitted form. Leather girdle ornaments show Bulgarian designs with silver buttons. Voile blouses feature Bohemian lace and shadow lace. Basques dominate new coat styles, sometimes created by a belt near the waist. Velvet emerald nut color and silver trimmed dresses appear, with honey plush and silver moire as a pairings option.
A letter to the editor from Thomas J. Fish of East Bridgewater, Mass argues that arsenic or lead sprayed on trees to kill birds is harming songbirds like the oriole and sparrow and urges Congress to investigate. The writer cites a Boston Post editorial and notes local birds found dead due to these sprays.
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