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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
14
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for U S and Canada, with rates for different periods. Foreign copies are 16 cents each and Boston district postage adds one cent per copy.
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post from your newsdealer or newsboy please notify us by postal mail at once. Edwin A. Grozier Editor and Publisher.
The U S Industrial Relations Commission declines to investigate Gardner's charges that the Niagara Peace Society is warping public opinion. It notes the commission's mandate is to study conditions causing industrial unrest, and finds no clear link between the Society's propaganda and labor outcomes.
The Boston Newsboys Union collected 505 through sales on a designated day to fund a Monday outing for crippled children in the area. Funds will cover refreshments, entertainment, and souvenirs, while volunteers seek more automobiles to transport guests to Caledonian Grove, hoping transportation costs are avoided given Boston’s many cars.
The piece questions Champ Clark inviting nearly all Washington officials to his daughter's wedding except the Secretary of State. It accuses this move of petty pique tied to Bryan and Wilson politics, arguing the Speaker's act may harm him more than it harms the secretary.
The Nebraskan incident leaves open whether a German submarine torpedoed the American steamship or she struck a drifting mine. The article notes it is unlikely a German officer would target a neutral vessel moving away from England with no cargo. Judgment should wait for confirmed facts.
Charles Becker, former New York police lieutenant, loses plea for third trial as Court of Appeals sentences him to die in the week beginning July 12. He faces no clemency from Governor Whitman. Lawyers may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on constitutional grounds, potentially delaying the case another two years.
The writer argues Becker is guilty and deserves the death penalty for the Rosenthal murder. A police officer's betrayal is depicted as worse than habitual crime, and the case is seen as a grim lesson for New York's police force.
The article notes how the European conflict has vastly increased U S diplomatic duties. It details Italy Austria Germany France Great Britain Turkey and others under U S representation and mentions neutral nations seeking U S aid. It discusses costs and questions a former critic’s claim that U S diplomacy is a laughing stock.
The Kelly girl, heiress to influence, becomes a cabaret victim amid New York's glow of all night amusements. She fled with her mother after losing money and reputation to parasitic schemers. Critics blame official toleration and question licensing norms.
Poem about Newton Newkirk's daily bee in Glenora New York. Willie Wyandotte notes his cheerful routine from dawn to dark assisting chickens and barking at their lay. The piece ends with a salute to steady work and a merry roundelay.
A fragment notes a speaker, claiming strong independence and refusal to ask favors, quoted as a self description. No dates or places are provided. The line suggests a persona or character who values self reliance in daily life. The brief item reads as a quoted motto or stance from an unidentified source.
A columnist recalls the launch of large new pay as you enter trailers on the Brighton Newton line. The piece humorously compares them to apartments with a reception hall, living room, library and observation parlor, notes low entry steps, and tells of the conductor’s sharp transfers and playful banter aboard the new cars.
The article weighs Italy's bold entry into World War I against Germany and Austria. It questions whether Italy will stop at regaining Trentino Trieste and Istria or press further. It notes Italy has agreed not to seek a separate peace and would push to aid Allied victory if the Teutons prevail.
The oldest inhabitant recalls a 96 above zero record in 1880 and a 44 below zero in 1879 and 1882. He lists ten years of official May 27 temperatures with highs and lows: 1905 76 62 showery, 1906 75 46 rain, 1907 49 45 rain, 1908 88 60 clear, 1909 71 53 showery, 1910 69 55 cloudy, 1911 69 51 clear, 1912 82 56 clear, 1913 58 48 cloudy, 1914 95 74 partly cloudy.
A preview praises The Advertising Star as one of the best stories in a long while and urges readers not to miss the Sunday Post Magazine installment.
A reader recalls riding on a Boston Elevated trailer with hot and cold speaking tubes open plumbing and electric wires. Passengers smoke in the rear, demand free lunch, and expect future improvements such as an orchestra. The car features dumb waiters who are no longer dumb as it whizzes by.
The piece chronicles early summer warmth in New England with roses blooming and seaside cottages opening. It notes Memorial Day weather stats from Boston history, a courthouse scene with a young mother and nanny, and a pilot mistaking naval drills for real combat. It mentions long-time sailmaker William H. Cross, Peabody Memorial Church plans, Whittier hymn memories, and Cap Caleb Haskell slated to skipper the Theoline schooner.
Napoleon lightened by victory over the Paris mob and bantered with a marketwoman. He later outwits Mme de Stael in repartee and writes to brother Joseph, resisting Paulette’s suitor due to poverty, insisting Pauline has nothing and he has no leverage.
A jumble of items recalls Captain Arthur Cummings of Malden and a Tampa death, Colonel John E Spencer acquiring Peabody mansion carvings for a Masonic temple, and zoo highlights at Franklin Park. The piece also notes Napoleon's rise, his upcoming meeting with Josephine de Beauharnais, and reflections on Parisian life.
A 1915 verse by Walt Mason depicts Willie pulling weeds while others fish, arguing people endure hard labor and seek meaning by pretending work is joyful. The poem frames life as a stern call to toil with a humorous twist on choosing recreation.
A playful lama wobbles in a spacious enclosure while spectators try to coax it near the fence. The Boston School Committee weighs a model evening immigrant school and teacher training after a year of Miss Eleanor M. Colleton’s work. A foreign-born youth recently won an English composition prize, six years after arriving in America, highlighting the demand for education among young newcomers.
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