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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
14
Congressman Gal livan invites Argentine ambassador Dr Naon to speak at the South American trade banquet in Boston on October 15. He also hopes the Brazilian ambassador and Chilean minister will visit Boston for a significant occasion to discuss the city's commercial advantages.
The majority of Colorado coal mine operators embrace President Wilson's three year truce with an arbitration tribunal to decide vexed questions. They fear the plan may fail or be temporary, but the miners advocate public spirit and support the approach, arguing it shows the true value of truce arrangements.
In Mexico both Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa rule out candidacy deals to avoid renewed factionalism. Villa says he will not run and Carranza says he won’t if Villa agrees. Calderon’s potential candidacy pleases most Americans who favor stability and oppose disorder driven by hostile critics of the U S administration.
The Braves clinched their league pennant after beating Chicago while the Giants fell to Pittsburgh. Boston now eyes world championship games and hopes the team will claim the ultimate honor based on past performances.
President Stewart of Auburn Theological Seminary assures protection for American colleges in Turkey after a Sultan declaration. He says Beyrut college will open Oct 14 with 1000 members, three new instructors have sailed, and obstruction of operations would hurt shops.
Fragment provides a mid-sentence conclusion on permanence support and extension aiding advancement of conditions for intelligence and thus for peace. No identifiable people, places, organizations, or concrete events are present in readable portions.
The piece argues that prewar optimism about tariff revenue proved unfounded once the European war began. It explains that customs receipts fell from the war, not the tariff, and calculates how shifting to the Payne bill would have altered revenue. It contends the treasury shortage is not due to Democratic policy but to wartime conditions.
The piece lauds New Yorks first public primaries for governor and U S Senate as a breakthrough from bossed caucuses. It hails District Attorney Whitman as Republican nominee for governor and Ambassador Gerard as Democratic nominee for Senate, praising the quality and independence of candidates.
The New Haven railroad sees resignations from William Rockefeller George F Baker Charles F Brooker and James S Elton breaking from a troubled era. The editorial urges remaining directors to retire too and notes a potential board size reduction to 17 as a catalyst for change.
The well known magistrate Mr A C Plowden has resigned after a 36 year service at Marylebone commencing in 1888. Comparisons note Sir Albert de Butten served 36 years, with Bow Street colleagues Marsham and Curtis Bennett on 34 and 27 years respectively. Other figures Bros of Clerkenwell and Horace Smith of Westminster also served long terms.
Poem urges poets to drop fighting and write with gentleness about nature and rural life. It questions readers about welcome for a saner pen and calls for cheerful chimes of cheer from old John D Inflater as bards of All Sorts respond to ignorance with honesty.
A Boston reader debunks a rumor that wartime taxes fund seats for soldiers while joking about the S H U and its members. The letter describes a lifetime strap hanger’s woes, a proposed detachable hang strap, and plans to market the invention to the Boston Elevated.
The columnist reports Boston clergy members considering wearing crape in protest against the war, notes Enoch Flanders’ death and his dance-hall bell calls, reviews weather and foliage, mentions Tom McCarthy’s golf power, and observes immigrant diversity at Huntington School. It also covers quilting parties, a Wakefield rifle shoot, women’s labor research, state employment offices, and toy industry shifts amid wartime.
A blaze in Calais New Brunswick destroyed Clark Brothers shoe factory John Manuel carriage factory and Harry Pinkerton home in St Stephen. Levi Russel residence heavily damaged. Estimated losses total 40000 with 30000 on the shoe plant. Fire started by a gasoline heater used on a machine. Plant to be rebuilt at once.
Washington reports that all officers crew and other persons aboard the revenue cutter Tahoma after the wreck on an Alaskan reef September 21 have been found and are safe according to commandant Bertholt today receiving word from Unalaska.
Belgrade, the White City, has endured numerous changes of masters and sieges over two millennia. It suffered 16th century captures by Solyman II, Austrian retakes in 1688 and 1717, Turkish recaptures, and later Serbian and Ottoman shifts culminating in 1882 after a long struggle with the Turks.
A feature recounts abolitionist imagery connected to William Lloyd Garrison and William Cullen Bryant. It notes slaveholders punished abolitionists, including Amos Dresser, and describes a copperplate engraving tied to anti slavery protests depicted in old pamphlets and newspapers.
The piece notes Tufts graduates and family ties with Leo R. Lewis and Rev. John Jay Lewis. It mentions Mrs Ellen Carlisle Ripley becoming chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs education department, a 1,500,000 member federation. Ezra Winsor announces the New England Postmasters convention October 14 at the American House with Governor Walsh expected. Dr Claxton cites federal funds for school garden experiments yielding 60 to 100 dollars per eighth acre, aiding family support versus factory wages.
Molly frets over a $100 fur bill that threatens her engagement. She secretly swaps her diamond for a similar stone to pay the debt. On their honeymoon Phil reveals a matching diamond and forgives her, ending with a loving reconciliation.
A 1914 verse by Walt Mason extols perpetual smiling over gloom. It advises cheerful public demeanor from street to courtroom, arguing happiness improves life and dispels troubles, urging readers to share upbeat messages despite hardship.
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne if a long courtship signals true intent and whether to propose marriage. The columnist suggests steady companionship can imply seriousness, hints at engagement, but advises patience given her youth.
Detroit September 29. The Republican Democratic and Progressive parties hold state conventions tomorrow to frame platforms for the fall election and nominate candidates for Attorney General Auditor General Secretary of State and State Treasurer. Roosevelt is expected to address the Progressive gathering in Bay City while Curtis Guild of Massachusetts is slated for the Republican event in Kalamazoo.
A humorous verse describes sending for Dr Cheer-Up to cure headaches and heartache with sunny weather. The poem extols laughter, nature, and the beauty of the world as a remedy, contrasting pills with a mood-boosting remedy. It suggests convalescence arrives through joy, scenery, and a brighter outlook.
Civil service workers in the postoffice inspector's office in Chicago received circular letters from Washington asking them to report their party affiliations. They were perplexed by the unusual request and many had been out of politics for years and did not know how to answer.
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