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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1910
Page
12
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, lists contact offices in Boston and Houston, and notes payment in advance. Editor E. A. Grozner directs editorial and publishing operations.
The Civil Service Commission is expected to endorse the layor's choice of his predecessor for city collector. The appointee has proven experience and honesty. Citizens question if Hibbard will perform well, but reform and efficiency could restore public esteem.
Harvard confirms Percy Haughton will coach the Crimson for three more years. He earns respect across colleges as a bold, fair organizer who wins with clean, clever play. With his top assistants aligned, Harvard football should maintain and likely improve its strong record.
Theodore Roosevelt arrives back in the United States as Republican tensions flare over Taft and Aldrich policies. Indiana repudiation and West rifts sharpen debate on Pinchot Ballinger fallout and Roosevelt’s possible endorsement or opposition. The scene is tense and uncertain as he marches forward.
The Supreme Court will hear reargument on the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases after Justice Brewer's death unsettled the court. Four to three divisions delayed a decision, and a new justice will be appointed within weeks, delaying arguments until October.
The passage notes the public’s anticipation for a verdict, calling it awaited by the people. It adds that the Supreme Court remains fallible and that attention turns to Taft’s new appointee and Moody’s health bulletins for interim updates.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a reduction in Pullman berths nationwide after a St Paul case, cutting lower berths from $2 to $1.50 and upper berths to about $1.10 on the St Paul to Fargo run, aligning Western prices with other regions and limiting Pullman profits seen at about $60 million in a decade.
Boston letter segment recounts a cartoonish tale of a wife hosting a party and demanding her artist husband modify his watercolor fern cards to match her cucumber salad. The anecdote ends with playful reproach about artistic harmony between domestic arts and cuisine.
A long tongue in cheek column ponders the weight of brick and a half, then shifts to a lively Norwalk debate on whether lobsters move forward or backward. The author humorously rails against the math puzzle and defends the lobster’s backward motion.
The text argues against revolt over the Payne Aldrich tariff, claiming the tariff did not cause the current recovery and that any threat to cut profits is imaginary. It notes recovery began before the law and that living costs rose faster than wages, urging a rational tariff to boost purchasing power for workers.
The article notes President Taft has traveled over 28 000 miles and delivered 390 speeches since taking office. It projects 2380 more miles in April and May with trips planned to Texas and Ohio, while weighing public opinion on his frequent journeys.
Congressman J Hampton Moore president of the Atlantic Waterways Commission told the Boston Chamber maritime affairs committee that canals and deeper channels should create a protected 112 foot water course from Norfolk to Jacksonville. Congressman Sira's of North Carolina joined him. transportation department representatives attended.
Ex President Will Roosevelt tour through Italy includes Venice described as the Queen of the Adriatic. The piece notes Venice founded by the Venetii fleeing Attila, its founder Unrico Dandolo, Byzantine architecture and the Rialto Bridge as a landmark of commerce and culture.
A Boston area report describes an officer on a motorcycle racing through a crowded boulevard at high speed in pursuit of a speeding vehicle, narrowly avoiding collisions. It also notes a domestic scene at Sacred Heart Church and a dramatic stage moment featuring Helen Chantrey and Evelyn Lorraine at a benefit, ending with a quiet family departure.
The Congregational ministers in Greater Boston met at Pilgrim Hall. Speakers Rev Henry R Kimball and Mr Charles H Jones discussed savings bank insurance profits and lower costs for the poor. Other clergy moves included Rev Frank W Crowder taking a Providence rectorate and Rev Carl Rodemeyer succeeding Rev Jacob Suter in Boston’s German Methodist Church. An entertainment of negro melodies was held at First Presbyterian Quincy. George H Carter to address Mt Bellingham church men, and Rev Chester Arthur Drummond to lead Somerville First Unitarian starting May 2.
A fragment quotes a saying advising that every wife should give her husband an allowance from his salary or income, reflecting domestic finance ideas in a private memoir snippet.
A modest scribe sits in the rear as suffragettes vocalize. They judge him harshly until one speaker reminds them he is somebody's husband and that a wife's affection keeps him in mind despite his flaws.
A humorous exchange pits a proponent of brevity against a skeptic. The speaker argues wit and conciseness blend, while the other counters that brevity can reveal a lack of wit.
Helen Chantrey confronts Philip over her plan to sing at Evelyn Lorraine's benefit. He forbids, citing their marriage, but Helen insists she will perform and solicit subscriptions. Evelyn had mentored Helen from the start, aiding her rise to fame and shaping her early career.
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