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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1916
Page
10
The Boston Post publishes its September 18 1916 issue with subscription rates for daily Sunday and foreign editions, price lists for Canada and Domestic mail, and notices on payment, postage, and mailing details. Publisher Edwin A Grozier directs editorial and business operations from 1388 Main.
The Baltimore American declares Democrats humbled as Wilson’s banner fell in Maine. The piece argues the result signals no likely Democratic gains in November and casts doubt on President Wilson’s prospects nationwide, noting even Hughes refrains from bold forecasts.
The close of the Floating Hospital season was marked by its final docking at North End Park. After a strenuous summer, the charity met exactions on its resources with effectiveness and grace. Since June the hospital cared for more babies and nursing back to health than ever before, expanding its benefaction under strenuous conditions and earning admiration and gratitude.
Reports from Panama warn of a dangerous political crisis as opponents claim Valdez won by fraud and threaten rebellion if the United States recognizes him. The piece urges Mr Hughes to state now what he would do regarding recognition before the President acts.
Boston officials debate the Rourke plan to cut pumping capacity to save money, while Board of Fire Underwriters likely refuses a 25 percent insurance rate reduction tied to the original high pressure system. Secretary Cabot criticizes the proposal as penny wise and pound foolish, urging foundations and pipes laid to the original plan to be ready for future conflagrations.
The text argues against any plan that reduces service efficiency to cut fire insurance costs. It stresses that savings gained by higher expenditures are not true economy and urges weighing long term impacts before blocking improvements.
Mr Hughes argues for sharp tariff increases to block European goods postwar, while bankers economists and steel leaders foresee continued prosperity in 1917. German forecasts suggest Europe will need raw materials but not flood America, and Wilson favors using financial strength to compete globally rather than restoring old tariff walls.
The election of Matthew C Brush as president of the Boston Elevated railway is praised as wise and well deserved. His seven years in Boston and his pacifying approach and belief in collective bargaining are highlighted as strengths guiding a peaceful, productive administration.
Letters from readers discuss Massachusetts marriage and guardian age rules, Newfoundland status, biblical quotes about a virtuous woman, and a query about planetary sizes. The exchange names a 21 year guardian age in Massachusetts, identifies Jupiter as the largest planet, and notes Newfoundland and Labrador are not part of Canada.
In a column by Newton Newkirk a reader muses on the value of laughter and urges cheerful outlooks. The piece recalls social etiquette at shows and suggests a future toothpick match invention with caveats about patentability and market risks.
A Boston writer notes quirky sights from a porter’s plea to a traveler with only a pocketbook to a tame pigeon near a locomotive. He cites Dr A Wilmer Duff on English views of Americans, a concrete ship from Norway, and nostalgia for historic Massachusetts locomotives. He mentions West Springfield billboards and honors suffrage history at Boutwell Street. Boston delegates praised Springfield, including an acclaimed organ and a birdseye city view from City Hall tower.
A poetic question about hidden life within a person and soul seeking purpose. The speaker addresses a QO woman of love, asking what inner power lies dormant until awakened. The verses compare seed and fruit, music in the branch, and a dove-like heart awaiting release by divine grace.
Sancho Panza mocks Dulcinea to fool Don Quixote, who bows to imagined enchantments. They encounter three wenches as Dulcinea, a troupe of strolling players terrifies Rozinante, and Sancho resists revenge. Samson Carrasco fights Don Quixote and is unhorsed.
The twins Marjorie and Ellen prepare for vacation while Aunt Mary quietly aids them with yarn gifts. Ellen befriends Jim Allen and grows closer to him, while Marjorie, feeling left out, discovers Ellen’s rightful happiness. A quiet transformation leads Marjorie to support Ellen and seek her own happiness.
A verse vignette by Walt Mason depicts a sorrel colt at play as older horses ignore the scene. The speaker imagines a stern warning from a workhorse about hard labor and hardship, contrasting harsh prophecy with the horses’ passive feeding. The piece reflects early 20th century rural humor and moral tone.
A vintage tip advises sewing white tape on the back of dresses to secure buttons and prevent tearing when they come off. It also suggests tying strings from bundles together to keep work organized.
A readable fragment states Mrs Ellen S Foster of 140 Lincoln Street Holyoke crafts crochet pieces into a dishcloth and mentions durability and bail ability. The brief note presents her name and street address for local notice purposes.
The record shows September 18 temperatures in Boston reaching above freezing in 1891 and 1906. The coldest on this date was 43 degrees in 1875, with the past decade’s coolest at 52 degrees in 1907. Rain occurred on this date within the last ten years only in 1913.
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