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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1914
Page
12
Boston Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions with varying terms for U S Canada and foreign destinations. The notice details payment methods, postal charges, and office addresses for editorial and advertising departments.
The piece argues the push for economy is a hollow tactic by platform makers and papers. It asserts Republicans cannot claim virtue in fiscal restraint after 16 years in power when federal appropriations rose in each Congress. The critique labels the issue as filled with empty rhetoric ripe for puncture.
A letter from Senor Juan Riano the Spanish ambassador and Commander Salvador Burgas of the cruiser Carlos V thanks the Navy Department for attention shown at Norfolk naval yard when the battleship Louisiana was moved from drydock for the Carlos V to be scoured before its voyage home.
Clarence W. Barnes says he will head the McCall campaign committee. He mocks Governor Walsh’s administration and predicts the Republicans will argue federal policy shows procrastination inefficiency and duplicity in Wilson’s era.
The first direct primaries in New York begin today allowing party voters to choose candidates for state and federal offices. Official rolls show 632000 Democrats, 522000 Republicans, and 111600 Progressives, with total governor votes past 1.5 million. The outcome will gauge turnout and partisan momentum.
The piece notes seven candidates for Governor on the official ballots and urges voters to mark their choices in 30 to 50 places to exercise full ballot rights. It emphasizes the need for precise marking across all listed offices.
Editorial urges study of bank hoarding lists under Secretary McAdoo. It notes country banks outside major cities hold 30 to 50 percent reserves vs the legal 15 percent, keeping funds idle while money is tight. Calls on banks to extend credit to sol vent merchants and criticizes idle funds amid war-time rates.
The Post compares Massachusetts primaries with old convention methods and finds the Rhode Island and Massachusetts conventions a farce. It argues bosses cram hand picked candidates and pre set platforms, branding delegates before the doors open and citing political prestige and gain.
The Senate ended a long filibuster by sending the river and harbor appropriation bill back to committee with instructions to reduce total to 20 million. The Post notes past four years' 185 million in spending yields no guaranteed returns and urges economy amid war tax shifts. It regrets no new work is provided in the bill and calls for restraint until fiscal need passes.
Nevin Schlaugh, co proprietor of the Mauch Chunk Stroudsburg bus line, found a five foot rattlesnake with 11 rattles under his car at the Serfass Motor Car Company garage in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania. He killed the reptile, discovered while working on his vehicle.
A wartime verse from Bertie Bertram of Neponset Mass. to Newton Newkirk laments leaving a bride for service, jokes about suffragette C Gar and a quarrel with his mother in law, and ends with a cheerful note on marriage and battle.
A satirical column exposes a flirtatious unsigned note from a young woman asking guidance on meeting a stranger. The writer mocks the plan, warns about danger, and suggests the suitor be deterred while quipping about a masquerade of romance. The piece ends with a playful, cautionary tone.
Fine black coats feature military collars and artillery capes while net flouncings display sparkling spangles. Dresses show full skirts with no overskirts and neckpieces mix marabou with ostrich. Silk ratine girdles and trims, lace and chiffon skirts complement a black velvet basque. children's outer wear includes serge and gabardine. A long rubber lined storm cape for children serves as a rain cloak.
Chester Depot Vermont September 27 Fire destroyed the large stock barn of Frank W Adams killing many valuable thoroughbred cattle. The loss was estimated at 20000 dollars and was partly insured.
The article notes John Trumbull's painting The Surrender of Burgoyne in the Capitol rotunda, one of four Revolutionary War scenes funded by Congress on Feb 6 1817 with Burgoyne's 1777 Saratoga capitulation and 579 captured prisoners. It details military groundwork from New York to Albany, Burgoyne’s retreat, surrender terms, and captured stores and firearms.
The Observant Citizen surveys diverse topics from 820 New England hens contending for top egg layers with Rhode Island Reds leading, to fishermen fearing dogfish, to taxes after fires, to New England cotton growing, and local Boston area developments including subway opening and college lectures amid war effects.
A glimpse of tomorrow's nationwide celebration as Americans anticipate the first great public jubilation honoring the Star Spangled Banner. The mood centers on unity, patriotism, and widespread participation across communities.
Walter Burney navigates a flirtatious office scene with Miss Moren and a lavender letter misaddressed to him. The mix up triggers a stern rebuke from Mr. Burney, revealing Walter’s tactic of courting through a promised theater date and a questionable romance network.
The speaker laments finding myriad “No Hunting Here” and “Keep off my land” signs while seeking a place to vent Nimrod like zeal with his new gun. He longs to roam prairies and woods to hunt a groundhog or deer, yet private grounds thwart his desire.
Dear Miss Champagne. A reader asks why her two year older boyfriend does not give flowers candy or theatre and proposes gentle hints to learn his reasons. The columnist suggests open discussion to build mutual understanding and clarify if engagement is feasible.
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