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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1913
Page
11
The Boston Post issues a daily edition dated January 27 1918. The publication details include office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts and edition number 28 in volume 316.
The notice lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including yearly and short-term plans. Postage charges apply for Canada and foreign copies, with Boston district postage noted. Payments should be by check or money order to POST PUBLISHING CO, risks on sender.
Sunday and Sporting Editors. .1272 Main TELEPHONES Editorial Rooms. 1004-1005-7008 Main Financial Editors. 1539 Main Business Office 1883-1384 Main "Want" Advertisements. 1684 Main Al subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and they will be discontinued with out further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy, please notify us by postal at once. B. A. GROZIER, Editor and Publisher.
A statement by Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Company asserts the Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world’s largest press. The boast highlights the paper's capacity and technological edge in document production.
Democratic leaders decide to postpone action on Philippine independence until the next regular session of Congress in December. President Taft would veto the Jones bill or any similar measure, leaving tariff revision and currency reform to occupy the extra session before addressing the Philippine question.
The piece notes near end of January and rivers and ponds are scarcely skimmed over signaling a poor ice harvest. Unless severe cold arrives soon, Massachusetts will see little local ice with much of it shipped from farther north, raising transportation costs and prices. Dame Nature failed to cooperate this season.
The Orange Bank in a Connecticut town plans to give each newborn a bank book with a dollar credit. The policy aims to foster marriage and thrift, while boosting the bank's future business and publicity. If too few parents fund the accounts, the village may later see wealthier families forming.
Objections to the Rockefeller Foundation act have been removed and Congress is seen likely to approve the bill. A proposed endowment of 100 million dollars would fund philanthropy and social, hygienic, and economic research. The plan makes the foundation semi public and answerable to Congress, ensuring the fortune remains in public reach.
A Berlin sporting journal boasts that the Kaiser has killed 67 228 animals since taking up shooting. The tally includes 38 574 pheasants 17 950 rabbits 2068 stags 3442 wild boars three turkeys and one whale. The piece condemns the slaughter as excessive and unworthy of pride.
The passage condemns the Kaiser's conduct describing a calf tied to a stake and calls the act a record of butchery that does not enhance his fame despite acknowledged courage and fine qualities as a man.
The New Jersey Legislature backs the Prison Labor Commission's option on 1000 acres to provide outdoor farm work for state convicts. Proponents argue farming improves physical and mental health, fosters self respect, and benefits the public, predicting a broader move toward country prisons in Massachusetts and nationwide.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States has held its first annual session in Washington and shown it will be a useful body. It comprises influential men in trade, commerce and industry and can help solve national problems without jealousy or partisanship.
The article reports a Berlin dispute involving Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann who claims a live non-virulent bacillus could yield a serum curing most tuberculosis cases. Rivals allege they know his secret, and Friedmann offers to teach government physicians how to use the culture for treatment. The world hopes for a true cure but remains uncertain.
A Pennsylvania congressman introduces a resolution to abolish the Congressional Record. The piece argues the Record remains useful as the official log of both houses and a record of contemporary thought and temper. It notes the public and historical value and that lawmakers will resist removing it to avoid losing a platform for print.
Mrs. Fitzwell presses the match while her daughter asserts independence in choosing the wedding dress material. The exchange reveals social expectations and a light domestic conflict within a restrained social setting.
The joke sketch centers on two office boys. The first pleads for a half day off by noting dark circles under his eyes. The second answers the governor advised a bar of soap, delivering a light punchline.
An advertisement features Bertie Bertram promoting a piece titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk with a wry line about a woman’s endless toil. The text mocks gender roles and calls out the need for space or freedom to act.
Henry Haskell, a Browntail Moth gatherer for Union Water Power, slid 80 feet down an icy tree at Island Garden while descending backward. He survived uninjured, once manager of Auburn Pest Exterminating, and later reflected on carrying mittens and presence of mind for future climbs.
A dated exchange in the style of a playful letter from Chelsea, Massachusetts. BILL SYKES writes a humorous rebuke to being addressed by his first name and pokes fun at hair, manners, and social graces while pitching an overconfident airship stock scheme. The reply counters with a practical note on savings and interest rates.
A dialogue unfolds as a man asks to marry and discuss clothes. She asks if he can afford Worth Paris dresses. he concedes and argues her beauty matters most. She asserts her beauty eclipses any attire and declares, John, I am yours.
A Chicago Tribune quip contrasts Pittsburg bath charges with a local bath costing fifty cents. The joke notes a twofold difference in price and value between cities, implying Pittsburg baths are pricier than the speaker’s experience in Chicago.
The piece recalls customs at the U S White House from Jefferson to Jackson with Mrs Donelson as hostess and Mrs Eaton amid Cabinet strife. It notes Jacksons informal receptions, the cheese feast, and the 1830s refurbishments funded by Congress.
A long time boss at a Hub business is fired after a prank by a clerk. The clerk tracks the boss by ads, exposes him at No 7 Rewind Street, and outsmarts him with a sly “process of elimination” leading to the boss’s dismissal and departure from the office.
The piece humorously notes Gregorio Malafalconi’s worry over American English and how he clings to his bed, fearing he cannot grasp the new tongue. He jokes about crying and losing his grip as he contemplates language learning with a playful, dialect heavy narration.
A schoolteacher questions a lazy boy about his future plans if he cannot read write or cipher. The boy answers he will become a schoolmaster and make the boys perform all reading writing and ciphering tasks. The exchange captures a wry, period tone.
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