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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post issue from March 18, 1913 presents daily publication details. Office location listed as 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists subscription prices for Mally and The Sunday Post, with 1 year 8.00, 6 months 1.50, 3 months 0.75, 1 month 0.25. Canadian and foreign copies have additional charges. Postage in Boston adds 1 cent per copy. Payments must be in advance via checks or money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO. Editor E. A. Grozier.
A quotation from Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co proclaims that The Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world.
Speaker Champ Clark was greeted warmly in Boston where he praised the region and acknowledged Massachusetts as a key ally in the presidential primaries. His remarks to the local House of Representatives and other events in a busy Boston day were described as optimistic and well received.
The piece notes 1910 per capita corn supply fell 21 percent and wheat 14 percent over two years, with prices rising 44 to 50 percent. It adds that retail breakfast food prices have not risen much and hints at future census certainty in a decade or more.
The discussion notes Julian Hawthorne will serve his sentence in Atlanta and abandon appeals. It suggests the move ends an unpleasant episode and hints he may leverage material from his confinement for future benefit related to his ventures.
The Toronto Globe outlines Laurier era Liberal stance opposing British naval expansion by hiring dreadnoughts. It asserts Liberals favor Canadian control of coastal defense and forces, potentially prompting a May or June general election on naval policy.
The sentence fragment shows a political figure named Borden planning a move to the country and aiming to defeat political opponents. No further context or dates are provided. The item reads like a campaign note or editorial remark with limited detail.
The editorial condemns court martial trials for labor leaders amid martial law in mining regions of West Virginia. It cites Judge Littlepage’s shift from blocking to permitting trials without jury for civilians and warns such practice undermines civil rights in peacetime.
The article notes Chicago faces a strap hanger problem with 30,000,000 yearly riders in discomfort. It cites the Chicago Common Council president proposing a 3 cent fare to improve service and push companies to upgrade seating as straphanger profits shrink.
Travelers face delays with clerks who reveal reasons and durations as trains halt. The policy requires trainmen to announce the cause and best routes to reach destinations, aiming to reduce traveler irritation and foster goodwill during delays.
The essay argues that if a bachelor tax applies to men it should extend to women nicknamed bachelor girls. It questions women’s objections to equality and riffs on Shaw's Man and Superman. It suggests taxing the unmarried without discrimination.
C S Davis 75 a Civil War veteran and eldest of 15 children died at his home 7 Brook Street Somerville due to heart trouble. Born Westmoreland New Hampshire March 12 1838 he fought in Company C 14th New Hampshire with his father and three brothers. Survived by two daughters Mrs C F Alice Malden and Leola J Davis Somerville and Edwin C Davis Winthrop he belonged to U S Grant G A R Post Melrose.
A social scene note states Newton Newkirk has announced another engagement. A May wedding is planned with the couple not yet identified beyond hints of a social belle.
A narrator decries new nickels and plans to write to President Wilson. He relays visiting his bank to protest a five dollar check and recounts a comical exchange with the cashier about overdrawn funds and a protest. He ends by breaking a dime in the bank as a joke of banking manners.
A cashier explains the new nickel design to a customer who mistakes the coins for foreign money. The exchange reveals frustration with unfamiliar imagery dated 1913 and ends with the customer leaving while muttering about Uncle Sam nickels.
Treasury displays the life cycle of currency from wear to destruction. A macerator shreds notes worth millions daily, with safeguards requiring three officials and a fourth witness. Burned or damaged bills are identified and redeemed, often by women experts, with rare theft incidents and unusual recovery tales.
The column vents about American liberty and Native peoples, references the Mohicans nearly extinguished, mocks a five cent coin, and shifts to local tales of seals, Alaska’s senator Sutherland, ice cream for workers, a Bass Gloucester fishing captain, Harvard President Lowell, Pepperell’s Cove repairs, Woodford news, Meadow Crest estate in Egypt MA, and the Glory of the Seas ship sale.
A poetic monologue expresses longing for a beloved and the courage to confess love. The speaker muses on fate and the risk of rejection, imagining triumphant joy or painful emptiness as he approaches the beloved’s door.
Bishop sleeves return while chiffon blouses gain popularity and cotton crepes lead spring hats. Sashes appear on tailored suits and moire and bengaline silk feature in outfits. High waisted skirts return in extra sizes with new boleros, draperies, tuxedo jackets, bright colors, fringed sashes, and boat shaped straw hats.
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