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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post issue from May 13 1913 reports daily city news from Boston with notices and events. Readers see headlines, local updates, and community notices typical of the era, reflecting urban concerns and public affairs.
Subscription rates listed for Daily and Sunday Post. Daily one year six dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents. Sunday one year three dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents. Rates to Canada, foreign copies, and postage added. Payment in advance. notify if unavailable. editor Be A Grozier.
The Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and houses the world’s largest press, as declared by Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. This milestone underscores the paper’s industrial scale and regional influence.
The Canton health authorities and the State Board of Health clash over a tonsillitis epidemic, muddling the response. Despite later signs of unity, much harm has been caused to patients and families who face explanations for the bungling and deaths.
Ongoing talks between the Boston Elevated Railway Company and its union, begun a year ago, are being conducted in secrecy. The public remains unaware of workers requests or company offers and the merits of the issues are not publicly disclosed awaiting full forthcoming facts.
The piece argues the state debt is rising fast and calls a proposed 4 million dollar parkway from Harvard Bridge to the Middlesex Fells in Somerville unnecessary. It notes Boston has funded most park costs and urges delaying further debt.
The veto comments argue against bills allowing Brookline and Newton to draw more Charles River water. They contend the river is near full capacity and the metropolitan system is costly, suggesting Brookline and Newton should share the burden and not receive special privileges given their wealth.
About fifty progressively inclined Republicans met in Chicago to discuss a fall national convention to change representation in nominating conventions and to curb power of the national committee. They aim to reunite the party but face resistance from the old guard and other GOP factions.
The text contrasts a smaller progressive faction with the larger reformist wing and questions whether national Republican reforms can win back the Bull Moose. It suggests doubt about a belated promise restoring unity.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce informs the Massachusetts Senate it cannot support New Haven plan to build and acquire long trolley lines. It estimates total costs at 12 million dollars and urges the railroad conserve capital to meet public duties as a carrier. The chamber argues the project would be a financial drain and not in the public interest.
The Department of Agriculture signals slower inflation with April prices for cereals 30 percent below last year and meat price increases easing from the prior April. The five year average rise remains 3.4 percent, year to year 2.3 percent this April, suggesting possible turning points in the cost of living.
An editorial warns that reckless speed in automobiles causes daily fatalities, especially on Sundays and holidays. It laments speed maniacs and suggests each drive could be a last for the driver or passengers, predicting grim Monday morning records of high speed incidents.
Fire Commissioner Cole urges lawmakers to ban stabling horses on upper floors in non fireproof buildings. He cites deadly fires and difficult evacuations, urging radical reform to prevent annual horse slaughter and cruelty.
Sheppard G. Shermerhorn Charles B. Jopp president of the Beacon Trust Company and William Newsome manager of the trust company will appear before the federal grand jury in New York today as witnesses in the investigation the government conducts against United Fruit Company charged with Sherman act violations Subpenas were served yesterday under US Marshal Guy Murchie and they left for New York last night.
Miss Lilian F. Sault society dancing teacher and real estate agent will marry Charles Mifflin Frothingham in the late summer, his engagement following a romance begun nearly 15 years ago at a Back Bay dancing class.
In a tense pursuit the Magno-Polar-Gravo car narrowly escapes a collision with a transatlantic liner. Stealthy Steve distracts the gun crew by dropping a card urging cease-fire, prompting the liner captain to order a stop and the Mag to rise skyward toward Paris. A later footnote hints at Steve’s Missouri origins.
The Fore River Shipbuilding purchase by Bethlehem Steel elevates Charles M. Schwab as a leading financier in New England. Once a livery boy in Loretto, he became chief engineer at Edgar Thompson and finally president of the steel trust with a reputed $800,000 yearly salary.
A long mahogany staff style cane appears in Cambridge near Harvard square. An elderly Lake View Avenue resident set the trend as fashion shifts toward taller walking sticks linked to antique courtly images.
A humorous rustic poem depicts a weary hired man waking to chores in a farmyard. He laments longing for fifty years of sleep while milking Bossy and tending mules horses and hogs. The piece ends with his repeated wish as he endures a long sunlit day on the farm.
Wasted ten minutes in vain effort to recollect the name of the famous bandit who captured Miss Stone, with the reader expected to recall it instantly.
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