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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1910
Page
10
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription rates with durations and prices. It notes Canada copy charges, payment instructions, and contact details for the publishing company including editors and office numbers.
A Boston clergyman asserts he has evidence that State Senators were improperly approached regarding the bar and bottle bill. He calls for immediate presentation to the county district attorney and stresses that bribery allegations are grave and must be investigated regardless of rank.
At a meeting of Redmondite MPs yesterday the group pledged to back the budget at all stages. John E. Redmond remains the key leader in British Parliament guiding policy and action. He helped secure Liberal support for veto resolutions limiting Lords authority and strengthened Home Rule as a defining issue ahead of the general election. Churchill praised progress toward a national settlement with Ireland.
The 1915 Housing Committee report shows gross violations in Boston tenements with poor water and utility conditions. The piece calls for vigorous enforcement and action similar to New York to address housing for the poor and curb dangerous congestion and decency lapses.
The April holiday, once a Fast Day, is celebrated as a spring ritual focused on outdoor sports and shore visits. The essay recalls the battles of Concord and Lexington, praising the Lexington fighters for bold beginnings and urging Americans to emulate the spirit of initiative and defiance against oppression.
The article calls for a general law to curb hazardous fireworks and promote a safe and sane Patriots' Day. It cites Springfield marking an orderly observance, while Boston enacts stricter bans with parades and festivals planned. Governors Weeks and Fernald urge rational, profitable celebration, contrasting with past unrest and horror.
A column by Newton Newkirk offers brief aphorisms from What the Sphinx Says urging readers to blaze their own trail. The piece delivers compact maxims and reflective prompts typical of the feature series.
Newspaper recounts a midnight Southern Pacific hold up near Venice where two masked robbers halted the train with a red light. They entered the engine cab and mail coach, then relieved postal clerks of nine registered mail pouches while passengers were untouched and the robbers remained courteous.
The prima donna Lina Cavalieri confirms engagement to Robert Winthrop Chanler after four months of deliberation. She says love is not necessary in marriage and will keep singing, avoiding Italy for its lack of divorce law, and leaving an escape hatch if matrimony becomes burdensome.
The port of New York reports a surge of new citizens to be and prospective immigrants, driven by Theodore Roosevelt. From countries he visited and plans to visit, thousands seek passage, with steamer lines expanding fleets to handle the steerage flow. Roosevelt’s charisma is cited as the magnet attracting migrants.
The Mass Real Estate Exchange members and guests on a New York to Boston return trip vote unanimously to thank Boston newspapers for their hearty co operation. Secretary Charles He Lewis signs the letter urging continued mutual support for Boston’s welfare.
The professor from Cornell University, I. Monroe, outlasted rivals in a long distance smoke contest and kept his cigar burning for 85 minutes. He won the prize and the write up hints at a future chair teaching students to maximize value from a cigar.
The Minnehaha was wrecked at Seal Rocks in the Scilly Islands but all passengers were saved. The incident is reported with emphasis on successful evacuation and safety of all aboard.
A compact excerpt titled Little Memoirs Or The Business Man presents a short dialogue on prudence and restraint. The speaker urges silence after sharing all known facts, reflecting a practical ethical stance within a wry business humor frame.
A brief dialogue from the Yonkers Statesman references Noah’s Ark and asks if there were two suffragettes aboard. The exchange frames a light moral about equality in a playful historical snippet.
The Ex-President's homeward journey includes a Budapest visit to Franz-Joseph-Quai a mile long no vehicle street with famed cafes and promenades. Notable sights include the old and new Exchanges Redoute buildings in Romanesque Moorish style and frescoed staircases, Hotels Hungaria and Bristol, the Vienna steamboat landing and the Petofi-Platz bronze statue of poet Alexander Petofi.
At the southern end of the quay stand the Custom House and the Central Market. The Franz Joseph bridge crosses the Danube from the Custom House, built in 1895 96, and is 362 yards long. A subway station view in Budapest is noted for Wednesday's Post.
The Observant Citizen notes snow on Lexing ton centennial day and fur coat demand while Dorchester travelers sail April 26 on the Mauritania to England and Europe. A conductor jokes with a coat button theft, a fisherman reports early pollock runs, and Alfred Ray Mitchell braves cold swims near Savin Hill. Franklin Square House rehearsals for April 25 recital feature Miss Dagget. auction items line the corridors. Captain Josiah N. Jones attends the Sixth Massachusetts reunion in Lowell as Rev. Robert Hugh Benson fills a London cathedral with crowds. A veiled woman sips a soda through a veil, and Rev Herbert S. Johnson touts season passes as he discusses baseball as the American tonic.
A humorous verse contrasts romance with grim domestic reality. A suitor pleads for marriage while the other voice mocks idealized happiness, promising beer, drudgery, and a life of chores, cabbage and cottages. The piece laments promises that fade into routine.
Professor B C Gregory, superintendent of Chelsea Public Schools, fell from a bicycle and broke his leg. He will be indoors for weeks, and friends express sympathy for his slow recovery. The Rev A Nazarian returns to Mt Bellingham Church Chelsea for a ninth year, an unprecedented honor. Relief Hospital has formed a baseball team and will play Station 1 before May first, with practice games against the Boston Elevated team. A Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters gathering in St Rose Hall Worcester formed a new unit to support Boston College extension, with officers cited as promising for the order’s role in the project under Rev Thomas I Gasson.
A poem from the Chicago News describes tending a garden with spade and seeds sent by a Congressman. The speaker details planting marrow fat radishes beets pumpkins gourds Boston beans and succotash while noting rising prices. The verse ends with a fishing departure.
A dusty city afternoon presses on as wind-driven debris swirls through near-empty business district streets. Miss Brannon, a kind stenographer, urges Jimmie to be ready with his car as he idles in the elevator, watching the late afternoon shadows grow long.
Jimmie, after pausing to reflect on kindnesses from Miss Brannon, rushes to the building blaze when smoke fills the elevator. He frees towels to breathe, reaches Miss Brannon in her office, and guides her to safety as flames rage in the corridor.
Watertown citizens protest the Boston Elevated line reroute from Harvard square to Cambridgeport and West End Boston, ending at Hanover Street. They argue the new path skirts Cambridge scenery and bypasses the Watertown shopping area, with a petition planned to plead for restoration.
The Red Star liner Manitou arrived at Charlestown with 15 Ardennais Flemish draft horses, including 13 stallions and 2 mares, brought to introduce this stock into America. The horses come from southern Belgium and compare to Brabancans and English Percherons in power and use.
Rovugier the French aeronaut fell with his aeroplane into the sea while making a flight near Nice. He was injured but rescued. The aircraft was lost. The note appears with a stray advertisement about Family Expense Look 25 cents at 108 Washington.
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