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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1916
Page
10
The 1916 issue lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for domestic and foreign readers and notes Canada postage. It also provides office addresses in Boston, staff roles, and payment policies including advance payments and discontinuation after expiration.
The Rochester Courier cites the Boston Post arguing it is poor politics for Republicans to deride the Secretary of the Navy as a country editor. The piece notes country editors have strong influence, backing leaders like Woodrow Wilson, and warns GOP bosses against alienating them. It highlights McDuffee as a proven New Hampshire editor in power.
The bulletin from British headquarters in France describes a Friday air battle where a squadron of about 30 Allied machines engaged a larger foe, with both sides suffering numerous losses. A Berlin report claims 17 hostile airplanes shot down by moonlight on a clear night, highlighting aerial combat as a major theater of war.
The piece notes that Roosevelt supporters push for a 1920 bid while a new force rises in the GOP. Hiram Johnson, a Republican and Progressive from California, is highlighted as a major figure who could influence Senate elections and national politics.
The election shows Wilson carrying the State for the presidency and signals his growing influence. He is idolized in the pivotal West and far beyond, possessing nearly every quality a top campaigner needs. A successful Senate run could solidify his path to the Republican nomination in 1920.
After the war, a tariff commission is urged to prevent dumping by Europe. The piece notes strong U S trade leverage, with vast gold reserves, copper and cotton exports, steel output, and foodstuffs, arguing the United States can lead in postwar world trade. It contrasts Democratic tariff policy with prior Republican approaches and highlights stock market resilience.
The article argues that Hon. Jeanette Rankin may become the first woman to address the House. It frames her anticipated entry as epochal but not revolutionary, marking continued progress for women in public affairs and voting power. It notes prior local gains and predicts Rankin’s congressional career will illustrate further progress.
October totals at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital show 249 cases in the hospital and 374 in the dispensary on Longwood Avenue. Since opening on March 1, 1915, the hospital has 3929 cases and the dispensary 6119, totaling 10048. October hospital cases include 182 dogs 45 cats 67 horses 3 pigs and 2 unclassified. Operations performed on animals included 1348 b h shink and 2 unclassified.
In a satirical all sorts page item the Sphinx appears to win re election with escalating votes from Brockton South Boston Lawrence Haverhill and Hopedale. Recounts loom in Chelsea and Saugus amid fraud charges and mystery ballot losses.
Dear Newt explains that in Ipswitch the river’s low tide seems unusually scarce due to a six week New England drought. The drought lowers river levels, altering tidal volume and causing apparent imbalances between outgoing and incoming water.
A 1916 verse contemplates cheerful endurance amid hardship. It imagines daily toil and cheerful smiles while facing crippling injuries or disabilities, asking how such trials would test our faith and hope. The piece uses a narrator voice to praise resilience with song.
Laurette Taylor stars as Sylvia Brooke a vivacious 86 year old mother of a 19 year old son in the new comedy The Harp of Life. She battles a worldly divorcee Zelia Verona to save her son's future proving a mother's wisdom and strength can outwit temptation.
The piece recalls the 13th of each month terror myths and the 1833 Nov 13 meteor shower. It notes public concerns about prices, eggs, and turkeys, and anecdotal bits about figures like Wilson, Hughes, and a New England telegraph line made by three Brookline boys.
A longtime Boston resident recalls past climate highs and lows noting 14 above zero in 1883 the coldest in a decade 24 in 1905 and warmest 63 in 1885 with a 10 year high near 6 in 19? The speaker mentions minimal rainfall in the two years around 1912.
The Boy Scout examination for the Boston Chamber of Commerce efficiency badge is moved to about March 1 from December to allow the court of honor to qualify a group of 20 boys to take the test.
Mary Louise devises a plan to move to a larger suite, persuades landlord Mr G to upgrade fixtures, and rearranges rooms for a fresh look. Tom discovers a new gas range with a broiler, and the couple share a hopeful, affectionate response to the transformed home.
Walt Mason reflects on writing a famous ode versus the daily need to provide for children and survive. He imagines someday crafting work that rivals Milton and Shakespeare, yet accepts the grind of life and the comfort of a distant artistic dream.
A Boston reader asks if Hughes and Wilson would require another election if tied in electoral votes and notes that the House would choose the president per the Constitution. The letter also explains that Green Lane was the original name for Salem Street, once home to Boston's elite.
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