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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1912
Page
8
A partial OCR fragment from a Boston newspaper issue dated 1912 notes publication details and an office address at 259 Washington Street, Boston Massachusetts. The readable items include issue date and catalog numbers.
The notice lists subscription prices for The Sunday Post and Daily editions, including rates for 1 month to 1 year, and international and postal charges. It includes payment instructions, address, and contact details for the Boston Post Publishing Company and editors.
The Boston Post announces ownership of the largest newspaper printing press plant in New England and notes it includes the largest press in the world, per Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
New evidence shows British suffragettes exploited Thanksgiving Day celebrations to flood mail boxes in London and other cities with varnish glue and other substances. The action caused widespread letter damage and inconvenience to thousands of innocent recipients, including potential supporters of woman suffrage, highlighting the militants' perceived fitness for the ballot.
President Mellen will not resign from the New Haven road citing unsatisfactory service on both railroads but promising to do all he can to improve. He says his goal is to be a railroad man not a manipulator and to lead needed reforms.
The Turkish cabinet declares four years of constitutional government failed and abrogates the constitution. The Young Turks are accused of turning constitutional government into a farce and fiction as oppression and deceit allegedly persist under the new stance.
Brand Whitlock, reform Mayor of Toledo, travels in Germany and notes thorough municipal practice. He observes bargemasters and town councillors treating city governance as a profession, with city assets in city hands, contrasting with American councils. He suggests American towns would benefit from a stronger civic spirit treating city affairs as business.
A newspaper critique argues that a driver turning off the rear light prevents identifying the vehicle in a fatal Someville crash. It urges mandatory, steady rear illumination not switch controlled to ensure accountability and prevent evasion.
A fragment notes plans for lighting improvements using oil lamps more powerful than current general use and intended to provide permanent undisturbed illumination at the point.
Column argues the extra session must promptly revise the tariff while also addressing general legislation on currency defects and amendments to the Sherman anti trust law. Senator O Gorman notes early consideration for both reforms to reduce uncertainty and reflect new conditions.
The piece honors Adee Acting at 70 and 42 years in diplomatic service. It notes his leadership in formulating national policy, his restraint in using authority, and his role as a tradition in the State Department from Bayard to Knox. It ends with well wishes for a long life as he marks the anniversary.
Belva Ann Lockwood of Washington turns eighty one and is described as the oldest practising lawyer in the world. She has long supported woman suffrage and ran for President on the suffrage ticket, remaining active in law and public life as the movement advanced after the recent election.
Governor Dix of New York pardoned Albert T Patrick, convicted of murder, drawing criticism. Foss and others faced mixed reviews for clemency. In South Carolina Governor Blease, by contrast, set a Thanksgiving Day record with 15 homicide pardons, fueling claims that white men face easier punishment than petty thieves.
Harwich report states Captain Frank B. Doane resigns as skipper of the Nantucket Shoals light ship after twelve years. He returns to Harwich due to poor health and says he will not return to the ship.
Antonio Di Carbone a real estate and insurance agent of East Boston who has been missing since November 22 was petitioned into bankruptcy yesterday by creditors in the United States District Court.
Poem recounts Ma Mary and her pets a goat pup and kitten all dying leaving her with a little lamb. The verse notes the goat stocking the little foot and the lamb’s illness ending in loss with a rustic Boston humor tone. Vera B. Fogg Boston author.
A reflective line suggests choosing optimism despite foreboding signs, claiming a win occurs whenever a smile overrides a gloomy instinct. The aphorism frames mindset as a strategic victory over instinctive pessimism and caution.
A narrator exposes a boastful man who brags about his 6:11 train habit, only to reveal his wife’s orchestrated morning routine. The piece mocks male vanity and praises the indispensable work of the wife behind the scenes.
Sophie Schlafkopf recounts a village uproar over a Beck Bay terrier accused of bat ears by August Spiesengeigl. Louis was arrested after a scuffle while defending the dog, fined ten dollars by the Peach Justice, and the claim about the dog’s ears proved false.
The anecdote from Youth's Companion contrasts a curious guest asking why poor men tip larger amounts than rich men. The waiter offers a social observation that the poor fear exposure of poverty while the rich fear exposure of wealth.
A Chicago Record Herald note recalls how Bobsley faces a hard task as he plans a new residence. He recently bought a site requiring cellar digging, which will need dynamite.
A travelogue portrait of Macedonia contrasts rugged scenery near Ochrida and Presba with diverse peoples including Bulgarians Greeks Turks and Vlachs. It notes shifting loyalties language blends and church affiliations while detailing cycles of violence between Christian bands and Ottoman rulers and the tricky Balkan politics surrounding Salonika and partition.
The article notes a decorative doli from a St. Vincent's Orphans' Institute bazaar, dating to 1883, now back with its owner. It reports preparations for a 80th birth day event, a national Perry memorial corner stone ceremony at Put-in-Bay on July 4 1913, and meetings of intercity boards in Buffalo December 11 12. It mentions Milton W. Shreve, MacKenzie R. Todd, and Colonel Harry R. Cutler.
A Portsmouth resident writes that she and another New England woman will vote early under the new equal suffrage law next Tuesday in Oregon. The note mentions other local figures and events from Boston University to Cambridge and Stoneham, with diverse notes on travel, property, and historical records.
A 1912 verse reflects on King Charles I’s dying moment and the uncertain farewell words his sentence cut short. The speaker contemplates what message might have guided a stricken land as Cromwell rose and the royal cause faded.
A historical account book, kept in the town clerk’s safe, covers the period from 1725 to 1777 and was required by law to be part of town records. The document reflects official record keeping by the town in colonial times.
In the past weeks five revenue cutters have been spotted in the local harbor and another is expected soon. Earlier several ships including the Gresham Woodbury and Androscoggin were charted in the harbor simultaneously.
The Winnisimett was tied up at Long Wharf while the cutter Morrill from Detroit lie in Boston harbor to coal up on its voyage from the Great Lakes to Baltimore. The Itasca will arrive soon to substitute for the Creshain.
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