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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1914
Page
12
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription options in 1914. Rates include U S and Canada one year 8 00 six months 1 50 three months 75 cents. foreign one year 3 00. per copy 0 05 in district. all payments in advance. notices to notify if unavailable.
Undergraduates at Yale vote today on adopting the honor system in exams and recitation rooms. The plan, approved by the faculty, ends supervision and relies on students’ honesty, signaling a potential uplift in student sentiment and a shift away from cribs and ponies.
The New England Fish Exchange moved from T Wharf to South Boston with a public demonstration. Teams representing long-time dealers led a sizable procession showing the industry’s vitality. The new pier is modern and suited to sustain T Wharf’s standing as a world famous market.
The Panama Exposition commission reports the San Francisco fair will be ready early. Machinery Hall alone covers eight acres and uses five rail carloads of rails 1500 tons of bolts and 5 million feet of lumber. The overall cost runs into tens of millions as the great exhibition buildings advance.
A Rhode Island paper notes that judges in the Superior Court would not favor wealthy or poor applicants in divorce cases. It commends judges for upholding the oath to do equal right to the poor and the rich and to faithfully discharge duties.
A state commission urges ending non-appearance and semi secret divorce trials as contrary to public interest. It argues Rhode Island must abolish the practice at the earliest possible date to ensure transparent judicial action.
The Senate test vote marks a significant victory for President Wilson and Democratic unity. The piece notes strong leadership steadies the party against Republican and opposing factions and warns that a loss would have sparked leadership contests and shaken public confidence, while urging reconciliation.
Gate-men’s lives echo misfortunes of life with near misses and small comforts. A gate shuts on opportunities as trains pass, yet the bumps of life heighten small joys like a sofa pillow after a curb-stone seating.
The author cites a famed relic hunter claiming graftmanship existed in antiquity. He jokes that even in 200 B C the world’s first merchants and pyramid builders used deceptive practices. The piece mocks modern graft while praising ancient cunning and continuity of grafting impulses.
A debate clash over the colored vote features Senator Borah silencing Senator Vardaman with a quip about bribery. Borah says no colored delegate bribes himself, noting white men offer bribes to many. He argues both sides bear fault and degradation in the act.
A farmyard dispute ends with a practical warning as owners move their poultry away from a neighbor's garden to prevent damage. Local authorities advise humane handling and neighborly cooperation to avoid further conflicts.
Ignatz asks for gardening guidance and is advised to start by burning rubbish in a bonfire then spading the soil. The piece suggests lettuce onions radishes beans peas cucumbers and Plymouth Rock egg plant with notes on bean strings sweet peas and costs versus garden produce, ending on the humorous value of the effort.
The article notes King George profits from a patent on a movable fireplace sold to a contractor. The device moves a fireplace between two rooms to heat each alternately. Proceeds are settled to his youngest son creating an early nest egg for private business.
State Forester Bane, in his first annual report, states there are one million acres of waste lands in Massachusetts that could be productive through reforestation. He calls for replacing oak forests with pine to curb pests and expand municipal parks, acknowledging the vast work required but stressing urgency.
Edgar Allan Poe's autograph defence of The Raven, written December 15, 1846 to G W Everett, three full pages, sold for 100 dollars at a Americana collection auction in New York. George D. Smith bought that and other autographs from John Boyd Thatcher in the Anderson galleries.
Hebron a 20 mile from Jerusalem town with 18 000 inhabitants most are Muslims and a few Hebrews and Christians Glass making hides and lamps sustain the economy. The Oak of Mamre the Cavern of Machpelah sacred to Judaism and Islam alike and the site of ancient patriarchs is shown to visitors though the mosque restricts entry to non Muslims.
A Boston column surveys local civic change and figures from Harvard to Jessee Pomeroy, Edward Moriarty, and Taft, reporting on club politics, suffrage outreach, steeple removal, and the daily routines of public figures in Massachusetts.
In Paris on March 29 a government official’s wife wore a violet wig to a masked ball. The next day she noticed hair loss and scalp scales. A specialist diagnosed leprosy, prompting questions about transmission via colored wigs and Chinese hair.
A two foot long lobster weighing 12 pounds was captured off the Roeland coast last fall. It is described as one of the largest of its kind with an estimated 18 000 to 20 000 eggs. Curator James notes the specimen is nearly perfect besides its remarkable size.
On the Marston cottage porch Dora receives a note from May confessing she eloped with a loud drummer to keep Dora from loving Charlie. Dora learns May loved Charlie all along and Dora never cared for anyone but him, leading to a tender reunion as Charlie declares his love and offers a future together.
A Boston photography shop offers a limited sale from March 30 to April 15 with prints or post cards priced at 36 cents per dozen to encourage amateur photographers to mail in negatives for Easter cards.
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