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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1915
Page
14
Publication rates for U S Canada and foreign readers listed. One year two six and three month terms with varying prices. Rates include daily and Sunday options and postage surcharges for Canada and Boston district. Payments by check draft or money order payable to Post Publishing Co.
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain, a New York suffragist, was recalled from the Italian war zone after pacifist war correspondence. She was treated with utmost courtesy and observed as the Italians, notably the gallant Latin gentlemen, were polite during her stay.
Senator Borah of Idaho is mentioned as a plausible figure for the Republican nomination. The Progressive Boston Record lists him among possibilities while the Portland Oregonian notes he did not bolt Taft and is acceptable to many Republicans. The piece questions whether a Bryan supporter from 1896 could still satisfy the party.
The Progressive State committee ousted secretary Stephen E. French for planning to vote for McCall and Coolidge, showing Massachusetts Progressives in good standing oppose the Republican establishment. Roosevelt faction remains hostile, and Mas sachusetts progressives need no GOP guidance on how to vote this year.
Woodrow Wilson traveled from Washington to Princeton to cast his vote in the New Jersey primaries. The piece urges citizens to follow the president’s example and vote, noting many Massachusetts residents did not participate in the recent local election.
Column laments how war deaths are accepted as fate while condemning a Yaqui atrocity where a train car carrying Mexican women and children was burned. The piece portrays horror at such barbarous acts amid the regular calculus of war casualties.
A harsh critique notes mass killings and atrocities against non Muslim Armenians in Armenia and Turkish territories since Turkey joined the European war. It questions whether global humanity remains intact as death tolls rise toward half a million through mob violence and desert expulsion.
The Boston Post endorses Mayor Curley’s appeal to the Boston Elevated to immediately accept the Legislature’s act and construct a station at Arlington Street in the Boylston Street subway. It argues Boston bears the subway costs, Arlington Street station boosts short hauls, ends extortionate exit damages, and benefits both Boston and the Elevated financially. The public and business leaders demand action.
The Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco looks set to post a large surplus after three months, with paying attendance and receipts outstripping early cost estimates. Officials note 13 million visitors since February and claim support beyond local resources, highlighting broad regional and international interest.
The Post notes surprise that its critique of the large ballot in state primaries is cited by critics of a so called short ballot movement. It argues the last ballot was too big and could be reduced by smaller type and space. It says the primaries law principle is correct with minor changes only.
President Lowell of Harvard announced the Rhodes scholarship committee of Massachusetts will hold examinations for candidates on October 5 and 6. Applications must be filed with President Lowell in University Hall Cambridge before 5 o'clock this afternoon.
W S Kies head of the foreign trade department at National City Bank was elected vice-president of the bank. He came to New York from Chicago where his legal work included the Chicago and North Western Railway and other large corporations.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston heat on September 28 with a 9% degree thermometer reading in 1891 and notes the hottest point on this date was degrees in 1884. He cites midday mercury between 65 and 70 degrees as normal and recalls a 34 degree reading on September 29 last year. He adds this date is unusually wet, with rain on 18 of the last 42 Sept 29 occurrences.
A humorous column critiques baseball prognostication and newspaper sports hype while contrasting it with domestic labor jokes. The writer jokes about the Red Sox and Phillies World Series talk and the janitor versus furnace battle, then notes fashion follies and a coming snowstorm.
A reader-poem mocks dust and fashion in a satirical exchange at a theater, with thinly veiled jabs at a lady at her desk and a club life member offer. The verse uses humorous play on words and ribbing about cleanliness, attire, and public decorum.
A quirky column surveys odd animal antics from New Zealand fish that vaporizes water to mischief by Peruvian wildlife. It notes a monkey filk golfer and a violent end after a brass-club misadventure, then remarks on reporters shunned by famous players and lingering sports gossip.
A reader questions whether Brockton Fair has shifted from aerial stunts to a simple stage act. She pokes fun at Charlie Chaplin and mocks the star attraction, while a separate note from Ballardvale asks if calling a man “misterie” is as intimate as “girlie.”
Napoleon leads the retreat from Smolensk as Marshal Ney saves the rear with 6000 soldiers and many stragglers. Ney’s courage under fire, his refusal to surrender, and the ice crossing of the Dnieper become the dramatic hinge of a catastrophic Russian campaign. Both sides suffer heavy losses as the pursuit tightens toward the Niemen.
The Observant Citizen notes the famous old ship Franklin has been condemned by a navy board at Worfolk Virginia and will likely be sold for junk. It recalls the vessel’s long service and mourned passing, alongside local notes on the gas house Esplanade project and other regional reminiscences.
A satirical poem by Walt Mason portrays Hiram Hazy as endlessly lazy while neighbors toil for success. The speaker mocks his procrastination, contrasts it with others harvesting hay and supporting the navy and army, and notes missed comforts he could have if he worked.
Mildred Champagne replies that morality rests with the girl. A man may kiss a girl home if there is no intention, but a girl who yields for fun loses respect and may be misunderstood. men seek value and effort, and a life of love should be earned.
The Sunday Post Magazine continues the suspenseful tale of Mrs. Fisher’s murder in the feature “Behind the Bolted Door.” Readers follow clues, suspects, and the evolving case as tension rises in the house.
Jones McDuffee Stratton Co shows a miniature pottery operation on the Fourth Floor daily this week. Operatives demo Onondaga China production from 9 to 12:30 and 2 to 5:30. They offer 50 and 100 piece Onondaga sets at near cost and English Dinner Sets in 112 pieces from 9.00, 44 pieces from 5.50 and up.
An advertisement offers sets of china plates priced from 6.50 up to 40.00 and higher for high end designs. It lists OP Pesh items at 13.50 16.50 and 20.00 and 24.00 with some very costly patterns.
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