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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
14
The text notes that a woman pursued a Harvard Law School mission, studied at NYU, earned a degree there, and built a strong practice. It states her early death resulted from overexertion and exposure during the national suffrage campaign, calling it a conspicuous loss to feminism.
A city task force urges a two week egg boycott in New York starting today to test price relief. Officials hint at extending to butter and potatoes if successful, while critics warn of hardship for residents and question supply.
The piece uses a playful aphorism about abstinence slowing the bus cart, reflecting a satirical spin on efficiency and behavior in a lighthearted note.
Readers contribute queries on etiquette for a woman doctor after marriage and the meaning of educated saddle horses. The column notes the humor and resolves address forms and horse education questions while sharing local anecdotes and letters from readers across New England.
The article surveys Bramante and Michelangelo’s work on St Peter's ground plan, contrasts exterior and interior beauty, and compares cathedrals in Europe. It highlights Venice's St Mark's, Cologne, and French cathedrals at Rheims Amiens Chartres as paragons of beauty, while noting limits of indulgence in a smoker and questioning a girl's propriety in social invitations.
A reader denounces Morrison I. Swift for claiming women attend the birth control case shows advanced intelligence. The speaker argues attendance reflects interest in science, not superior intellect, and defends the right to attend while condemning the misrepresentation.
The piece argues Greece should join the Allies to avoid a fate like Romania, recalling a fable of travelers sacrificing items to wolves. It questions Allied bungling and warns Greece may be the next to be sacrificed to the Teutons if missteps continue.
The article notes leather scarcities drive prices up and ponder the awkward prospect of peasants adopting sabots. It argues Americans resist wooden footwear as a symbol of class inferiority and suggests the idea is unlikely to gain traction here.
Nez Milholland Boissevain lived a brief yet impactful life. Known as a leading advocate for women’s suffrage she also pursued uplift and charitable work with non political aims. Her leadership qualities and roles at Vassar and as a probation officer for poor children marked her influential career.
The piece argues postwar immigration may surge if taxes do not rise to cover European war debt interest. It claims annual interest equals US Civil War debt and would require a $30 per person tax, dwarfing government costs and President Wilsons yearly salary.
The piece argues German coastal raids on Ramsgate are dramatic but limited in impact. It emphasizes England’s sea mastery with ships in regular service and Germany’s restricted transatlantic trade, noting no invader has set foot on English soil.
Public letters ask about how when a person dies without a will the estate passes to a sister or other relatives. They seek copper plate engraving training and evening wireless classes. Responses note daughters of deceased sisters share in the estate and no copper plate school exists in the city, with instruction available only through bottom-rank work. wireless is not taught separately but electricity courses at the Industrial School offer related study.
A Worcester reader asks why two balls after a first ball knocking two pins passed through the hole in the pin group. The answer: both subsequent balls followed the same line traced by the first ball, explaining the phenomenon.
Historic data show this date's coldest in Boston at 11 degrees above zero with 26 degrees the coldest in the last decade and 68 degrees the warmest on record. Stormy conditions occurred on this date in 1906 1901 and 1912.
A young man asks if ending smoking is the right step for his girlfriend who asks him to stop and whether she may accept invitations from other suitors. He seeks guidance on fairness and trust in their nearly yearlong courtship at a school setting.
A verse by George Matthew Adams critiques careless driving and speeding near pedestrians. The speaker boasts safe driving yet laments a crash caused by another driver who ignores safety rules, ending with a jab that the person who curses safety first bears the fault.
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