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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
14
The 1916 Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada and foreign options. It provides pricing by duration, postage notes within the Boston district, and payment instructions to POST PUBLISHING CO with editor and address details.
The piece argues that Britain and France repudiated the Declaration of London and imposes a new standard for neutral commerce. It notes the burden of proof on neutral shippers and their need to prove innocence in English prize courts, while condemning the lack of fairness among the warring powers.
The New York secretary of state designates terra cotta as the official color for the American party ballots due to scarlet dye shortages from the war. He notes Democrats will use light green and Republicans cherry, while terra cotta offers a modest distinct color among ballots.
The article envisions a fleet of submarine freighters and a vast undersea route. It argues wartime innovations prove air bombing can extend range and suggests applying similar tech to transport goods. It speculates on practical deployment and future trade possibilities across ports.
The article notes a proposed zeppelin service from Germany to America carrying passengers mail and dyestuffs expected to begin in August though the plan may still be uncertain. It argues wartime developments make such an enterprise plausible even if not guaranteed.
The piece argues the Republican message of prosperity rings hollow as ordinary Americans feel affluent. It cites the Chicago Tribune noting prosperity is real and likely temporary, and that voters with money will resist calamity rhetoric. The analysis questions GOP credibility amid rising wealth and confidence.
Judge Landis in federal court at Chicago orders the Associated Bill Posters and Distributors of the United States and Canada to dissolve and cease operations by September 1. The decree bars price fixing, exclusive membership, or hindering competitors and prevents restricting manufacturers from selling to open competition buyers.
The steering committee of the United States Senate agreed to drop the attempt to break down California naval oil land reservations in this session. The article argues the postponement should become permanent to protect a national oil supply for the navy amid speculators and needed oil for oil-fueled vessels.
The Interborough probe prompt questions by the Thompson committee angered August Belmont who called them insulting. He argued wealth confers no shield from inquiry and urged captains of industry to openly disclose concealed operations the public has a right to know.
A Boston observer recalls long running weather records noting the hottest July 14 in 1873 at a certain degree, the recent decade high of 8 degrees, and cool readings of 56 in 1890 and 1895. He also cites past decade lows and rainfall on this date in 1908 1913 and 1915.
A 19 year old from Clearfield Pennsylvania kissed 971 members of the Sixth Pennsylvania on a troop train bound for Mexico. The act took two and a half hours, leaving 60 soldiers unmoved as the train departed. The columnist muses on romance versus statistics and jokes about war sentiment.
A modern reader letter asks if a 28 year old can marry, with sharp witty reply about age and mating. The page then shifts to a dramatic retelling of Henry V and Agincourt with Fluellen Pistol Bardolph and the wooing of Katharine of France leading to union and peace.
A collage of letters and snippets covers teetotalism debates among Yale and Harvard alumni, engagement by flashlight stories, a lunar eclipse clock, praise for Jules Verne’s submarines, and letters from readers about sharks and Navy ships. It also mentions aging locals like Squire Benson of Heath and the MacCall town Indian baby born in Winchester Hospital.
Poem extols the auto bringing country life near to city dwellers. It celebrates freedom, refreshed spirits, and happier marriages as machines let people escape fumes and toil. The verse frames driving as a wholesome, uplifting hobby when used sensibly.
Describes striped and bright color clocks and picturesque frocks with narrow upstands and ribbons. Notes soft pile fabrics in jewel tones used for large loose wraps in period fashion.
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