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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
6
Daily issue dated August 2 1909 from Post Publishing Co Boston details publication numbers and office address at 259 Washington Street with standard masthead identifiers.
The Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices including one year eight dollars and two dollars fifty for the Sunday option with varying six month and three month terms. Canada copies cost nine cents each. All money sent at sender's risk and to be paid to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with payments by check draft or money order.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery nationwide for 25 cents per month and 25 cents for the Sunday Post. Subscribers may change addresses as desired.
The notice states subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice at expiration. It urges readers to notify by postal mail if unable to obtain the Post regularly. BE. A. Grozier is named editor and publisher.
The southern Mexico quake last week is described as the most fatal and destructive in the country’s history. It is considered a volcanic shock, with seismologists outlining the volcanic zone involved. Experts warn of possible renewed activity in Caribbean volcanoes and Central America.
Chancellor Lloyd George faces opposition from landowners led by Lord Balfour of Burleigh over repealing the land value tax. Lords Cecil and Dalkeith denounce the proposal as unjust and confiscatory. George defends his stance amid charges of political sophistry and assertive resolve akin to President Taft.
The Beverly launch marks a distinct advance in state policy on industrial education as the State Commission on Industrial Activities opens a new trade school. It will teach making and adjusting the intricate machinery used in shoe manufacturing, following precedents in Lynn and Brockton.
The income tax amendment to the U S Constitution is before Massachusetts voters through the state election, with Governor Dra per served a certified copy. The piece explains Congress may levy taxes on income without apportionment and discusses justification, opposition, and how the massachusetts election next November will decide adoption.
The piece notes about 350 shoe machine types and calls for special schools to train machinists. It outlines shop mathematics, mechanics, chemistry of materials, sketches, blueprint reading, drawing, English civics and economics. A high school will provide laboratories for student use.
The New Tariff II clears the House 195 to 183 after a narrow vote, with 20 Republican insurgents opposing. The bill creates a permanent tariff commission and imposes a corporate income tax, aiming to curb costs of living though its ultimate effect depends on future Senate action and administration.
In a lurid scene aboard an airship, Stealthy Steve reveals himself to Slipshod Sue as Stealthy Steve the Six Eyed Sleuth. She hysterically doubts his identity while reciting a past murder and the two duel over truth and danger amid swoons and gunshot echoes.
A descriptive piece portrays London as the world’s capital and financial hub with a 6.76 million metropolitan population, outlines its districts, foggy climate, and Thames embankment. It notes Parliament and Westminster Abbey near a famous square, plus suffragette protests and gallery closures.
A city poem speaks of London as sad with age and wealth, wise yet cruel, brimming with sin and dreams. The speaker praises its vast, bitter tears and secret voice while labeling it maker and unmaker of men, a lover and beguiler.
The Observant Citizen Travelling Incognito leads a Harvard engineering group on Lake Winnipesaukee with plans to Bretton Woods as government surveyors. Newton reports a high line record for window security gaps as 14 windows remain unsecured. Cambridge police adopt straw hats for heat though markings blur officer identity. Brockton patrolmen wear brown hats with badges. Salem cruiser crew earns praise as a fit, "husky" group during Old Home Week. Two youths at L street bath tint skin bright yellow with palm oil, risking sunburn and garment damage. A Matin exchange crew from New England Telephone surprised Mr. and Mrs. Maloney of Somerville after their honeymoon with a cheerful visit and gift.
A verse parody by Walt Mason from 1909 mocks Charles I’s execution with a cheerful Sun‑shine Club refrain. The piece uses playful invective and a breezy moral to urge cheerful resignation about death during the beheading context.
A Boston area social column reports on a wedding reception with Morris chair gifts to the Maloney couple, Governor Draper invited to Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Aug. 27, and other notices. It notes amateur gardeners seeking rain, Captain Crowell’s New Orleans correspondence, Cape rest for fire chief Fox, AT&T head Theodore Vail summering in Lyndonville, and vacation plans for Catherine Sullivan and civic staff updates. A late item describes a West Somerville domestic disturbance resolved by a box of torpedoes used to deter nocturnal cat activity near a baby’s bedroom.
Friends mourn the death of Dr Terence R Fitzgerald of Dorchester buried from St Peter s Church Dorchester. A Dorchester native, BC and Harvard Dental School graduate, he built a large Dorchester practice and was regarded as a top local professional.
A dispute arises when a woman refuses photos of herself and husband saying they are unsatisfactory. The photographer retorts that the issue lies with the husband’s appearance, joking that the wife should have considered it beforehand.
A playful exchange centers on Percy joking he wrestled with his scarf for over an hour. Algernon asks who won the match, boy or scarf. Percy quips the match ended in a tie, drawing a laugh.
A comic dialogue shows Little Willie asking for the meaning of synonyms. Pa explains that a synonym is a word that can be used in place of another when the correct spelling is unknown.
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