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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
14
Four thousand members of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America gather in Toronto for their annual convention. Reporters note the hospitality of the Canadian city and praise the group for keen ability and knowledge of public wants. The Boston Pilgrims are cited as sharing these traits.
King George grants Lord Kitchener of Khartoum an earldom for military genius. His leadership kept the empire intact during a critical period, marking a rise in professional merit over traditional privilege. The distinction is personal and places him among Britain’s high aristocracy.
A editorial condemns the easy availability of pistols across New England, citing multiple recent killings including a Providence shooting, the Norton murder, a Boston lawyer’s death, and a Reading fratricide. It urges licensing, recording, and police reporting of every sale and favors prohibiting pistol sales to civilians except soldiers and police.
The Boston News Bureau denounces a city charter rule that bans bond sale ads except in the City Record, calling it a disadvantage. It argues the restriction limits reach for $6,558,000 in bonds and that other cities publicize more freely.
Joseph Hartigan, New York weights and measures commissioner, argues for selling all dry foods by weight. He cites eggs and other items where packaging misleads, noting the Brooks law requires net weight on containers and predicts eggs and bread will be sold by weight, not count.
The new order of things will pay both sides on a weight basis, balancing fairness between dealers and consumers. Dealers may object, but the system aims to treat them as fairly as the public.
A St Louis hardware firm counters a rival by stating 250 US salesmen that its year to date sales are just three fifths of one percent below last year and that June looks set to produce a gain. The letter aims to refute anti administration bluffs and suggests such claims fade when pressed.
The Boston American and Boston Traveler, urged by the Boston Post, will give funds to a Norton Fund committee appointed by Governor David I Walsh. Governor Walsh will chair and donations go to the State House. Inspector Norton died in the line of public duty during an arrest and the public is urged to contribute promptly.
Lieutenant Commander Forbes of H. M. S. Essex went to Rimouski to discuss diving on the Empress of Ireland wreck after a diver died yesterday and the operation may be stopped.
A quirky verse about a Bordeaux duke longing for a title swap and gaining a rich wife from Sam's land with a taunting laugh. A Chicago woman seeks divorce citing her husband’s poker obsession and disputed winnings.
A humorous market vignette recalls buying twelve cantaloupes that proved utterly unripe and tasteless. The seller extols Rocky Ford melons while the narrator compares the fruit to cucumbers and raw potatoes, ending with a verdict that common cantaloupes disappoint.
In Montreal Justice Dunlop ordered the auction sale of the collier Storstad with the owners consent. Storstad rammed and sank the Empress of Ireland near Father Point on May 29 and arrived June 1 at Montreal at the request of Canadian Pacific Railway, owners of the Empress of Ireland.
Directors of the Port of Boston award the dry dock contract to Holbrook Cabot Rollins for 1,846,582.50 and the Commonwealth Pier 1 project to Woodbury Leighton for 658,857.00. Both were the lowest bids submitted for the projects at South Boston and East Boston respectively.
Certificate of incorporation filed in Portland for the Maine Railways Light and Power Company authorized to issue 1 million dollars in stock. Officers named include President Hugh J. Chisholm Treasurer Frank H. Bradford and Clerk Josiah H. Drummond.
The article contrasts Nantucket windmill and New London grist mill built by Governor John Winthrop the younger. It notes New London’s quiet site within a busy city, historic monopoly on grinding, and a brush with Benedict Arnold's fire. It also highlights Connecticut’s summer appeal from coastal resorts to river towns and inland hill country.
The Observant Citizen notes Levi S. Gould, longtime Middlesex county commissioners chair, about to seek re election for a vast 700000 constituency while celebrating his 80th birthday. Other bits praise Lucy Porter and a marble head statue repurposed as garden ornament.
A humorous portrait of the barber's trade describes the barber as calm patient and skilled yet amused by trends. It notes patrons admiring a stylish look and humorously touts tonic schemes while praising the barber's comforting chair and spa like routines.
A reader asks if his fiancée acted improperly when she danced with another man at a social and agrees to meet him later. The adviser says the engagement implies mutual devotion and suggests discussing hurt feelings and setting boundaries, noting the behavior may be forgivable if the matter is explained and not repeated.
Paragraphs describe summer hats with black velvet crowns and blush rose trimming, white organdie blouses with vest effects, and darker colors expected this season. Broadcloth gains for suits and capes, black and white stripes in demand, rhubarb browns and bronze greens noted, plus extensive use of tulle lace and braided trimming on capes and jackets. White feather Paris fans, tortoise shell straw hats for girls, and plumes on wide-brim hats are mentioned as fashionable accessories.
A reader from Lynn Massachusetts supports the Post editorial urging reimbursement by the state or nation for people wrongfully imprisoned. The letter dated June 2 appeals to fair-minded citizens to seek redress from the responsible government.
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