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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1913
Page
14
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including U S Canada foreign and Canada add-ons. It lists pricing, postage notes, and payment instructions with editor contact and office addresses in Boston Massachusetts.
The article extols the marriage of the White House bride to a plain American citizen. It emphasizes national admiration for her character and accomplishments and notes the absence of pomp or nobility in the ceremony, praising the couple and wishing them God-speed.
A newly married couple and their escorts were held up by masked men in Medford. The incident elicited debate on violent retaliation and public sympathy for attackers versus the victims, highlighting harsh humor directed at marriage.
A Boston socialist orator urges Mrs Pankhurst be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a top promoter of peace in modern times. The piece speculates on next year’s prizes assigning other fields to Johnson Cohan Lipton and Donovan, with light satire.
The piece laments a fatal shooting at Lambert Lake where a hunter was killed by his brother in law amid a movement in the bushes. It compares Maine’s 11 woods fatalities to Massachusetts' week with over 1300 deer killed but no human deaths, praising Massachusetts hunters’ restraint.
The new High School of Practical Arts will open in this city signaling a major shift in public education. It moves beyond traditional preparation to teach how to live and apply textbook knowledge to domestic life through both theory and practice.
The cooking sewing and household economics program receives generous equipment and strong results. Clerical notes call it a complement to the district's other technical schools and commend its achievements.
The Lawrence firemen demand eight hour limits and fair pay, urging arbitration to settle the dispute with Pacific Company. The Post urges prompt mediation to avoid alienating public sentiment and upholds the workers on a just cause.
Newton Newkirk presents a business motto urging visitors to come in without knocking and depart on the same terms, reflecting a blunt, practical attitude for the executive workspace.
An open letter explains missing the White House wedding due to a cold and wishes the couple a happy life. The writer warns the groom to be firm, avoid spoiling him, and notes the massive wedding cake weighing 186 pounds with a 66 inch waist. He jokes about requesting a piece of cake and avoiding letting leftovers go to waste.
A November letter page mixes a forsythia sprig sighting in Wellesley with readers critiquing street numbers and a Thanksgiving note on women’s suffrage gains. It recalls Edward P. Barry’s Washington visit, Evacuation Day plans, and President Wilson’s possible attendance.
The column surveys civic life from Bedelia’s hair woes to new park beautification and a tree planting drive. It tours Walnut street clubs, a beaver-street treehouse, fresh golf-course turnout, historic Bunker Hill memories, a Bodkin owl scare, and Bates College chapel stone lore.
The federal Department of Justice leads a country wide inquiry into hen food product control. A House committee considers penalties for storing hen products over 90 days. The piece argues stronger safeguards will raise egg quality and benefit consumers facing high prices.
The annual commission report warns that ship passage hinges on dredging through slides in the Cucaracha area. If new slides occur the opening date may be pushed back. Earthquake shocks nearby have not harmed the canal region and the Cucaracha slide is near exhaustion.
The Post's Santa II begins early preparations for Christmas giving as readers are urged to shop and send gifts early to ease parcel post burdens. The program distributed 20,000 presents last year and aims to exceed that total with reader contributions to the Post's Santa fund.
Tugs today succeeded in floating the Columbus caravel Santa Maria which had been driven on a bar during the severe hurricane two weeks earlier. The caravel with its companion ships was bound from Chicago to San Francisco and is said to be badly damaged.
In a low roadside house, independent Mary Ann Jones recalls helping the poor and awaits visitors. John Harris, once an orphaned soldier’s son, arrives with provisions, proving his gratitude and fulfilling a promise. She welcomes him home and ensures his comfort.
A fragmented verse piece features Huerta and a Mexican proxy deriding peace while reveling in revolution. A tourist narrator mocks scenery and focuses on machinery as political tensions rise. The kettle of fish image recurs with a dove of peace near Popocatepetl.
A 20 year old asks Mildred Champagne for guidance on marrying a 24 year old lover. Her parents funded her business college and oppose early marriage, while the fiancé wants to wed after a year and move with him to a distant city. Champagne urges genuine love, mutual happiness, and parental support.
A cheese weighing 6300 pounds and made from 63,280 pounds of milk was cut into 20,000 pieces and handed out to attendees at a land show in Chicago. The cheese originated from New York State.
A historical overview notes Norway’s advance for women’s rights from inheritance equality in 1854 to universal municipal suffrage in 1910 and later parliamentary suffrage. It highlights Anna Rogstad as the first woman in a national assembly, the rise of women in law and medicine, and remaining limits in clergy, army, and cabinet positions.
Berlin reports Emperor William forbids army and navy officers in uniform to dance the tango and other steps. The American colony dinner plans were modified to remove tango and two step during official hours, with permission later after official guests leave.
Paragraphs describe wardrobe trends with a one piece dress and separate wraps in velvet including plain and brocaded versions. Theatre bonnets in gold silver or copper lace trim fur and bead fringe. long sleeves with wrist buckles. black suede shoes with silver bead embroidery. gowns with sleeves nearly to the neck and ballooning elbows. hats coordinated with velvet black. Amber beads feature on many new gowns.
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