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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
14
The Boston Post issue dated March 30, 1912 presents the Independent Democratic Paper of New England with its publishing details. Offices listed at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists Daily and Sunday subscription prices for one year six months and shorter terms with cents per copy for Canada and foreign delivery. Postage surcharges apply within the Boston district and payments should be made by checks or money orders payable to Post Publishing Company.
An historic notice lists the Post editors and offices at 1004 1005 7008 Main with departments including Sunday Financial Sporting and Want Ads. It warns subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued without notice for nonpayment and urges readers to report delivery issues by mail.
Robert Roe of R Hoe & Co proclaims the Boston Post now owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world's largest press, highlighting a major expansion milestone for the paper. The boast underscores the paper's scale and industry leadership in the region.
The New York grand jury found no conspiracy to railroad Schiff valet Brandt to prison and did not establish burglary in the first degree. Judge Crain refused the indictment except for the burglary charge, while Attorney General Carmody calls for a Senate investigation to clarify the harsh 30 year sentence.
Carroll County sheriff pursues mountain bandits who raided Hillsville courthouse. The surrender of Claude Allen signals most fugitives may be captured soon. While militia clamor rose, the sheriff pressed on, confident the law will finish the task.
The British House of Commons defeated the limited woman suffrage bill amid a window smashing campaign by suffragists. The bill would have enfranchised 1 million women taxpayers, but critics question whether riots and property destruction were worth any gain, even as a step toward full suffrage.
The Home Market Club would denounce the cotton report of the tariff board for basing duties on cost of production. It calls such a tariff an equalizing tariff, not a protective one, arguing it treats American manufacturers on equal terms with foreign rivals and ignores transport costs.
The article analyzes the Stephenson and Lorimer cases, noting corruption charges and weak public confidence. It cites Stephenson's $107,000 spent to secure Wisconsin primaries and Lorimer's $100,000 slush fund used to influence Illinois legislators, asserting these facts as proven.
The article notes that Lorimer's disputed title was resolved by the Senate in the Sixty-first Congress, deemed res adjudicata by his counsel, and critics condemn the Senate chamber odor as unrefreshing rather than fragrant.
Tomorrow at midnight about 500000 anthracite miners in leading U S districts may quit work unless a conciliatory move succeeds. The piece discusses potential coal shortages, price hikes, and calls for owners to act with justice and restraint in negotiations.
The joint report of the Railroad Commission and the Directors of the Port of Boston argues for approving the Grand Trunk railway entry to Massachusetts. It endorses competition, rejects the New Haven's widow and orphans claim, and calls for fair rail laws. The port should be boosted as Boston seeks to make the Grand Trunk a key Atlantic link.
The Roosevelt group laments unreliable Southern Republican delegates to the national convention. They accuse delegates of being purchasable, noting past influence by Mark Hanna for McKinley and suggesting a similar pattern could threaten Taft this year. They question who would buy them if they defect.
Andrew Carnegie filed suit in the New York Supreme Court to recover 2 million dollars plus interest he loaned to the Carnegie Trust Company on December 28, 1908. He alleges he loaned 2000 United States Steel Corporation bonds, each worth 1000 dollars, with interest coupons. The Carnegie Trust Company has been suspended since early 1911.
The scene contrasts snow and fruit in southern California valleys from Riverside to Pomona. Luther Tibbetts introduced seedling orange trees in 1873 after receiving Brazil imports via the Department of Agriculture. A cow nearly ruined one tree, but the two survivors yielded four seedless oranges in 1879, igniting regional growth and irrigation-driven prosperity.
The text reviews the California orange boom sparked by grafting seedless varieties onto old trees, noting rapid land price increases and investor losses after a speculative surge. It credits substantial ongoing cultivation, with hundreds of carloads exported east and more than 50 million dollars invested in orange groves. It also lists a series of published pictures of Western California scenes and landmarks.
A humorous excerpt discusses a tongue in cheek inventor Jim Watts and his hinged egg idea. A Plymouth Rock hen under observation supposedly lays hinged eggs as the author teases a possible breakthrough. He thanks investors and sets strict payment rules for funding, ending with a quirky note on the sphinx quote about nerve.
In a morning spree a shopper leaves a hardware store with a hoe spade and rake then visits a seed shop to purchase bulbs shrubs and seeds. He hopes to nurture a garden and expect a tomato vine eggplant and radish by late May. The note is from the Louisville Courier Journal.
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes a comic exchange about shaving time and a stammering barber. The playful lines contrast a quick self-shave with a slower barber, ending with light humor about TV disbelief.
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad shopmen, about 5000 workers, demand a 15 percent wage increase following an engineer’s claim. Firemen and telegraphers, roughly 1800 and 1500 workers respectively, are expected to seek raises soon after 1910 raises totaling 1,536,106 dollars across the operating department.
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