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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1912
Page
14
October 9 1912 issue from Boston Mass presents a short item with city publication details and issue numbers for CL.
The notice lists subscription rates for six to twelve months in various currencies and formats. It notes per copy charges for foreign and domestic postage, plus a late 19th century Boston district postage detail. Advertising and office contact details are provided with instructions to pay in advance and to notify publisher if delivery problems occur.
The Boston Post asserts ownership of the largest newspaper press and a single plant in England, highlighting its claim as having the largest press in the world.
Charles R. Crane states he gave 26 684 to La Follette and 10 000 to Wilson, debunking Young Hooker who claimed 70 000 to each. He emphasizes the Wilson gift was a clean contribution with no hidden interests or rings.
The Progressives worry over Governor Wilson's claim that United States Steel backs the third party program on trust regulation. The Moose leader urges Wilson's Democratic rival to prove the asset. Wilson says no proof is needed. He asserts the steel trust favors the proposed regulation and notes responsibility lies with others if a thumb gets hurt.
The originator and earliest exemplar of ideas behind today’s Progressive movement, William A PeFFER, dies at his daughter’s Kansas home. He built the Populist party, won a Kansas seat in the Senate, and fought for equal rights to all, without special privileges. He retired poor, yet received a Senate pension as codifier of the Record, and is praised as the original Progressive.
The British Parliament session opens with a tense mood as home rule looms. Prime Minister Asquith faces a slim majority of 110 with Labor factions ready to secede, setting up a tight vote on a 25 5 2 day timetable for a major reform bill.
The excerpt surveys Welsh church dis establishment electoral reform and a shift to curb aristocratic vote multiplication, while working classes lag in suffrage. It notes regulation of trans Atlantic steamship gear after the Titanic disaster and predicts a session marked by heated controversy with uncertain outcomes.
A New Jersey citizen denounces William Allen White’s praise of Governor Wilson and lists reforms enacted under Wilson. Laws include fire escapes, sanitation in bake shops, foundry safety, more factory inspectors, child labor limits, night work bans, eight hour state work, an employers liability law, licensing of employment agencies, and ending contract labor in penal institutions. He argues Wilson achieved real reform in under two years.
Boston Americans won the opening game of the world series yesterday in New York after an uphill battle, proving fighters who are never beaten till the last out. The crowd showed baseball's broad appeal and belief in a square, honest sport, boosting public confidence in the series.
The article notes Montenegro declares hos tilities against Turkey in a bid to restrain powers urging Balkan states to delay war. It questions whether Bulgaria Servia and Greece will join, risking a broader conflict in the near East if powers do not force restraint. Turkey defeated Greece in 1897 incurring large indemnities.
Eddie Allover Oliver, proprietor of the Yonkers Statesman, tours the U. S. and Canada in a Michelsix, claiming a world record of 85 000 published jokes. He is a longtime humorist speaker at American Press Humorists conventions and known for his sharp wit and social charm.
Newport R I Oct 8 Divers examined the hull of the torpedo boat destroyer Patterson blown ashore last night and found the propellers dented with no further damage. Repairs will be made and the crew will be able to participate in the naval review.
A reflective verse reads of driving away from city life into open countryside. The speaker praises signs that guide travelers and the honest pride in a favored land. A disruption arrives as chickens cross paths, provoking a rush of anger and a brake jam.
A well known family loses its cook and the mistress takes over the kitchen with such success that her husband rewards her with sable set. News spreads and another family faces the same question. The wife asks what she will receive for cooking and the husband replies with a sharp quip about a long black well.
A courtroom scene unfolds with the presiding judge asking about a noise outside. The defense counsel responds that the plaintiff is making a dramatic display, describing a loud shriek as a Magvits.
The column surveys Cape Cod cranberry farming claims and a wave of local happenings. It covers young farmers challenging soil tradition, Dorchester youths planning a 200 mile White Mountains hike, ex Ambassador Robert Bacon settling in Boston, naval yard activity with ships Nebraska New Jersey and North Carolina due for repairs, the Satsuma captain’s weather tale, and Clarence Potter’s Chelsea YMCA visit and award relating to Chelsea YMCAs 1908 fire recovery.
Superintendent Elmer E. Bickford Manager Melvin Lawrence of the State bathhouse and Engineer Fred H. Snow of the Metropolitan State Reservation return to the wild woods of Washington county Me Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Bickford accompany the party but decline forest exploration Katherine R A Flood Newton Corner woman and first GR secretary to two chiefs returns home from Los Angeles to visit her parents Commander in Chief rt D Veer resides at Bridgeport Conn Flood will live in Connecticut during incumbency Foss twins Esther and Helen daughters of Governor Foss head to Paris for a winter of study greatly missed by Boston society equestrian set in Back Bay Cambridge and nearby areas
Dr. Franklin B. Dyer, the new school superintendent, earns a rare chance to witness the world series in Boston. His secretary Mr. George E. Burress acts as chief fan at school headquarters and arranged for the superintendent to attend this afternoon in stone.
J W Bowen the banker and security expert completed a two month motor trip through France touring near major cities and spending little time in Paris. He says he mostly avoided business to focus on driving and sightseeing across the French countrysides. Principal Assessor E G Richardson received a sabre and belt from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company for his service as sergeant of the second infantry section. He also serves as secretary of the Dorchester Club and vice president of the Colonial Club of Dorchester.
A. R. Hatch of Brockton showed a carrot to the Post correspondent that is hourglass shaped and unusually large. Hatch calls it the freakiest vegetable specimen he has seen.
Jeremiah Long, 15, of 3% Greenwich Street Dorchester, hauled a big smelt weighing over a quarter pound and about a foot long from Sauantum bar. The catch included a 4 inch smelt among a school of 15 dozen. B J Haley of Roger Wolcott Camp No 23 recalls wartime hardships while discussing reports of US Marines lost in Nicaragua and a Cuban cable claim of his death.
The University of Maine at Orono stands as a major state college with deep Maine roots. Established 1865, opened 1868, it grew rapidly after 1892 with women admitted in 1874 and home economics added in 1909. The law college, founded 1898, now claims alumni in many courts and six of 16 counties elected as county attorneys.
A group of Boston writers and artists toured historic Rhode Island sites yesterday including the Gilbert Stuart homestead the Richard Smith garrison and the Roger Williams plantation. The party included Professor Derry Winthrop Packard Nixon Waterman Ralph Davos and John Emmeling.
A 1912 ballad by T A Daly humorously contrasts two suitors from Milan and Naples. The speaker treats both fairly, noting each seeks marriage while the rival fear of death complicates love. The piece leans into regional caricature and playful rhyme.
A young man asks Miss Champagne for guidance about marrying a woman with past admirers. The columnist urges him to protect and trust her, condemns slander by other men, and argues a loving fiancé should defend her rather than judge. If unable to trust, he should not marry.
The piece argues that cricket is more ceremony than sport and contrasts it with American touring sports. It frames cricket as a traditional ceremony rather than a competitive athletic contest and questions its status as a sport.
A playful dialogue between Hopeful and Grandpa discusses being second in class with humor. Hopeful reveals there is one other student, a girl, making them two in the term’s top. Grandpa recalls an old joke about a pair in class.
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