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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1915
Page
12
Boston Post date October 25 1915 issue No 21 Volume 349 published by Post Publishing Co Office 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The Post announces subscription prices for Daily, Sunday and combined plans including Canada and foreign copies. Rates show yearly and shorter terms, with special Canada and foreign per copy charges and postage notes. Payments are due in advance. notices will discontinue on expiration. send payments to Pas? Publishing Co. Edwin A. Grozier is editor and publisher.
The Boston Post asserts it holds the largest daily morning circulation in the United States according to the Fourth Estate.
A wealthy young woman with a history of speeding faces license suspension by the Massachusetts Highway Commission. The writer questions delays in reporting arrests and court sentences to the commission and urges a reliable notification method.
The Milk and Baby Hygiene Association reports summer work for Boston’s poor children. From January to September 2997 babies were supervised and nurses visited 16 666 homes. only six registered babies died. The group seeks year round support from generous citizens.
J C Rose of the Pennsylvania Railroad urged banning automobile licenses for habitual liquor users at the National Safety Council meeting in Philadelphia. He noted intoxicated drivers face severe punishment but damage often lacks redress and proposed suspending licenses for drivers found with alcohol in their vehicles.
A large New York City suffragist parade drew 25 000 to 30 000 participants in a three and a half hour march past the reviewing stand. The event followed a defeat for the cause in New Jersey and was noted as the most orderly demonstration in the city with dignified conduct on both sides of the debate.
The text argues that women’s participation in politics would be an actively advantageous element and in no way detrimental, supporting the suffragists’ position. It emphasizes positive impact and rejects the idea of harm from female involvement in governance.
The Boston Transcript labels David I. Walsh a minority Governor while noting historic examples of minority leaders who proved effective. The piece argues Walsh was elected by plurality, not majority, and urges making him a majority Governor this year, asserting the public can and should support him.
A light verse column praises feminine headgear and a colleen in a caubeen while poking fun at Parisian fashion. The second piece by Roy Griffith riffs on King Ferdinand’s war justifications, hinting at political wit.
Government lacks annual parcel post cost accounting. No separate revenue and expense records. A Bristow committee warned this muddles postal finances. Citizens need clear costs to judge efficiency and rate levels.
Readers submit questions on warfare from shell safety to helmets and grenades. Answers reveal playful banter on tactics and myths, with cautious claims and humorous refusals.
The piece questions if Norman Angell an Englishman can define American policy and speak of our national preparedness. It notes his warning that without a better policy, America risks disaster and Prussianizing influence despite a strong army and navy.
A collection of brief fears and humorous red flags from various speakers. Includes worries about anti-suffragists publicizing Colonel Irish’s origin in California, morning washing delays causing wet hands, missing destinations on streetcars, fear of showing up in fine clothes, and a playful note from a Trentino peasant about spelling Stryj with a humorous mispronunciation.
The Geological Survey reports a Utah vein yielding 99 percent pure potash, promising a large undeveloped source. This shifts reliance from Germany, as 1913 imports reached 15 million 600 thousand dollars, and supports fertilizer and explosives manufacturing amid wartime needs.
A collage of vivid phrases mocks city editors and reporters wielding green eye-shades. The piece lampoons newsroom rituals, detective ineptness, and the grandiloquent prose of interviews amid playful adverts and stray quips from Skowhegan.
The oldest resident notes past Oct 25 weather in Boston. Coldest on record was 26 degrees in 1879, with 29 in the following year and 31 in 1891 and 1903. Warmest Oct 25 was 75 degrees in 1899, with 73 in 1908 for the past decade. Rain fell on five of the last ten occurrences (1906 1908 1910 1912 1913).
In April 1814 at Fontainebleau Napoleon bid goodbye to the Old Guard, tears on veterans’ cheeks as he lips the Imperial eagle. He urged them to continue serving France and praised their courage and loyalty. From Lyons to the Mediterranean mobs threatened his life, prompting disguises and fear before he sailed to Elba. He commented on England and Prussia relations with officials during the retirement journey.
The column surveys urban life in Boston with vignettes on scallop orders, political badges, concert crowds, Lady Aberdeen, a monumental horse grave, a Medway estate walk, pigeon injuries, and transit uniform debates. It also mentions Isleboro Inn guests, Miss Louise Adams Grout’s winter plans, and local civic school openings in East Boston.
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