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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1915
Page
14
The boards approve a tuition hike to 150 dollars aiming to reduce enrollment of poorer students. Critics fear Harvard-like strategy to limit access for the sons of the wealthy, with potential rescission before a year.
The letter from Charles S. Bird quotes Murray and Governor Walsh and questions whether prominent Democrats in Massachusetts support the Washington administration and President Wilson. It notes clear sentiments attributed to Governor Walsh and Richard Olney. It asks if any leading Democrats align with the administration.
A British temperance shift aims for looser rules than early proposals. The Church of England weighs in with York Convocation opposing immediate prohibition and Canterbury’s body echoing restraint. The Dean of Canterbury cites health harm from swearing off, while leaders urge self sacrifice without coercion.
Maud, on a bright May day, ponders beauty and wealth as she gathers Mayflowers. A rich bachelor judge falls for her, they wed in secret, but the judge later abandons the match. Maud sues for heart balm, wins damages, and secures a lasting fortune while the judge reflects on love and loss.
A column of reader notes, town updates, and humorous anecdotes. It mentions early summer openings of the Charles River bathhouse, Brewster’s gold headed cane, ex mayors and town figures in Salem and Harwich, a bell relocation in Charlestown, and a tale about eggs labeled strictly fresh with a long odyssey to Indiana.
The article describes young Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio among schoolyard taunts and first loves. It notes his fiery temper, family dynamics with brother Joseph, and early soldierly yearnings reflected in stories of taunts, marches, and frugal food exchanges.
The text asserts that the Syracuse case hinges on GOP corruption declarations and argues the case exists only because Republican regimes are stained by dirt. It frames the political stain as the central driver of the case’s significance.
As Europe’s conflict expands, US exports surge with war orders totaling about 1.5 billion dollars, equal to 60 percent of a record year’s exports. The boom in demand spans cartridges to automobiles and tents to blankets, requiring intertwined profits for workers and suppliers who provide raw materials and labor.
A German aircraft raid on Ipswich last Friday narrowly spared a baby still in a nursery when a bomb failed to explode. The father carried the child to safety as flames rose through the room. The article condemns the indiscriminate bombing of peaceful communities and urges civilized warfare limits to protect noncombatants.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston May readings show wide swings from 32 above in 1874 to 85 in 1878. Over the past decade official records list varied highs and lows with conditions described as partly cloudy cloudy and clear in different years.
The Amateur Gardener argues against old-fashioned non flowering cannas and promotes cheap French and Italian canna roots that bloom like lilies, orchid like, and flower freely like dahlias. He notes they are easy to grow with rich soil and ample sun and water.
Poem describing the old swamp behind cedars as a site of yearly seasonal beauty. It chronicles spring’s first steps, summer’s queen, and autumn’s fading fire, celebrating frogs, birds, and marsh grasses in a lyrical nature meditation from 1915.
A collection of simple old fashioned recipes listing ingredients and steps for Margarites crackers Corn fritters Cinnamon buns and Tomato sauce on steak. Instructions include beating egg stiff mixing with sugar and nuts forming crackers baking till brown and other steps.
A short verse portrait by Walt Mason extols Willard of Kansas as a bold farmer boy. The poem links Rural life to White race ideals, referencing Jack Johnson and a national mood in 1915.
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