Boston Post Issue August 8 1910 No 29 Volume 201
Boston Post published by Post Publishing Co on August 8 1910 from 259 Washington Street Boston Mass. This issue lists notices and local news items typical of an early 20th century newspaper edition.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
8
Boston Post published by Post Publishing Co on August 8 1910 from 259 Washington Street Boston Mass. This issue lists notices and local news items typical of an early 20th century newspaper edition.
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The Boston Sunday Post reports July 1910 average weekly circulation of 257 513, up 6 012 copies from July 1909. The article discusses opposition to the State Highway Commission ruling excluding automobiles from city parkways and local push for license-fee sharing with dealers.
The Italian government did not issue an official extradition demand for the wife-murderer Charlton within the 40 day limit, making his trial impossible. Alleged insanity may remove him from the courts if alienists deem him dangerous. The piece condemns both nations for allowing cross border murder immunity and calls for a new treaty.
The Ballinger secretary retention dispute grows messier with Beverly claiming the President would not seek resignation and reports that Senator Crane met Mr Ballinger in Minneapolis. The two threads diverge from the expected precise account of events.
The piece suggests a Taft emissary may press Ballinger through a Crane like mission. It argues the agent would seek concessions and resignations, while the President would avoid direct involvement, implying changes in the Interior Department before November.
The piece argues the Department of Justice plans a Sherman Act action against the Sugar Trust, timing it as a Republican campaign boost. It cautions against a purely theatrical move and urges genuine enforcement for honest policy and legal compliance.
The Boston tax rate fell by ten cents signaling more property is taxable and assessed closer to value. The booming board shapes the per thousand levy for city maintenance, demanding economy with public needs met and fair, systematic property assessments without fear or favoritism.
The Oracle analyzes Theodore Roosevelt now in office and his four key issues four primary areas: direct primaries congressional reorganization railway regulation and conservation He argues the central clash is between oligarchy and democracy and stresses the need for equitable policy shaping without widening elite control The piece notes democracy advances through collective effort and warns against unregulated oligarchic power while urging curb and reform of exploitative groups
The Aero Club of America abstains from sanctioning only contests excluding aviators for reasons other than club rules. Harvard Aeronautical Society declares Hamilton not barred. The final step is a détente between Curtiss and Hamilton, after which Boston should host a premier aviation tournament.
This column reports that members of the American Press Humorists Association will conduct the column this week during their annual convention in Montreal Canada.
Duncan Smith of Chicago News vents toward a ubiquitous Do It Now sign seen in workplaces and public spaces. The critique targets relentless urgency and canned advice that pressure workers and stoke perpetual motion across cities and trades.
A collage of aphorisms on love ambition and society from the Los Angeles Record writer Frank Thompson Searight. Also a Canadian reader poem in a Creole flavored English by CY Warman Montreal expressing longing and farewell to Annette with amateur verse cadence.
In a Cleveland Plaindealer vignette a man pleads with a woman who refuses to subscribe to his magazine, ending in a firm no. The poem verses in St Paul evoke urban talk at dawn and barber union chants about a worker's death and solidarity.
Paul West previews next Sunday's Post Magazine story Nothing To Do, about a group of small boys whose adventures captivate New England readers and will entice every boy to read it.
A Boston Post feature presents official Passion Play photographs from Oberammergau visited by many Americans. The release lists daily captions from June 25 to August 3 1910, featuring Anton Lang and others in scenes such as Christus Mary Magdalene Peter and Jesus before Pilate. Tomorrow's image promises a peasant of Oberammergau.
An elderly woman was pushed onto car tracks during a Park Street subway crash around six in the evening. She regained the platform with help from two men and reached an open car bound for Waverly. The report also notes local social updates and Civil War battlefield photographs stored in Washington.
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