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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
10
London officials express displeasure over U S peace overtures amid WWI tensions. They argue President Wilson missed a moral chance by not protesting Belgium invasion. Berlin counters that his anti German policy limits any real peace influence, suggesting a near neutral course from the executive.
James C. White notes sober second thoughts among Republican leaders at New York headquarters after the Maine win. He says celebratory mood is giving way to cautious analysis as leaders return to campaign essentials and consider the risk of overconfidence even Hughes may revise his view that loss is unlikely.
The article urges extending the vacation season as ideal weather and abundant outdoor options lure people to forests, seashores, and uplands. It notes past weather detriments have given way to favorable conditions, encouraging broader seasonal leisure.
The Legislature met in a special session and departed promptly with all partisanship left out. Governors, officers, and members earned praise for orderly conduct. State pay for soldiers in federal service, aid for dependents, absentee voting for federal officers, return fare funding for discharged troops, stronger local health boards against infantile paralysis, and measures to avert future issues were provided.
In the Suffolk reapportionment case the record emphasizes a speedily made good result and the Commonwealth expresses gratitude for the progress and the accomplishment achieved.
The decree by General Carranza aims to replace the de facto rule with a constitutionally empowered government. It provides for a national congress and a constitutional congress to be elected on October 15, after which the reform constitution would be handed to the assembly. Carranza would then call elections for a president and report on his administration before a new congress. The piece notes extensive gains under Carranza, including controlled territory, fewer revolts, more railway activity, rising trade, and returning refugees. A joint high commission at New London seeks to resolve border issues between the U.S. and Mexico, signaling a brighter era for the country.
The passage questions Mr Hughes denouncing the railroad eight hour law while accepting the Adamson bill as a wage raise. It notes 70 Republican House members voted for it and asks if he will attack those Republicans in their districts. It contrasts Senate rules and Republican inaction and asks if he will apply the same critique to the President who signed the act.
A reader asks which state was first to ratify the Constitution and thus oldest, and about Maine’s statehood. Another letter notes Lafayette visited Boston in 1824 25 and laid the Bunker Hill monument cornerstone in 1825. A query compares skating speed to a horse and explains the Jonah gourd expression as a likely dig at growth that fades quickly.
The $50,000 repair work on the U S S Virginia will be done at Charlestown navy yard, not Philadelphia, as Secretary Daniels previously intended. Acting Secretary Roosevelt conveyed the change to Congressman Tague yesterday.
A lighthearted reflection on how cheerful, sociable people refresh others while gloomy talk burdens conversations. The author contrasts the gleeful “smiler” with the chronic grouch and the perpetual complainer, noting we seek uplifting presence and avoid constant misery.
A reflective note extols steady selfless effort for others. The phrasing suggests a moral stance on public service and virtuous labor without citing specific people or events.
A Bloomingdale resident asks neighbors not to harm his domesticated Kansas jackrabbit kept on the Leonard farm. The author warns that pampering a jackrabbit can make it dangerous, recounting a tale of a cottontail turning bold and attacking a mastiff, and stressing restraint with pets.
An appeal has been made to Ottawa by Mayor Curley for the release of George H. Fisher a 17 year old from service in the British army Fisher is the son of Charles R Fisher superintendent of the Eastern Oil and Rendering Company of Charlestown Rutherford Avenue He enlisted while on a vacation trip in New Brunswick.
The records show the hottest September 6 in Boston reached 94 degrees in 1915 and 87 degrees in 1907. The coolest was 45 degrees in 1899, with 46 degrees in 1913 the past decade’s low. Rain occurred on this date in 1911 and the weather mentions a stray misting.
The Merchants and Miners passenger steamer Gloucester collided with two coal barges in Vineyard Sound in thick fog. It arrived at 6 last night reporting little damage with 76 passengers aboard, many women, and no panic during the incident.
A column chronicles hat styles trimmed with plumage on city streets, a ballot banner scene, and curios about Asbury Grove’s Henry Eaton memorial. It also covers swordfish fishing records, a Wakefield entertainment pairing, Universalist J D Tillinghast’s 50th birthday, and Jupiter’s visibility with humorous astronomy quips.
Jo hides a threatening letter from Bob who teases her about it. A playful wrench mishap sends Bob crashing from a ladder to a wounded brow. In the doctor’s office Jo laments the night of mischief and asks for forgiveness.
In their village Samson Carrasco fosters renewed talk of travel as Don Quixote and Sancho prepare to ride from Toboso in search of Dulcinea. Sancho negotiates wages for service and an island to govern, while Carrasco schemes to join as squire and family concerns rise over the knight’s folly.
A quip filled poem about friendship and financial strain. The speaker laments false friends who ask for aid then mock him after he cannot lend money. He notes his modest means with a large family while a supposed comrade shuns him and spreads undeserved gossip.
Bob and Jo spar over a misdirected letter and a friend's engagement, Jo blushing and confessing with playful bravado as Bob questions the scene yet comforts her. The exchange reveals Jo’s feigned anger and Bob’s soft reaction, ending with a lighthearted remark about women as riddles.
Readable items list seedless grapes 45c per basket California Tokay 60c Malaga 60c Delaware 17c Niagara 17c assorted 19c. Alligator pears Gravenstein apples and Nova Scotia blueberries appear in market notes with pricing details.
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