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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1910
Page
6
The Boston Post issue dated August 22, 1910 from Boston Mass. lists the paper’s daily publication by Post Publishing Co. at 259 Washington Street and marks No. 45 in volume 201. This record notes the newspaper’s official address and publication date.
The notice lists daily subscription rates for one year and six to eight months, and Sunday Post rates for one year six months and three months. It also notes Canada copy charges, second class entry, and payment instructions advising against sending cash and directing checks money orders to the Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery at 25 cents per month for United States and possessions and the Sunday Post at a separate rate. Address changes allowed. subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued on expiration. If delivery fails, notify by postal mail to editor E A Grozier.
The article questions who will preside at the New York Republican convention next month with talk of Vice President Sherman, ex President Roosevelt, and Taft. It weighs whether New York party bosses should submit to Oyster Bay influence and the implications for party harmony.
Counsel for Gallagher argues mental imbalance to save him from prison after shooting Mayor Gaynor. The piece mocks Gallagher’s inflated self importance and belief in a revolver as payback, noting his chances in New Jersey to avoid future such acts are slim.
The piece reflects on the transition from midsummer to autumn in New England. It describes cooler nights, the outdoor vitality of fall, the yield of fruits and grains, and the pleasure of vacations as nature completes the yearly cycle. It celebrates the annual mystery of life.
The House committee investigating bribery in Indian contracts is faulted for not going far enough. Vice President Sherman and Senator Curtis have not been credibly tied to the crimes linked to Jake Hannon as per Senator Gore. The charge guiding the probe is dismissed as lacking foundation, while a large settlement with Indians is noted as government misstep.
The speaker questions who received the funds and the consideration paid, asserting it intolerable that high government officials may profit from the transaction. He calls for a clear assignment of responsibility and asks which individuals are being whitewashed with silence in the ongoing inquiry.
Former Illinois Central officials face charges of graft, with officials warning that rail executives and underlings mask thefts from the public. A road insider says deeper corruption may exist across other systems and demands exemplary punishment.
A report claims the upcoming Republican campaign textbook will drop Taft’s Winona speech praising the Payne Aldrich tariff while including insurgent speakers like Gardner Cummins Dolliver and La Follette. The piece questions whether campaign control has ceded to insurgents or suffers from a rickety approach.
The article notes 167 day schools 88 reservation boarding schools and 26 non-reservation schools funded by the government serving 25 777 pupils with total including contract and missions at 30 630. Carlisle Indian School started with 82 pupils and now has 1132, a sign of progress as a tenth of the Indian population is in school and the program is seen as solving the Indian problem through enlightenment.
With full military honors the funeral of W S Sumner a prominent builder and G A R man of Jamaica Plain was held yesterday afternoon from his Rockview street residence. John A Andrew Post 114 conducted the services chaplain W H Hadley officiated interment was at Walpole muffled volley and taps marked the lowering of the casket Sumner born in New Hampshire enlisted at Civil War start moved to Boston after the war and lived in the area for 40 years He was a Mason and Odd Fellow and member of Post 115 6 A R.
Monsignor J. Prior of Rome, linked with the Vatican and a member of the Hota, visited Archbishop O Connell yesterday. He plans to depart today for Saratoga Springs en route to Montreal, staying with Rev. James Hayes, C SS R, rector of the Mission Church.
Anthology item by Newton Newkirk titled What the Sphinx Says features witty lines on love and marriage with playful paradoxes and social observation. The verse contrasts loving loss with a married life under control, delivering light satire in concise quatrains.
A Maine reader questions how the Springfield item about Rev. Stoke’s Indian mission speech reads, noting the light switch moment implies departure. A man in Springfield suffers a dislocated shoulder after smoking sausage in a smokehouse, blamed on a smoking habit. The letter delves into reminiscences of smoking various substances, poking fun at tobacco culture and a chemist’s playful report listing odd ingredients.
The Boston Post publishes official photographs from the Oberammergau Passion Play with scenes featuring peasant children and actors. The series lists daily published images from June 25 through August 22, highlighting Anton Lang and Mary Magdalene among many others, with tomorrow’s entry showing Ottilie Zwink as the Virgin Mary.
The Observant Citizen covers Mayor Charles Ashley of New Bedford paying newspaper boys, a Watertown guest visiting Seattle, and E F Morse of Lincoln resembling Theodore Roosevelt. It notes Kipling in Boston, a quip about his City of Dreadful Night, auto fire trucks gaining favor, Boston fire chiefs, and the Harvard aviation meet’s transport demands and local elm-lined Union Park.
A meeting of the Hibernian Total Abstinence Association proposed October 10 as Father Mathew Day. A committee was formed to arrange events. Speeches, celebrating the national gathering, were given by Deputy Daniel Murphy, T. T. Timoney, Lawrence E. Murphy, Miss Helen M. Sweeney, Thomas F. Lally, and Bishop J. Healy.
Fashion notes highlight black satin tailor mades and patent leather belts with jeweled buckles. Gilt buttons on tub dresses return, green linen curtains feature copper Cluny lace, sealskin hats and military turbans rise in vogue, and Persian fabrics reappear in velvets.
The listing of male residents of Boston closes Sept. 1. The listing office at Police Headquarters 37 Pemberton Square opens 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and until midnight on Sept. 1. April 1, 1910 residents whose names are not on printed lists and those six months’ residents before the election may apply to be listed or cannot vote this year. Printed lists may be seen at 37 Pemberton Square.
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