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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
12
Publication details for the Boston Post dated January 29 1913 issue number 25 volume 316 with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice details pricing for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions, including one year rates and shorter terms, plus per copy charges for Canada and foreign addresses. It notes postage in Boston district, postage risks, and payment methods and precautions for remittances.
Telegraph formatting lists telephone numbers for departments and notes that all subscriptions must be prepaid and may be discontinued at expiration. Publisher B A Grozier signs as editor and publisher.
Robert Hoe declares The Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, highlighting its national standing in newspaper production.
Senator Bourne calls the first fifteen days of the parcel post period a proven savings of more than 500000 with analytical figures supporting the claim. He predicts annual public benefit near 12000000 if the trend continues, arguing that ending monopolies can be profitable for the nation.
Corrected reports of Uncle Joe Cannon’s Washington speech show he did not call Jefferson Davis one of the four greatest Americans overall but one of the four greatest produced by the Civil War. The claim remains debated among Southerners and Northerners with disagreement over the fourth place.
Governor Sulzer proposes conservative measures to curb New York Stock Exchange evils and favors renewed inquiry. He foresees another Hughes style investigation and stops short of committing to exchange incorporation. He warns against moving reforms before placing the Exchange under public authority.
Alexander McGregor urged cleaning the party's house removing false leaders and standpatism, and embracing progressiveness to align with the temper of the times. He warned that clinging to old ways has battered the party and stressed staying in touch with public sentiment.
The Massachusetts House passes a resolution to investigate telephone rates and charges in the Commonwealth, focusing on the metropolitan district. It notes existing material from the prior inquiry and emphasizes reporting to the public what has occurred in the industry.
Dissatisfaction grows over the new telephone rates with some users paying four to five times prior amounts and no clear service gain. The committee aims to uncover the broad truth and determine if the public benefits from the changes compared with before.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company plans to sell 171 million dollars in 5 percent subway bonds to J Pierpont Morgan and Co at 93 1 2 without competitive bidding. Critics argue this privately arranged sale shifts risk to the public and deprives citizens of a fair price, urging open competitive markets for public service securities.
The British Liberals failed to pass a reform bill as a whole despite large parliamentary support for extending male suffrage. Woman suffrage divided lawmakers and conservative allies threatened to vote against any liberal sponsored measure, leading to the bill's withdrawal.
The article argues the Olympic issue with Carl Thorpe claiming professional baseball past taints his Stockholm participation. It accuses the Amateur Athletic Union of failing to know or prevent such eligibility breaches and suggests broader American laxity in amateur status.
Ralph Hornblower son of Henry Hornblower of Hornblower Weeks will join the firm as Weeks resigns. He will begin duties February 1. Announcement made yesterday at the Boston Stock Exchange.
Three attachments aggregating 30000 were placed on the Boston Terminal Co yesterday by U S Deputy Marshal James Ruhl in a contract action brought by Collector of Internal Revenue Gill. The suit stems from a controversy over the corporate tax.
A writer borrows Tennyson lines to reflect on future heat and a wish for harsher winter conditions. The passage blends quotations with personal reaction to climate, hinting at a prophetic voice that links seasons and human fortune.
A humorous letter questions how a Western town man could be shaped to take a motorcycle agency. The writer riffs on shaped legs and hearing, noting only certain body types could ride, while recalling comic misadventures with a bike and explosion sounds.
A verse in which Dame Nature shifts from snow to rain as the poet rereads his night old ode on Snow. The result is damp disappointment, the weather driving the poet from night’s mood to contemporary slush.
A child defies a bedtime rule and sneaks to the library to tell his mother he has forgiven her and his father for their earlier rudeness at dinner. The scene portrays a tearful, white robed figure seeking peace before sleep.
The piece notes Anna Harrison as wife of one president and grandmother of another, detailing her life from North Bend Ohio to Washington. It recounts her husband’s brief presidency in 1840, her grief at his death, and her avoidance of White House hostess duties while highlighting family ties and campaigns of the era.
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