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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
12
The German embassy states the Dresden was likely attacked while in neutral waters as Germany criticizes breaches of neutrality. The comment follows earlier German actions against Belgium, arguing international law has collapsed in the current conflict.
Grand Army of the Republic calls for April 9 observance marking the Civil War end. Flags should fly in veterans halls, schools, and civic groups nationwide as cities and towns recall Lee’s surrender at Appomattox with no bitterness, hoping for reconciliation in Europe.
The Legislature declined to substitute a bill to license lobster fishermen, grouping them with sport fishers. The House blocked the measure, arguing taxation would burden an already hard livelihood on treacherous seas.
The article warns that extensive woodland fires pose a local risk and stresses better protection. It notes some fires may start from cigarettes or embers dropped by careless parties or locomotives but emphasizes owner precautions and clearing debris before cultivation.
Hundreds of acres of woodland have been swept in this part of the State during a fortnight. There is no adequate provision for fighting such fires once started, making prevention the better remedy in this and similar cases.
Our market abroad has grown strong with the balance of trade back in our favor. Three months show American buyers at 411 million dollars more than purchases from abroad, a potential 1.6 billion over a year. Yankee goods and inventions stand ready for Europe, despite Britain’s paper blockade.
The legislative committee on fisheries and game proposed a measure that presumes foreign born residents own firearms found on property. Critics call it intolerable class legislation and fear it will be jeered out of the Legislature.
An official report to Parliament puts deaths at 29 978 from central Italy's quake. The figure excludes later deaths and illness from destitution. The disaster, compared with war, shows nature's powerful, wrathful impact across 372 communes in a single day.
The launch of the superdreadnought Pennsylvania at Newport News adds a powerful battleship to the U S fleet. It faces debate over its superiority versus the Japanese Fuso and British Queen Elizabeth. Secretary Daniels notes the ship is built for potential war, though not eagerly sought, and more ships of its type are planned.
A period piece of verse and sketches from Neponset Massachusetts dated 1915. The author muses on spring and seasonal life with playful verse and local references including names like Miss C. G. Box of Sharon and the character Whit the nomad.
A fragment shows a character claiming to expose sleight of hand tricks used daily. The brief exchange references figures behind the routine and a first impression of learning the deception. No location or organization is specified.
A reader recounts a wartime domestic letter exchange where Clara mocks generic war notions with a chart of prisoners. The husband recants and proclaims neutrality, admitting Clara now steers the home. The column frames humor and domestic power dynamics amid wartime anxieties.
The speaker warns about Clara's sharp mood and proposes extreme domestic behavior to assert control. He boasts of harsh, provocative actions and claims multiple ways to provoke a wife, inviting further “culinary” domestic tips if sought.
Police Commissioner O Meara elevated Edward Barry of Broadway Station South Boston Thomas F Lombard and Arthur R B Taber of Charlestown Station to patrolman. All three will remain at their current stations and assume duties immediately.
The Woburn Board of Health aims to make the city beautiful by enforcing rules on barbers bakers and farmers. Chairman Dr. F O West Bernard Peterson and Herbert S Riley sent copies of regulations to local shops and farms as a first step toward improving conditions.
In San Francisco a crowd gathers as racing cars are photographed before the Tower of Jewels. The piece notes autos shaping travel, new highways costing 18 million dollars, and routes including the Camino Real to San Diego and the Yosemite corridor, with signs guiding motorists through the state’s scenic terrain.
The column covers diverse vignettes from fish sightings in Miami to makeshift auto truck tops in West Roxbury, school improvements with a talking machine, early spring beach work at Nantasket, and village notes from Brockton to Castine. It profiles elderly workers, horse driven humor, and letters from readers in Maine and New Hampshire.
In a scene at a rural almshouse porch an elderly couple Ada Polly and Ben recall past loves and a missed chance. Ben asks Polly to marry and care for him in later years, but Polly laments fate and a life wasted on earlier choices.
An elderly man named Ben finally learns his dream of a legacy is realized. A visitor confirms he will no longer rely on the almshouse, and Polly, his former schoolmate, greets the news with a heavenly reward.
A letter to Miss Soamee discusses a young man asking for a kiss and the reader's firm stance. The response urges consistent maidenly reserve, defends character, and rejects any suggestion of compromising intimacy with a casual acquaintance.
The Amateur Gardener explains a cheap cold frame using a bottomless wooden box 6 to 12 inches deep and a glass window slightly larger than the box. Set on the ground in a sunny spot after thaw, bank dirt around sides and lay the glass on top for an inexpensive, effective greenhouse effect.
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