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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
12
Boston newspaper edition dated March 25 1918 provides daily news from the Post Publishing Co. with office at 259 Washington Street, Boston Massachusetts. Historic wartime context and local notices likely included in this daily issue.
Rates list for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions, including 1 year at 3.00, six months 1.50, and shorter terms. International and domestic postage, per-copy prices for Canada and foreign issues, and payment instructions note enter at Boston postal district postage. All payments at sender’s risk. make checks payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
Editorial and financial staff details appear with contact lines and a notice that subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued on expiration. The snippet lists editors, the business office, and advertising areas, with instructions to notify if cannot obtain the paper.
The Boston Post announces possession of the largest newspaper printing press plant in New England and claims the largest press in the world, attributed to Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
The Seely quadruplets’ eight month milestone ends with the loss of one baby. Boston mourns the rare family achievement and extended sympathy to the parents while hoping the remaining three sisters beat the odds and grow up together.
The season’s tornadoes ripped through six Midwestern cities causing unprecedented destruction and loss of life. Officials report widespread property damage and communication outages while relief efforts begin with aid promised to affected municipalities including Omaha. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston urged swift assistance.
The article praises Pittsburg for memorializing Stephen Foster by preserving his historic home. It lauds Foster as a unique American composer whose songs like The Old Folks at Home My Old Kentucky Home and Massa's in the Cold Cold Ground endure. It notes many would visit for such a tribute and lauds the city’s memory of him.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce delegates gain approval and assistance from Secretary Bryan. He plans to issue consular instructions to aid the visitors in South America and may send an official representative, enhancing Boston’s diplomatic standing.
Governor Blease of South Carolina vetoed the compulsory education bill, a move consistent with his known career. The article notes the veto as unsurprising to those familiar with his record, while hinting at further commentary.
The Senate failed to pass the measure over the Governor's veto after the House had supported it. The piece contrasts opposition to compulsory education with the state's need for progress and hints that South Carolina will again pursue modernization to join enlightened states.
The article asserts U S Steel’s 1912 gross earnings of 745,505,000 set a record aside from 1907, with subsidiary output the largest since organization. It argues steel demand signals broad national strength, assuring solid institutions and justified confidence in ongoing prosperity.
A Vermont and New Hampshire report warns of reduced sap flow due to milder weather and rain. The note echoes fears of a maple sugar shortage similar to prior frost-driven crop losses in Florida and New Jersey.
Read Admiral Peary sails abroad to receive a medal from the Geographical Society of Italy and to be honored by European capitals and royal heads. The piece recalls his disputed claim and asserts his day of justice has come.
Poem fragment in archaic devotional verse asking God to fashion a single sacred shrine within a marriage for shared love. The speaker pleads for lifelong grace and exclusive devotion while acknowledging personal limits and reverence for his wife.
A Chicago chemist analyzes the mucilage used on stamp backs and claims it has high nutritive value. The note notes postmasters in provincial towns who must lick stamps for mailing and suggests potential implications for postal practices.
A humorous column proposes postmasters in small towns could skip lunch by licking stamps to gain nourishment from mucilage. It jokes about stamp flavors like vanilla and chocolate to please workers who lick stamps, suggesting government stamps flavored for lunch hour snackers.
A playful verse by Carol Vox recounts an elderly man from Gath who rejects soft soap. He insists a good scrub with a lath suffices, delivering a humorous Old Testament flavored quip about bath time.
A collection of reader letters and snippets features tales of mean behavior from farmers and neighbors, including a skinflint farmer waking workers at 3 a.m. and a Missouri man using a shaved dog as a razor strap. The clippings also note odd ads and local notices about wood cutting and shipping.
Quote urges support by remittance to a post office order or certified check. The note contrasts Russia’s need with a modest local appeal and directs readers to send funds via secure payment methods.
The piece notes the tight money market with a shortage of small denomination bills. It laments the scarcity felt by banks and individuals, contrasting it with an abundance of large bills, and mentions a personal incident of obtaining a large bill.
A writer asks how to respond to feeling like a felon coming. The piece argues that one should curb ambition to avoid becoming a felon. if restraint fails, one might speed toward wrongdoing, implying caution and self discipline.
The piece praises U S weather forecasting while noting flaws in predictions. It traces the Weather Bureau’s history from War Department control to the Agriculture Department in 1891, cites massive annual funding, and highlights deterrence of hurricanes and floods. It describes Mt Weather experiments with kites and balloons revealing warm air layers and altitude wind variation.
The historic Williams Tavern, built in 1660 and on the Boston to Worcester post road, near Marlboro, is slated to become an inn for motorists. Notable visitors included Washington and Lafayette, with a basement prison cell once used for transport to New York.
Under command of Lieutenant Towers the navy aviation corps returned to the naval academy at Annapolis from a winter camp at Guantanamo Cuba. They took five flying machines aboard the naval collier Neptune and practiced fleet maneuvers with the Atlantic fleet battleships.
A Walt Mason verse laments Mexico under Diaz era, with exiled figures Abduls and Manuels. The poem recalls past peace, criticizes reform efforts, and ends with a repeated refrain I told you so as Mexicans toil to fix the mess.
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