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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
12
An unnamed critic doubts John L Sullivan will be honored in Boston’s Hall of Fame, arguing the omission shows haste and noting Sullivan’s stature as a prominent Boston figure while he remains alive and active. The piece urges patience as time tests the choice.
The piece critiques a proposed American gesture to Switzerland inviting a naval vessel to the Panama fair. It notes the jest of James Jeffrey Roche and questions the prudence of Minister Stovall while contrasting with George Fred Williams. It suggests the lakes and Swiss battles are recalled in the joke rather than policy.
The piece notes weak Progressive enthusiasm for a Republican fusion with Richard Washburn Child. Republicans want Moose absorption under favorable terms and a reunion with the wanderers, while Progressives refuse to play prodigal and resist surrendering influence in Massachusetts.
A column notes rising killings and injuries from careless driving during holidays. It cites a wild deer crossing the Hudson from Palisade Park into Hastings, then run over on Main Street and shot. It also recounts a Poughkeepsie physician struck by a bee that spooked his car into a tree, with the wrecked auto and hospital visit.
The article notes a much smaller flight of brown-tail moths this year and reduced activity around outdoor lights. Observers offer theories about winter nest warfare, a cold spring, or natural enemies causing the decline, but no definitive cause is given.
Fragmentary line notes trown tails are not present in life and suggests the nuisance may vanish soon. The text hints at an improving situation without detailing causes or dates.
Washington observers hail President Wilson's diplomacy as Huerta flees and the A B C mediation succeeds. Critics and Roosevelt had doubted the plan but the first test ends in triumph, with the policy credited for preventing war and stabilizing Mexico.
A playful poem fragment questions hairstyle tricks from a fashion figure and mocks busy talkers. Nods to hairpins backcombs nets and sans accessories while shifting to a call to let George speak when business begins.
The writer laments stamps with poor adhesive after a stamp clerk’s testy exchange and a rush to mail five letters. He imagines postage stamps with flavors like strawberry and vanilla and urges the Postmaster General to improve gum and reimburse him 20 cents.
The challenger Shamrock IV left Portsmouth on a 3700 mile voyage to the Azores with royal escort by Erin. Sir Thomas Lipton plans worldwide coverage as Shamrock IV aims to advance naval design in pursuit of the cup, nine years after the last Lipton attempt.
Recognition of women's usefulness in public roles is shown in Marlboro where two women are sworn as police officers and equipped for duty. In Atlantic City a district court judge relinquished the bench to a wife who then delivers the judgment, confirming the evolving authority of women.
A poetic tribute celebrating Lady Summer as a playful, sunlit presence. The verse praises her smile, gardens, orchards, and cheerful chorus of birds. It evokes April youth, June dignity, pink phlox in hair, and memories of spring’s first kiss.
Elijah Van Duyne of Towaco walked 20 miles to Boonton to visit old friends and prove he is in good health despite temperatures around 100 degrees during the scorching July afternoon.
Henry J. Gibbons age 19 of 39 Linwood Street Arlington died suddenly yesterday noon while held in the city prison on drunkenness charges. He was arrested by Patrolman Wyman Division 3 in the forenoon and later confined.
The article tours Lexington Common in June sunshine with monuments and the famed boulder marking the Minutemen line. It recalls Paul Revere's ride, Hancock and Adams, and Captain Parker's order as Major Pitcairn faced a rising conflict that sparked the American Revolution.
A string of vignettes covers legal costs abroad, beach attire reactions near Boston, a Lusitania reunion with a clergyman, mountain wind damage, a fisher girl, Salem coal fires, a wedding gown scene, bluefish returns, veterans at a cadet camp, a colonial coin find, Canopic charity aboard, and local transport and fog observations.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason from 1914 laments wheat abundance in western plains while farmers grieve over worries of poor autumn crops. The poem contrasts bumper yields with anxiety about weather and price, ending with a wry, nostalgic note.
The bridge linking Onset Bay Grove to Point Independence handles peak summer traffic as the Cape gateway. A highway commission count showed the old wooden Point Independence bridge carried more vehicles in last summer than any other bridge in 1¢ of the state's 14 counties.
A young man in his second year at college asks if visiting an engaged woman is dishonorable. He notes the betrothed lives far away and defends continued friendship as beneficial, but warns steady visits may invite gossip and test loyalty, potentially creating disloyalty.
They are bound by conditions to have a more tender feeling for one another than friendship allows, implying deeper moral duties and emotional bonds beyond mere companionship.
A letter exchange discusses a man who avoids taking a woman to events yet sends cards and remembrances. The girl has other male friends and questions whether his lack of invitations signals casual interest or indifference. The respondents view his actions as noncommittal and not deeply interested.
Paragraphs describe fashion trends with plain and stripe fabrics in tub frocks, tunic bathing suits, and morning wear sailor hats. Bodices lose their blousiness while pale pink or white felt hats appear for seasides. Corduroy sports skirts in white or pale tan and colored handkerchief linen blouses gain favor as new flaring skirts show up in white or colored fabrics.
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