Boston Post March 14 1912 editorial and ads summary
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including yearly and regional pricing. It lists contact offices at 259 Washington St Boston and notes on postage, payment terms, and advance payment requirements. Editor Be A Grozier is named.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Anon
Sunday Post
Canada
Vic
Maas
Post Publishing Company
Boston Post Announces Largest Newspaper Press Plant
The Boston Post touts owning the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and claims the largest press in the world, as stated by Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
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Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe. & Co
Judge rejects plea in Chicago beef barons case
Judge Carpenter denounces the plea that leaders are unaware of understrappers deeds. He calls the notion absurd and notes that trust heads often claim full knowledge of their organizations unless challenged in court.
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Magginsing
Chicago
Carpenter
Avery Street widening backed by city committee
The committee on cities unanimously favors the mayor's petition to widen Avery Street, arguing it will win Legislature support, reflects strong public sentiment in Boston, and promises essential public utility at a small expense and to be completed now rather than later.
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Committee On Cities
Avery Street
Boston
What Is the Trouble With East Coast Rail Disasters
The Twentieth Century Limited near Poughkeepsie yesterday joins a string of recent rail disasters affecting the New York Central Pennsylvania and New Haven lines. Officials cite defective rails or wheels as a common factor and questions rise about the use of over carbonized cheaper rails. The traveling public remains unsettled by the startling series and its unclear remedy.
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Poughkeepsie
New York Central
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Taft Won’t Intervene in Mexican Crisis Says He Won’t Act Without Congress
The President insists no intervention in the Mexican imbroglio unless Congress directly orders it. He argues that intervention equals war and would be long costly and risky, endangering Americans and property in the country.
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Taft
Congress
Mexico
Stopping the Killing of Mexicans by Mexicans Comment
A quoted statement warns that halting killings of Mexicans by Mexicans or urging either government or revolution would be a blunder and nearly international crime.
End of the Lawrence strike prompts wage upgrade
A mass meeting will vote on accepting a 5 to 25 percent wage increase offered by the American Woolen Company. The settlement ends a costly labor dispute, praised for ending turmoil and loss, with lessons on negotiating before strikes.
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Lawrence
American Woolen Company
American
Massachusetts
Legislative Conciliation Committee
Chief Justice White Rejects Recall of Decisions Idea
The article rebuts claims that Chief Justice White endorsed a recall of court decisions in his Dick patent case dissent. It argues his opinion urges changing the law, not public voting, and notes he would not support removing a decision through popular vote even if it opposed his view.
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White
Corbett Named Boston Corporation Counsel
Judge Joseph J. Corbett is appointed corporation counsel for the city of Boston, succeeding Babson. The Post lauds his legal skill, public service record, and understanding of the city's needs, predicting a successful and honorable career in representing Boston before courts and in the Legislature.
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Joseph J. Corbett
Boston
Babson
Corbett
Post
Roosevelt stance questioned by Taftite and Democratic press
The Taftite and Democratic press press Roosevelt on tariff beliefs. They cite Colonel Joe Dixon Montana senator as Dixon campaigned for Roosevelt and allegedly voted 126 times with Aldrich on the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. They suggest Roosevelt may repudiate these tariff promises.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Joe” Dixon
Montana
Aldrich
Astor Purchases London Globe as Peerage Plan Grows
Expatriate William Waldorf Astor buys the Globe, the oldest London evening paper, amid talk that his long quest for an English title continues. He seeks an earldom or dukedom, yet has had limited success convincing royal advisers of his fitness.
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William Waldorf Astor
London
The
Globe
Astor
Hunt
Cliff Dwellings of New Mexico and Arizona Explored
The article surveys Walnut Canyon near Flagstaff and ruins across Arizona and New Mexico. It recounts cliff dwellers as sedentary, irrigated, defensively located peoples linked to Pueblo ancestors, facing nomadic Apache and Navajo threats, with ruins revealing tools, weaving, pottery, and complex religion. It notes abandonment before white conquest and previews back-number travel pictures.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Walnut Canyon
Flagstaff
Asia
Acoma
America
Pueblo
San Francisco
Table Pompeii
Vesuvius
Rains
Campaign Song for Theodore Roosevelt Third Term Campaign
A humorous historical piece presents a campaign song written for Theodore Roosevelt advocating his third term, with bold chorus lines and verses praising vote for Ted-dee and critiquing Taft. It includes a mock publicity stunt about a hot chocolate promotion and a playful exchange about weight and threats from a correspondent named Jack.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Theodore
From a Woman's Lips Crowning Glories and Bald Spot Quip
A column quotes a quip: a woman’s crowning glory is her hair while a man’s bald spot is a public humiliation. The line underscores vanity and social judgments tied to appearance.
George Campbell Arrested After Car Take in Milford Area
A Milford Daily News item notes George Campbell of South Framingham took a car heading toward Hopedale Saturday night and was arrested. His case was placed on file today. The clipping also mentions revising earlier comments about police whether his action warranted the response.
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George Campbell
South Framingham
Hopedale
Milford
Mass
Daily News
Theodore Roosevelt
George
Blown Letter Recovered From Office Believed Genuine
Yesterday a letter arrived at the office, signed with a cryptic phrase in garbled handwriting. Authorities say the note appears to be a personal message and may require handwriting experts to verify its origin and meaning.
Criminal Charge Details From Fragmentary Boston Incident
Fragmentary text notes an alleged criminal act involving travel from Boston to Chelsea. No clear suspects, dates, or outcomes are provided in readable lines. Further context is required to specify charges or involved parties.
Artemus Ward Parallels Suffrage Era An Unlucky Train Encounter
The piece recalls the suffrage movement amid a 19th century echo. Artemus Ward relays a railway meeting with a militant suffragette wielding a umbrella and a pearled jab. Ward also portrays a pale faced man in gold spectacles and a joke about rye and a son approaching adulthood.
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Artemus Ward
Ann Arbor
Artemus Junior
Fragmentary exchange on apprenticeship and fate
A clipped dialogue notes a person heading toward a harmful outcome. The speaker comments on another's progress in a craft, predicting trouble as the scene hints at misuse or decline. The tone suggests grim inevitability.
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