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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1913
Page
14
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with prices for U S Canada and foreign delivery. It lists offices, departments and contact details including editors and departments and requests prepaid subscriptions.
The run on the Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank shows depositor folly rather than fact. About $2000 in interest money was withdrawn since July 1 as rumor spread. Massachusetts savings banks, by law, are highly safeguarded, making losses nearly impossible.
Ann Arbor authorities may press riot charges against University of Michigan students who rushed a theatre after a football win over Pennsylvania. The piece warns audience panic risks and calls for strict justice under Michigan law, which classifies such conduct as a felony.
The nomination of Henry M. Pindell of Illinois for ambassador to Russia may be postponed until the currency bill clears Congress. Russia's likely objection adds to the scandal over offering the post as a sinecure and Secretary Bryan's claim that Pindell was offered the post for as long as he wished.
At the Chicago annual meeting beet sugar men foretell that beet sugar marketing will end after 1916 due to cane sugar competition. They claim Americans will save about 50 million dollars yearly on sugar purchases, as tariff laws favor the public over beet interests and watered stock.
New York opens its grand opera season amid a scandal over ticket disposal. District Attorney Whitman probes Tyson agency concerns after it bought 150000 dollars worth of tickets at a 10 percent discount to resell above box office prices and then pawned the lot with a trust company. Customers faced double payments as the scheme unraveled.
A lingering pasteboard sale raises concern as funds fall short and the transaction appears dubious. Purchasers worry about possible legal action or scrutiny, calling for clarity before proceeding further.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce votes tomorrow with a nominating committee slate opposed by a five name minority for the eight three year seats. The Post endorses the committee lineup as balanced and representative, while noting some corporate influence within the ticket. Endorsed for three years: Dennison, Ewing, Fahey, Hall, Hubbard, Ludwig, Weed, Wrightington. for one year: Bliss, Coolidge Jr., Richards, Robb.
On the fifty year anniversary the United States marks the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln’s brief message endures beyond Everett’s polished oration, affirming a government of the people. The nation grows more certain of a reunited union and the principle that government shall not perish from the earth.
A Massachusetts conference on city and town planning opened yesterday at the State House. Led by the Homestead Commission chaired by Charles F Getemy the gathering aims beyond commercial layout to humane homestead communities. It seeks to promote wholesome family living and satisfy the esthetic sense, signaling a resolve to improve communal conditions in the state.
A humorous poem by Newton Newkirk rails at an eggless hen. The speaker jokes about the hen failing to lay eggs as prices rise and ends with a mock guillotine pun. In Boston, Ww. W. E. Bout Face adds a quip about not burning bridges.
Percy Pinfeather recalls early childhood years spent among girls, vs a rough neighbor named Skinny Montgomery, whose provocation triggers a temper flare. The episode of the ball toss over the fence ends with a taunting retort and a crying retreat, hinting at a reckless, revengeful nature that would shape later troubles.
A correspondent asks how engines can be safeguarded after several head on rail accidents. The proposed solution is to run a passenger coach ahead of the locomotive to absorb impact and protect the engine.
The Rockland Me Courier Gazet te prints a humorous discussion on railway safety and a boneless department joke. It ponders head on and rear end collisions and jokes about jellyfish canning and women workers in a boneless department. The column closes with quips about griping less and earning more than six percent.
Washington November 18 the Senate Steering committee discussed emergency legislation to create machinery for direct election of Senators. A measure to let states apply existing congressional election laws to Senate elections was seen as likely.
A husband burns letters he wrote before marriage as a way to settle affairs, prompting his wife to accuse him of sentimentality and question his motives. He insists the act is for her interest and to fix matters so his will cannot be disputed after his death.
An English clergyman questions an gossiping old woman about his sermon on the fate of the wicked. She evasively replies that the idea of gnashing teeth may not apply, hinting at skepticism and local talk.
The piece recalls John Adams and Mary Hellen's 1828 wedding in the Blue Room with East Room hosting guests later. It notes Adams family rivalries, the East Room’s modest furnishings then, and a bridesmaid’s recount of orange flowers satin and pearls. The bride’s daughter Mary Louisa was christened in 1829 and later taught the Bible by her grandfather.
A diverse column notes Cape Cod light upgrades to oil powered 2,000,000 candle power, an ice shipment from Brewer Maine to Boston, donations from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to the International Sunshine Society, and a veteran voter’s Prohibition record. Also covers a Gloucester bank bulb display, Malden library exhibits, Sky Rocket timbers recovered, Boston elk at Franklin Park, Southward oarsman return, a wedding gift mirror, Charlestown library expansion, and local gardening and scouting news.
A poem fragment voices a cat’s envy of human labor and its futility. It contrasts the cat’s carefree mood with humans’ relentless search for work and dignity amid poverty and misfortune. The narrator ends back at the shanty, resigned yet chastened by observed hardship.
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