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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1914
Page
14
The Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates and addresses in Boston. A Potent discussion emerges over Hawkins Street shelter and lodging conditions, criticizing temporary aid efforts and urging city action. The piece references foreign policy notes including Monroe Doctrine concerns and Mexican affairs with mentions of Japan and Huerta.
Farmers across the state urge action as hundreds march toward Washington to defend their industries. They seek work at fair wages amid seasonal harvests of strawberries and hay. The call suggests unemployment stems from congestion and proposes stepping beyond local surroundings for opportunity. Citizens risk losing status by seeking outside fields.
A judge refuses to issue a complaint against American Woolen fan amid dispute over a contractor’s misleading ads claiming a strike. The ruling cites gaps in advertising law and notes the need to include employer or agent attribution in ads to avoid evading legal duties. The decision highlights legal ambiguities in who is responsible for advertising claims.
A garbled note discusses naval matters with playful tone, likening it to Pickwickian wit. Tate is mentioned as part of an amused aside while Icoterie seeks clarification or input on the unclear topic.
A House committee proposes creating vice admirals for fleets in foreign waters to avoid junior status to higher ranked foreign officers. Critics call it a brilliant yet flawed plan as officers would lose rank upon returning home and receive no extra pay. The scheme urges leaders to stay at desks to avoid advancement.
The Senate backs an equal suffrage amendment for voter approval and the article argues the House will, too, moving toward a 1915 ballot. It praises orderly campaigning over riot or crime, notes Massachusetts aligns with other states, and credits calm tactics for progress.
Dr Rowley of the Massachusetts society praises a plan to bring three elephants to the Boston Zoo from the vicinity. He notes the animals will have a peaceful home and delight future generations, with children’s donations supporting Waddy Mollie and Tony. The piece encourages a child vote to get the elephants.
In a Montreal Superior Court jury of French and English speakers cannot understand each other. The $15,000 damages case stalls as a polyglot Supreme Court must assess lingual merits.
The article notes Britain’s new destroyer destroyers like Cordelia with 30 to 35 knot speed and heavy armament. It argues such warships threaten the balance of naval power, questioning the civilized world’s burden in funding ever more destructive navies and wondering where this ends.
A reflective narrator recounts a string of clumsy, comic mishaps from waking to office, including a shower mix up, razor cut, eye injury, and wardrobe failures. He ends with a resolve to persevere, then finds a small windfall and a charitable note from Kate boosting his mood. The piece closes with a moral about modern husbandly education.
The Women's Municipal League committee led by Mrs Harold Peabody urged Vice President and GM Matthew Brush of the I to curb cars screeching on curves at Massachusetts Ave Beacon Street Tremont Boylston and Park Street terminals. Brush agreed to try. The item sits among other local notes on Harvard Memorial Hall portraits and various public figures.
The piece mocks the new trolley fad calling it a bow constrictor car and notes the awkward entry near the center. It jokes that passengers will feel jolly once seated and compare riding the trolley to being on a train.
A tense moment in the game sees sympathy shift to hostility when the unlikely challenger moves ahead. Fans react with jeers as the momentum shifts and the crowd debates the outcome.
The article extols a Nile voyage as the true path to Egypt’s spirit, preferring a leisurely river dahabeah over inland train trips or swift steamers. Travelers gain contact with villages, irrigation life, and desert mysteries, finding lasting delight in sunsets, ruins, and slow immersion.
John Fulton clashes with his wife over Bruce the dog. He exposes his son Harry to punishment, burns a monogram on a poker, and wanders away to hear a singing society as a basement fire starts from the neglected room.
Walt Mason lampoons gossips who ruin reputations with idle talk. He urges readers to reflect on their own prying habits before judging others and warns about the harm of spreading rumors. The verse portrays gossips as eager town criers who profit from others’ misfortune.
A boy named Harry escapes a basement fire after a dog alerts neighbors and leads fire crews to the scene. Bruce also follows, while Mrs Fulton returns to a ruined home. Harry is hospitalized with injuries and the neighborhood learns of the alarm.
To the Editor of the Post, the Panama Canal was built by ninety million Americans as a national project. It is a public highway for trade and civilization, not for special favors to a shipping trust. The people funded it and deserve profits, not class privileges.
Boston March 11 a fragment discusses a global project blending national purpose with humanitarian obligations. It emphasizes universal participation and treaties, noting ships of all nations are needed to justify vast costs and labor. The tone urges honoring commitments while prioritizing humanity over private gain.
A fragment lists items including high ball water pollinaris whisky and grape fruit glasses. The unreadable OCR yields no clear event or names beyond these phrases.
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