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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions including U S Canada foreign rates and discounts. It notes postage adjustments for the Boston Postal District, advises advance payment, and lists the editor and departments.
The Boston Post rebuts the New York Herald's gloomy take on the New York Horse Show calling the Post's view cheerful and optimistic. It praises Herald descriptions of society ladies gowns and notes occasional horse mentions with hopeful tone.
The article questions whether hunting tame deer constitutes sport as the Massachusetts deer season ends. It notes a heavy tally of slain deer and argues that tame behavior made them easy to kill, prompting reflection on the ethics and nature of game shooting.
The Carmen's Union urges courteous conduct from Boston Elevated Railway conductors and motormen. They praise the company for its unexcelled reputation for polite helpful service to all riders and pledge to retain and raise that standard.
A Jersey City liquor seller laments competition from moving picture shows under Sunday closing enforcement. He says men with small means now linger an hour at the pictures for a nickel or dime and then go home, leaving bars with fewer customers. The article praises the movies' reforming influence and backs the crackdown.
A noted suffragist tied to the Pankhurst circle paid a one dollar fine for chalking the White House sidewalks with Votes for Women. The incident ends with lunch and no hunger strike, prompting thoughts on handling such protests by English authorities.
The article argues that harsh punishments like forced feeding and other penalties only publicize offenses and create martyrdom. It suggests a small fine would remove the heroic glamour and align the act with ordinary hoodlum escapades.
The Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad reveals directors profiting from the company while fiduciaries. Tens of millions allegedly flowed to executives from stockholders’ money, with questions about refunds and legal safeguards to prevent a repeat of the scandal.
Democratic members of the House judiciary committee lay out a tentative anti trust program for the regular session. Three bills are in preparation to prohibit interlocking directorates in interstate banks and firms, curb overcapitalization, and divorce railroads and shipping from producers. Additional measures would define illegal combinations and monopolies in restraint of trade.
Nathan Straus announces his separation from active mercantile life to devote energies to philanthropy. He has long promoted humanitarian work, including pure milk for New York's poor and pasteurization adoption. His efforts against infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis, are cited as exemplary.
The article notes the tariff’s unclear impact on costs while hinting at changes in imports. It mentions hat plumes, turkey feather products, and horsehair as subject to duties, and cites hold ups of luxury items in New York including a chatelaine with diamonds. It laments high egg prices and suggests a tariff could fund a reward for a missing ornament.
Christmas shopping advice urges early buying to avoid last minute crowds. The verse encourages shoppers to prepare ahead, easing clerks under pressure and ensuring timely purchases.
A local note warns the weather clerk to fix last week's balmy spell or face a joke about Spring. The write up predicts squalls, a temperature drop, and frost as looming conditions, hinting the editor will pressure the office to deliver accurate forecasts.
Ponk and Bunk perform a lively vaudeville skit with ribbing banter and social gags. They trade quips about looks, wives, and a comic faux confrontation ending with a curtain cue and a playful ballad.
Paragraphs on latest styles describe Turkish skirts dominating walking suits and gowns. Separate skirts with jackets offer economy, while corsage bouquets gain tulle frill matching gowns. Braided belts appear with embroidery, white ermine stoles end in chenille fringe, and slender silhouettes dominate this year.
Anecdotes recount Harvard and Yale alumni in Santiago regiments exchanging toasts to sportsmanship. The column covers Dr Denman W Ross touring the East collecting treasures, Cambridge city hall talk about Edward Counihan’s potential clerk role, Marine Lt Edward B Cole’s Philippine photos, labor leader John Buckley’s illness, a sparrow nesting near a school light, naturalization jokes about Eugene Foss and Henry Cabot Lodge, water for horses during a glanders quarantine, a Campello fire station rosebush bloom, a Mormon wife senator tale, Cape Cod deer hunting at night, Joseph Burke Egan’s novel about Swett Street, and Boston municipal bathhouse history.
Marie hides from her blind lover after his operation to regain sight. She fears his reaction to her face, though his love endures for her voice. He finds her singing in the fields, and joyfully embraces her, revealing a tender reunion. The tale centers on inner worth over appearances and rekindled affection.
A narrative in rustic cadence recounts a courtroom scene where a kind judge petitions a frightened ragged boy to a better life. The boy, initially wary, is moved by the judge's gentle voice and generous offer, and the two share a moment of unexpected affection. The piece ends with readers drawn to tears for the mercy and hope shown by a single act of kindness.
Count Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere, newly appointed Italian ambassador at Washington, hosted a dinner in Rome in honor of American Ambassador and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. Guests included the foreign minister Marqugit di San Guillano and other officials.
The article contrasts Japan’s traditional female role with recent legal changes. It notes historic male dominance, limited divorce rights, and widow's vulnerability, then cites reforms allowing women to head families, own property, and share parental authority, though enforcement remains weak. It highlights rising female labor, low wages, rising schooling, and calls for suffrage as gaining traction among progressives.
A 1913 verse by Walt Mason casts the hog as the quintessential brute. It mocks a pompous operator who crushes others, monopolizes resources, and forces others to yield path and privilege. The satirical piece uses vivid imagery of hoggish behavior in both pen and public life.
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