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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1912
Page
12
The Boston The Independent Demo The Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates listed cover daily and Sunday plans, durations, and Canadian foreign postage. Address at 259 Washington St Boston and payment instructions are included.
The Boston Post announces it now possesses the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and claims the largest press in the world. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued on expiration. Readers unable to obtain the Post should notify the paper by mail. Editor B A Grozier.
The piece notes Bunker Hill Day as Boston and Massachusetts heritage with Lexington and Concord linked to the uprising. It highlights parades banquets and social events, public and private decorations, and evening fireworks as the day’s features.
The ICC extends the Sherman era to pipelines, requiring filing of charges for approval. This challenges Standard Oil by opening pipeline access to independent producers and limiting monopoly power. The move strengthens regulation of common carriers and curbs oil monopolies in the American market.
The article reports a national scandal over alleged delegate purchases by rival factions in Chicago. It notes Taft and Roosevelt supporters trading accusations as attacks escalate from talk to insinuations of force, especially involving Southern Republican delegates.
The Massachusetts House defeated the proposed constitutional income tax amendment by 210 to 10. The New York Herald notes the split over taxing wealth, with supporters hoping to share reform nationally, while opponents fear overreach by the wealthy and rich interests.
The article laments Theodore Roosevelt's Chicago trip as a spectacle of political campaigning likened to a ward boss operation. It notes his status as a former president and third term candidate, signaling unusual urban political showmanship.
The piece notes Roosevelt’s personal involvement in pursuing nomination and questions whether his effort in Chicago enhances or harms respect for a third term bid in 1912. It suggests doubts about the dignity of the presidency and friction among Roosevelt’s managers amid the Chicago confrontation.
The article argues Massachusetts Roosevelt delegates to the Chicago convention will vote for Senator Crane for re election to the Republican National Committee. It dismisses opposition as limited and based on misinformation. It asserts Crane acted in square dealing and would not support theft of delegates.
The Chicago Northwestern issues a bulletin urging all staff to treat passengers as guests and provide timely, reliable information during delays. Conductors must inform trainmen of circumstances. despatchers to relay probable arrival times. station agents to seek details from despatchers to assist waiting patrons. The aim is equal respect for all travelers and better service.
The Thaw case returns to court in White Plains as Harry K Thaw seeks to prove sanity and freedom after years of insanity pleas. Supporters say he was never sane. critics fear wealth influences justice and a danger to public safety if he is released.
The exchange centers on a missing half dollar. witnesses recall a slip of coin handling during an exhibition. The Girl and Father discuss a supposed owed amount as improvised magic ends with tension.
Squire Hornbottle chides Newt Neversweat for loafing at the depot and stores while his wife works hard at home. The exchange highlights playful country humor and domestic roles.
On stage Rantamave says he is not himself and Wonite Stanz questions who collected eggs thrown last night. The exchange hints at a disruptive incident impacting the performers and crowd involvement. Police or venue reactions are not detailed in the lines provided.
The article recalls U S occupation of the Canal Zone and the twin cities of Panama and Colon, detailing historical epidemics, French missteps, and early sanitation problems. It contrasts pre cleaned sites with future photographs to illustrate American progress against yellow fever and malaria.
A humorous and rambling vignette contrasts cravings for rich fare with cautionary health talk. A husband pleads for a feast of sirloin and mushroom sauce while a wife cites hygiene laws and milk and prune as safer choices. The piece shifts to a domestic anecdote about a stranger intruding, smoking, and commenting on interiors as the narrator feigns calm.
A heated exchange ends with a spat and a threatened exit as one character demands departure within seconds. A failed kick and a damaged chair follow, ending with the other man walking away with a cigar and a snarled curse. The speaker derides the scene as insanity and delivers a quip about a dinner joke from the Sphinx.
A fragment shows a speaker asking about feeling like a stranger at home, noting varied people make up the world and acknowledging the range of personalities involved. The tone hints at social observation and personal unease.
Miss Geraldine Farrar sent twenty thoroughbred geese he led onto the Metropolitan Opera House stage last winter who are now shipped to William B. O. Fields Highlawn farm for summer. They will swim in the sunken gardens and bask in the sun before returning to the Metropolitan in the fall. The birds descend from the flock credited with saving Rome and include lines from the Nile legend, obtained by special permit from the Egyptian khedivé.
A reader asks about pursuing a 19 year old. the adviser replies she is old enough to be his mother and unlikely to win his heart. The column urges restraint, warns of social disapproval, and suggests waiting for parental blessing or financial independence before any marriage.
A reader signs as DUBIOUS asking Miss Champagne how to handle love for a very plain tall girl with red hair and freckles whom his parents oppose marriage to. He fears parental financial cut off if they elope and seeks guidance on pursuing true love.
A lyric portrait describes Miss June as an idealized figure in cobweb stockings and a gossamer kilt. The speaker follows her through a golden land by coast and sea, tasting strawberry and cherry as a romantic nostalgia for homestead charm and wine bouquet.
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