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Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
16
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Post telephones and editorial offices notice
Subscription policy states all Post subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers missing the Post should notify the office or their local newsdealer. E A Grozier editor and publisher.
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Gore Newsdealer
Neweboy
E. A. Grozier
Boston Post Announces Largest Newspaper Press Plant
Robert Hoe claims the Boston Post now possesses New England’s largest printing plant and the world’s largest press, highlighting a major expansion in production capacity.
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Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Too Free Drugs and the Danger of Overdoses
A Harvard student dies from an overdose of a powder used to induce sleep, highlighting easy access to dangerous drugs. Coal tar products are sold openly in drug stores yet remain poisons, capable of killing in careless hands. The author argues for stronger protective restrictions to prevent self-harm.
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Harvard
Futurists Attract Attention In New York Show
Critics fear avant garde painters and cubist sculptors as radicals yet New York buyers spent about 30 000 dollars to view and nearly 90 000 dollars to own their works. If money speaks the futurists may prove right in time.
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New York
Beethoven
Wagner
Satterlee Defends Morgan against Mental Decline Rumors
Herbert Satterlee, Morgan’s son in law, rejects reports of mental collapse. He says Morgan suffers from nervous prostration, now improving, though he previously claimed full recovery. The piece questions truthfulness of statements about the financier’s health amid speculation.
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Herbert Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Egypt
Satterlee
Morgan
America
Those Postmasterships Question on Reappointment in Cities
The Post asserts Republicans did not retain Democratic postmasters in major cities upon power shifts. Correspondents note some Democratic postmasters finish terms while successors are chosen. The point is Republican papers seek reappointment. when were Democratic holders in major cities thus kept by Republicans?
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Post
Still Quibbling Over Lipton Challenge Rules
The New York Yacht Club cup committee replies to Sir Thomas Lipton’s reconsideration request with a tight stance on yacht size. They state challengers may build any size but avoid matching Lipton’s figures, suggesting petition reconsideration only if sizing is not asked. The tone remains critical of the committee’s stance.
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New York Yacht Club Cup
Thomas Lipton
Yachtsmen Call for Fair Play in America's Cup Challenge
The article argues that many top sailors doubt the deed of gift justifies exclusive control. It urges waiving exclusive prerogatives and accepting Lipton's challenge as issued, criticizing excessive custodianship of the cup and urging fair, manly racing.
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Lipton
Webb law sparks interstate liquor regulation debate
The Webb law aiming to regulate liquor movement into prohibitory states waits until July to take effect. Proponents clash with federal license holders claiming authority. prohibitionists vow to enforce local and federal limits. Georgia leader Seaborn Wright pledges to target all licensed outlets to make the state effectively dry. A decisive federal court ruling is urged amid uncertain statutes.
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Maine
Georgia
Seaborn Wright
London to San Francisco Telegraphy Breakthrough
The article reports a remarkable advance in long distance communication as London reportedly transmits to San Francisco without relays via an electrical connection. It claims practical demonstration could mark an epochal change, surpassing submarine cables and land lines and enabling Morse code to be read across the globe. It credits John Scott with the invention, placing him among pioneers like Morse.
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London
San Francisco
Atlantic
America
Globe
Health and Efficiency Link Cost of Living to Illness
Dr Thomas F Harrington head of Boston school hygiene warns that illness and mortality reduce working capacity and family incomes. He estimates four percent of the population is on the sick list costing the state about 50 million dollars yearly. He urges sanitation and school based health measures to lift the disease burden and raise incomes.
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Thomas F. Harrington
Boston
The Furious Elements Hit Western States and Ohio Flooding
The narrative describes a sequence of tornadoes in the Western States followed by Ohio River flooding and a blizzard compounding suffering. It notes the inability to estimate damage or lives lost and calls for strong official relief efforts, while New England residents express sympathy for the afflicted.
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Ohio
New England
Hen crosses road amid oncoming car in cheeky stunt
A hen crosses the road after spotting an automobile, embracing risk in a jaunty stunt reminiscent of Natters or local daredevil lore. The tale mirrors older feats of nerve and spectacle in small town life.
Hennery Egg Riddle From Henry Clay Simpson
A humorous contrast explains a hennery egg as a fresh nest egg with youthful vigor while a just an egg is an aged, past its prime product stored in cold and later sold as strictly fresh. The piece ends with a gag about glue factory scent lingering.
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Newt
Henry Clay Simpson
Henry
Cold Storage Trust
Alarm Clock Rooster Rufous Wishbone Ruse
A quirky tale where a rooster’s crowing disrupts late sleepers and a wishbone plan promises quiet dawns. The humorous piece centers on a village routine and a comical effort to keep the crowing in check by the alarm clock rooster.
Here Is the Trouble with This Man's Hens
A reader recounts moving to the country to raise poultry and finds several hens dead each morning. The editor notes the inquiry and a terse answer from N.N.: the hens are dead.
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N.N
Here's to the protection of the little chickens
A brief note praises safeguarding small chickens while asserting older hens can manage on their own. The line carries a rustic, folksy sentiment about animal care and resilience.
Make Your Hens Lay Ad Promises Guaranteed Results
An advertisement offers a method to force hens to lay for one dollar with a money back guarantee. It condemns coercive egg production and questions the ethics of making a hen lay against her will, urging readers not to support such interference.
Ode to a Garden by T A Daly
A short poem extols gardening as a noble, healthful pastime and a safeguard against mischief. It contrasts a personal pride in a garden with the biblical Eden and notes divine creation of gardens long ago. The verse emphasizes pleasant thoughts and virtue found in tending plants.
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God
Eden
T. A. Daly
United Improvement Association Benefit at the Majestic
A daytime performance at the Majestic Theatre raised funds for the United Improvement Association. The program featured pianiste Mlle Frieda Gechard soprano Mme Wilhelmina Wright Calvert violinist Miss Marie Zelezny and singer Evelyn Scotney plus juggler Youna and the Junior Players who closed with The Sidhe of Ben Mar Betty Barnicoat wowed as Shiela with singing and acting.
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Majestic Theatre
United Improvement Association
Mlle
Frieda Gechard
Mme
Wilhelmina Wright Calvert
Martin Howe
Officer 666
Evelyn Scotney
Marie Zelezny
Youna
Betty Barnicoat
Shiela
Rockefeller and party cross Georgia stream by ferry
Rockefeller asks the white-haired ferryman about fishing as they ride a Georgia ferry. The man, Jack, laments no fish caught today and explains he has not been fishing. The anecdote records a playful exchange from Popular Magazine.
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John D. Rockefeller
Georgia
Rockefeller
Jack
Popular
Inside the Philadelphia Mint The Coining Process Revealed
A visitor can view the Philadelphia mint and its vaults while the actual coinage occurs. The article explains purifying and hardening metals, annealing, rolling, and the press that stamps designs onto coins. It notes profit from metal content and cites mint statistics for the year including numbers of double eagles and other coins minted.
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Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
The Coinage Of A Single Year
A report notes a total of 148 609 529 cents produced in a single year highlighting wartime or economic minting activity and indicating scale of output without detailing dates or locations.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Observant Citizen Notes Arabian Horse Claim and Local News
The April Our Dumb Animals features Colonel Spencer Borden arguing the Arabian horse is real, aided by a Lord Roberts photo. The piece also mentions MIT on Cambridge side foundations, Whittemore’s Point history, Samuel Everett’s threshing machine, Whittier Home Association fire recovery, and sculptor John Wilson’s UNC memorial statue using clay.
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Spencer Borden
Fall River
Lord Roberts
Colonel Borden
New England
America
Cambridge
Charles River
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Whittemore’s Point
Massachusetts Avenue
Essex County
Samuel Everett
Presque Isle
Everett
Easter egg marvel and local notes from Manchester area
A collection of light local items from Manchester including D J Mullen showing a bottle shaped Easter egg, Baptist anniversary plans in North Swansea, health update for attorney Carmine Garofalo, winter swimming reports from Palm Beach now in British Columbia, a police quill exhibit in Malden, Land Court title of Little Ram Island recorded to Walter I Harris, and a cheerful postcard shower for Mrs. Margaret A Shirley with spring sightings from Danvers and nearby towns.
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Palm Beach
Earl Phee
Egleston Square
British Columbia
Walter L. Harris
Little Ram Island
Manchester Harbor
Smith's Point
Walter I. Harris
Backbone of Winter Walt Mason Warns It Returns
Poet Walt Mason lampoons the myth of spring as he predicts the backbone of winter will return. The piece riffs on shifting weather, pests, and sneezing, warning readers not to deem winter truly finished until hens set, horses shed, and bees buzz.
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Sweden
Walt Mason
Love and sentiment in a forty-something advice column
A reader asks if a 28 year old should pursue a romance with a student of 19 or 20 amid disapproval from his mother. The adviser argues the youth is too young, suggests waiting until he is 21, and stresses the couple should follow their mutual love while the woman remains patient.
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Miss Champagne
Evelyn
A Man Drops Glove Fails To Seize Floor Sovereign
An Arkansas shopper named Jones, in a store, spots a sovereign on the floor. He drops a glove over the coin and tries again but cannot grasp it as a shopwalker offers glue and he bolts away.
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Jones
Benading
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