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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
10
The Boston Post issue from June 21, 1913 presents daily news coverage with local Boston items. It features typical urban reporting, societal notes, and brief notices reflecting the era’s newspaper style and regional focus.
The notice lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including daily one year eight dollars, six months one fifty, postages, Canada and foreign rates, and payment instructions. It notes second class matter, sender’s risk, and checks payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly notify us by mail at once. E. A. Grozier Editor and Publisher.
Robert Hoe announces that the Boston Post now owns the largest newspaper printing press plant in New England, highlighting the largest press in the world as part of the claim. The statement emphasizes the paper's industrial footprint and prominence in printing.
Harvard crews yesterday extended Yale’s long losing streak on the Thames with a decisive win signaling Crimson strength. Yale’s attempts at new styles and coaching failed to turn the tide as they seek a return to old power. The day’s outcome adds zest to today’s Brooklyn baseball clash where Yale aims for consolation and Harvard to finish the season strongly.
The Commoner editor Bryan argues that while citizens and interests may appear before congressional committees to seek their dues, the public deserves transparency. He favors registering legislative agents with clear labels of the interests they represent, aligning with best practices in many states to counter underground lobbying and promote a square deal.
The mayor issues an order permitting women and children to use the heavier turfed grass of the Common to protect the newly seeded areas. Adults may still limit traffic to mature sod, with mothers urged to keep the velvet carpet from becoming threadbare through careful use.
A 1913 legislature review praises child labor reform and pensions while condemning railroad influence, noting a mix of good and bad measures. The feature continues with Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth fleeing Paris catacombs and resurfacing in the River Seine to devise a grand plan to nab counterfeiters.
In New Rochelle on Tuesday last John H. Trenor, noted for designing and building the first apartment house in New York, dies. Flats have long blessed moderate income families by replacing harsh tenements but a shift back toward bungalows and concerns over the three flat structure are noted as housing evolves.
Airbrake expert from Lackawanna railway declares Engineer Doherty not competent to operate the locomotive that struck the Pullman Skylark at Stamford last week, citing failure to control speed and improper braking procedures.
The article argues that Doherty's early warning that brakes were faulty should have prompted action. It states that testing after the wreck does not excuse the failure to inspect or replace the braking system, noting a misfit between Doherty and the brakes and criticizing road officials for inaction.
Department of Justice guidance from Washington state declares the Webb law not a criminal statute and thus not prosecutable in federal courts. It notes previous views by Taft and Wickersham and says enforcement hinges on Supreme Court rulings on interstate commerce and penalties.
Chancellor Lloyd George and Attorney General Isaacs offer frank apologies over the American Marconi stock ticker affair. The open admission of indiscretion weakens Conservative claims, and may save the Liberal government and the home rule bill from collapse.
A timely series examines how great fortunes were built and what became of them, prompted by the death of J. Pierpont Morgan, hailed as the greatest financier of modern times.
William H. Moore, estimated at 50 million dollars with 2.5 million yearly income, would pay about 100000 annually under proposed new tax rates. His brother James H. Moore could owe 50000 to 70000. The Milwaukee born financier helped create Diamond Match, National Biscuit, American Tin Plate, and several steel firms, and led the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railway expansion. He is also famed as a prominent horse owner and North Shore club member.
The Observant Citizen notes summer delights with home grown peas at 75 cents a peck and reports on Boston officials vacationing. Detective James Grady is named commodore of the new State police craft to enforce muffler laws on Boston harbor. Harvard ’88 class badges in the shape of African butterfly wings form a unique reunion tribute.
A digest of recent fiction and poetry notes several new works. Our Book of Memories by Justin McCarthy and Mrs. Campbell Praed details Irish home rule politics and social life with letters and anecdotes. The Fringe of the Desert author M Lukach offers Turkish Rhodes stories, while The Bird of Time introduces Sarojini Naidu with a lyrical India inspired debut.
Three separate kitchen notes from Annie Craig Bertha R Copeland and Hattie Wilcox include a meat shin beef pie method with a biscuit crust and four hour simmer, a butter sugar cake with optional raisins nuts citron, and a quick baked egg yolk on toast with parsley garnish.
A dated verse piece contrasts a love quest with Indigenous imagery and a tobacco shrine. The narrator recalls a prelude of romance with pelts and beads, then shifts to present longing for his beloved who brightens his life, merging historical myth with a modern flame. The tone mirrors early 20th century poetry with ornate phrasing and a wistful quest for union.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason laments vacation mischief and the aging narrator's longing for youth. It contrasts children's carefree exploits with an old man’s cost-counting view of summer fun. The piece notes 1918 copyright by George Matthew Adams and borrows playful rhymes about Rule of Three, fruit theft, and hilltop pranks.
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