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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1913
Page
10
The Boston Post issue from June 14 1913 as published by Post Publishing Co lists office at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass. The page presents the standard daily newspaper masthead and issue number No 12 Vol 321 with header details of publication location.
The notice lists prices for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions including Daily One year 3.00 Six months 1.50 Three months 0.75 One month 0.25. The Sunday Post one year 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 0.75 two months 0.60 one month 0.80. Canada and foreign rates given. Boston district postage. payments by check or money order to Post Publishing Co.
The notice lists editorial rooms and Sunday and sporting editors, with contact at 1383 Main. It warns subscriptions must be prepaid or discontinued, and advises readers to notify by mail if regular delivery is unavailable. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier signs the notice from 1004 2005 7008 Main and 1383 Main offices.
Quote from Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co credits the Boston Post with owning the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world, highlighting scale and prestige of presses and facilities.
The Japanese seized the American yacht Columbia at Nagahama in a dispute over harbor entry permits. Owner Lundin claims he believed entry was allowed. Tokyo says his interpretation overstepped authority. Officials deem the incident a misunderstanding with no casus belli.
An extensive Georgia landowner proposes 600 acres for Japanese settlers in small farm lots. The land would be leased for 10 years with a clause to clear and cultivate. It does not seek permanent ownership or citizenship, and land would be returned improved after the term. The plan contrasts with Pacific coast sentiments and aims to unlock neglected cultivation resources.
The Boot and Shoe Recorder laments the Supreme Court decision limiting patent holders from penalizing retailers for selling at cut prices. It argues the maker cannot command others to act after ownership transfers and questions the reach of government power over earned goods.
Los Angeles chief of police reports policewomen on duty averaged more arrests than policemen over the past year. He attributes this to women being able to elicit confessions from female offenders, noting fewer violent crimes and a check on social offenses. The remark ties to California women’s suffrage and broader public service impact.
The Senate lobby investigation reveals beet sugar interests have received thousands of dollars in support from Uncle Sam to push against duty cuts. It calls the effort a cool, astonishing performance with a simple method, arguing the case against reductions.
Public documents show beet sugar advocates used government funds and postage to spread their campaign. Postage costs alone surpassed $28,000 as Congressmen push a crusade against a current administration policy, prompting questions about public duty and fiscal responsibility.
In the Stamford accident the track and signals were not at fault. The engineer lacked experience with passenger express work, and brakes on the near-new locomotive failed. The coroner's jury cited the outdated wooden Pullman car as the decisive danger, urging steel cars from Pullman and faster steel rolling stock for safety. The New Haven Railway is ordered to accelerate steel car deployment amid a history of recent rail accidents.
A Washington plan proposes a federal ban on slaughtering calves for food to curb high meat prices. Supporters argue letting calves mature increases meat supply, citing Argentina’s age limits of three years for males and six for females. The article questions Congress authority and whether such a ban would remove delicacies from American tables.
Stealthy Steve penetrates a counterfeiters’ ring disguising as Nip-the-Snipe and captures the gang’s chief General Gonzales. He visits Gabrielle Gireaux, learns she loves him, and plots further moves while the undercover sleuth remembers his business. The scene shifts to the Gireaux residence as Steve awaits Gabrielle.
The parliamentary committee found no evidence of graft by Sir Rufus Isaacs, David Lloyd George, or Herbert Samuel in the Marconi Wireless affair. It said they acted in belief of no conflict with ministerial duty, though stock speculation tied to government matters. The impropriety could threaten the Liberal government's control amid Irish home rule hopes.
London June 13 Romney’s portrait of Lady Anne de la Pole was purchased today for 206,875 dollars by Duveen at Christie’s auction room.
A brief historical series honoring J. Pierpont Morgan, detailing his era as the greatest financier of modern times and outlining his methods, influence, and the lasting consequences on banks, industry, and capitalism.
A sweeping portrait of Charles T. Yerkes from Philadelphia broker to Chicago traction pioneer and London subway impresario. His fortune, once over 20 million, collapsed to under 1 million after legal and liquidation costs. His widow received about 900 thousand with remainder to heirs.
Boston fire history recalls horseless engines with rubber tires and a Maine shipbuilder John G Morse of Bath dies at 93. Reflections on woman suffrage a Western state polling scene, unclaimed deposits at Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, and a Socialist farm near Haverhill with famous visitors. Plus Newburyport firemen remade station reading room, stray cats at Old Granary burying ground, rare coins in Frank T Noble collection, and anglers and anglers reports from Lynn and Hudson communities.
Steve quips Gimlet Gonzales is canned and preserved as the line hints at more trouble. Gabrielle gasps, growing pale as the scene sets up a jailhouse twist to be continued in tomorrow's Sunday Post.
A 1913 poem by T. A. Daly paints a lazy afternoon in June. The speaker rests in a shaded nook beside a cool brook and muses on returning to long walks, tempted by the brook’s singing to swim yet bound by the hassle of changing clothes.
A verse by Walt Mason mocks the bore who repeats a long humorous tale endlessly. The speaker grows weary as the anecdotal roamer guards his worn yarn, promising to tell it again despite the fading afternoon and fading amusement.
A 22 year old woman writes that after two years of close companionship her gentleman friend kissed her and then suggested they part. The columnist argues their long period of “keeping company” implies they are lovers and that her self respect requires boundaries, warning that her reaction may have pushed him away. The piece defends the suitor’s behavior as natural given the established closeness.
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