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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post issue dated May 81 1918 reports publication details for Post Publishing Co with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The Daily One year costs 88.00 with six months at 1.50 eight months at 75 cents and one month at 25 cents. The Sunday Post One year is 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 75 cents two months 60 cents and one month 30 cents. Foreign daily five cents per month Sunday 16 cents per copy. Boston area postage adds one cent per copy. Entered as second class at Boston Post Office. Do not send cash.
Notices state subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration without further notice. Readers are urged to notify by postal address if the Post is not obtainable from dealers. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier, 1383 Main.
A 19th century boast cites the Boston Post as possessing the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, according to Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
Federal grand jury charges the Memphis Tennessee postmaster with soliciting a $10 campaign donation from a clerk in his office. The case pits a Republican officeholder in Democratic Tennessee against the law and public interest in political activity.
Secretary Bryan will sign the amendment for popular election of Senators, making the 17th amendment part of the Constitution. He has long championed the reform and completes the country’s decision on this change with swift ratification.
A reform bureau agent notes near eradication of poppy in China and argues strict global import bans could end opium's curse. He cites regions with scant poppy in a region once prolific and calls China's production suppression a landmark of government regulation.
The preliminary peace draft signed by Balkan allies and Turkey marks the close of a seven month war. The Ottoman state is pressed to yield further, while allies dispute spoils and postwar settlements remain unsettled. Delicate issues linger over southern European peace.
The San Francisco arrival of 400000 pounds of Australian beef and mutton is reported to have been sold at a nominal profit. The development is viewed as possibly meeting trust extortion and tariff relief expectations, signaling a first step in expanding imports.
The effort aims to lower the price set by the beef trust with expected rapid cuts across Pacific Coast states. Pacific Steamship Company plans four refrigerator ships as proof of durable trade. Atlantic consumers face beef trust extortion, while Argentine packers hold current trade with big meat interests. a 25 percent dividend has been paid. Australian meat trading at lower San Francisco prices could ease consumer plunder locally.
Boston needs a large central waterfront market with rail and steamship facilities to handle the wholesale fruit and produce trade. An association of local merchants plans talks with the Port Directors to establish such a market, aiming to cut waste and reduce the cost of living.
Washington reports show opposition to a House roads committee due to fears of a pork barrel costing 20 to 50 million dollars annually. The piece argues federal aid for roads is possible without excess spending and that Congress can reform any enlarging pork barrel if needed.
As Underwood tariff debates move to the Senate supporters insist the clause banning import of wild bird skins and feathers remain. Farmers across the country rally with Audubon Society urging retention to end interstate traffic and protect birds.
Henry Sydnor Harrison spent two years on V. V. s Eyes issued by Houghton Mifflin. It features V. Vivian, a slum doctor, guiding Miss Heth toward human idealism amid industrial tensions. Austin Dobson s Collected Poems edition highlights his rhythm and craft though its lighter verse suits boudoirs more than libraries.
In a Mortis Rigor Society meeting the alleged Stealthy Steve is cleared when Bud-the-Blud explains Snip-the-Snipe and Stealthy Steve used a Magno-Polar-Grove car to reach Washington. Snip dropped the detective’s card to end gunfire while the Exalted Mogul accepts the tale and Steve meets General Gonzales and Gabrielle Gireaux, the counterfeiterress.
The Palmer fortune once valued at 15 million grows to around 20 million under Mrs. Potter Palmer and her two sons. Potter Palmer helped shape Chicago’s growth by strategic property investments and 1871 fire recovery. Mrs. Palmer led Western society, expanded influence to New York London and Paris, and supported social reform and labor unions.
In a scene at the refectory Gabrielle thanks a passing figure and invites General Gonzales to escort her to luncheon. She suggests placing Brother Bud the Blud at the General’s right and Snip the Snipe on her left as a seating plan. The moment promises further developments in tomorrow’s Sunday Post.
A satirical poem urges the wedding guest to be relentlessly amusing. It humorously prescribes escalating gags from rice throwing to weapons, culminating in a drastic blow to the carriage wheels to force the couple to acknowledge their new life. The piece uses shock value to lampoon wedding theatrics.
A Sunday school bishop invites questions after a talk. A tiny boy inquires why Adam was never a baby. A precocious girl offers a quick, practical reply: there was nobody to nurse him.
The column records Dana Burbank of Barnard Vermont defending dancing as harmless and recounts plans for Deer Island reformatory visits by Governor Foss and officials. It notes community shifts near Roxbury Vine Street Church, local retirements and moves, bird repellent pin wheels, Arlington and Lexington historical items, and obituaries. It also mentions ship captains, Longfellow research, Essex Club plans, and health leaflets.
The piece by Walt Mason mocks Prohibition era customs and the shift from alcohol to coffee and water at meals. It lauds sobriety and mocks “Old Boose” while praising non alcoholic beverages as proper for dinners and rest.
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