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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
12
The Boston Post dated March 16 1914 lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada and foreign rates. It notes office address at 259 Washington St Boston and advises payment methods and mailing details for subscribers.
A Department of Labor report shows a slight drop in retail prices for major food staples across 40 leading industrial cities since their peak last November. The change is modest but indicates tariff effects may be materializing, countering arguments by stand-patters and noting the prior surge aligned with high protection.
The article supports a House Rules sub committee plan to probe grain exchanges in the Northwest and cotton exchanges in New York and New Orleans. It argues gambling in farm products harms producers and suggests abolishing exchanges if they cannot be reformed.
France becomes the first major power to back the tentative general peace treaty proposed by the United States. Ambassador Jusserand in Washington discusses with Secretary Bryan a convention to bind signatories to halt hostilities until an international commission can review disputes, potentially delaying war for a year. Several South American nations have already accepted the proposal.
A pamphlet or exposition argues that the kitchen will vanish and a lab produced service will deliver hot meals in thermos boxes for breakfast lunch and dinner. It envisions one cook serving 30 with minimal equipment and cites savings in labor and gear, though tradition resists this shift.
An early morning scene contrasts the aromatic soup and fragrant roasts from a household kitchen with modern laboratory offerings. The speaker prefers the familiar, time tested old fashion of housekeeping over new methods.
A historical reflection urges re weighing mail matter under the parcel post regime to adjust rail contracts. It argues the government’s cheaper carriage of merchandise and postage has disrupted old express and rail contracts and calls for fair compensation and a re weighing to reflect current costs.
A Washington House committee on marine and fisheries backs Congressman Gardner's bill to launch a hospital schooner for fishermen. The vessel would provide prompt treatment at sea and aboard, saving lives and easing suffering for thousands in the dangerous fisheries.
Readers submit playful spring themed verses from poets in the All Sorts call for Spring Poem volunteers. The collection features acrostic hints, light satire, and lighthearted odes to spring and Boston girls.
The Virginia legislature’s 75 to 12 rejection of woman suffrage is not discouraging. It shows the battle must concentrate in the states rather than nationally. A federal constitutional amendment would fail to ratify if as few as twelve states opposed it. Many states already grant suffrage, guiding the movement’s strategy.
A cautionary tale of a marriage pursued for wealth ends in disillusionment as the couple learns the bank account fails to meet expectations and the honeymoon fades into financial strain.
Carol Vox notes that a great man’s wife is famed but does not handle daily tasks like cooking breakfast every morning. The column playfully contrasts public recognition with private routines.
The Panama Pacific Exposition plans an aeroplane race around the world with a $150,000 prize deposited in a San Francisco bank. Gasoline stations along the likely route are established, and no strict time limit will be enforced, encouraging many contestants to enter.
A humorous correspondent asks if the U S government owes him money under the federal income tax law while claiming $19 000 in debt. The columnist quips the government would owe him $100 if he is deeply in debt and suggests promptly writing the Treasury to remit the sum.
John G. Walmough's will, filed in Philadelphia, bequeaths $100,377.15 to five servants and two close friends while disinheriting relatives. It provides $100,000 to Zal e Faget, a French maid who tended Mrs. Walmough before her death.
A constructive criticism conference will be held Wednesday evening at Phillips Brooks House Harvard. Attendees include Greater Boston settlement workers, Harvard professors interested in social problems, and Harvard students with hands on settlement experience.
A Boston area reflection notes George W. Penniman’s re election as grand warden of the New England Order of Pilgrim Fathers and recalls past roles with Knights of Pythias. It covers harrowing deer and terrier chase in the Berkshires, Quaker activity in Portsmouth, a Harvard professor’s illness, and local civic matters including a Cambridge School Board election and a Boston juvenile probation initiative.
East of Cairo at Assouan a vast dam dominates the Nile with a nearly mile long masonry wall costing 10000 dollars and the reservoir filling to form a 90 mile lake. The Esne dam and portico temple near Thebes showcase Egypt’s blend of ancient sites and modern hydraulic works attracting travelers.
Aunt Sally, keeper of Hazelwood, reunites with Lawrence Kent a wealthy Brazilian buyer who has restored the estate. He recalls their bargain and plans to marry Sally, while Betty schemes to win him for herself and the tea party ends with Sally’s engagement.
The government department at Harvard loses its head Professor Hart who will teach at the University of Berlin for the second half of the 1914 15 academic year. Professor Barrett Wendell, initially chosen by the German university, could not go due to ill health.
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