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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
14
The Boston Post issues daily from Boston Massachusetts with subscription rates and mailing details. The document lists prices for U S Canada foreign and Canadian posts and notes postage, office contacts, and publisher information for E A Grozier.
After six months the military authorities in Mexico City ruled the assassinations of President Madero and Vice President Suarez were not a punishable crime. The finding is criticized as a conventional farce and seen as protecting Huerta and his circle from accountability.
South station posted 28,347,399 passengers for the year ending June 30, beating Grand Central’s 22,405,295, until Boston and Maine statistics showed North station with 29,510,857 passengers, restoring the lead. The region remains busier than New York City rail traffic.
The article argues Ulster Protestant opposition to Ireland's home rule is preposterous and threatening. It claims they mobilize an army to resist British rule, but if the British people decide the decree, Ulster must join or exit. A civil war outcome is implied if secession occurs, with Britain maintaining authority supported by most Irish people.
The plan to designate the Azores as a neutral zone between Portugal and the United States Great Britain and Germany is revived in formal terms. Proponents claim it could prevent war risks and ensure peace, while offering strategic value if the Panama Canal opens and a joint cable station operates there, affecting Atlantic and Mediterranean routes.
Fifty two eastern railroads plan to file tariff sheets with the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting a five per cent rise in freights. They expect delay as the commission investigates the proposal and assesses its reasonableness. The roads cite higher wages, arbitration for conductors and trainmen, and increased railroad costs as factors behind the demand.
The article argues higher freight rates are justified and will be seen as fair by the public. It suggests citizens will cheerfully accept the small individual share if the rates receive approval.
A bill to abolish all slavery in the Philippine Islands is expected in the Senate after Auditor William H. Phipps reports widespread trafficking in children and adults. He cites buyers, the whipping post, and a hill country pattern of debt bondage among Filipino families, urging action under the American flag.
Conference committee reports progress in reconciling House and Senate tariff schedules. The final bill retains a 15 percent duty on paintings and drawings, restores engravings to free list, and frees art antiquities while keeping bananas on the free list due to President Wilson's influence. The process of shaping the measure back toward the House plan continues.
Humorous monologue about a week of Constances moods and a laundry misadventure. A speaker recalls losing collars, jokes about dentures and a wish for a bite resistant celluloid collar, ending with a quip about laundering a spotless reputation.
Washington reports yesterday marked the last announced appearance of the Secretary of State on the Chautauqua circuit. Cool weather will likely curb tent lectures and the season’s end relieves many from the spectacle. Bryan himself may feel pressed by criticism but had fulfilled his contracts. the speaker should refuse future engagements to spare the nation further distress.
Louis A. Frothingham former Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts starts as a special Harvard lecturer on government at the new academic year. He teaches an advanced course titled State and City Government in Massachusetts with selective admission for capable students.
A humorous instruction piece guides the reader through a flamboyant lobster dining ritual. It riffs on tools and etiquette as a gentlemanly performance, detailing steps from hatchet and nutcracker use to shell restoration and postmeal notes. The column closes with a quip about women’s attire and a witty aside from a correspondent.
A survey of small town tales captures Coos county pride with editor praise, figures on local hobbies, odd anecdotes from Dedham to Melrose, and updates on fire horses, fruit growing, and a bear seen near Hodgdon. The column includes community events and nostalgic reminiscences.
A cablegram from yesterday reports two French noblemen argued over milk versus hydrant water as the more deadly beverage. The dispute escalated until one slapped the other, and a duel was arranged at sunrise with seconds present.
Two gentlemen clash on the battlefield in a three quarters of an hour duel. They exchange blows with no advantage until one reveals a blister on his sword hand. The other concedes, they shake hands, kiss, and part as lifelong friends.
The article describes a climb of Popocatepetl near Mexico City, noting its 17 888 foot summit, the mythic origins with Ixtaccihuatl, and the ascent by horseback to 14 500 feet. It details the crater lake, sulphur patches, ladders for descent, and the thrilling, hazardous snow patches navigated on straw sleds especially by tourists and Indian guides.
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