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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
14
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with U S and Canada and foreign pricing. It details vacation mail options, address changes, and payment instructions including checks and money orders payable to Post Publishing Co.
Dr. Anna H. Shaw, prominent woman suffrage leader, refuses to pay taxes on her automobile while lacking voting rights. The piece argues this stance defies the law that taxes are owed by all property holders and notes it is poorly timed as states vote on women’s suffrage.
Rhode Island Company street car workers strike in Providence and across the state over pay and hours. They demand arbitration with all arbitrators chosen by themselves, a move criticized as non arbitration and likely to cause public hardship until settlement.
Alaska records show 10 days near 90 degrees with 100 degrees on summer streets in Juneau while locals note 20 hour sunshine and shifting winds. Forest fires rage along Lynn Canal as glaciers drip unusually fast, prompting residents to seek lighter routines and celebrate the heat.
The German government admits responsibility for the torpedoing of the neutral flagless steamer Nebraskan, calling it an unfortunate accident and offering compensation. Washington reads the move as a potential softening of earlier threats, with no guidance yet on broader cases like Lusitania. If Germany avoids attacking neutral ships without warning, the dispute may progress toward settlement.
The article notes US dependence on German dyestuffs for textiles and reports Wisconsin based Edison process yielding aniline dyes equal to German products at lower cost. South textile manufacturers urge protective tariffs on German chemical works amid wartime supply shifts and renewed industrial drive.
President Wilson takes time to study Berlin’s note on submarine warfare, reading and rereading the document to interpret its meaning. Some partisan newspapers urge faster action, but the public prefers careful, unhurried statesmanship and rejects hasty stamping.
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission orders laundries to pay beginner women at least $6 a week and those with a year or more of experience at least $8. It notes laundry work is hard and damaging to health, and that decent toilets are considered in the decision. The decree reflects justice and avoids sentimentality.
A Beatrice letter and response describe a plot to seduce Horace’s fiancé Beatrice by dining with him to provoke jealousy. Beatrice asks Newton to pretend affection at a Boston cafe to push Horace toward marriage despite his 25 year old father’s opposition. The plan risks violent response if Horace intervenes.
A collage of notes from Boston and Northfield covers weather, insurance claims, missionary conferences, and local curios. Topics include Eben Draper and Charles Barton policies, Moody and Sankey fame, Laura White’s China mission books, Ettor’s wage talks, a Massachusetts soldier’s son, suffrage stamps, and Canada’s road funding amid war chatter.
The article quotes a 19th century resident noting historic Boston temperatures on the 16th of July. Official records list the ten year span from 1905 to 1914 with highs ranging from 70s to 92 and lows from the upper 50s to 69, with weather varying between rain, clear, and part cloudy.
Nearly 250000 was spent on coronation robes with Napoleon in a gold embroidered red coat and purple velvet mantle. Josephine wore white satin glittering with diamonds and pearls. The ceremony lasted four hours and left Napoleon eager to shed the regalia for a grenadier’s uniform.
A 19 year old girl asks whether to marry a poor lover despite parental wealth expectations. The response argues parental aims for a stable match, notes her youth, and suggests delaying marriage for two to three years while the suitor improves his prospects.
Fragments describe someone flying and potential danger but lack clear details. The text shows garbled words and incomplete thoughts making attribution of events or entities impossible. No identifiable people places organizations dates or outcomes are present.
Poet Walt Mason depicts E Z Marks spurning local ventures for distant deals in copper oil wells cloves and Greenland groves. He chases Wall Street style profits while his wealth dwindles, as a town’s ginseng mills keep earning coins for the community.
Paragraph points note quality of China silk and medium weight linen. Belted suits suit early fall, striped and plaid waists appear. Handkerchief shapes popular, pockets shown in upcoming fashions. Bathing caps and coats in black and white net with scalloped lingerie dresses. Short circular basques braid, top coats chic with silk galon. Tiny checked silks favored. muslins and crepons favored by Parisiennes. Hats and parasols in die or muslin taffeta. plain and striped linen smart. tennis shirts in heavy blend.
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