Boston Post January 26 1914 subscription notice and masthead
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including domestic and foreign terms. Mailing details and office contact numbers are listed with editorial and department lines. Publisher J A Grosier leads the newspaper from 18838 Main Street Boston.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Messness
Newsboy
Ostar
J. A. Grozier
Directors face multi million suit over railroad loss
Receivers of the St. Louis and San Francisco rail road sue ten former directors for more than 14 million dollars alleging they bought feeder lines and sold them to the road at great personal profit, causing the railroad’s collapse. The case aims to set a precedent and reform practices in railroad management.
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St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
House Aims to Fast-Track Burnett Immigration Bill
The rules committee reports special rules to speed the Burnett immigration bill through the House before other major measures including anti-trust bills. A vote on advancing the plan is expected early this week. The piece questions the literacy test and whether President Wilson will sign or veto it, noting Taft’s previous veto.
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National House
Committee On Rules
Senate
Congress
Wilson
Taft
WASTERS OF FOOD Warns on U S waste and conservation
Dr. M E Pennington of the Agriculture Department says Americans waste foodstuffs at unprecedented levels. He urges systematic conservation to lower living costs and feed the hungry, noting waste from wormy fruit, spoiled eggs, rancid butter, and carload-scale spoilage.
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M. E. Pennington
United States Department of Agriculture
The Enticement of Viands from War Refugees
The text describes Ojinaga residents and others fleeing Mexican depopulation finding relief in United States camps where abundant food. Camp kettles tempt hungry exiles to accept American shelter and citizenship, suggesting appetite supplants revolution as the guiding force.
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Ojinaga
Mexico
United States
OUR EXPORTED AUTOS AND THE RISING U S TRADE IN CARS
The Yankee auto industry exports are surging with 23 579 passenger cars and 921 commercial vehicles shipped abroad in the eleven months to last November valued around 25 million dollars. When including auto parts tires and engines, the eleven month total nears 36 million and with Porto Rico Hawaii and Alaska adds about 2 million, yielding an approximate yearly total near 40 million for 1913. The growth from under 2 million in 1903 to 40 million this year underscores the expanding export trade and a concurrent decline in car imports.
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Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Eriant
Yankee energy and ability parade notable American trade
The display highlights American industry supplying nearly all demanded goods, showcasing Yankee energy and skill through broad commercial reach and versatile production. The scene serves as a tribute to national enterprise and the vigor of U S supply capabilities.
Bible relic keystone from Solomon's Temple told on Boston page
Thomas L Whalen relates a relic keystone gifted to Tabernacle Temple Malden as a fragment broken from a pillar of King Solomon's Temple by J W C Smith after his Boston mayoral term. The piece inspired two keystones, one at St Paul's Chapter and another to John K Hall. The column fragment dates to 1860.
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Thomas L. Whalen
Tabernacle Temple
Malden
King Solomon's Temple
J. W. C. Smith
Boston
Holy Land
Mr. Whalen
Jerusalem
Temple
America
St. Paul’s
John K. Hall
Whalen
Hall
A Warning on Success and Ego
The piece cautions that small winnings can inflate the ego and lead a person to overreach. It urges restraint, warning that pomposity distorts judgment and invites a sharp fall. Stay grounded, keep accomplishments in check, and wear the same ordinary hat despite success.
Goethals for New York Police Commissioner
The article questions Washington reports that Colonel Goethals might become New York City police commissioner. It argues the role harms reputations and politics, and suggests Goethals would be valued for capable service, not political ambition, if he accepts a policing job.
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Washington
Colonel Goethals
New York City
Goethals
New York
Panama Canal
A Queer Bugaboo About Roosevelt Recall of Judges
The author disputes Senator James Hamilton Lewis claims that Theodore Roosevelt would push a recall of judges to abolish the Constitution. He argues such a plan is unlikely, Roosevelt would not seek to abolish the Constitution, and the public would reject it. He notes no “man on horseback” has emerged in American politics.
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James L. Tryon
Massachusetts Peace Society
England
Boston
Law Department
University of London
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
James Hamilton Lewis
Roosevelt
The Man of Promise
A sharp critique of a flat-dweller who wants a janitor who makes fewer promises and delivers more hot air, implying a demand for practical help over empty rhetoric.
Low down milk wagon put up for sale in exchange
An ad offers a milk wagon for sale with a humorous claim about its scandalous reputation and lost caste. The seller notes the address is withheld and invites buyers who will reform the wagon.
Whose Nose Was Frozen In Firemen’s Incident
A newspaper item questions which nose was frozen by firemen during a night blaze. It cites Joseph McAvoy and Robert Watters with ears frozen and Peter Renner with a nose frozen. The piece asks whether the nose belonged to Renner or to someone else placed in his hands for safekeeping and which of Renner’s noses it was.
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Joseph McAvoy
Robert Watters
Peter Renner
Peter
Spring Mill Closed During Farrar's Waldoboro Trip
Herbert Farrar has gone to Waldoboro to saw for John White for a few months and will return to operate his mill in the spring, which has been closed.
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Herbert FE. Farrar
Waldoboro
John White
Exchange
Illnesses Hit East Stoneham Members Widely
A Maine newspaper notes widespread sickness in East Stoneham with Lagripe Grippe and colds afflicting Errol Barker Mrs Chaplin Jock McAllister Elmer McAllister Fernando McAllister Fred Bartlett improving and others. Several families including Bartlett and Allen show varying conditions while the community remains heavily ill.
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Errol Barker
Charles Chaplin
Jock McAllister
Elmer McAllister
Fred Bartlett
Fernando McAllister
J. Bartlett
Frank McAllister
Lucy Allen
Eugene Evans
Maine
East Stoneham
The White Post Race Versus a Car Chase
An urban riddle about chasing a moving car by sprinting to a white post. A man argues about which white post mattered and why the chase failed. The tale ends with a quip about asking for a transfer to Danvers and a closing moral on hypocrisy.
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White Post
Sam Hil
Danvers
Pocketbook Saves Life Of Owner Atchison Jan. 25
An elderly man, A. J. Taylor, standing in his doorway heard a gunshot. A bullet passed through his overcoat coat and vest, struck the pocketbook clasp in his vest pocket, and was deflected. The bullet was recovered.
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Atchison, Kan
A. J. Taylor
Dr. D. E. Hohn Returns to Boston After Korea
Dr. D. E. Hohn, long the sole American dentist in the palace of Emperor Yi in Korea, arrives in Boston to pursue a special dentistry course at Harvard Dental School after years abroad.
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D. E. Hohn
Korea
the Westminster
Hohn
Harvard Dental Sch
Neuschwanstein Castle the crowning Bavarian fairy palace
The article extols Neuschwanstein Castle as a modern masterpiece built by Ludwig II of Bavaria. It describes its alpine setting, dramatic gorge views, and the king’s obsession with palatial projects and Wagner imagery. It notes his abdication in 1886 and subsequent suicide, and recalls his solitude at Ludwig’s courts.
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Ludwig III of
Bavaria
Neuschwanstein
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Munich
Ludwig
Linderhof
Underwood and Underwood
New York
To Have and To Hold
Vera frets over her husband Barton's presence and Millicent Royce's advice to keep him guessing. A late-night call to Bob Van Etten sparks jealousy but Barton learns Vera's fears are unfounded as he reveals plans for a new house on their anniversary and reaffirms his love.
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Vera
Millicent Royce
New Idea Club
Mrs. Platt
Barton
Millicent
Milly
Central
Bob van Etten
Bob
Bobby
The Postman’s Winter Heroism
Rural note of a fierce storm as a postman and pony trudge through a bleak midwinter to deliver mail to farmer folk. The weary duo face biting winds, long days, and a thankless grind, yet persist for the sake of rural communications.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
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