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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1912
Page
10
The Boston Post debuts as a daily newspaper published by Post Publishing Co. on September 2 1912. Located at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts the new paper marks the start of daily news coverage.
The Post lists subscription prices including one year three dollars and shorter terms. Rates for the Sunday Post mirror the same structure with various monthly increments. It notes international and domestic postage, advising advance payment and discontination on expiration, and directs readers to mail checks to the Post Publishing Company in Boston.
The Boston Post proclaims it now owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, as stated by Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co.
The piece portrays Colonel Roosevelt as an accidental participant, urging support for Progressive ideals rather than his own persona. It highlights a surprising shift toward self-effacement and questions how long he can refrain from asserting his central role.
The two year recall of violent primary clashes fades as New Hampshire braces for a low profile gubernatorial nominating season. With no intra party contests, focus shifts to legislative and local posts while a Churchill Progressive bid looms, possibly widening Democratic chances in November.
The piece criticizes motorists ignorance of one way routes in the city. It notes signs are small and faint and urges clear directions on Devonshire Street between Nock Square and State Street. The passage suggests the lane may become permanently one way if trials show high congestion.
The region’s five year old mutual nonintervention pledges are crucial to stability and trade. Taft ordered the Tenth Infantry toward Nicaragua from Panama, then reversed the move. Navy ships and a 2500-strong force are in the area to deter trouble without direct intervention.
The post office appropriation bill requiring newspapers to file and publish sworn statements of editors owners and security holders is deemed wholesome. It argues the public has a right to know who backs editorial voices and the influence behind current news.
The article previews an annual labor demonstration and outdoor celebrations with a varied program of parades sports events outdoor concerts and banquets. It stresses unity of workers across trades and a broad popular appeal reflecting the evolving twentieth century labor movement.
The article describes Nicaragua sliding toward anarchy with General Mena leading a persistent rebellion that federal authorities struggle to suppress. It notes disturbances along the border from El Salvador and other Central American states with threats to Nicaraguan peace.
The article argues for widening ocean avenue to create a separate thoroughfare for safety at Revere Beach. It urges reduced motorist speeds until action is taken before the next season. Rev Dr Burbank cites incompatibility of beach drive as boulevard core and beach reservation as a summer playground for children.
A poem by T. A. Daly extols labor as prayer and a joyous Sabbath. It argues Labor’s holiday should be a time of pleasure, not melancholy, avoiding temples and suggesting love of God and neighbor as the true cathedral of labor.
Dartagin crept from the revolutionists cell as Cartagin the musketeer frees his ankles and bars. He unknots his wrists with his toes and wrests bars from the window shielding the escape. He tests the height then leaps into the dark toward an uncertain dawn.
A satirical item notes that bad deeds come home to roost during a political campaign. The column reflects on political exposure and the era’s public scrutiny of candidates and actions.
A vivid travel sketch paints Honolulu as a city of parks with green hills and Diamond Head in view from the sea. The piece notes Mo lokai cliffs, Punchbowl Hill, and dense foliage masking roofs while praising a modern, industrious metropolis that steadily Americanizes.
The Observant Citizen notes geese flying south from Arlington and Belmont, leaves turning on an Arlington Heights oak, and a family four generations photographed in Orange Mass. Other items recount old hand tubs at local musters, a 1860s Nickwackett ship, a 16-year-old fisherman’s nine-pound pickerel, Yale professor’s debate team concerns, and local travels and curiosities.
Robert Gould Shaw 2d receives congratulations from Somerset Club members on the birth of a son. The child is described as likely to grow into a sturdy man and possibly manage substantial wealth in the future.
Countess Moltke, known as Cornelia Thayer in Boston society, will succeed Mme de Hegermann-Lindencrone as mistress of the Danish embassy at Berlin when the transition occurs. The change marks a notable entry for Danish Berlin representation.
A verse lament contrasts rural bliss with nighttime annoyances like skeeters fleas and a frightening tole. The speaker mocks city papers and their dull reports while noting the sting of daily life and the burden of dill in the Scranton and Youngstown papers.
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