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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post issue from November 25, 1912 features daily news from Boston and surrounding areas. Includes local notices, brief reports, and advertisements typical of a daily urban newspaper of the era.
The Boston Post announces subscription pricing for Natly One GORE and The Sunday Post with options for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months plus per copy rates for Canada and foreign readers. Postage applies in the Boston district and payments are payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your dealer, notify us by postal at once. E. A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher.
Quote from Robert Hoe proclaims The Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world’s largest press, highlighting the scale of R Hoe & Co.'s equipment and influence in the industry.
The Portsmouth Times notes Boston papers assume a New England cabinet pick from Massachusetts. It argues states in New England besides Massachusetts should be considered and warns there aren’t enough cabinet posts for every state. The piece questions if Massachusetts truly leads the region.
Chicago & Northwestern announces a lavish train to Minneapolis and St Paul. The description compares it to a metropolitan club on rails and stresses safeguarding its beauty and stability for passengers and temporary residents.
A story from Massachusetts notes open deer season but highlights Missouri hunters who released fattened coons for the chase. One animal wears a gold capped tooth marking it as top prize, a strange twist on traditional fox-and-bag exploits.
Records show 7 to 8 million pounds of material carried free under congressional franks during campaigns. At standard rates this could net nearly 20 million dollars, with about 3.25 million charged against free carriage of speeches reports and partisan documents. Congressmen allegedly used the Congressional Record to franking and distribute party materials. The long standing abuse is called an official robbery of the people.
The text argues that the franking privilege serves no valid educational purpose and is subject to abuse. It contends that if curbing the misuse is impossible, the privilege should be abolished entirely.
The article weighs causes of high anthracite prices and asks how long the underground and surface supplies will last. It cites original fields totaling 19 to 20 billion tons, with seven or five billion tons remaining. Based on yearly output around 81 million tons, it estimates about 104 years left.
The article signals a broad European crisis with rapid troop mobilizations. Russia reportedly moves over a million troops, Austria and Germany prepare sizable forces, and Albania declares independence prompting potential alignments with Austria Italy and the triple Entente amid heightened global tension.
The article notes General Wood may be relieved by President Wilson after his term ends next March under the 1903 staff law. Despite vigorous work for Army interests, Wood faces congressional opposition and unpopularity among some officers, suggesting he will cease to occupy his post soon.
Poem by B. FF. Stew Leghorn Leander’s brother dedicated to John Devine Inflater. Attacks inflated aristocracy and a poet’s vanity. Urges Leander to see nature’s beauty and abandon pomp and pretentious verse.
A November wedding joins John Gordon, president of a table water company, and Gladys Stanwood, a longtime stenographer in his office. Gossip claims love at first sight and a swift engagement. The couple left on a secret honeymoon while friends wish them health and happiness.
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A letter quotes a fanciful plan by Aero to build an aero-scow and ship air pockets as a money making scheme. The author challenges Newt and muses on funding, while lampooning the idea as impractical and half in jest.
A hostess hosting an unexpected guest dinner sent for large tarts from a pastry cook. The gathering went smoothly until she tried to act aloof at her own table by asking John to identify the tarts. John replied briskly that they cost fourpence apiece.
A light tale recalls Smarte joking about a post office scandal and a postman allegedly getting the sack for misplacing letters, prompting a humorous exchange between Smarte and a friend.
The Lule Burgas battle shifted Balkan War fortunes, halting Bulgarian retreat and exposing internal Turkish fragility. Ottoman forces suffered heavy casualties as 200,000 troops faced fierce Bulgarian defense, curbing Turkish momentum toward Constantinople and altering Allied expectations.
Friends of Samuel A. Eliot travel Europe with his uncle Professor George Baker to study dramatic writing after his Harvard graduation. Daniel T. Sullivan Jr. entertains strike figures at the Hotel Thorndike in Lawrence. In a corn and potato contest, Ernest Russell wins first prize a Washington trip, Michael Dulashi second prize Boston trip, Edward Parsons third prize farmers week. The note praises New England farming progress and Yankee apple growers.
A collage of items from Boston area clerks and officials. Guards on the Russell estate at Melrose report quiet duty with Sunday visitors during a court hearing. A proposed law to ban non stars and stripes banners at parades draws applause. The New Hampshire Vermont boundary dispute is noted. An apple sent to President Taft from Bridgeport gains praise. Local tech graduates oversee Cambridge institute site work. Bostonian Melvin A. Hall reports a 24000 mile Europe Asia trip in a car, planning Christmas homecoming after crossing Rajputna Desert.
Professor Frank Spear of the Boston Y M C A argues the horse will vanish as a food source similar to discarded items. He notes the British Museum already exhibits horse types and gear as a sign of obsolescence. Charles Lyon Chandler discusses South American trade and American shoes finding demand in Lima.
A reader notes the U S government no longer provides free ocean charts for teachers, with classrooms now purchasing maps at ten cents each. Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer plans a Westward exchange trip after midyear exams. A long running New Hampshire Vermont boundary dispute may be resolved soon by the federal government.
A humorous verse from 1912 urges early Christmas shopping to avoid crowds and laments a world lacking newsworthy events. It mocks politicians and suffragists while prompting brothers and sisters to shop before the holiday rush.
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