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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
13
The Observant Citizen notes Harvard football captains planning a jolly New York week ending with the boat race in New London. It mentions Sir William Pepperrell and the John Bray house in Kittery, Maine, and tells local tales of hens in Walpole New Hampshire.
A Weymouth reader notes a memorial gift of 400 volumes and $1000 income for books, funded by the Tirrell will to honor Dr Norton Q. Tirrell. Charlestown pride in the Bunker Hill monument is tempered by few visitors reaching the summit, while local doctors line Doctors Row on Seaver Street. A Franklin Park Zoo volunteer screech owl arrives, and Gov. Foss aide Joseph Weeks becomes vice president of Portsmouth Coal Company.
A poem by G. T. Mason published in Scribner's reflects urban night scenes. Black roofs loom under a lurid sky as garish lights blaze while a human swarm moves through fire lit streets chasing desire and memory. A House of God and a lone spire overlook the crowded avenues as death lingers at the board.
A long column recalls figures tied to New Hampshire and Boston including Ichabod Goodwin as Governor and connections to railroads, Admiral Dewey, and local officials. It also catalogs recipes and household tips shared by readers, with notices of staff changes, school athletics, and the return of families from Europe.
Two hundred fifty seven members of the 1912 class graduated at Princeton University today in its 165th commencement ceremony in Princeton New Jersey. Honorary degrees were awarded to William Dean Howells and George Herbert Palmer with Mahlon Pitney of the United States Supreme Court presiding at the alumni luncheon following the ceremony.
William H. Crapo died at his home aged 73 after a year since an acid attack at his lodging house on Massachusetts Avenue. The incident involved two Harvard students who were seeking a girl there. Crapo will be buried this morning following his death on Monday.
The note hints at an intriguing image to be featured in the upcoming Sunday edition. It promises another visual curiosity to captivate readers of the Post.
A fragmentary chart names I Gecese R White P Fish aeture F Estabrook Gen F S Streeter Frederic E Snow George G Crocker with Thomas P Beal John Mason Little Col William A Gaston. The partial list suggests a 19th or early 20th century group of notable individuals.
A reader from WalthamMass writes to the Post praising Uncle Walt’s Beautiful Things as an outstanding piece. The letter notes a forthcoming feature in the next Sunday Post starring Kaptin Kiddo Muggsy Willie Brick Bodkinson Percy and Hank the Hermit as a remarkable group of fun makers.
Work on the New Southern New England railway roadbed began in Providence at Sassafras Point with a steam shovel. Construction is also underway in Woonsocket Lonsdale and Saylesville as part of the Grand Trunk project.
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