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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
18
Cold weather brings an invasion of tarantulas and other spiders to a National Guard camp in Columbus New Mexico. Soldiers wake to find pests in blankets floors and clothing shocking several. A Massachusetts boy discovers a tarantula in the toe of his boot prompting a general alarm.
Overcoats rush to the border from the east as out posts report cold nights and await top coat shipments due this week. Officers of the Second Regiment cooperate to build a recreation hall and clubhouse, signaling likely months more at the base. Work also begins to close in mess shacks with sheet iron.
Fragment mentions army officers and the Second Regiment preparing a procession to a banquet. Corporal I Company began travel to reach a sister reported in Hampton. The text notes misfortune during the festivities.
A Republican speaker denounces the administration’s handling of the Adamson law as a "record of humiliation" during remarks at the state convention, continuing from the first page coverage.
Hughes rejects urging Republicans to filibuster the eight hour bill and defends the administration for acting swiftly. He cites Olney’s defense of wage-arbitration and argues Congress should not be forced by fear or duress. He contends the executive overstepped and Congress ratified a surrender of arbitration principles.
A speaker recounts shedding judicial robes for a formal candidacy, insisting the transition was honorable and necessary to defend American rights and honor. He cites President Wilson on arbitration, arguing America should avoid war if it can convincingly protect its interests.
The text presents President Roosevelt’s view of Venezuela becoming a heavily fortified harbor similar to Kiaochau. It frames the move as a means to control possible future isthmian canal routes and broader South American matters.
Colonel Roosevelt summarizes talks with German ambassador von Holleben and a sudden policy reversal after orders to Admiral Dewey. A letter by A. W. Callison cites Dr. Karl Buenz warning Roosevelt would not be bluffing, detailing Holleben’s swift recall. Buenz does not recall the conversations but does not deny they occurred.
Hill denies discussing German or American navies with Roosevelt and says Roosevelt claimed no knowledge of the Venezuela issue before Thayer's book. He cautions against claiming Holleben was Roosevelt's intimate ally, doubts Holleben’s recall, and notes his own later role representing Germany at The Hague Tribunal while acknowledging possible earlier conversations.
Mrs. Fred In Small, wife of a Boston real estate broker and insurance agent, disappeared after a summer home fire in Mountainview New Hampshire. Neighbors found flames raging late evening. search of ruins yielded no trace of her. Mr. Small had left for a Boston business trip earlier. his Salem Massachusetts home had burned in a prior disaster.
Mr Small was notified of his wife probable death and the burning of his summer place at Young's Hotel. He departed by automobile at 1 30 this morning for Mountain View New Hampshire to seek information and reach his home.
The Boston City Council meets in City Hall this afternoon as a committee on ordinances to debate a proposed one day off in three for firemen. Members are expected to state their positions. current practice grants a day off every five days.
The entry lists tides and celestial events with heights for morning and evening tides, full moon dates in October to December, and evening star Mars along with morning stars Jupiter Venus and Saturn, indicating a brief ephemeris style snippet.
Yesterday seven vessels brought fresh ground fish to the pier with no mackerel tilefish or swordfish arriving. Prices rose due to shortage with haddock steak cod and hake among the listed wholesale prices. Several ships and cargos are noted including the five masted schooner Rebecca Palmer chartered to load lumber and the Adelaide chartered, plus salvage efforts for the wrecked Bay State. The Leyland liner Ninian arrived safely with a large cargo, and a whale sighting was reported near Highland Light by the United Fruit steamer Juan.
Shipping notices report a fleet arrival including steamers Isle of Lewis Howey Huel va Juan Jacobsen Santa Marta Columbia Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth N S Maskinonge Griffiths Sydney C B Calvin Austin Ingalls St John NB via Eastport Portland Chippewa Maguire Jacksonville Charleston Powhatan Ryan and Bay View Dunton Norfolk Jenancy Olsen Newport News Bunk
A long catalog of vessels including schooners sloops tugs and barges with origins in New York Gloucester Rockport Philadelphia Norfolk and Boston regions. Entries name vessels such as Edwin G Farrar Chase Helen Morse Albert Baldwin and Malvern along with towing duties to Scituate Lynn Norfolk and Newburyport.
Sept. 23 to Sept. 29 notices report births marriages engagements and many funeral services across Brooklyn Roxbury Cambridge Brookline and Boston. Names include Nolen Hawkins Chaffee Cleveland Ahlberg Bradley Carr Hayes Hookway Hunt Isaacs Kearney MacMillan Maginnis McGowan Swain Mitchell Montgomery Mulkern Murphy Pais Purcell Rourke Seaman Shay Solger Sullivan Taylor Wall Watson and Tyneh with dates and funeral details where given.
The Boston police read a general order vowing active action against intoxication after an Excise Board directive. Saloon keepers must bar sales to intoxicated customers or risk license revocation. Officers are to arrest and record time, owner, and circumstances of anyone leaving a saloon under influence.
A private report claims nine U S soldiers crossed to the Mexican side near Indio, engaged in a fight in which three Americans and four Mexicans died. Military authorities say no confirmation. The notice notes a Mexican dance at Indio and places Villa within 30 miles of Ojinaga with 2000 followers.
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