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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
18
The Boston Post issued March 6 1912 announces subscription rates and payment details for domestic and Canada mail. It lists annual and quarterly prices, payment methods, and notes on discontinuation after expiration. Contact and editorial staff details are included.
Robert Moe of R Hoe & Co declares the Boston Post possesses the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and claims the largest press in the world. The statement highlights a significant capacity achievement for the paper and its affiliated press facilities.
The scene captures a surge of patriotic resolve, where five minutes of shared energy outweigh lengthy arguments. A spontaneous display of unity and emotion leaves attendees inspired and hopeful about collective action.
The Massachusetts House passes a bill for direct election of district delegates to presidential conventions and direct popular vote for delegates at large. The Senate now faces a test on the amended measure as public sentiment favors ending old methods. The core issue is moving voters toward nominating their party’s presidential candidates.
Mayor Gaynor announces to the New York Herald he is not a candidate for president and will leave the field to others. He says the country will likely accept his declaration as sincere and clear, though he may privately question the word candidate.
London authorities seize the militant suffragettes war fund to reimburse shopkeepers for thousands of dollars in window damage from recent attacks. The measure targets those responsible for the violence and uses the fund for compensation, asserting British law on the action.
Boston's home ruled quarantine department is praised as the best on the Atlantic coast after a Portland port had to divert a 500 passenger steamer due to inadequate federal facilities. The piece cites strong handling during the cholera scare and argues the cost is worth the prestige and reliability.
In the national House on Wednesday Samuel Andrew Witherspoon urged preservation of old U S naval flags. The assembly cheered as the relics were unfurled, flags of the Confederacy seen alongside Union banners, and lawmakers set aside party lines to honor American valor.
The Senate ratifies the arbitration treaties but sends them back to Great Britain and France for new agreement. They remove the joint high commission clause which would judge what is arbitral and risks peaceable dispute resolution. The amended form is seen as the best possible under Senate concerns over prerogatives, with hope for a favorable decision from Britain and France.
The Boston Opera managers announce a major price cut for balcony seats next season. By subscribing to 18 performances, patrons can get $2 seats at 1.50, $1.50 seats at 1, and $1 seats at 0.50. This new plan opens first rate opera to moderate means through clubs and other agreements.
The public favors the Grand Trunk entering Boston over its own tracks rather than sharing a right of way with another railroad. Any joint arrangement is seen as confusing and likely to cause trouble, while a direct connection avoids future issues.
Rev. George LAttlefield of Westwood Massachusetts bought an 80 acre Baldwin estate farm in Los Angeles organized a social colony where he serves as treasurer and moved to settle it. A Harvard graduate and former Unitarian minister, he now preaches peace with a hoe after leaving Westwood last year en route to Kansas. He previously ran Fellowship Farm in Massachusetts.
Secretary Knox and party arrived in Corinto at 3 30 this afternoon after a 10 00 am departure from Managua. The special train was escorted by guards and piloted, and made a noon luncheon stop at Nagarote. The party boarded the cruiser Maryland for Honduras.
A feature on Laguna and Acoma Pueblo villages in New Mexico describes their history, architecture, and daily life. It notes Laguna’s adobe houses, pottery commerce, and Carlisle School influence, and presents Acoma as the cliff city praised as a Southwest landmark. The piece also promotes a new daily feature “A Trip to California” with a photo set on the Golden State.
A poet laments spending all his money and losing friends as hunger and thirst replace companionship. He signs with Newton Newkirk and sends a note to brighten a woman's lips with a small pearl illuminator.
A stream of era humor and domestic musings trace small talk about cosmetics, car dreams, and travel fares. Readers swap quips about Nippon and jokes, with Newt and Jack banter and a Boston to Salem transit aside. The piece blends jokes on love, money, and common frustrations with light social chatter.
The Observant Citizen reports signs of spring with maple sugar displays and robins. It mentions Horace Greeley Butters’s spruce gum haul from northern Maine, recollections of Harvard linguist Charlie Fowle, and Walter Sheppherd’s Lawrence mission. It also covers Captain W. F. Fullam’s stand against loan sharks, local anecdotes, and a Deedham oldest voter with the Post cane.
Wilburn Oliver, a Republican, petitions the Maine Supreme Court for a recount after inspection of ballots in Bath shows he trailed Mayor Frank A. Small by seven votes. Oliver claims ballots intended for him were counted for Small or not counted.
George F Merritt who died March 3 at the Parker House leaves by will offered for probate yesterday 300 to St Michael s Episcopal Church Marblehead 1000 to Home for Incurables Dorchester 5000 to New England Peabody Home for Crippled Children Hyde Park 1000 to Salvation Army Boston and 1 to his niece Alice H Hackett of Boston.
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