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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1915
Page
12
The Boston Post issue from November 138, 1915, No. 18, Vol. 356, published by Post Publishing Co. Includes standard daily sections and notices from Boston,Massachusetts.
Rates for Daily, Sunday and Canada deliveries listed. One year Daily v. 8. and Canada One year 8.00 six months 1.50 eight months 75c one month 21c. Foreign One month 1.00. Sunday One year 8.00 six months 1.50 three months 75c two months 60c one month 30c. Postage charges apply for Canada and Boston district.
A historic newspaper clipping lists telephone numbers and editorial staff including Edwin A. Grozier as Editor and Publisher. It notes subscription must be paid in advance and that service may discontinue if delivery cannot be obtained.
The Boston Post announces its ownership of the largest daily morning circulation in the United States, asserting definitive leadership in reach and readership for a major metropolitan daily.
The Schoolhouse Commission seeks $100000 for immediate safety upgrades to older Boston school buildings. The piece stresses child safety and warns that any delay could cost lives, prompting public accountability from Bostonians.
Professor E G Conklin of Princeton warned that Boston and Philadelphia families were vanishing. The Boston correspondent counters that birth announcements show thriving families, with prominent names in blue books and directors lists. Grandfathers would fill the Somerset Club with replies.
The country awaits President Wilsons message to Congress outlining defence plans while ex President Roosevelt condemns a shadow programme He argues for thorough discussion before decisions Yet public opinion leans toward an adequate plan by Congress supported by both parties and the President
The passage urges forgetting partisanship to support a broad national defense. It credits President Wilson with plans for a large navy and army and calls for patriotic, nonpartisan guidance rather than self-glorifying critique.
The piece argues that a deliberate arson campaign targets American industry with fires and explosions at plants since World War I. It cites many disasters, fatalities, and injuries, claiming strong evidence of directed sabotage by belligerent nations. It calls for government action to uncover and punish ringleaders.
In Chicago this week Taft criticizes partisan credit for prosperity and argues the next big issue is whether America remains wholly American or becomes aligned with Germany. He defends Wilson on the Lusitania matter, stressing the need to support the President amid German influence concerns.
The city planning exhibition at the State House invites residents to gain a comprehensive view of Boston's needs and the practical possibilities for metropolitan development. The movement seeks not only to improve the capital but to extend growth to townships and rural communities, highlighting natural and social resources and the methods to achieve concrete results.
Boston Mayor Curley plans to ask residents to decide whether land on the Boston Common should be taken to widen Park Tremont and Boylston streets to ease traffic congestion. He notes strong public sentiment against diverting the land but cites urgent traffic relief needs and proposes a citizen vote before action.
A verse titled The Blessings Of The Sparrow laments the sparrow as a mediocre bird. The speaker notes other birds with praise and mocks prejudice against the sparrow unless its head were red. The poem is signed The Bard of Burlington.
A quirky vignette notes that patience is a virtue yet warns against delays and overlong waiting. It hints at gum as a playful metaphor for stubborn waiting, capturing a humorous, reflective mood.
A humorous note on a magazine ad promising to teach self tailoring by correspondence. The author quips about the cost of tailored clothes and the hassles of fittings and measurements, and imagines making an entire wardrobe at home with a correspondence course. The piece lampoons fashion shifts and the nerve wracking tailor shop rituals.
A reader column lampoons a question about a logarithmic decrement of a decomposed oscillation. A Massachusetts correspondent scolds the phrasing and mocks the sender for missing problem dimensions, arguing only a full statement allows mental calculation.
Napoleon clings to one battalion of the Old Guard as the rest falters at Waterloo. The battle ends with chaotic retreat and Prussian pursuit, while Wellington and Blucher note the unsure victory and French fight back to the end.
A speaker mocks a person who calls himself Professor claiming he cannot distinguish a logarithm from stove wood. The exchange ends with the accused asserting two and two equal five, prompting disbelief and ridicule.
A motivational verse urges readers to act now to improve themselves and seize opportunity. Refrains insist the time to begin is immediate, warning that delay prevents growth and achievement. Emphasizes readiness, friendship, and personal betterment.
Observant Citizen reports Cambridge captured the top prize in the Massachusetts Forestry Association tree planting contest with 779 trees planted and 728 surviving, earning a batch of 100 shade trees to be set in Cambridge next spring. Fitchburg took second, Newton third, with Brookline and New Bedford also noted.
A satirical verse recounts a motorist who damages a pig and wages a legal battle with Jimpson. The case ends with the lawyer driving away in the troublemaker's car while Jimpson loses both pigs and dogs, leaving the speaker with a broken heart. The piece mocks legal graft and the cost of justice in 1915.
At 57 Bucknam Street in Everett two aged siblings near 93 and another octogenarian anchor a family of five living generations. Walter F. Frederick, the attorney, plans a Lake Assawampsett hunting trip with friends noted for past duck prizes while a tale of a famed Pembert on square court attorney with duck fever provides a cautionary cautionary aside.
The aged observer recalls seasonable weather in Boston on November 18 with no rain and variable temperatures. He cites past extremes, noting 14 below zero in 1888 and warm records around 69 degrees, with 61 degrees as a recent high in 1914.
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