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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
14
The Defiance cannot join today's trial races after a rig accident. Still, the tri-city boat will race the other two yachts in Long Island Sound, with many weeks expected before any defence decisions. Yachtsmen anticipate exciting sport ahead.
Spring arrives in New England with uncertain certainty as the sun rises earlier and gardens sprout. The piece muses on belief, delay, and shared anticipation, noting blooming trees and the young moon over a quiet garden gate.
The proposed command of Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher to lead the first division of the Atlantic fleet follows his Vera Cruz record. Secretary Daniels cites Fletcher as a balanced, determined officer suited to the volatile situation amid European tensions and U S maritime interests.
The piece argues Congress consider a Development Board for Alaska to unify administration of land, forest, roads, mines, education, and interior affairs. It envisions consolidating powers from various agencies including fisheries, water power, road building, railroad telegraph rates, game and fur management, and public lands under one body. The aim is to accelerate territorial growth beyond its mining camp origins.
A sweeping plan envisions intensive development of deposits, coal, oil, gas, hot springs, timber lands and timber. The proposal aims at comprehensive, intelligent growth across resources and regions.
The governor's message to the Legislature presents two parts. First, a plan allowing trustees to take control of the Boston and Maine via the Boston Holding Company and a referendum on state power over the stock. Second, a speculative idea to form a new company uniting the Boston and Maine with leased lines, though owner consent and value of new shares raise doubts. The report notes public interest and calls for informed discussion and possible action.
After a ten day stay in America and nine months away, Colonel Roosevelt says he is not wholly pleased with the Democratic administration. He notes no anti trust laws passed yet by Democrats, recalls his own record, and argues tariff reform needs progress. He warns that mere criticism is easy and promises sharper input upon return to politics.
The Boston Post published 444 columns and a photograph of the Empress of Ireland disaster on May 29, sending reporters and a photographer to Rimouski Quebec. The paper led rivals in promptness, reliability, and space, providing the first actual action photographs to a New York newspaper.
Lexington June 1 Dr W Godfrey Hunter former Congressman and United States Minister to Guatemala and Honduras announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States Senator to succeed the late W O Bradley.
A humorous poem fragment notes that Huerta and his band could be canned, mediators travel to South America, and the world resume its ordinary path. It jokes about dancing and physical energy as romantic pleasure over labor, while imagining garden chores as less romantic.
A reader challenged Newkirk’s claim of slaying 32 mountain lions in one day, accusing him of lying. Veritas defends the boast, insisting on truth and pressing for direct confrontation to settle the dispute.
A clipped dialogue mocks weather clerks and fashion, with jests about damages and hats. Banter touches on responsibility, noise from trim, and gout as a boastful quip in a light social scene.
A photo essay extols Carcassonne as a nearly unchanged medieval fortress city near the Mediterranean. It notes double walls, Visigothic and Frankish heritage, and a shrinking upper town with few residents as modernization advances. The piece cites Henry James on leaving Carcassonne and previews the next feature on Nimes’ old Roman aqueduct.
A collage of reader letters and notes from Massachusetts echoes. Mentions of a London penny coffee scene, a West Highland terrier dog, traffic on Commonwealth Avenue, anticipated presidential visit to Cornish, and federal photography of Revolutionary records. Also recaps school naming, choral and musical efforts, pineapple syrup danger at fires, a May whale sighting, and a Cape Cod Canal real estate tour invitation.
The poem laments a dangerous driver who speeds along the road near the speaker’s home and harms property and animals. Walt Mason notes the driver shows contempt for slower travelers and should face legal consequences for the wrecks caused.
Will, newly courting after meeting on a trip, spends a week dancing canoeing and winning favors from a sweet girl known as Dutchy whose real name is Katherine. A moonlit walk leads to a kiss and Will suddenly discovers her real name, leaving him fainted.
Paragraphs describe hat styles with two toned pleated tulle brims Watten shaped hats pompadour ribbons and ostrich quills. Sailor hats winged crowns gowns decorated with semi precious stones petal hems long sashes in velvet and chiffon. Warm browns blues stone beige and green top the palette.
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