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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
7
For convenience of location and excellence of cuisine the Imperial Hotel promises efficient unobtrusive service in comfortable luxurious surroundings. Rates surprisingly reasonable. booklet with rates upon request.
The article notes that the poor man in Boston bears a steeper rise in living costs than wealthier residents over the past 16 years, with laborers and low wage clerks paying more as expenses climb.
Figures by Richard Her som show laboring and small salaried classes paid 108 percent more for cheaper staples in 1912 than in 1896 while wealthy marketers paid 55 1 2 percent more for finer viands. The tables compare two weeks of provisions for the poor and the rich, listing pork, lard, beef, eggs, beans, flour, sugar, and other staples with price changes.
Jeremiah A. Twomey, Boston constable, writes the editor asserting his duty to enforce the poll tax. He describes arresting Askanazy after a confrontation with the son and insistence on payment, arguing lawful authority and necessity to uphold city statutes. He appeals to conservative readers to support enforcing tax laws.
Mrs Alma Hildreth de Cordova wife of Dana de Cordova in the brokerage business on State street has a separate support petition set for Monday unscontested. The 1911 Probate court dismissal cited lack of justifiable cause for living apart. A noted attempt to show Mr de Cordova's alleged friendship with Mrs Alice M Jones was mentioned at the lower court hearing.
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock says Boston will hire hundreds more clerks as the parcels post system begins nationwide January 1. He notes the project will require extensive rural coverage and that Boston's efficiency bodes well for success. Stamps will pay for parcels with special designs. He cites $1,000,000 yearly railway mail savings and plans to reduce overall costs by a large margin. In Boston he meets Taft after visiting Beverly. Also, Daudet's L Arlesienne is to be staged March 6 11 and 13 with Bizet music and Caplet conducting. Season ticket sales for 72 opera performances proceed with box-office hours listed.
From the Boston Opera House comes the important news that the company will perform for Boston audiences. Details on dates and program remain to be announced by the venue and company officials.
The Boston Y M H A opens a four part series on the coming presidential election with a talk Sunday by Arthur D. Hyde a former district attorney on The Principles of the New Progressive Party. The program also includes a debating congress starting Oct 23 held twice monthly.
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