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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
12
Major-General Goethals reports arrival in New York from Colon asserting that the Culebra hills slides at Gaillard cut have been deflected. He says the canal is navigable to 30 foot drafts and will not be closed again, securing its role in international shipping, with completion of recent works improving passage.
In Parliament Mr. Asquith announces Whitsuntide observance is postponed by two months due to urgent munitions production. The move affects Christian and Jewish Pentecost celebrations and hints at war’s expected end before August 8, the current Whitsuntide date.
A nationwide surge of loyalty marches unfolds with the Chicago preparedness parade drawing over 130,000 participants for a nearly 12 hour event. Similar demonstrations occur in Providence with 50,000, Hartford with 17,000 under rain, and New Orleans with 35,000, all signaling a united national sentiment.
Fragment shows "in Utah 10,000 at Salt Lake City" and notes a very significant meaning. No further context or entities are readable to establish a concrete event or subject.
The Philadelphia Reserve Bank reports widespread complaints that higher wages reduce productivity and curb profits, yet data show the Steel Trust and other large firms hiring more workers and posting record profits. It questions the view that the economy suffers loss and argues that employing more labor yields better results in the current boom.
The Clayquot tribe of Indians in British Columbia thrives in native textile crafting using natural dyes from swamp mud for jet black alder bark for red and pink hemlock for brown grape root for yellow and other local sources. If patented this process could rival German dye imports and aid manufacturers troubled by supply delays.
George von L Meyer declares Big Business favors the colonel and signs of backing grow rapidly. Progressives once vilified Big Business, opposing it as Armageddon and social justice, but now face a shifting stance as the phrase gains prominence.
The Civil Service Commission announces vacancies in government service for U S citizens. Posts include Chemist at Watertown Arsenal salary 1400 a year Assistant shop superintendent at Portsmouth navy yard salary 6 a day Assistant chemist at Washington navy yard salary 3 84 a day two positions Inspector of weights and measures at the bureau of standards salary 1000 to 1600 a year Assistant sanitary engineer in the Public Health Service salary 1600 a year Translator of foreign customs tariffs in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce salary 1200 to 1400 a year Oceanography scientist in the bureau of fisheries salary a year District assistant in forest education Agriculture salary 1500 Lawyer and carpenter at Sho shone Indian Agency Wyoming salary 840 a year. Both men and women eligible.
The quote notes 1899 heat at 82 degrees on June 5 and 1906's 83 degree record. It recalls a 45 degree low in 188 and 1891, and 48 degrees on this date in 1910. It also mentions rainy days on this date in 16 years, including heavy rainfall in 1909.
A Chicago seminary of young ladies vows to shun any man with a Chaplin style mustache urging others to avoid kissing such men. The column also shares humorous clippings about odd ads and notices from various papers, illustrating quirky lost items and humorous rural jokes.
The article reviews the public shaming of Hero in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Claudio and Don Pedro expose Hero at the wedding, Hero's innocence is denied, Beatrice and Benedick react with loyalty, and Friar Francis urges concealment to protect Hero.
The Oldest Inhabitant reviews May 1901 rainfall in Boston, notes 6.31 inches for the wettest May, compares with 0.97 inches in May 1879, and observes June to August rainfall as 16.04 inches. Also mentions Attorney Charles H. Innes' role at the Republican national convention and Harvard’s Robert M. Yerkes staying in Cambridge. A boy testifies in Divorce Court, Gypsies in Lee arrive by auto, Payson French in Bedford shares clock lore.
Readers ask about current home ports for Virginia Tennessee and Utah battleships, John McCormack's languages and opera work, and the Boston buildings known as the Cradle of Liberty and Sanctuary of Freedom. Faneuil Hall and Old South Meeting House are cited as the sites.
A devoted mother supports her son Harry Boyden as he completes medical studies. She endures fatigue and sacrifice to fund his education and care for the family, culminating in his graduation and a shared honor that honors her unwavering devotion.
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