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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post publishes rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prepaid subscriptions required and reminders to notify if undelivered. Contact details, office addresses, and editor publisher E A Grozier are listed for subscription and official notices.
The piece argues baseball embodies Americanism showing Taft at a game as tribute while contrasting tennis and golf as foreign imports. It emphasizes baseball as uniquely American from its roots and now bearing official national legitimacy.
Washington announces North Carolina and Montana will sail at once to the Mediterranean to protect American citizens in Asia Minor. The Adana massacre continues for days and two American missionaries are reported killed. The delay in protection draws international criticism as Britain and France guard interests while the US nation lags behind its global naval presence.
Patten’s predatory wheat speculation highlights a defect in banking laws. Banks lend out public money on securities that rise with speculation, turning depositors into unwitting participants in ruin. The Hughes commission in New York may probe this fraud, but states must shield depositors from aiding gamblers.
The piece argues that free market wheat would prevent cornering by operators. It credits Bernard J. Rothwell for a sliding tariff plan as a safe fix and notes widespread miller support. The author blames the Dingley tariff for enabling Patten style wheat manipulation and urges freeing Canadian wheat to protect U.S. bread supplies.
Richard Croker backs an Irish Home-going drive for 1910 with Frank Kilkenney as lieutenant. Headquarters will open in major cities and 50,000 Irishmen are urged to return home, each contributing $100 to revive Ireland’s industries and status.
A slogan reading Meet me at Kilkenny hints at a fresh political or commercial momentum for Ireland, signaling potential regional revival and branding in Kilkenny.
The Six-Eyed Sleuth, Stealthy Steve, fights for breath in an air-tight Admiral compartment. He injects oxygen, contends with water flooding in, and uses a water-resourced air exchange to blast free as Stubb the Sting closes in.
The piece urges careful study of previous world fairs before Boston commits to a 1920 event commemorating the Pilgrims. It cites the Paris, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Buffalo, and Jamestown shows, noting mixed successes and failures and estimating costs around 40 to 50 million dollars, arguing for prudent assessment of financial and other outcomes.
The piece argues that learning comes from humble beginnings and hard work. It cites Cornelius Vanderbilt Theodore Roosevelt Jr and other examples to show success follows effort, not aristocratic advantage. It warns against flaunted wealth and promotes a shared effort leading to mutual respect and constructive socialism.
The article warns that canoeing, though popular, is extremely dangerous. It argues the craft’s high center of gravity causes most accidents and urges strict caution, noting seven deaths as the season begins and advising to stay seated and avoid risky maneuvers in rough conditions.
The American Oriental Society meeting at Columbia highlights scholars who turn ancient languages into modern insight. Sanscrit Aramaic Hebrew study uncovers Babylonia Assyria Egyptology and biblical authenticity. Dead languages revived enriching human knowledge and cross religious understanding.
John O'Keefe in the New York World critiques the bread gamble where gamblers profit from the poor. He condemns speculation on industrials and the manipulation by figures like Harriman, noting the cycle harms workers as children bear the hunger.
Theodore H. Bauer, recently chosen press representative of the Boston Opera Company, returns to Boston to begin his new role. John J. Hayes of Charlestown receives a gold watch and chain from friends. US Commissioner William Hayes, 2d, enjoys his Mount Auburn fruit garden and foreign grape varieties. An elderly Boston art figure laments the missing iron grate at Bosworth Street, hoping it will be replaced. A touring car with a green veiled driver passes Washington Street as a feeble elderly woman is aided by a vigilant chauffeur who helps her to a store doorway.
An old verse by Walt Mason playfully muses on spring weather swings and contradictory forecasts. The lighthearted poem patches fanciful images of sun, rain, snow, and wind as a seasonal quandary.
Local readers report fishermen along the Revere Beach Nahant shore upset by a new rule banning lights to attract fish. Other notes mention Lincoln address pamphlet, a new drinking fountain in Sullivan square, and an eagle cent valued at $2. Additional items cover Knights of Columbus May 6 event, Newton High lands perch catches, and springtime Middlesex Fells scenery.
Miss Annie Fish and Harry Powers were married last night at the bride’s home 36 Grove Street Roxbury The ceremony was by the Baldwin Place Synagogue rabbi with only relatives and a few friends in attendance A white silk empire gown a diamond and emerald brooch veil bouquet of lilies of the valley and a three month wedding tour through the West and South followed by a Roxbury residence
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