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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
6
Notice from The Boston Post announces subscription rates and contact details. It lists daily and Sunday prices, Canadian postage, and a vacation time mailing option. Includes publication office addresses and editor credits.
Rainfall in mid August dampens beach resort crowds but boosts farming districts across New England. Scattered showers improve crops and milk output, likely lowering food prices for city residents amid summer rains.
An architect drafts plans for a Yale Stadium to seat 50 000 or more. The capacity would meet future football tests against Harvard and Princeton, with many outside as seats fill and crowds press for entry.
Five men were arrested at the Pittsburg grandstand as evidence that baseball managers are serious about combating gambling at games. The article argues current league percentages attract professional gamblers willing to bet large sums to influence outcomes and warns that betting in audiences risks player corruption, urging prevention of rumors before they start.
When Boston public schools reopen on September 8 organized exercise will be provided for grammar and primary pupils. Games will be integrated into physical training so all grades can play during recess under supervision, aiding weaker and younger children and aligning with Australia’s early physical culture efforts.
Army officers watching Wright brothers suggest aeroplanes could fly 1000 miles in one stint and may cross the Atlantic with mid ocean refueling stations. While reckless under current conditions, the theory rests on reliable motors and manageable strain, barring mechanical failure.
The article discusses ongoing nonstop car tests and the Post’s expectation of recording an Atlantic crossing by airship within ten years. It suggests the stated theory could aid in achieving that milestone.
The obituary honors Richard H. Stearns a New England merchant who began with a single assistant in 1847 and $29.50 in sales. It notes his rise to business leadership, devotion to youth, service on the School Board and Legislature, and work with the City Missionary Society. His generous, unobtrusive charity and lifelong enthusiasm are praised.
Governor Fernald plans a commission to study river pollution in Maine. Press coverage praises the step but urges expanding the mandate to prevent commercial encroachment on lakes. Past efforts by industry to tap Rangeleys may resume, risking aesthetic and ecological value of Maine lakes and forests. Nonresidents and summer visitors share concern.
Reports from major wool centers show supply in sight above average. Imports for the year are the second greatest on record while the domestic clip is larger than in years past. Unconsumed wool carried over into 1909 exceeds previous years, and a suit costs a dollar more today than last year.
Thomas Edison rejects airship experiments to focus on solving the tenement problem. He envisions a future where cement houses, mass produced, provide affordable homes for every man, reducing overcrowding in Boston suburbs. He predicts cheap duplicate houses will pull people out of tenements by the thousands, signaling a new era in housing.
John Hays Hammond denies plans to seize Lodge’s Senate seat or Gardner’s House chair. Outside Boston’s three districts, Massachusetts lawmakers hold impregnable fortifications, suggesting little change in Congress. The piece notes New England’s pattern of reelecting incumbents regardless of record.
The comic serial follows Stealthy Steve as he hides near an inland lake while an airship carrying Stub the Sting and Slipshod Sue descends overhead. Steve eyes a chance to seize the craft as the lovers ignore him, and a tense, cautious pursuit unfolds beneath a descending airship over the lake.
William F. Fitzgerald of Towle Fitzgerald returns from Europe and plans another trip soon. A Brooklyn parade of the 20th Century Limited drew crowds as the train raced westward. Lively anecdotes include a patrolling police chase at a baseball game and a hoard of school committee member Benjamin Huntoon’s vacation antics. Senator William Warner of Missouri vacations at Nahant and other city figures appear amid seaside scenes and transit humor.
Upsala in Sweden hosts one of the world’s oldest universities founded in 1477 by Pope Sixtus IV. Reopened in 1593 under the Reformation, it houses divisions in theology law medicine and philosophy and about 1500 students. The city features Gamla Upsala pagan heritage, a 1260 gothic cathedral with Gustavus Vasa burial chapel and Linnaeus monument, Skokloster castle, and a famed Wran gel treasure collection.
A playful narrator portrays the arrest of John Bunyan by the Village Marshal who locks him in jail. Bunyan, famed for his tinkering and future literary fame, endures harsh jail life yet writes a timeless work and defies grim surroundings.
Workmen uncover a brick worn thin near Wakefield Town Hall likely part of a 50 year old sidewalk. The Charles Sumner monument in Cambridge Common faces possible relocation as a large hole is dug near its base and engineers weigh removal. A Roxbury telephone operator answers a patron about the time.
A Chelsea resident and notable public figure Eben Hutchinson Jr is highlighted for 18 years in Chelsea Revere district probation and his roles as attorney for the County Savings Bank and Chelsea Savings Bank. He and Ralph W. E. Hopper once examined land titles for city reconstruction after the April fire.
Orville Wright arrived in London from New York and will depart for Germany the next day. He will not fly during his stay in London.
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