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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post outlines daily and Sunday subscription prices for 1912, with rates for Canada and foreign copies. It lists postage charges within the Boston district and instructions for payment, along with contact office numbers and general delivery notes.
The Boston Post proclaims ownership of the largest newspaper printing press plant in New England and the world’s largest press, as stated by Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
The Boston Herald is urged to clarify its remark about Champ Clark. The writer notes Clark from Missouri was born in 1850 and was about 13 during the Civil War, questioning the accuracy and context of the pension remark.
Engineer McInnes names Boston Common as his first choice for a fire alarm headquarters to Commissioner Rourke. The public rejects the idea noting that officials and the people decide, and the Common is not an acceptable site for the building.
Pope Pius at 77 is reported by doctors to be in best condition for years. He has overcome recent depression and now looks to a longer, more active life, aided by faith, toil, and a philosophy of conservation. Millions worldwide join in the hopeful outlook.
Representative Norris of Nebraska introduces a bill making import contracts that restrain lawful trade or raise market prices illegal. It provides seizure of offending articles and penalties up to 5000 dollars fine and one year in prison. The measure aims to curb “valorization” conspiracies if the Sherman Act cannot reach them.
Vice-President Byrnes calls the claim clap-trap while Governor Foss cites unfulfilled promises by New Haven officials. He argues for a strengthened railroad commission to ensure future improvements, noting past achie vements relied on promises tied to control of the Boston & Maine through a holding company.
The London Standard reports strong bias against American visitors in several cities as locals describe them as loud, mean, and demanding. A hotel keeper condemns Yankees for always seeking value despite wealth, challenging the view that Americans are spendthrift abroad.
The Lokal-Anzeiger in Berlin is accused of ignorance or obstinacy for claiming Dr Karl Muck is lured by American gold. The piece defends the Boston Symphony Orchestra as peerless and argues Muck will be a free artist in the new post, deserving generous pay, while denying gold as the motive.
The piece cites Theodore Roosevelt advocating a protective tariff but argues the benefit must reach workers. It notes his New Jersey remarks as showing the tariff theory and compares him to Aldrich, labeling him a stand-patter if misinterpreted.
Grandmother tells Brewster’s son that he resembles both parents. She notes he has his mother’s talent for spending money and his father’s genius for not earning it, highlighting a family inheritance of traits rather than wealth.
On Nov. 20 the Norwegian party rested near the Axel Heiberg glacier behind the Amundsen camp. They faced huge crevasses and high ice cliffs as they pressed toward the pole, with 18 of 42 dogs left to haul three sledges after losses at camp.
An All Sorts correspondent reports in Providence that in a hardware store window a display of razors sits before a placard bearing the words observed along the street.
A physician counsels a patient’s husband on the value of exercise. The husband jokes that his wife changes her dress six times daily, illustrating vigorous activity at a watering place.
A New York Circuit Court rebuff to the government over the Brazilian American coffee valorization issue is cited as a catalyst for Congress to show its stance by moving the pending bill. If acted, it would reflect congressional sentiment on the matter.
A quote from the Houston Post notes that to break a man of poker playing you must break him at poker playing, emphasizing the persistence of skill and mental discipline in the game.
A humorous poem about a man torn between romance and Phyllis who is fixated on driving. He admires her independence and mechanical knowledge while hoping for a pause when both her hands are off the wheel. The narrator laments the obstacle of her industry passion.
A reader sermonizes about a letter signed A I Girl praising married men for chasing others. The writer criticizes the idea, urges the woman to leave the man, and condemns the letter as cruel and reckless, calling for the author to find another job and forget the married man.
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