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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1913
Page
10
The Boston Post lists its masthead and pricing for subscriptions and mail options. It notes daily and Sunday editions with different rates for domestic and foreign delivery and requests payments via ST Publishing Co.
Advertisements AU subscriptions to the Post must be paid in and they will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from a dealer or newsboy, please notify us. B. A. GROZIER, Editor and Publisher.
Governor Sulzer asserts authority by pardoning bank wrecker Joseph G. Robin, prompting Blackwell's Island warden to reject the pardon. Habeas corpus likely to determine legality, setting a precedent on executive power during impeachment.
Witnesses in the Ellis Island investigation describe putrid chicken and rancid butter served to new arrivals. A telegrapher reports lunch boxes sold at exorbitant prices under a system of coercion, preying on the poor and ignorant. Urgent action is urged to stop the scheme under U S authority.
The United States raises its Spain representative from minister to ambassador. Spain had urged the change for years and Congress enacted it. The shift strengthens goodwill after wartime tension and the generous treatment of Admiral Cervera and prisoners helped restore amity with Castilians.
Judge Bruce sentences two Wakefield boys for schoolyard mischief in Greenwood. The decree orders them to weed the garden they looted and perform stone-throwing drills in a vacant lot as a corrective, with onlookers and schoolmates observing the consequences.
Washington reports the Board of Inspection for Shore Stations says the Boston navy yard will likely be abandoned due to commerce demand. The board adds no reason to halt yard development and argues against delaying repairs to ships. Locally, the harbor is seen as supporting commerce without erasing navy readiness.
The piece notes a possible Charlestown bridge project with the Boston yard closure hanging in suspense pending approval by Secretary Daniels and Congress. It urges caution in light of pending decisions and political risk.
The piece argues early fixes for the Bar Harbor wreck, urging two blocks of protection and longer torpedo warnings than the 450 feet used. It calls for firmer supervision, better training, and a strict block system, as ICC investigates the tragedy amid growing public pressure on railroads.
The narrator expresses joy at his wife’s return from the beach and describes his happiness during the summer gone by. He contrasts his dull mood with her return and notes her cooking as superior to cafe fare.
A humorous exchange about age features Briggs claiming his father is 91 and Squiggs retorts his father lives at 140 Main Street, implying the age is tied to a residence rather than a person. The joke pivots on misinterpreting age as a street address.
Boston artist Joseph Knowles lives as a primitive man in the Maine woods for two months. Jeremiah Pennwhizz recounts the All Sorts relief expedition tale with humorous escapes from a tame turkey, a cold plunge, hornet stings, and a chilly night in camp.
In Sherbrooke a swift legal shift threatens Harry K Thaw with deportation to a U S border state. Montreal lawyer N K La Flamme joins his defense, famed as a master of technicalities. Deportation ruling expected from the Coaticook immigration board with few avenues for appeal.
A Maiden man recounts a bizarre incident where losing his temper led him to strike himself with a bottle, rendering him unconscious. He then offers a comic, or cautionary, method to train temper by repeated self-inflicted blows to quiet anger and assert dominance.
The North Haven wreck spurs calls for universal steel cars on all railroads and the Pullman company. The Interstate Commerce Commission discusses the issue as the House committee begins bills, and a House resolution seeks inquiry into the wrecked train’s equipment. A bill already requires steel mail cars after July 1, 1916. Steel cars cannot fully prevent disasters, but they will minimize harm and must be widely adopted.
The Photographers Association of New England convenes in Boston to discuss upcoming events and member activities. Local photographers gather to share images, techniques, and industry news for the season.
News came via Brooklyn of the death of Howard Morris Lowman, organist of national fame. He served Trinity Church and the Baptist Temple in Brooklyn and the Second Baptist Church in St. Louis, was a member of the Royal College of Organists in London, and was 63 years old.
Today at the bride's home, ex King Manuel of Portugal marries Princess Augustine Victoria of Hohenzollern. About 80 princes and princesses attend with close family present. William, father of the bride, will give her away as guests enjoy a sumptuous repast and the couple begin a secretive honeymoon and plans for a modest apartment and a happy life together. Gifts include a silver set from King George and Queen Mary and a gold wine flagon from Queen Alexandra. Manuel, long an ex king, remains a noted figure in his circle.
The piece argues Mexico suffers from a vast middle class deficit and widespread peonage. It contrasts rich landowners with destitute Indians and mixed descendents who labor in fields and mines, facing debt bondage, high prices, and limited mobility. The upheavals of Madero and Huerta altered labor roles.
The neighborhood salutes Victoria as one of Europe's most estimable young ladies, with All Sorts extending congratulations.
The Observant Citizen column recounts Pleasant street pawnbrokers shifting after demolitions, a pardoned lifer visiting a western penitentiary biography project, pin waste decomposition, subway transfer haggles in Cambridge, relics from the Dean estate, Cape Cod canal channel work, corn and strawberry crop notes, a Port land coal voyage by the B I Hazzard, and a Salem flag related to The Star Spangled Banner anniversary with local garden notes and old veterans’ reunion at The Weirs.
A satirical verse notes the newspaper covers weddings politics crime religion and grief but ends with the punch line that there is nothing new to read. The piece juxtaposes grand topics with a blank verdict on the paper’s content.
Suffolk Law School offers a four year program in the evening department with classes three evenings per week. Tuition is 60 dollars per year and courses are split into 6 and 7 30 p m divisions with enrollment possible in either. Registration occurs on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 30 a m to 5 p m and on Tuesday evenings. Gleason L Archer dean. 508 510 Tremont Temple Boston Mass.
General Benjamin F. Butler was honored for bravery and gallantry. The veterans elected him their commander in a clever speech. Collector Edgerly, though old, was the youngest at the reunion. Daniel Parks of Gloucester claims a hydrangea bloom record with 324 on three plants, including 183 on the best plant, 115 on the second, and 76 on the third. Readers are invited to beat the record.
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