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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1912
Page
12
Publication line from the Daily Post Publishing Co with date October 8 1912 and issue details. No additional readable events or names are present in the fragment.
Postage rates and subscription terms published by The Boston Sunday Post include six month and one month prices, mailing notices, and guidance on payment methods. The notice lists office addresses, editorial staff, and advance payment requirements for continued service.
Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co announces the Boston Post owns the biggest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world.
A Sunday morning automobile crash in Philadelphia killed nine people, described as the worst in the country. Observers link the disaster to late night cafe and saloon atmosphere and reckless speed, questioning society's ability to curb dangerous behavior.
Officials and citizens hosted a large delegation of German medical professionals touring the United States. The program showcased Boston sanitation and health efforts including the Back Bay buildings and the city’s public hospital service administered by the municipality.
The baseball championship begins in New York drawing vast public interest. Boston supports its team yet believes its own organization is superior, hoping for a fair and decisive victory.
On the eve of hearings on new express rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission, major carriers fault the commission verdict and the public mood. The piece argues the express companies’ extortionate practices have provoked strong public and regulatory opposition, predicting costly consequences for them.
The article portrays John Wanamaker and President Taft urging against the Payne Aldrich tariff stance. It argues the cry to let well enough alone protects special interests and harms consumers, warning such policy would hinder independence and preserve oppression.
The speaker argues the tariff is unjustly high and favors trusts. He claims 30 to 100 percent taxes harm consumers, drive production abroad, and keep wages below 700 dollars annually. He calls for revision by the Democratic party with President Wilson.
The piece marks Riley Week and celebrates James Whitcomb Riley born around Oct 7, praising the Hoosier poet for his plain folk verses about home, kindness, and optimism. It extols Riley’s enduring appeal and wishes his shadow never fade.
The great powers, led by England, veto any immediate Balkan war against Turkey. They urge cleanup of Macedonia and humane treatment of Macedonian Christians. If not enforced, the crisis may flare again and threaten to expel the Turks from Europe.
Our Marines showed bravery in combating Nicaraguan rebels at a cost of four lives. The piece warns that policing revolutions on foreign soil could set a precedent for further actions in other republics and pose a future risk to the United States.
The Treasury Department’s public health service is urged to expand inspections to railroad trains and stations. The writer criticizes filthy retiring rooms in day coaches and suggests including smaller city passenger stations in the cleansing program.
The Hudson river assembly of the Atlantic fleet and reserve ships marks the greatest harbor display since Spithead. Eight dreadnoughts lead a battleship line showing U S naval strength, not a threat but a pledge of protection and peace for the nation.
United States ambassador to Russia Curts Guild arrived in St. Petersburg after a brief trip to America marking a return to his post.
The text extols reclaiming coal ashes and clinker leftovers as fuel. It warns against overloading furnaces on clinker diets and jokes about ash sifting tools while noting space limits before covering “Lifting the Ashes” in a future lesson.
Hats of black tulle and white satin hats with flat bows appear fashionable. Dresses in printed voile set the afternoon wear trend. Novel black patent leather slippers with scarlet heels spark new footwear. Tailored suits feature braiding, broad silk galon, and a military looking tail-coated bolero with cut-up skirts.
Brigadier General Frank G. Smith United States Army retired at 71 in Washington died today. He entered the army from Ohio in 1861 and served more than four decades before his 1903 retirement.
The article recounts the conversion of Miner Hall into admin offices and Jackson College dormitories for women, the 1892 admission of Tufts women, and the 1910 opening of Jackson College funded by Cornelia M. Jackson. It notes women receive equal instruction and that Jackson draws students mainly from Massachusetts with others from New England and Illinois.
A column recounts Professor James Knox Taylor as head of the architecture department at MIT and praised former Treasury supervising architect for major U S building changes. It mentions his career shift from directing $12,000,000 yearly expenditures to leading Tech and contrasts design impact with MIT’s legacy.
The tapering masts have been set up again on the old frigate Constitution after winter housing. Visitors to the famed fighter are to see her as she appeared during her seafaring days. Delegates from Chambers of Commerce arrived in large numbers to tour the ship.
A letter notes the toxic dogwood season warning Mrs Henry Hornblower of Arlington travels and Elizabeth Tilton of Concorde and Cambridge poisoned by dogwood leaves. It also praises Granville v MacFarland's role in the Wilson Advisory League and Massachusetts Democratic strategy, and recalls a parish repair customs at St Andrews M.K. Church.
A historic military drum believed to predate the Mexican War was sent by C. B. Fillebrown from his quarters. The artifact's provenance links to early American military history and preserves a link to the period's equipment.
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