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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
12
A Rotterdam correspondent disputes German claims that snipers in houses justified the sacking of Louvain and the killings. He argues such violence cannot be justified as revenge for a few hotheads, noting the broader damage to the city. He asks what would remain of Vera Cruz if American soldiers held that view.
The governor’s condition improves after his accident. Physicians and a private secretary say he is up in his hospital room and in perfectly satisfactory condition. He is expected to be released home in the early part of next week. The public’s esteem for David I. Walsh is evident.
The piece questions Republican memory on ship subsidies and political history. It notes the party held power in 16 years with Congress and the presidency and asks why subsidies were not enacted then. It argues the present stance misreads history and criticizes opposition statements.
President Wilson’s labor war truce in Colorado is approved by union miners in a Trinidad vote. Monopolists are urged to retreat from hostility and accept a localized adjustment of the proposed return to conditions. Owners previously opposed the main principle, but the President and workers hold the high ground.
The Assistant Secretary of War Breckinridge is criticized for remarks about a hypothetical foreign army of 200,000 entering the United States. Washington officials and leading military authorities doubt the feasibility of such an invasion and condemn the disclosure as an indiscretion.
The article notes a bold remark about potential campaigns across the United States from Atlantic to Pacific and predicts most opponents would not return. It then states Mr. Breckinridge has the chance to deny the statement and suggests it would be surprising if he did not.
The drop in the exchange rate to 4.93 marks a return toward normal after wartime chaos. Since August, U S merchants faced high costs to pay London debts as gold credits dried up. New York has begun paying foreign bond obligations, aided by a record wheat export and anticipated near normal trade with England.
The Standard Oil Company quietly offers its vast resources to support foreign missions by handling monetary transfers for about 2000 missionaries from leading Protestant groups in the Far East. Quarterly maintenance costs total around 250000 dollars, funded through the oil monopoly’s fiscal agency, while gas, lubricants, and kerosene prices rise to cover this aid.
The article celebrates a new imperial ordinance granting Irish self rule signed by George V. It notes the law will not take effect for a year, but asserts amendments will not weaken its purpose. The piece frames emancipation as a universal British citizen right long resisted by English conservatism.
Beginning at midnight tonight through Sunday and until 5 am Monday, inbound Cambridge street cars including night cars will run via North Charles, Leverett, Causeway, Portland, Sudbury, Scollay Square, then on their normal routes. Diversion due to subway construction between Bowdoin area and Bowdoin Street. outbound cars unchanged.
An item titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk discusses water as a safety first choice for quenching cocktail thirst. The brief note attributes the line to B. B. and emphasizes safe beverage practices.
The Observant Citizen covers a Brookline town meeting issue on a proposed $10 dog tax and possible name change to Canineville, with resident rebuttals. It also notes frost damage to pumpkin crops in eastern Massachusetts and praise for Luther Burbank, Longfellow’s birthplace preservation, and local maritime notes including captain Merriman and the Yakima’s catch.
A New Jersey wife petitions for divorce contending her husband spends evenings on street corners flirting with other women and neglecting family. She notes his earnings of seven dollars weekly and his obsession with clothes, while she pressed his garments and worries over their marriage. The narrator urges a harsh ruling on the case.
A humorous letter from Archy Bald of Newbury Port asks how to regulate rapid whisker growth. The writer jokes about barber visits and even transplanting facial hair to the head, proposing silly schemes like hair mattresses and selling whiskers for profit.
Long gloves will remain worn over winter sleeves. A tightly fitted bodice with narrow shoulders tops a skirt featuring multiple ruffles. Basque coats now show graduating length and a short open front to display cascade fullness, adding charm and grace.
The narrative recounts General John C. Fremont leading the 1840s exploration to the Oregon and California region. He ascended the South Pass and reached the Rockies pinnacle of 13 570 feet, unfurling the Stars and Stripes for the first time on that summit. A bee settled on a explorer during the expedition.
Henriette flees a quarrel over a private tableaux during their engagement at Pine Rock. A note from Harold, found at Lookout stairs, prompts reconciliation. They marry in September as Harold confesses the accidental loss of a prior letter and Norman aunt confusion.
The Museum of Fine Arts remains financially stable amid the war outbreak. Treasurer F L Higginson reports expenditures and improvements continue, with no foreign purchases and no loss of valuable paintings, unlike the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
A speaker praises labor across arts as a plasterer works in a new home. He muses that skilled effort may outlive life, while noting poets painters singers and actors chase fame though it may prove elusive. The verse by Walt Mason reflects on art, mortality, and enduring craft.
A letter weighs whether a young man with limited earnings can support a lively fiancée by paying for amusements. An older view argues such arrangements undermine romance, risking contempt and damage to the partnership. Authority notes the man should provide as protector, shaping the relationship.
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