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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
14
The Boston Post issue dated October 6 1915 No 5 is published by Post Publishing Co at 259 Washington Street Boston with issue number 849.
Rates list for U S and Canada annual and short terms, Sunday and daily combinations. Foreign copies 18 cents each. Boston Postal District adds one cent postage per copy. Do not send cash. make checks payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
Advertisements urge all Post subscriptions to be paid in advance and claim they will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. Readers lacking regular delivery are asked to notify the Postal Service immediately.
A road incident in Sandwich left a motorcyclist dead and another injured as fleeing motorists remain at large. The writer cites four or five similar cases in recent months and questions state and local police effectiveness, noting no arrests to date.
The piece notes that higher milk transportation rates raise consumer prices, hitting the poor hardest. It praises Boston's mayor for asking the corporation counsel to protest the Boston & Maine rate increase and push for an Interstate Commerce Commission review, arguing a railroad must prove the need for higher rates.
Clara Morris, famed emotional actress, long endured poverty blindness and poor health. Reports say she now receives an income of 50 000 dollars payable for life under her brother in law’s will. Elder readers recall her stage triumphs from thirty years ago.
The article discusses preparations to repel a hypothetical hostile fleet near Boston. Atlantic stations are on a war footing to illustrate how coastal defense could be effective. The display aims to reassure the public with a credible demonstration of resistance capabilities in peace.
The statement frames the current provision as an object lesson in national defence and local security, outlining its aims and implications for safeguarding the community and state interests. It emphasizes practical measures and governance oversight to ensure resilient protection.
The piece argues Americans dislike Turkey due to religious differences and Armenian outrages. It notes Washington warned Turkey to halt massacres or risk souring public sentiment, though not endangering diplomatic ties. It adds German protests could help push Turkey to curb abuses amid peril.
The piece notes Britain’s proposed large import duty rise as a war tax, not protection for domestic industry. It cites The Protectionist urging that budget measures reported by Sir Reginald McKenna show a shift toward protective policy under crisis conditions.
The United States accepts Ambassador Bernstorff's assurance that Germany will conform to US wishes on the Arabic sinking. The disavowal of the submarine commander's actions is stated, reducing friction and signaling a path to an amicable settlement and revised undersea warfare rules.
The Post notes many Massachusetts Progressives still back Matthew Hale as the Moose convention at Faneuil Hall shows strong support for a distinct Progressive platform and resistance to merging with Republicans.
Harvard freshmen will hold an opening smoker at the Harvard Union for the 1919 class tomorrow. The entire new enrollment is invited, with refreshments and cigarettes provided for the freshmen.
A quirky verse by Kenneth L. Roberts mocks German culture and war rhetoric, praising thoroughness and predicting a dramatic cultural rupture if Germany wins or loses. It juxtaposes Kaiser Wilhelm’s prestige with material comforts and ends with a satirical note on a university scholarship for self-control.
A playful spoof lines about a young man from Dvinsk who mocks his chin calling it chin sk and a character named Levinsk Y. The verse uses light humor and Russian wordplay to tease pronunciation and charm.
The column from 1915 follows Newton Newkirk’s steer through Canada by Imperial Limited with witty car-name musings and local greetings. It also reports Jupiter in the evening sky, Lipton and Dewar visiting Boston, a Brockton centenarian, G A R encampment memories, and various Boston area civic updates and fashion notes.
The article recalls Napoleon after Lutzen pursuing retreating forces across the Elbe at Dresden and Bautzen where the French suffered heavy losses. It notes his distrust of Austria and the shifting alliances with Russia and Prussia, and the death of General Duroc which moved Napoleon deeply. The piece ends with Duroc’s remark about an afterlife meeting 80 years hence.
A reader recalls Oct 6 temperatures in Boston with highs of 85 in 1910 and 82 in 1912, and a 1883 low of 31. The coldest in 20 years on this date stayed above 42, and rain has occurred on Oct 6 twice in 106 years, most recently in 1911.
A verse by Walt Mason warns against burglary and crime with a moral about prison, warning readers that crime ends in jail and hardship. The poem later quips that honesty is easier and crime always fails, addressing reader Kairns directly.
A 19 year old asks if she is too young to marry a man years older who offers money and a good home. Advice stresses deciding by love and enthusiasm, not finances, noting love and romance are crucial for a young woman’s happiness and welfare.
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