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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
12
Local Boston daily paper dated June 12, 1913 reports news from the city and region. Includes notices, advertisements, and columns typical of a daily issue from the Post. Points to city events, public notices, and community updates of June 1913.
The notice lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including daily one year three dollars, six months one fifty, and shorter terms. It also covers Canadian and foreign rates, Boston district postage, and payment methods including checks and money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO.
Notices remind subscribers to pay in advance and threaten discontinuation at expiration. Provides address for the newspaper office at 1383 Main and lists editors and departments including Editorial Rooms and Sporting Editors.
The Boston Post claims ownership of the largest newspaper printing press plant in New England and the largest press in the world, according to Robert Hoe, president of R Hoe & Co.
The text condemns enemies of Turkey for assassinating Schefket Pacha, the Grand Vizier and Minister of War, arguing the act harms national unity and weakens Turkey amid Balkan pressure. It questions what profit can come from the murder and notes the impact on morale during ongoing conflict.
The article lauds the complete exoneration of the defense counsel in the dynamite planting trial by judge and district attorney. It agrees the inquiry into Juror Shuman remains essential as he alleged a bribe and calls for finding the bribe-taker.
Boston hosts two colonels next week with Colonel Roosevelt speaking at Hayes Square Outing Club dinner and at a midnight public address at Charles Town armory. Colonel Bryan holds dinners with the Literary Union and faces a public meeting effort to ensure his voice is heard amid the rival schedules.
After the Charlton ruling the Supreme Court backs returning murder prosecutions to Italy and urges revising the one sided extradition treaty. The article argues Italy should be required to honor American laws and surrender Italians who commit crimes here, matching justice demands.
Proposals for a safe and spectacular Glorious Fourth in Boston take shape through a conference. A program aims to combine a traditional birthplace of liberty speech with modern commercial interests, including illumination of central Boston by business houses and participation from special organizations.
A description of a planned event featuring red, white and blue decor as a beautiful patriotic spectacle. Details emphasize its visual appeal and national pride without naming participants or a date.
Governor Foss vetoed the trolley merger bill, arguing Massachusetts must not surrender itself to New Haven control. He questions expediency, the financial safeguards, and whether funds would serve public needs, urging legislative support to sustain the veto.
Stealthy Steve the Six Eyed Sleuth corners General Gimlet Gonzales after a rooftop fall hoax and traps the counterfeit king. Steve escorts Gonzales to police headquarters and secures his arrest while securing a forged notepaper commission. A postlude awaits as a distant whistle signals the next move.
The piece warns that weakening amendments to the tariff ban on importing plumage and bird skins may be offered, including a proposal by Senator Clapp to exempt birds killed as food or pests. It argues this would invite fraud, harm game and pest species, and notes Audubon societies and naturalists will oppose the amendment and likely defeat it.
A meeting at the Copley Plaza brings together three Eastern rail presidents Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Brown of the New York Central and Rea of the Pennsylvania. They will explain why freight rates should rise and invite questions in a heart to heart conference with the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
The piece notes Friday the thirteenth 1913 as a calendar curiosity. Wall Street brokers plan a Thursday close for a long weekend to dodge the date. A Middletown pastor offers free marriages to couples arriving tomorrow, while Fate, it says, follows no human calendar.
The wealth and vast landholdings of the Duke of Buccleugh and Queensberry are detailed, including Scottish estates and English properties. The piece notes the suffragette bomb scare at Dalkeith Palace, the family’s lineage from Sir Richard le Scott, and the current duke born in 1837 with five sons and two daughters, heir the Earl of Dalkeith.
In the Daily Post excerpt Steve leaves a hotel and enters the Counterfeiting Department through secret passages. He proclaims that keeping eyes and ears open can add to one’s knowledge. The postscript notes the author’s wary humor about thrilling chapter endings.
A narrator muses on choosing between two women, Angela a beautiful singer with a charming voice and Carlotta a hardworking non-singing figure who can carry wood. He praises Angela’s looks and singing while admiring Carlotta’s strength and practicality, hoping for one to be his wife. The tone is playful and affectionate.
In Brussels on June 11 the Belgian premier announced plans to borrow 62.8 million dollars to cover military expenditures. He stated Belgium would not meekly become a battlefield again and warned that Antwerp would serve as an impregnable fortress if war breaks out, challenging guarantors of neutrality.
The Observant Citizen notes the federal purchase of outer Brewster harbor defense land will force Freeman De Gaust, a long-time island fisherman, from his 18 acre home. De Gaust, known for charging visitors a dime to tour the island, must vacate after owner Benjamin Dean sold to the government.
The lamenting verse ends with Walt Mason musing on gloom and bile then seeks relief in boneset tea and sassafras. He rails at critics and poets, then finds cheer in simple cures, calling specialists in spleen to ease his woe. The piece captures early 20th century humorous reflection on mood and remedy.
Former Boston College treasurer and rector of St. Mary s Church in the North End fans plan a warm homecoming. Friends will help honor his work and join in celebrating the completion of the first building of a great university he labored to create while in Boston.
A cultural portrait covers Ellen Key as a rising force in feminism, defended by Louis Nyström-Hamilton and opposed by European suffragists. It notes Miss Braddon's enduring fame, her son W B Maxwell, and Mrs Maxwell’s praise of Maxwell’s General Mallock's Shadow, while highlighting Mrs Thompson as a famed department store proprietor and a commentary on heredity and literary fame.
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