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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1913
Page
12
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for the Sunday and Daily editions along with mailing details. It notes advance payment requirements and cautions that subscriptions will be discontinued for nonpayment, with contact points for obtaining the paper. Editor is BE A. Grozier.
Republican Leader Mann complains the House is wasting time and drawing salaries while the tariff and currency bills have passed. He threatens to expose the chamber but offers no concrete legislation. The article notes there is nothing else for the House to do, and mocks partisan complaints.
A Choctaw Indian named Gabe E. Parker has been sworn into the office of Register of the Treasury anew. Commentators note the historic significance of an Indian holding the post and suggest Parker’s conduct will reflect on the lasting credit of his signature on U S currency.
After a woman was killed crossing at Salem station on the Boston & Maine line, readers urged immediate construction of a protective fence between tracks. The piece calls Salem station possibly the system's most dangerous crossing and hopes the measure will set a example for other stations.
Washington reports Japan asked the United States to sue over California alien land law as a treaty issue. Officials say the request is unwarranted and cannot be entertained. Japan could test the law through a Japanese property holder in the state, the proper route. The U.S. should not initiate a suit against a component part to avoid stirring controversy.
The U S Public Health Service reports unfavorably on Friedmann turtle serum for tuberculosis. In a reply to a seeker it states experiments have not been satisfactory and the bureau has not recommended the remedy. It expresses sorrow that use of the serum continues and urges truth over false hope.
A discussion notes that southern views fear women at the polls would introduce demoralizing influence. It argues suffrage should be federal or constitutional to make the privilege universal for black and white alike, though the excerpt ends before concluding.
The passage notes that extending voting rights to male ex slaves and their descendants faced state restrictions and argues that admitting negro women to the polls would not improve the situation. It reflects skeptical views on race and gender suffrage dynamics in the South after emancipation.
The piece notes President Wilson's pledge to exact strong reprisals for injuries to Americans in Mexico. It confirms the Sept. 10 killing of William O. Robertson by rebels under Madrigal while en route from Durango to Mazatlan and cites Madrigal’s signed statement blaming Robertson for resisting surrender of arms.
Centenarians dying cycles are noted with interest as birthdays of the aged are chronicled. The piece surveys long-lived individuals from Maine to Kentucky, relating their tastes for New England rum, tobacco, or abstinence. It concludes that longevity cannot be fixed by diet alone but by a habit unfamiliar to new generations.
At a New York trade convention a timing system for speakers was installed. Officials and distinguished guests face a ten minute limit with a green warning at three minutes remaining and a red flash at the limit. The setup aims to discipline public speaking at banquets and political events.
A water set given to Mrs. John W. Teasdale’s grandmother by poet Henry W. Longfellow was stolen while the Teasdales were away in Charlevoix. A footprint suggested the thief was a woman, with silverware and bric a brac removed from the Teasdale residence in St. Louis.
A violent typhoon swept the China coast and Canton river disrupting submarine cable service. Telegraph messages to Hong Kong from abroad must be relayed by mail overland to Kwantung province due to the outage.
A divorce nisi for desertion was granted by Judge White in Salem in the uncontested case Isaac H. Callea of Salem versus Phoebe Woodman Caliga of Danvers, niece of poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
A reflective piece on perpetual yearning from childhood to old age. People envy others: Jim with his job, a bondholder craving health, a neighbor desiring wealth, a svelte figure seeking fullness. The essay concludes that we seldom know what we truly need.
A collage from the Observant Citizen column covers fashion trends in Boston theatres and promenades, a near completion Evans Memorial Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, walking sticks among London society, a 99 year old Cohasset voter, a baby delegate at a labor convention, oversized sunflowers in Everett, and various local curiosities. The piece blends fashion, civic notices, and hometown anecdotes in one ongoing daily column.
Boston boasts grand opera annually despite consistent losses, a contrast to those who value money over music. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the city’s unique taste for opera and finance.
The column jokes about fashion’s eye fixating on the waist and mocks its shifting place. It notes the waistline’s fickle rise and fall, drifting from under the arms to near the knees, and laments the difficulty of predicting its exact position for planning.
A compact note reflects a proverb about moving forward with care and facing consequences for rash actions. It emphasizes balance between effort and caution and hints at eventual accountability.
Prospector Bill Simmons in remote Arizona bites himself on a 29 mile trip to a doctor after fearing a rattlesnake bite. The physician concludes the bite came from Bills own teeth implants. Bill disputes the diagnosis.
A quirky exchange unfolds as a speaker contemplates biting his own leg and then Bill suddenly shines a light on the moment by removing his false teeth from his pocket. The line ends with Bill laughing at his own joke.
Zacatecas, a high plateau mining city, faced revolutions with cathedral damage and labor shortages. The Alvarado mine produced silver valued at 800 million from 1548 to 1867. Mexico holds top silver output, with Guanajuato and Zacatecas as key districts, while figures like Zambrano and Pedro Alvarado illustrate wealth from mining.
Boston readers debate whether a wife should be younger than her husband citing a case where the woman is about 80 or 84 and the man 27 or 28. Writer argues it is better for the husband to be older, noting longevity of value in intelligence and experience, while acknowledging exceptions and the power of love to bridge age.
An excerpt from a 1913 Mason poem laments aging as a burden of chronic pains and misfortune. The speaker notes a moral price for past revels and warns that many later in life face debts to fate for earlier indulgence.
Miss Alice Wentworth of 63 Church Street Winchester was seriously injured yesterday when hurled from a car into a telegraph pole on Mystic Avenue Medford. She was reported resting comfortably at her home last night.
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