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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post lists subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions, rates for various periods, and mailing details. It notes Canada and foreign per-copy charges, postage specifics within Boston, and that all payments are in advance with notices to inform if the paper is unavailable.
The Boston Post proclaims ownership of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England including the biggest press in the world. Robert Hoe & Co. backing cited by president.
Secretary Bryan signed the Seventeenth Amendment proclamation with four pens, one for each word of his name and a fourth for the date, and distributed them to Congress members as relics. The act signals a historic reform culmination after decades of popular effort, seen as a democracy advance.
The piece urges the municipal budget to cover milk costs for poor infants and praises Dr. William J. Gallivan for last year's generosity. It lauds the Milk and Baby Association and argues public aid is a fitting municipal duty during the season of greatest need.
An agent for a moving picture firm faced court in New York for enticing schoolboys from class to pose in a scene. He charged 50 cents each as youths played reprobates who cut school, were spanked, and sent to correction farms. He was fined for luring boys from school, highlighting perceptions of cinema’s influence.
A naval inquiry directed by the surgeon general examines a tuberculosis vaccine by Dr. Carl von Ruck of Asheville North Carolina. After over a year of elaborate experiments shown as remarkable by naval inspectors the study moves to broader testing under navy department oversight. The method contrasts with Friedmann serum and aims to restore confidence through demonstrable results.
Census bulletin shows 1910 Indians in United States 265 683 and Alaska 25 331. 1900 totals were United States 237 196 and Alaska 29 536 while 1890 figures were United States 248 253 and Alaska 25 354. The 20 year span 1890 to 1910 records a net increase of 17 430 or seven percent.
The article argues the Indian will not vanish as once feared, noting continued presence and influence despite modern education and property ownership. It dismisses the idea civilization is the red man’s foe, while acknowledging ongoing challenges and changing attitudes.
The Senate committee reviews a Taft era treaty with Nicaragua to secure a permanent US naval base in the Gulf of Fonseca for 3 million dollars and grant an ocean to ocean canal right. Funds will support Nicaragua public works and education, a mutually beneficial bargain.
The article discusses proposed income tax exemptions favoring families. It notes Senate finance committee consideration of keeping a $4000 bachelor exemption while adding at least $1000 for married men to support wives. Senator Williams says the bill favors celibacy, questioning public policy. It also mentions possible exemptions based on number of children and overall economic questions.
Edward Payson Weston plans a 1446 mile walk from New York to Minneapolis in 60 days to celebrate his 75th birthday. He starts at noon from the College of the City of New York and aims to reach Minneapolis August 2 to lay the cornerstone of the Minneapolis Athletic Club. He avoids Sundays and schedules roughly 20 miles a day, with a heavy Monday load and a 55 mile final week push, seeking a new endurance record and promoting the value of walking for health.
A medical view rejects the idea that common childhood illnesses like measles and whooping cough are mere rites of passage. Buffalo data over 21 years show these diseases killed far more people than scarlet fever and survivors often suffer lasting eye ear nose throat and lung issues. Dr Barrows urges public isolation of measles and whooping cough cases akin to scarlet fever controls.
Synopsis of preceding episodes shows Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth entering a band of desperate law breakers by impersonating a dead band member. He is annoyed at a banquet beside the villainess Gabrielle Gireaux when Louie, a band member, appears to have penetrated the disguise.
Steve, a famed detective, realizes Lone-Louie a.k.a. Snip the-Snipe sits nearby at a table with Gabrielle Gireaux. Louie, world renowned for counterfeiting, hints at danger as Steve struggles with impulse to draw his six shooter and the looming threat to his disguise.
A local university professor strolling through Marshall Field's in Chicago walked into a plate glass window while attempting to board a car. He did not catch the vehicle and suffered no serious injuries.
Winfield Kansas June 1 An egg with a double shell is shown by R T Richardson of Winfield. The outer shell resembles a turkey egg and is large, with one end broken to reveal an inner egg about the size of a regular hen egg.
John R. Booth, Ottawa born, built the world’s largest lumber mill and a vast paper output. He once sold a sought after railroad for 14 million and is believed worth 20 million with an estate possibly reaching 30 million. He started with nine dollars, worked into factories, timber lands, and a 400 mile railroad, proving hard work shapes fortune.
A column mixed with readers letters and small-town vignettes references a contest of four leaf clovers found in North Abington, visits by John Wilson to Chapel Hill for a Confederate statue unveiling, Boston University honors for Daniel T. O’Connell, and varied local tales from Cambridge, Hyde Park, and beyond, including fishing trips, a blind squirrel feeder, and Walking matches to Unity Maine.
A poem by Walt Mason argues that removing drinkers would transform society, sparing jails and poverty and restoring happiness. It imagines a country free of pickled people where crime declines and families avoid hardship, contrasting grim realities with a brighter future.
The speaker memorably praises a beloved as the finest rose among many Junes. They contrast fresh summer beauty with a lasting affection, noting passion and sorrow color a timeless love that outshines other blooms. The poem intertwines seasonal imagery with personal devotion.
Charles Halstead Mapes known as Columbia track athlete has published The Man Who Would One Day in the Year Go Eeling. English critic W H Davies, a former hobo, gains prominence with Circumstance. Jack London’s The Abysmal Brute exposes ring corruption and a prizefighters hero revealed by his sweetheart.
Radcliffe College girls petition the national Phi Beta Kappa Society for a local chapter to honor their scholarship. Phi Beta Kappa admits only the top students, with Harvard selecting about 80 high achievers annually, and the key signifies the highest academic distinction.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg, Harvard psychology authority, marked his 50th birthday yesterday. He hosted friends and relatives at his Ware Street home near the college yard.
Dedication exercises for the First Congregational Church Society of their Elm street edifice began with morning services in Braintree. The new church replaces the structure destroyed by fire on Jan 10 1912 and will continue through the week with extended services.
Mrs Willard Spruce of Altadena suffered shock after her 11 month old daughter was hurled from a car over a cliff. The infant was caught by a protruding limb and held by clothing until the father rescued her about an hour later.
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