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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
10
The Boston Post, an Independent Democratic paper issued daily by Post Publishing Co., announces the April 1, 1911 edition. Office located at 259 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, issue number 28 in volume 205.
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The District Attorney announced a grand jury review into the Quincy A Shaw estate tax dealings. If crime or conspiracy to defraud the city is proven, indictment is warranted and the public prosecutor’s office will pursue the matter without fear or favor.
The Post praised an Everett resident who paid his gas bill despite the meter being robbed. The Gas Commission agreed. A legislative report urges a bill making companies bear losses when meters are destroyed by fire or robbed. If needed, enactment is prudent policy.
The new Congress faces a continuing scandal as the Senate will not overlook corruption in the Illinois Legislature. Lorimer’s election rose from notorious bribery, and the only proper remedy is to send him home and let Illinois choose a senator honestly.
A tribute recalls Ellen H Richards as a scientist with exacting standards in music and science and a humanitarian drive. Her last public lecture explained causes of rising living costs and highlighted her long service to science and society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The remarks describe a woman whose life was strong and fruitful, noting her thought and endeavor stamp her as an influence of mark. It portrays a complete, forceful life that has ended, implying her impact endures beyond death.
The outgoing Congress debated increasing the number of Congressmen to reflect census shifts but did not act. Partisan reasons stalled reapportionment as Democrats feared Republican redistricting. The incoming Congress should decide early to reapportion without delay, maintaining a stable ratio of inhabitants per seat.
The New York Legislature ends its deadlock with the election of James A. O Gorman to the U S Senate succeeding Chauncey M Depew. He wins the Democratic solid vote on joint ballot. Tam many Hall factional strife is resolved. The piece argues for direct popular election of senators.
A Boston lawyer urged Mayor Fitzgerald to remove elevated and subway turnstiles, arguing they violate public access statutes and pose death traps in fires or panics. He contends they exist only to save labor costs and demands legal action or new legislation to abolish them.
Under Governor Plaisted the Maine Legislature reversed a prior stance by endorsing the federal income tax amendment. The action aligns with party pledges and positions Maine as the first New England state to adopt the reform. The body also passed the direct primaries measure, meeting ante-election promises.
A concise proverb style item notes that living too fast leads to misjudgment and urges looking ahead to avoid wrong paths, framed as practical guidance. The piece uses a pithy moral tone and emphasizes forward planning.
The piece contrasts three waiting figures in a serene sea side scene, highlighting psychological tension as a family endures a storm and loss. It notes the painting's interior light and unity, its Amsterdam museum home, and remarks on Israels as a leading modern Dutch painter with a life shaped by study in Amsterdam Paris and The Hague.
Josef Israels the Dutch Millet interprets simple Holland life with masterly insight. Millet starkly portrays the grinding soil and dull peasant existence. Israels conveys in his canvases the poetry and tragedy of those living by the sea and the deep human emotions amid their relentless livelihood.
A fragment from a Washington street scene features a weary diner lamenting repeat ham and eggs as his wife visits her mother. A waitress, a humorous aside on future sight, a minor crash in Harvard Square, and Postmaster Mansfield's lunchtime politics round out a slice of urban life.
A collage of humorous vignettes and local observations. The piece references gender roles from a stone age joke to suffragette commentary, then shifts to Cambridge street scene with subway entrance, the Summer statue relocation, and activity along the north shore road. It notes Frick mansion prep at Pride's Crossing, deterioration and planned removal of the First Congregational Church steeple in Everett, a barber shop anecdote about an unpaid shave, Patrolman Pettingill’s death, and lawn pride at Hedgeworth fire station Malden. It also mentions Watertown police chief Cooney’s retirement and Riverside canoe season with Officer Michael Ryan.
Philip C. Hill aged 60 of Roberts Mass was struck crossing Broad and Custom House streets yesterday. He sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to Relief Hospital. The car was owned by Frederick A. Flood of Brookline and operated by Michael Butler.
Mrs Bertha 8 S Papa zian presented her own play The Best Thing That Could Have Happened before a suffragette audience at the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association rooms 585 Boylston Street yesterday afternoon. The event drew a crowded room and showcased the author on the stage.
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