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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
20
The Boston Post issue of June 13 1918 from Post Publishing Co. announces edition details and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. It lists publication number 11 and volume 821.
Rates list for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions, including durations and prices in dollars and cents. Canada and foreign mailing details noted, with postage and payment instructions. Entitled as Second Class matter at Boston Post Office, all money sent at sender’s risk.
The notice from BE. A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher, lists Editorial Rooms and Sporting Editors at 1004 and 1539 Main and states all subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration. Readers are asked to notify by postal if they cannot obtain the Post regularly.
The Boston Post touts possession of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, per Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. The boast emphasizes scale and prestige in the industry.
The former president Theodore Roosevelt endorses Governor Sulzer of New York in the push for direct primaries. He supports the principle regardless of party, joining Sulzer on the platform to advocate reform and exemplary citizenship.
Citizens are urged to observe Flag Day with heightened patriotism. The Boston Lodge of Elks plans a military parade on the Common, exercises in the city, and an evening banquet featuring Secretary of the Navy Daniels as principal speaker. Residents are asked to display the Stars and Stripes and wear the emblem of the nation.
Mayor Gaynor condemns the practice of open car crowding in New York, urging the Public Service Commission to stop riders from filling spaces in front of seated passengers. He notes other offensive nuisances and suggests authorities in Boston might inform Betterment.
Proposals expand arbitration from a three to a six member board with three chosen by each side and three by a mediation and conciliation board. Arbitration allowed after failed mediation with clear rules. Both railroad employers and employees back the amendments, urging enactment.
The Governor condemns the Washburn railroad control bill as a dangerous bargain that would force Massachusetts to trade with monopolies. He urges killing the measure, arguing it would permit railroad dominance and damage state interests while appealing to public sentiment for repudiation of such legislation.
Stealthy Steve, posing as Snip-the-Snipe, is installed as foreman of a $1000 counterfeit note operation run by General Gimlet Gonzales. He orders the twelve workers who rebelled, knocks out Fire-Eating Phil, then calms the room and declares an arbitration, preparing a planned visit to Gabrielle Gireaux. The scene ends with Steve plotting a call on the Queen of the Counterfeiters.
The Czar of Russia warns the Kings of Bulgaria and Servia to stop war talk or he will intervene emphatically. He deplores the fratricidal war and will not tolerate such a criminal struggle, urging peace.
The speaker argues the Turk is confined to restricted territory and calls for halting further fighting over liberated lands. He warns that continued military presence drains Balkan resources and supports demobilization and arbitration, as Russia has urged, as the proper path forward.
Illinois becomes first state east of the Mississippi to enact broad woman suffrage. The measure, approved 83 to 58 in the House, gives women the right to vote for all statutory offices and presidential elections starting July 1. Governor Dunne says he will sign. A constitutional amendment is needed for Governor and state offices.
Alfred Harmsworth, known as Lord Northcliffe, rose from a penny periodical founder to owner of London Daily Mail, Times, and multiple papers. He built vast mills and transport networks in Newfoundland, created towns, and earned a British viscountcy while praising American adaptability and urging leisure amid rapid media expansion.
The column blends poems about fathers and retirements with school lore and civic chatter. It notes Rev R G Harbutt’s Hymn to Fathers, long service retirements like Elias H Marston’s at Wendell Phillips School, ship news off Thacher's Island, a Phillips to Somerville wedding, a state prison board chairman’s visit, Harvard class names, Quincy Mayor Stone’s busy schedule, and Provincetown news on the Boston Post cane passing to Chandler Cover.
Frederic Harrison recollects 1871 Paris during the Commune siege as a youth in the city. Strindberg is examined as a violent yet revealing literary figure with his autobiography The Son of a Servant. The piece discusses his neuroses and critiques, noting his reverence for Longfellow and the stark honesty of his self-revelation.
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