Boston Post October 19 1912 front page highlights
The Boston Post prints October 19 1912 edition with local updates and notices. Major items include city affairs, society briefs, and market notes reflecting early 20th century Boston life.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post prints October 19 1912 edition with local updates and notices. Major items include city affairs, society briefs, and market notes reflecting early 20th century Boston life.
The notice lists prices for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions, including rates for six months and annual terms in US dollars. It notes Canada and foreign per-copy charges and postage: one cent extra in the Boston district. Payments should be made by checks or money orders to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial room addresses and staff listings for the Post appear with main office numbers and department editors. It notes subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued without notice if delivery fails, urging readers to inform the paper by mail if issues arise.
Robert Hoe announces the Boston Post now owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world as part of R Hoe & Co. holdings. The boast highlights scale, technology, and regional prominence of the operation.
In a speech the Sun says Hedges kept listeners laughing from the start as he charged that Woodrow Wilson’s mind is not open to discussion. The Republican candidate for New York governor claimed Wilson is unreceptive to debate. The crowd reportedly laughed throughout the remarks.
The Boston Journal reports Governor Wilson telegraphed Senator O Gorman that the Republican majority in the Legislature made revision of corporation laws impossible and no New Jersey official could pursue dissolution for breach of federal statutes. The statement is presented as conclusive, though partisan observers may differ.
The Canada reports great icebergs in the northern Atlantic steamship track. The danger is seen as likely earlier than usual since these bergs formed this summer. If ships near the danger zone are warned by others inside the zone, they will ease speed. The April disaster's lesson remains not forgotten.
Opera director Russell pledges a strong Boston season with new singers operas revived favorites and extended Weingartner engagement. A new stage producer and other features promise growth supported by a large guaranty fund and generous subscriptions from Boston and beyond.
The article notes the Balkan states tiny populations yet massive mobilizations. Bulgaria nearly 250,000 troops, Montenegro about 30,000, and Greece 125,000 deployed on the Turkish frontier, highlighting territorial conflict impact beyond continental scope.
A century of clashes shows how armies embody national character in warfare. The forge of conflict displays distinctive national traits through military conduct, uniforms, banners, and strategy across global theaters and eras.
A speaker argues that American industry already competes with Europe and paints tariff revisions as unnecessary. He cites exports rising from under 200 million to 1.2 billion dollars in twenty years and highlights large daily steel exports and foreign sales of agricultural implements footwear and automobiles.
Senate investigators heard Elmer Dover outline the Republican national committee’s 1904 financing from industrial trusts and leaders. Massive sums from Hariman Morgan Gould Stotesbury Frick Mellen Perkins and others totaled 2 279 928 with various life insurers steamship firms and odd corporations. The piece argues public sentiment and law have since rendered the practice disgraceful and unlikely to return.
A editorial argues that voters favor a harmonious federal government under Wilson and the reform party. It defends a balanced Congress as beneficial, urging loyal support for both the reform presidential ticket and congressional nominees.
Boston voter registration shows a small gain from last year even after Hyde Park annexation. The city’s voting strength could swing a state race if voting is unified, with past turnout often matching or exceeding half the governor’s margin. Democratic dominance remains evident and poised for November tests.
In a Pennsylvania courtroom a neighbor humorously faced a charge after kissing Hattie Wirt. Judge forgave David Llewellyn, noting temptation and declaring him discharged while warning against overzealous neighborly help. The case ends with a lecture on temptation and a reminder to refuse favors when needed.
A cryptic line echoes the end of the series, as fans recall the final moment and bid farewell to a hoped for victory. The quip “Good night, bucks ten” mirrors the mood after a hard fought defeat and patrols the memory of a season’s closing.
A short poem on memory and learning urging children to value memory, study, and honesty. It links memory to brain learning, keeping lessons fresh, and avoiding lateness or forgetting books. It emphasizes doing right to keep memories bright for the future.
Observant Citizen reports on Mrs Inez Haynes Gill reading from her last book and an upcoming Harvard Observatory talk by Miss Annie J. Cannon. It covers club guests, staff changes, gulls in Boston harbor, patrolman’s oversized tomato, waterfront redevelopment, Nahant trap boats, navy yard talk, Russell Whitney’s Africa hunt, subway ticket sellers, and city hall excavation progress.
The Girls High School on West Newton Street earns prominence as the oldest on the grammar-grade path for girls and the largest high school in New England with 2120 pupils this year. It offers four tracks including a new salesmanship course linked to store partners and paid Saturday work. a long history since 1826 and a robust alumnae network supporting events and art gifts.
Nancy Ainsworth, a Wellesley junior and Amos Ainsworth’s daughter, sits on a Newton’s Corner pasture fence awaiting recovery from college. A gray touring car arrives with a young man in gray, who asks for a meal and persuades her to ride, and she feigns rural innocence as mischief blooms.
Nancy Ainsworth and Aunt Sallie escort Dan Peyton after a car ride goes awry when the crank backfires injuring Peyton. Nancy comforts him as they return to Aunt Sallie’s farm where Peyton learns Nancy’s true feelings and Billy Destin’s cousin connection surfaces.
A proverb sketch contrasts farmers lacking access to agricultural college with a caution to avoid excess by living within income. The remarks emphasize practical prudence and the value of education when possible.
The Boston School of Social Science begins its third lecture season with a survey of industrial economic political and religious changes of the last half century. George Willis Cooke of Wakefield is again the lecturer.
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