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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
14
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The piece criticizes New York suffragists who evaded secret service and pressed toward the President, calling it poor politics and urging women leaders to denounce such tactics. It notes upcoming state votes on woman suffrage including Massachusetts and reminds that men will vote. It says leaders should forbid heckling to protect the cause.
Postmaster Murray urged the Boston Chamber of Commerce to appoint a committee to study economy in post office operations. The Chamber’s favorable reply is praised as timely. Washington orders retrenchment but likely without staff cuts, urging cost cuts like a business.
The Hon. Clinton White retires after twenty years on the Public Service Commission upon turning 70. He served on the Harbor Dock and Railroad Commissions and their successor, shaping state transport policy with industry knowledge. His departure allows Governor Walsh to appoint a modern representative of public transport relations.
Massachusetts expands state forestry effort with a $10 000 annual appropriation. State Forester Bane estimates reforestation of 800 acres per year and promotes turning unproductive private land into value. He cautions rising forest fires near Boston and urges coordinated action with agriculture for immediate savings.
The article discusses efforts to guide forest growth, predicting that in only a few years significant and surprising gains will be realized as the program matures.
The New York Herald reports strong German American loyalty across the United States. Milwaukee Germans call Milwaukee “the Munich of America” for malt beverages while Wisconsin guards denounce acts harming neutral ships. Newark's 200000 German-born residents say they are loyal Americans though they still love Germany.
This column notes a sudden shift from spring warmth to intermediate season cold. Straw hats remain rare as coastal winds pierce early wearers. gardens sprout tulips and hyacinths while anemones and violets persist. New Englanders brace with overcoats and hopeful sunshine to come.
The piece notes Britain may object to granting free passage to Dr. Dernburg via any ship to Germany, given his impact on American sentiment. It suggests he might travel on a Dutch or Italian steamer to avoid trouble, while cautioning Britain could not seize him on the high seas without clashing with its own protests in the Mason and Slidell episode.
Emily E Barker daughter of David A Barker of 122 Russell Street Waltham married Robert B Eaton of Roxbury last evening. The ceremony at Beth Eden Baptist Church was conducted by Rev Ilsley Boone of Yarmouthville Maine with George E Barker Jr as best man and Miss B Lollian Barker as maid of honor.
A Detroit Free Press note argues success comes from staying at one's post and forging ahead rather than lingering. It urges ambition with steady focus, directing readers to keep moving forward. A concise motivational reflection about perseverance.
The Women’s Municipal League of Boston promotes a pest control crusade advising starvation of rats and flies by sealing food and guarding garbage. It ridicules cats as ineffective and warns that rats may outsmart feline helpers, with a humorous tale from Saugus about a cat and a rat lair, illustrating the absurd diplomatic battle between pests and pets.
A reader proposes a soap and kerosene plug method to trap rats in attics and garrets. The note repeats a correspondent’s anti rat tip and a comic aside about unwanted tenants while discussing the method’s perceived simplicity and the rat’s likely reaction to the treated plug.
The Toulon siege showed Napoleon as a bold officer among French forces. Although praised for bravery, sources indicate the plan to take the harbor fort existed before his arrival. The fall boosted his reputation, even as later accounts question the extent of his sole strategic credit.
The column surveys springtime events from Boston and nearby towns. It highlights May activities at Wellesley and the New England Home for Little Wanderers, and notes civic happenings, clock lighting trials, and long marriages in Dover and Foxcroft Maine.
A courtroom scene near Judge Jenney featured a witness recounting a wife chasing her husband with a poker while he pursued her with a bread knife. A heckler laughed loudly and was escorted out, highlighting the tense atmosphere in the divorce hearing.
The Oldest Inhabitant recounts the warmest and coldest May days in Boston dating from 1905 to 1914. Official figures show highs and lows for the 19th each year with conditions ranging from clear to cloudy and showers.
A 1915 poem contrasts dreamers and workers, noting dreamers idle while workers toil. It portrays dreamers as impractical while workers sustain daily life through labor, farming, and industry, with the poet near satire about social inequality.
The note teases the original witty Van Loons color comic and hints at an odd angle about whether we were fish, to be explored in the next Sunday Post.
A reader compares substitutes like alum and lime phosphate to inferior cuts of meat, arguing they save cost but are unsafe or inferior. The letter asserts Royal Baking Powder, made from cream of tartar and sourced from pure vineyard grapes, is superior and safe.
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