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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
10
Boston Post issue from April 21 1911 issue number 45 volume 205 with office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts page notes and period newspaper branding.
The notice lists subscription prices for The Sunday Post and related items. It notes rates for six months and shorter terms, Canadian delivery at 10 cents per copy, and payment guidance. It cautions that money sent is at the sender's risk and advises making checks payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Fragmented notice mentions offices at 1004 7008 Main and 1539 Main with payment in advance and discontinuation warnings. It asks readers to notify by postal if unable to obtain the Post from dealers and cites F A Groziffr publisher.
News of Roald Amundsen and his Norwegian party landing on the Antarctic ice barrier signals the start of a possible two year expedition toward the South Pole. The move stages a bold lead in the race, backed by experienced leadership, ample sled dogs, provisions, and fuel.
The race track community asks the legislature to repeal personal liability for track directors over gambling at races. They argue removing the law’s teeth won’t revive gambling and contend NY residents won’t accept a return to past scandals.
Governor Foss calls for Massachusetts legislation to regulate flying machines. He foresees air traffic needing routes and practice grounds and suggests joint health and railroad committee study. The idea includes aerial signs and danger signals to mark the upper air highways.
Walker argues the core issue is surrendering state independence to federal power. He questions who is nation and notes no state uprising occurred when income tax existed. He asserts states will retain control of the power under constitutional authority as with inheritance taxes.
The piece argues that while Congress could impose a national inheritance tax if dire emergency arose, no such tax has been or will be laid. It notes that state independence remains unaffected and criticizes the Speaker's stance as not aligned with the proposed reform. The question moves to the Senate to determine whether wisdom and public spirit or wealth influence will prevail.
The Mexican reply to Taft's protest over firing into Douglas is viewed as unsatisfactory and accusatory, blaming insurrectos and Americans in Mexico. Madero threatens Juarez as US citizens risk further harm, while Taft avoids force and Congress shows restraint. Forbearance and conciliation rise. intervention seems distant.
The New York Sun notes Boston's push for dock enterprises as New York lawmakers prepare to release 3 million for East Boston docks. It urges public and private effort to create a grand harbor development attracting major trade before rivals like New York or Montauk Point gain leverage, promising lasting fame to leaders who implement it.
Bordure silks are extremely fashion able. Borders of all widths design offer endless bodice and skirt applications. Linen collars with eyelet drawn work and embroidery show varied textures. Colored thread on scalloped borders and eyelets creates a new look. Sash ends, long and versatile, in velvet satin with fringe, become a current trend worn at front back or side.
Aborn English grand opera company presents Verdi’s Il Trovatore for five weeks at the Boston Opera House. Leonora roles by Jane Abercrombie and Edith Helena alternate. Tenor Manrico shared by Leonid Samoloff and Domenico Russo. Louise Le Baron Azucena. Giuseppe Picco Di Luna. Florence Coughlan Inez. Clarence West conducts. Iles H. Jones directs.
The article portrays Andromache as the finest of Troy’s women, mourned by Hector and torn by fate after Troy’s fall. It notes her dignity under captivity, and references Frederick Lord Leighton’s painting The Captive Andromache in Manchester Gallery.
A lively poem and letters page excerpt features Red Sox fans from Dorchester Mass and references Connie Mack, with verses mocking teams and inclining to a playful crowd chant. The reader letters include witty opera notes about Lucia and stage mischief, plus a dramatic onstage death scene described with a humorous tone. The piece closes with a signature from Lynn M A P.
Boston friends of Representative Andrew J. Peters congratulate him on the birth of a son on Patriots Day. A deaf woman carries canoe paddles on a trolley sparking remarks. Colonel William M. Olin donates pension funds to Roxbury’s Thomas G. Stevenson Post. A Marblehead Burgess customer pays $1000 above price to insure a delivered airship. Stanford astronomer Svante Arrhenius critiques Frank Very’s spectroscopic work at Huntington Hall. Signs joke about coasting on Harvard street in Waltham. Marathon crowds view the old Art Museum site now brick and debris. Boston police pursue notable duties amid spring observations.
William Miller arrives at his Hackensack New Jersey home after seven years in Tennessee seeking to reconcile with Nettie Winslow. He recalls a breakfast quarrel over coffee and explains his lengthy absence before proposing to take her to the Sunny South. Nettie remains skeptical but listens as he explains his return and plea for reconciliation.
A fragment notes two routes to a streetcar stop, one at the white post and another position between the shoulder blades. The text preserves terse, oblique guidance without clear context or full events.
A teenager asks whether to invite a young suitor into a home where her mother and father oppose him. The reply urges patience, suggests the girl may be young, and advises seeking parental consent if the relationship is worthy, proposing a supervised call with the mother present to avoid temptation.
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason urges tending a farm over political promises. The speaker dismisses statesmen as noisy and unreliable, promoting farming as the path to relief and dignity. Mason’s moral centers on labor, self-reliance, and weary skepticism toward legislation.
Senator Albert B. Cummins Iowa surveyor early days and Ohio railroad assistant chief engineer. Mary Anderson Navarro former stage favorite idled school days and was an unsuccessful student. Her son Jose Maria now a sturdy 15. Prince Louis Napoleon major general in Russian cavalry commands a division in the Caucasus and lives in Tiflis. Thomas Nelson Page the novelist born on a Virginia plantation and plans to live and die there.
Officers at the station house discuss vacation periods as they cluster before or after duty. When two or three gather, it signals someone has drawn the first period and is attempting to swap for a late summer slot.
A simple bake guide lists ingredients for a jelly cake with apples or currants and a frosting. Eggs sugar flour butter soda cream of tartar and a jelly tin bake, then frost with pulverized sugar.
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