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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post outlines vacation time mailing options and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes mail delivery to the United States and abroad for a monthly fee, reminders to pay in advance, and contact details for the editor and publisher EB A Grozier.
The article criticizes Tom Watson for proposing to divide the United States into four self governing regions. It argues the idea mirrors past sectional conflicts and would harm national unity. It cites bloodshed in the Civil War era and warns against East-West and North-South antagonism, urging unity over division.
Opinion argues fair-minded Newport residents resent tours by chatty guides exposing family scandals and splashed across cottages. It contends the wealthy did not create Newport and could thrive without them if they relocate, though tradesmen fear initial losses. The message defends private life inside cottages against intrusive outside curiosity.
Ecuador celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its first push for independence on August 11. The republic, founded in 1830 after Colombia's civil war, models its government on the United States and reports a population around 1.4 million with a large indigenous majority.
The ruling declares Thaw insane and condemns paid for expert testimony. It urges legal reform to curb market driven analyses of handwriting or mental state and to end the influence of money on court findings.
The text argues that symptoms admitted by men not in the pay of a millionaire prisoner or a district attorney should obtain expert appointment and pay equal to judges. It stresses experts as masters of exact sciences, their decisions to be free from influence but truth and justice.
The piece argues Senator Cummins can curb the Aldrich Cannon leadership in Congress and push for currency reform and tariff revision. It asserts anti machine Republicans, with Democratic aid, can force concessions and criticizes Taft for failing to deliver tariff changes. The writer backs a party revolution to curb autocracy and aid the plain people.
The letter notes Senator Lodge’s satisfaction with Curtis presiding over the Republican State Convention, implying Lodge influenced the choice. It questions whether federal office holders should mix in politics and whether Lodge directs actions in Massachusetts rather than Taft. Curtis is identified as assistant U S treasurer at the port.
Sylvester Baxter argues for a drawbridge near Soldiers Field to preserve navigation and coal shipments while supporting parkway development. He warns against abandoning industry for aesthetics, urging practical opportunities for workers and new jobs over purely artistic plans.
The South End Vacation School held a closing exhibition of students work in drawing painting and paper cutting marking five weeks of study. Mrs A Isabel Winslow chairs the committee overseeing the school with assistant superintendent Miss Grace A Ballet and a roster of committee members including Miss Elsie Burrage Miss Alice Carpenter Miss L Freeman Clarke Mrs George H Earle Mrs A Lawrence Lowell Mrs Theodore Lyman Mrs Paul Revere Frothingham Miss Lucia M Peabody and Miss Mary F Kimball.
In this installment, Stealthy Steve is incapacitated after a rifle shot and cast from an airship five miles high. Stub the Sting and Slipshod Sue plot to seize the craft and head for Crystal Mountain, planning to claim diamonds in New York while Sue agrees to marry Stub.
Rhode Island marks Scotch Day with streets filled by men in plaids and kilts. Bagpipes echo through the city as celebrations unfold in Providence today.
The Observant Citizen sees pianist Herman P. Chelius and family at Hotel Medea Mt. Clemens. Mentions of Sherwood at Chautauqua, Hathaway’s cottage project Marshfield, and a playful item about a golf ball near the White Mountains. Also reports on Colonel Pope’s kindness, Captain Sparrow’s rescue medal, Miss Helen Lyons returning from vacation, and a rattlesnake sighting in Newton.
The piece recalls how the Pilgrim Fathers departed from Delftshaven on July 22, 1620 and sought refuge in Holland before reaching the new world. It highlights Delftshaven’s place in Rotterdam, Delft ware revival, and notable sites such as the Prinsenhof where William I was assassinated and the Nassau memorials.
The piece reflects on aging as life moves toward dusk with quiet acceptance. A pilgrim's view praises doing one’s best, enduring trials, and finding calm at life’s end. The poem, attributed to Walt Mason and copyright 1909, reframes aging as a peaceful transition.
A rattler vanished into bushes after startling Riley, a rare sight in the Garden City area inside the Metropolitan Park reservation. Frank E. Bradbury, a young Boston lawyer, is vacationing in Maine, visiting his boyhood scenes.
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