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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
12
The Boston Post dated June 22 1912 reports daily news from Boston Massachusetts. It lists the newspaper’s office address at 259 Washington Street and provides edition details including issue number and volume.
Subscription rates listed for Daily and Sunday editions including domestic and international options. Details cover one year six months and shorter terms with costs in dollars and cents. Notices advise prepayment and discontinuation on expiration and provide contact and postal information.
The Boston Post asserts ownership of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world’s largest press, per Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. The boast highlights the paper's unprecedented printing capacity and industry prominence.
An aged reminiscence recalls General Edward S. Bragg who praised Grover Cleveland in 1884 with the remark we love him for the enemies he has made. The piece notes Cleveland’s absence today and questions whether a modern candidate inspires similar enmity and appeal in Baltimore.
The leaders of the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Japan plan a 300 million dollar loan to the Chinese government. The article argues such a loan will stabilize the republic and curb civil strife, noting the sum is small relative to China’s potential value to bankers and the security backing the loan.
John Wana maker argues to Taft delegates in Chicago that government should be more than a cold profit driven enterprise. He contends the highest sense includes reverence and rights of all citizens, warning that abandoning these qualities leads to penalties.
The discussion argues that sessions should be open to the public, as in other monopoly cases, preserving defendants' rights while ensuring the people’s right to know the government’s actions. It asserts full publicity is warranted if defendants fear oppression.
President Faunce announced Brown University will receive an extra million for the endowment. While subscriptions fall short of the total, a dozen alumni have pledged to cover any deficit. The drive engaged graduates and the wider community, marking a popular support for the university’s work.
Resources of the institution will enable it to assure more generous reward to competent instructors and to advance its labors on more satisfactory lines.
The article argues Justice Hughes would not seek the presidency and stresses the court should stay above politics. It notes the danger of many justices becoming candidates and explores whether a united party would force a nomination upon him.
The plan by Chief Willis L. Moore of the Weather Bureau to send simultaneous meteorological data every few minutes across transatlantic routes won approval at a London conference. England Germany and France backed it as a safety boost for navigation with a high power Washington station to broadcast storm warnings, funded by Congress.
The Chicago National Packing Company dissolves to dodge penalties and raises wholesale beef prices, provoking retailer protests and accusations that packers fix prices. An Eastern dealer notes the control remains strong and questions what consumers can do, suggesting hunger if prices stay high.
Harvard won all rowing races at New London with no accidents or equipment issues. The freshman eights were tightly contested and the varsity eight offered a solid performance under Coach James Wray, marking Harvard’s fifth consecutive annual victory and easing baseball disappointment.
The Boston and Albany railroad will run a Sunday train from Springfield at 8 30 a m to Athol arriving 10 20 a m. The return train leaves Athol at 4 p m and arrives in Springfield at 5 50 p m.
Mrs James D Rogers of W Roxbury received from F D Blebeth the sum of 61 41 secured by subscriptions. This is one of many contributions to the mother of four children since a Post story on her destitution on Feb 29.
An unidentified two week old boy found Thursday in a pew at St. Margaret's Church Dorchester by Henry Heinemeyer sexton has been placed with a family by the State Board of Charities.
A narrator recalls a stiff, formal gathering where strangers awkwardly talk around a circle. A man teases with unfamiliar words such as obsteracity and confabulate, prompting humorous self‑deception about business dealings and vocabulary.
A narrator recounts a humorous exchange about invented words and linguistic bragging. He notes his past difficulty conabulating and his improved ability, and he jokes about agamosity and other neologisms while reading Noah Webster for genuine terms. The scene culminates in a party dispersing as he vows to confront a conversation provocateur with witty words.
A concise reflection notes that a man with the smallest reputation fears loss most because his standing is minimal and fragile. The saying implies insecurity drives defensive behavior and exaggerated concern over reputation.
A verse praising simple, homely contentment in a city life versus seaside and mountain pleasures. The speaker and his wife enjoy good meals and quiet comfort, while admitting they sponge on the wife’s connections. The poem ends with a light jab about social climbing and Daly in the Catholic standard.
The Gatun dam along the Panama Canal is described as a vast embankment one and a half miles long and about 115 feet high. It forms Gatun lake by holding back the Chagres river with a center concrete spillway and electric facilities. Engineers note the foundation is solid earth, not rock, and the dam’s integrity is crucial to the canal’s operation despite criticisms.
The Observant Citizen notes five frosts in seven nights on Cape Cod, causing varying losses to cranberry growers from one quarter to one half. Also mentions Naval Constructor William J. Baxter returning to Charlestown Navy Yard.Miss Alice Worcester leads Worcester kin reunion in Hollis New Hampshire at the 150 year old Worcester house. Councillor Smith backs Dr Donald Gregg for the Board of Health vacancy amid Roosevelt supporters in Massachusetts.
Chief Rich of the Somerville fire department creates a quick baseball squad from men across stations. Lincoln Park serves as the drill ground with two touring cars ready on the sidelines for rapid response if an alarm sounds.
City Hall reports the public grounds department will install sand boxes swings and tilts for children in the South End at Franklin Square Park opposite Franklin Square House. Two instructors will oversee the area with a 5 30 P M curfew and daily dismantling of the swings and tilts.
Readers report buoy No 9 tore from moorings at Dash Point near the Piscataqua River mouth as strong tides test U S anchored buoys. Historian John Albee explains the name Pull-and-Be-Dash. A Boston reader notes gingko biloba specimen in Public Garden near Boylston and Arlington streets.
The narrator notes many arrivals at North Station with mountain laurels. Most bouquet bearers come from towns northwest of Nashua with hundreds of acres in bloom in Milford Wilton Lyndeboro. Councillor Thomas J Kenny is titled Doctor and Fordham College will award him Doctor of Laws at this week's commencement.
After a South Lincoln race meet at A Henry Higginson’s estate, Joseph Collins invites the narrator to ride into Boston with J H Hostetters of Hamilton and others. The countryside roads are fine but Boston streets near Brighton prove rough with ruts and hollows on Commonwealth avenue.
A Boston Post reader finds that 48 years ago Colonel D Pavey of Somerville led the Rome Academy baseball club while Elihu Root served as captain of the first nine, marking a long standing friendship between the two figures.
George S. Wasson of Kittery Point Maine helps head a newly formed society devoted to inland waterways development and reviving the American merchant marine. His son David A. Wasson also shows a strong interest in maritime affairs.
A 1912 Walt Mason poem imagines Las Vegas as a rough boomtown famed for gambling and rowdy crowds but warns that fame brings shame. It contrasts the town’s early wild appeal with a hoped for later culture, schools, and churches and questions the price of its renown.
Friends of a young man say he can name any coast-going vessel once he focuses his marine glasses on a mast peak, a talent rivaling a Nantucket skipper who once navigated fog by tasting sea-bottom particles on his sounding lead.
An invitation notes Miss Laura Drake Gill former Boston dean of Barnard College will headline the l1th biennial Federation of Women's Clubs gathering in San Francisco. She will address vocational training and Boston schools leading the field. Roxbury invites readers to nominate members for the proposed Raus-Mu-Em Club via the column.
James J. Phelan, noted banker and former student, returned to Frothingham Grammar School Charlestown to present diplomas at yesterday’s graduation exercises. It also marked the head master's final day of service.
William B. Atwood recently retired from active duty and praised the presence of his most illustrious graduate at his valedictory. The ceremony highlighted a strong connection between the retiree and his notable alumnus.
John H. Lee of Brighton comments on Mitchell Galvin of the Hub after his appointment as reading clerk at the Republican national convention. He says some Western fellows may beat him as a reader, but he is the best there is in this part of the country.
George M. Harlow, longtime secretarial aide to Governor Foss since his 14th District victory, will soon be in Baltimore seeking news of the Foss presidential bid.
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