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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
20
The Boston Post daily edition from October 24 1913 presents news briefs and notices from Boston Massachusetts. It lists office location at 258 Washington Street and notes the paper’s independent democratic affiliation.
The Daily and Sunday Post prices list rates for U S and Canada one year 3.00 six months 1.56 eight months 0.75 one month 0.15. Foreign one month 0.75. Sunday options 3.00 per year six months 1.50 three months 0.75 two months 0.60 one month 0.30. Canada 0.10 per copy for Daily and Sunday. Boston district adds 1 cent postage. Payments by check or money order. no cash.
Notice from the Post announces that all subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. Readers without regular delivery are urged to notify the office immediately.
Governor Glynn nominates James M. Lynch for labor commissioner, reversing Sulzer era reversals as the Senate approves amid questions of political pressure. The piece questions Murphy’s insight into Glynn’s shifting stance and power dynamics.
The New York county grand jury indicts Harry K Thaw on conspiracy. Gov Felker faces whether to grant Thaw's extradition promptly, while New York demands his return. After extradition, an appeal to the U S courts may delay the malodorous case.
The Treasury Department aims to interpret the tariff provision to avoid clashes with existing treaties. The five per cent preference applies only to imports from nations lacking U S commercial accords, preserving treaty rights while implementing the new law. Officials see the issue as peculiar yet not cause for conflict.
The article lauds President Wilsons first Thanksgiving proclamation as a model of graceful expression and gratitude. It notes the nations capacity to deliberate calmly amid rapid affairs and to govern with candor and comity. It highlights optimism for a future of new contracts neighborhoods and cooperation.
The article notes Mr Armour dismissing the idea of restraint of trade as absurd while suggesting the trust remains impregnable after long experience. The discussion hints at enduring power of monopolies despite skepticism.
The editorial urges Britain to promptly disclaim and apologize for Sir Lionel Carden's remark that the United States underestimates the Mexican crisis. It argues the comment harms U S efforts toward a peaceful solution, notes London papers call for a apology, and states Mexico touches America more than Europe.
A sharp satirical verse mocks the rich and their fate with lines about gas fumes and dust. It invokes the idea that truth, though crushed, will rise again but change in form.
The Progressive plank would let the state control local taxes and enable property classification to tax land at higher rates than improvements. Farmers are urged to study the Oct 6 platform to decide if they favor or oppose this approach.
A humorous Chicago spoof describes a congress of men's tailors pushing tight trousers and men resisting. The narrator imagines bow legged misfits and social embarrassment from skin tight wear, imagining scenes in drawing rooms and on the street.
A speaker notes shifting gendered terms and roles within a household as terms of affection and insult morph over time. The piece highlights changing perceptions of domestic labor and identity through quoted phrases and nicknames.
A humorously incoherent cartoon caption follows Dubb Hangover as he hiccups on the way home and drops a nickel into a letter box asking the conductor to announce his street. The gag hinges on the conductor prompting the traveler to locate his home.
Brazil honors Theodore Roosevelt former U S president with warm reception, military college invitation, and social uplift tributes through the Young Men’s Christian Association. The piece frames Roosevelt as an exemplar of civilization and Americanism.
J Ogden Armour returns from Europe and proposes to charter all cold storage space on the Buenos Aires to New York fleet. The move would give the Chicago trust control over the Argentine beet supply, with potential action by the United States department.
In Essex County towns last evening Lieutenant-Governor Walsh spoke on the upcoming election as a gauge of Massachusetts sentiment toward the Wilson administration. He urged Democratic supporters to recognize that a successful outcome would bolster the Democratic cause in Washington from the president downward.
The verse urges saving early for Christmas gifts with a rustic rural tone. It suggests laying by money or goods during autumn frost season. The style mirrors old timey newspaper verse promoting frugal holiday shopping.
A quirky collection of Q A exchanges covers sunflowers that face the sun and jokes about sounds from a falling tree. Readers ask about a cold pipe sweating and why lobsters turn red when boiled, with witty answers from Newt and others.
The note describes Castine Maine catching abundant herring worth about 75000 dollars, with fishermen on the Castine side and scallop prospects rising along Osterville. It also mentions Captain George Snow’s appointment to postmaster, long service in life saving, and a crowded Boston scene of labor, weather impacts, and local events.
Paragraphs describe current style trends with wide sashes, fur touches on hats, and an all black hat favored. Corsetless silhouettes, flat bodices, two toned velvet bags, and color pairings of brown purple blue and black appear. Street shoes feature patent leather with satin tops and new embroidered collars and jabots. Dresses include white taffeta dancing frocks with many flounces.
The Boston opera season opens with Er manno Wolf-Ferrari on stage in The Jewels of the Madonna a vivid Naples tale of Gennaro Carmela Maliella and Rafaele. The plot follows love theft deception and a tragic fate amid Camorra revelry. Gennaro's caveat of faith and a jewel heist ends in a suicide as the mob confronts a sacrilegious crime and a dawn of judgment.
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