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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
12
The July 9 1918 Boston Post issue lists publication details subscription rates and office contact information. It provides rates for Sunday Post daily and weekly editions, postage charges, and instructions for payment and renewal at Post Publishing Co with editor details and office numbers.
The Boston Post touts owning the largest newspaper printing press in New England and the world, boasting a monumental facility cited by Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co. The claim highlights the paper's production scale and technological edge.
The collapse of the First Second National Bank of Pittsburg with 30 million in deposits prompts broader questions about the roles of banks. The bank’s managers were entwined with irrigation traction and water works schemes, overextending its core mission. The episode argues banks should remain focused on banking as railroads should remain railroads.
The Sick Man of Europe finds luck as Balkan and Greek allies quarrel over Turkey's lost lands. Their disarray exposes their inability to endure victory, offering Turkey a chance to recover and rally its national strength.
The pardon committee of the Executive Council weighs a petition for clemency for David D. Farnsworth of Bridgewater. He shot and killed a prowler while defending his home, was convicted of manslaughter, and supporters say he acted to defend property and is a public benefactor rather than a criminal.
Rail conductors and trainmen from 51 Eastern railroads vote overwhelmingly for strike unless wage and working conditions are resolved through arbitration. Roads oppose mediation under Erdman Act, while workers favor it. Congress considers a six-arbitrator amendment to Erdman law. Prompt action could avert a major national crisis.
City Council seeks the opinion of the corporation counsel on whether the municipality can legally make, prove and sell ice. The ruling does not commit the city to a plan but aims to clarify a potentially important issue for residents.
The text argues that municipal ice could operate at cost and still push prices lower for consumers. It notes that the future course of the large ice companies over the coming years will largely decide municipal ice policy.
The public and business leaders hail the arbitration to settle the Boston Carmen's Union dispute. The board includes James H. Vahey for the carpenters, James L. Richards for the Elevated, and James J. Storrow as neutral. The decision aims at justice and averts transportation disruption.
The House of Commons passes the Ireland home rule bill again, heading to the Lords with expected rejection. If veto power is exhausted, royal assent follows. Supporters note defense fund contributions from the United Irish League of America and a two year window until third passage after its May 9 1913 intro.
The Boston & Maine railroad presidency resigns Charles S. Mellen citing inability to handle multiple presidencies. The article notes his strength as a railroad executive and signals a shift toward New Haven leadership. Morris McDonald will become the new president of the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads, bringing 17 years on the Maine Central and strong qualifications.
The piece notes Senator Cummins seeks to criminalize impersonation via telephone to shield public officials. It argues the proposal targets con artists and would impose fines and imprisonment. It also questions why private citizens would not require similar safeguards or licenses for phone use.
Newt-I shared a tongue twisting limerick sequence as Newton Newkirk tests read alouds. The friend attempts increasingly tangled versions, ending with stumbles about slig sprit and blig spit sprit, while Carol Vox observes.
A compact bristling one liner notes a sharp critique of chatter and rash action, implying loud voices lack thought. The quip frames a caution about heedless talk behind bold claims.
The Bingville Bugle reports a humorous rural hoax about a horse liniment claimed to treat both animals and people. A spoof physician vilifies the joke while British critics remark on the editor’s spelling and the medical mix up.
John Warne Gates born 1855 rose from a small town hardware job to found a vast barbed wire empire and gamble big on stocks on race tracks and cards. He sought a United States Steel director seat but was rebuffed by J Pierpont Morgan and later helped orchestrate a steel trust idea with Charles M Schwab.
Ezra and Mary face ruin as a mortgage looms and a move to the poorhouse seems certain. Mary finds $2000 in gold coins in Ezra’s old trousers, changing their fate. Ezra uses the windfall to clear the debt and keep their home.
A comic exchange ties marriage to wages as Professor Carver advocates a five dollar daily minimum to curb marriages. The spoof dialogue shows a couple parting amid pressed financial and social expectations. The piece juxtaposes academic theory with a humorous personal breakup.
Paris sent the first shipment of suffragette trousers to the United States. The import sparks demand from society ladies and suffragettes alike, with the garments offered in silk satin and pongee and noted for their loose fit. The piece recalls prior protests against women adopting men's clothing and urges male volunteers to oppose.
A scornful crowd watched as women allegedly swiped hats shirts collars vests and neckties from men. The latest thefts moved to trousers prompting sharp comments on male resolve and community tensions.
A child recalls a summer mishap at McKenzie's ice cream shop where Ben buys a quart of strawberry first and leaves the ice cream to spoil. The mother explains waiting rules, but Ben returns with a white face as the ruined dessert is tossed. The poem closes with the speaker recalling the three or four women in the grocery and a scolding from mother.
A 19 year old asks about engagement with a future wife and ongoing letters from a past acquaintance. Advice suggests naming the engagement to the other girl to avoid complications, delaying marriage for several years, and weighing whether to focus on one relationship for maturity.
Observations from Newburyport July 4 recall William Lloyd Garrison learning type setting, the Newburyport Herald gear, and a birthplace home. Also covered are Boston bell ringers new guild, Roxbury Latin School site option extended to 1914, Lucy Stone monument fundraising, Radcliffe students aboard the Laconia, Ossipee church reopening, Miss Keller remarks, peony gossip, and local family ties to Princeton Street.
A satirical poem by Walt Mason from 1918 laments rising living costs and wage pressures. It catalogs daily expenses from food to clothing and transport, contrasting modern scarcity with remembered abundance and moral critique of spending. The voice portrays a debtor culture where affluence fades and consumption slows.
The article recalls a time when 60 to 70 hories set off each morning for fishing grounds, now only about six fishermen remain active in Swamp Scott. A Boston Post reader in Japan bought a Boston Daily Post, then resold it for 5 cents, passing through 15 to 20 hands as others bought and sold at the same price.
London July 8 Lady Sackville who won her case in the Sir John Murray Scott suit was very ill at her Hill Street Mayfair townhouse and refuses interviews. Costs cited total 125000 with Sir Edward Carson earning 10500 plus 1050 daily, KF Smith 7875 plus 785 daily, junior counsel fees about two thirds of senior ones.
Daniel Kagno a 16 year old of Dorchester says he made a blackjack in carpentry class at Phillip Brooks School and filled it with lead after taking it from a schoolroom. He faces Dorchester Police Court for allegedly setting a bonfire and carrying a dangerous weapon. He was fined fifty dollars for the weapon charge, appealed, and held in two hundred dollar bonds.
One hundred fifty cadets and seven officers from the Presidente Sarmiento visited Fore River in Quincy to inspect the new Argentine battleship Rivadavia nearing completion. Ambassador Ronnie Nason and Captain De Witt Coffman accompanied the party as the crew from the school ship's other half prepared for a second visit.
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