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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
12
Historic Boston daily reports with local news, editorials, and notices from June 11, 1912. Details include city affairs, society items, advertisements, and regional happenings as compiled by Post Publishing Co. in Boston, Massachusetts.
The note lists pricing for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions including one year six months three months and other terms. It specifies rates for Canada and foreign copies, postage charges in Boston, and that all payments are in advance with notices of discontinuation and contact details for the editor and publication office.
The Boston Post announces it owns the largest printing press plant in New England and claims a world sized press, underscoring its capacity and technological edge.
Governor Foss vetoed the western-trolley merger bill on grounds of policy and competition. The editorial urges the Legislature to sustain the veto, saying the measure would entrench monopoly and harm the public, and commends the governor for a courageous stand.
Governor Foss approves the Grand Trunk bill and argues for strengthened mandatory power for the Railroad Commission. He notes veto would align with New Haven interests and urges Legislature to act before adjournment to empower regulatory authority and reflect public demand.
The report quotes William J. Bryan predicting dual Chicago conventions and a possible Democratic victory in the electoral college if Roosevelt and Taft split the GOP votes. It also notes the rare scenario of no candidate securing a majority, sending the decision to the House with a Senate role if needed, reflecting 1824 style politics.
An editorial argues both sides must recognize the four parties involved the strikers the workers who stayed with the company the Boston Elevated Railway Company and the public. It urges recognition of collective bargaining respect for law and calls for arbitration and a conciliatory conference to end the dispute without further violence or disruption to public transit.
A historical view of Colon on D street showing American style macadamization and sanitation gains after US oversight of the Panama Canal Zone. The piece cites drastic reductions in disease by cleaning alleys and plumbing upgrades, notes local resistance, and outlines travel routes from New York New Orleans and San Francisco to Colon and Panama with Colon’s bleak early development and the Cristobal suburb as a future focus.
A light farce unfolds across Acts I to IV featuring Clarence Montmorency and Helen Pink in romances on Nantasket Beach and Newport summer settings. The plot centers on mistaken riches, flirtations, and a furniture-store gag with Mr. Slick and Miss Squiggins amid a seaside stage audience.
A critic recalls a man who roughs people with harsh treatment and later accuses them of being outsiders. The description paints him as stern, abrupt, and prone to public confrontations, illustrating a volatile temperament and contentious reputation.
A wartime era style verse extols beauty in acts of kindness over wealth and fashion. The poem contrasts gleaming display with charitable deeds and inner virtue, noting true worth lies in service and love rather than possessions.
A Chicago Evening Post poem recalls grandma’s stately minuet a century ago and contrasts it with her later turkey trot era. The verse frames social dance evolution with playful notes on critics, fame, and changing fashions.
A humorous exchange questions whether a new suit is a perfect fit, joking that the fit is a perfect convulsion. The back and forth captures a playful vanity moment between speakers.
A challenge sparks a public showdown as one man taunts another to a fight for the sake of newspaper attention and business, while the merchant dares him to hit first. The exchange hints at a planned confrontation used to gain free advertising and sudden cash flow.
A fragmentary exchange features Mr Everett Wrest defending an idle life while Mr R E Farmer questions virtue. The oddly phrased lines reference springtime harbinger lines and rural speech.
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