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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1910
Page
10
A proposal for a public memorial to Edward Everett Hale was presented at the South Congregational Church. He was praised as a people’s man and civic reformer whose practical sermons and community work inspired lasting improvement.
Mayor Fitzgerald argues that state auto license fees should largely go to Boston. He notes the city owns most autos, funds parkways and metropolitan roads, and bears maintenance costs. He urges fair dealing so Boston gets a proportionate return for highway repairs driven by automobile use.
The City Hospital trustees reappoint A Shuman for a five year term. He has served a quarter century in governance and nearly 20 years as chairman, guiding the hospital's growth. Boston and the institution honor his long public service and business leadership.
Mayor Gaynor's New York order halts firework sales from June 10 to July 10 as a test of safety for Independence Day celebrations. The move aims to reduce wounds and conflagations, prompting towns to consider substitutes for traditional noisy displays.
The passage debates how to channel youthful enthusiasm beyond noise and noisy events. It asks for a designate day and outlet, noting declines in orations and parades. It calls for the finest judgment and clear understanding of popular sentiment.
The piece criticizes the Taft administration for leaking plans and being on the defensive. It likens Taft’s cabinet to Roosevelt’s effective team, noting Taft lacks persuasive figures like Root Shaw Garfield Straus Cortelyou and others. It argues Taft struggles to win public support.
The author rebuts claims that Boston theatres have a low general tone. He argues the leading playhouses set a high standard, noting most performances are decent, healthful, and often noble, while acknowledging a small minority of faults.
Mr Higgins of Middlesex lauds district attorney for pursuing truth and justice in the Mrs Kelleher wholesale poisoning case. He contrasts this with the old zeal to convict at all costs, noting a humane shift toward leniency and avoiding judicial error. The Post praised District Attorney Pelletier’s similar stance, marking a decline of the old ferocious convict-at-all-costs approach.
The campaign finance bill moves forward as the House elections panel reports it. the Senate is not strongly against it and the President supports it if it reaches him. Critics note weak enforcement though, while backers say it reduces fat frying and corrupt influence.
Providence Rhode Island April 4 Mrs Phebe R Trish aged 100 years five months a daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Anthony J Salisbury who served under Benedict Arnold on the march through the Maine wilderness to Quebec died last night at the home of her daughter Mrs S E French in Thirty? She was born in Little Compton on October 18 1809.
A humorous collage recounts losing a wagon after a brief stop for a smile, then shifts to a newspaper column lampooning John Carney of Spokane who stole 70 cents and received five years in prison, mocked as coarse work.
In Manchester New Hampshire Jim Orr notes a playful math query asking if Bill Taft weighs 28 pounds how much does Eva Tanguay weigh. The piece presents a humorous proportional puzzle with no official answer.
A B M A R nightwatchman reports the early hours between midnight and dawn feel longer than clock time. He says each hour from 1 to 6 a m lasts an hour and a half, totaling seven and a half hours on duty, yet he is paid for only five. The company refuses overtime pay, fearing wage docking for claiming the hours are wee and small.
The writer asks for three toast texts to Jennie Gertie and Ella for a banquet where he will act as toastmaster. He notes Jennie is sixteen and may be in love, Gertie is coquettish, and Ella was his steady companion before meeting Jennie. Sample lines are included but requested to be rewritten.
A witty note from the columnist on aging and money: a man lacks sense until forty, and few dollars accompany wisdom. The item reads like a humorous blunt aphorism from a 19th or early 20th century paper.
Max Fiedler of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was guest of honor at the Papyrus Club spring dinner at Young's Hotel. The group sang a chorus to Rings on Her Fingers praising the conductor and his fiddlers in a playful mock serenade.
Edmund Billings was unanimously elected president of the Good Government Association at a meeting of the executive committee held last night.
The article outlines St Peter's Church in Rome as a planned stop for Roosevelt. It traces the church’s origins to Constantine, its early basilica form, coronation of Charlemagne on its steps, and later rebuilds led by Nicholas V Bramante Raphael and Michelangelo. It notes the dome by Michelangelo and the ongoing renovations altering original plans.
A Boston column blends light gossip with civic notes. It recalls a actor's trick for waves in hair, praises animal rescues honored in Paris, lists Hawes School Boys reunion plans for April 12, and profiles Edward J. Kelley now a patrolman with four uniforms. It also mentions storm debris on Rever Beach and Jackson Juniors 계획 for April 6.
A mix of comic verse by Walt Mason and local Boston tales spans jokes about gout and heaves to reminiscences of Elm Hill elm and Indian trails to Providence. The column notes Lt Jee and Pierce, a Gate of Heaven parish reunion, Dorchester fashion notes, and a tall Watertown officer famed for Herculean strength and card-tearing feats.
A collection of street scenes reports a boat incident in which a man returns for a purse, police in Malden receive gifts for capturing an armed bandit, and tributes follow the death of Rev Edward Devitt. Other items include a Dorchester bishop reception, Intercolonial Club preparations, Charlestown engagements, and humorous musings on crowded cars. A Boston policeman poet and staff changes at Joy Street complete the roundup.
Four year old Joseph Klein died today from intoxication after his relatives gave him whiskey at a family gathering yesterday according to police. The tragedy occurred in New York on April 4.
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