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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
12
The Boston Post records issue details for May 9 1916 including volume and number, office address at 259 Washington Street Boston MA, and staff credits to Edwin A. Grozifer as editor and publisher with editorial and business mentions and subscription notice.
The Louisville & Nashville president told the Interstate Commerce Commission that all legislative bodies are a menace and a great railroad must use strong measures to protect property from confiscation. He claimed railroads face calamity only due to internal rascality, extravagance, or inefficiency, citing New England as proof.
The New York Industrial Commission reports a 25 percent rise in labor employed and a 49 percent jump in wages paid. Wages effective May 1 total nearly 55 million across industries, aiding over 700,000 workers with an average 40 percent wage increase amid wartime conditions.
The piece notes debates on patriotism across the country and argues patriotism remains alive despite not entering World War I. It states the nation is not at war with Germany or Britain, has not invaded Mexico, and has not acted to annex territories. The tone supports continued national unity amid isolationist sentiment.
Critics mock Roosevelts Prussianized militarism while others argue patriotism remains alive in America. The exchange frames a sharp public disagreement on national spirit and defense policy.
The formal acknowledgment of Germanys position on submarine warfare is dignified and forceful. It accepts the German pledge to confine operations to fighting forces and to respect international law, asserting the stance is not tied to negotiations with Britain and stressing the need for scrupulous execution of the altered policy.
President faces sharp letter from Woodrow Wilson to Senator Culberson defending Louis D. Brandeis. The editorial argues the Wilson appeal will end the long Senate wrangle, force votes before conventions, and solidify Brandeis’s confirmation against conservative, privileged opposition. It frames the issue as a clash between civic merit and financial cliques.
Washington's Riggs National Bank officials including the president and vice president, on trial for perjury this week, defend their charges of Treasury and Comptroller persecution. They allege delays aim to affect July 1 charter renewal, a long standing finance issue in the capital.
Child welfare groups argue against a House amendment allowing three month commitments to Lyman School for Boys and Lancaster Industrial School for Girls. They warn the change would turn reforming institutions into penal ones and threaten state policy on indeterminate sentences, urging the Legislature to kill the amendment.
A detailed note highlights the observant citizen's role in spotting issues and prompting timely response. It outlines civic engagement, vigilance benefits, and community trust in local governance through concrete examples and steady involvement.
A long, comic story recounts Mrs. Hubbard finding an empty cupboard for her hungry dog after a failed attempt to fetch bovine morsels. It then shifts to observations on patriotism at movie houses during medleys, misread national anthems, and a remark by Mrs. Elizabeth Hewes Tilton linking prohibition, roads, and illicit whiskey production in Georgia.
Column recalls Commonwealth avenue road hazards from Brighton to Cottage Farm, blending humorous vignettes of drivers and pedestrians with local notes on judges, postal workers, dancers, and civic figures. The piece laces satire with observations of Boston area life, library books, and community happenings.
Sebastian and Viola are mistaken for each other by Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. Olivia greets Sebastian as her lover while Malvolio is humiliated in a letter subplot. The Clown’s ruse as a clergyman unsettles Malvolio, and Olivia and Sebastian’s love deepens as they move toward a cautious union.
A reader notes a set of humorous or misspelled definitions from a children’s exam. Entries include equestrian defined as one who asks questions and espionage mistaken as a kind of cabbage, with other playful misreadings of words like mercenary and vicissitude.
The verse recalls a bygone era when families raised beans greens peas and pumpkins with fresh garden produce for all. It contrasts frugal plucked garden fare with today s reliance on canned goods and flashy labels.
A reader asks where to obtain a rug-book used for drawn in rugs and explains a broken rug hooks issue. Another reader requests real names of stage stars Maude Adams, Elsie Janis, Julian Eltinge, and Julia Marlowe with supplied hints.
In reply to readers, experienced dahlia growers in suburban Boston note it is a matter of soil quality and timing. They say planting can begin when roots are divided and warn that excessive fertilizer promotes foliage over flowers.
The observer cites weather records for Boston noting the warmest May reading reached in earlier years and the earliest instance of a temperature milestone. He references ages of records from 1880 and 1889 and a recent decade’s peak, highlighting unusual early warmth.
Official figures note the cold record for this date at 39 degrees with the coldest in the past decade at 44 degrees. The piece observes rain on this date in all years of the past decade except 1900 and 915, highlighting a pattern in historical weather data.
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