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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
6
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Editorial rails against President Taft's tariff revision proposal. It supports separating schedules and applying scientific disposal but Objects to basing findings on the partisan tariff board's cost of production studies. It warns the board's Republican ties undermine public confidence and doom support from the Democratic House.
General Charles S. Collins of Nashua challenges the state’s $10 registration fee to place a candidate on the ballot for State Senate. He refused to pay, his name wasn’t on the ballot, and he has begun legal action, arguing the fee is vicious and unconstitutional. Citizens deserve to run for office without financial prerequisites.
A Boston editorial urges the Elevated Company to run all night cars on a half hour schedule through the subway. It proposes diverting three quarters of night trains from Adams Square to Pleasant Street and North Station, looping at North Station, then back to Scollay Square to serve passengers. The piece condemns current shelterless waiting at Adams Square and calls the system archaic and disgraceful.
The rapid recovery of Mayor Gaylord of New York from the murderous assault is celebrated as a deterrent to similar acts against public authorities. The narrow escape underscores the value of protection for officials and the legitimacy of elected leadership amid danger.
Local officials condemn violence and emphasize lawful means to defend rights. The city, led by statements after Mayor Gaynor’s escape, insists punishment for would be assassins be exemplary and rejects any method driven by disorder.
The column recalls Theodore Roosevelt’s swing around the circle and his vow that New York Republicans will have all the fight they want. It questions whether his stance aims to defend clean politics or advance a personal bid for a third term.
The piece argues three months before a midterm election will likely prove disastrous for Taft and the Republican Party. It attributes the party’s woes to internal divisions, resistance to tariff revision, and a shift of power toward the will of the people, not the presidency. Ohio is singled out as a turning point.
The Boston & Eastern electric line from the North Shore to Boston with a harbor tunnel faces critics who warn against harming vested rights yet recognize public need. The Railroad Commission may reopen the case amid calls for full disclosure of the enterprise’s financial backers and promoters.
Nine hundred images capture scenes from the world famous Passion Play of Oberammergau as staged for peasants every ten years. The Boston Post presents the official set begun June 25 with visitors among American devout crowds.
The article recounts the Gethsemane arrest scene with Jesus, Peter and Malchus, noting Jesus heals Malchus and warns against sword use. It then lists a timetable of Passion Play photographs from June 25 to August 26, marking characters, actors, and scenes at Oberammergau with tomorrow’s image of Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.
A chaotic excerpt features the Bird Man mockingly denying Moon Island rescues while recounting a yacht voyage with guests who deride a cargo joke about skunks. A letter to Mr. McIntyre questions the meaning of the word his and ponders whether returning a coat would yield a reward or violence.
A freight crash at Shar on Heights recalls a Boston & Lowell accident in East Cambridge where a car toppled into a tenement while occupants slept unharmed. The Cape Cod cranberry crop fell ten percent. J Pierpont Morgan’s Corsair drew attention in Marblehead. he visited Boston briefly. Attorney A R Shrigley will oversee events at the Harvard Boston Aero Meet from Atlantic field with flights on short notice if weather allows. Radcliffe College girls at Ocean Bluff House include Katherine Lyons and Mary McCarthy. wagers involve gloves and candy. Jack Dillon and William Holbrook survived a steering brake failure on a Weld Maine hill while traveling for business. Charles Butler and Eleanor Williams of Dorchester announce their Sept 21 wedding. A plant-laden trestle at North Station hints at worker affection for nature.
A short dramatic piece by George Matthew Adams portrays a scorching city scene. The narrative centers on a character enduring a suffocating summer day, highlighting human endurance and small acts of resilience amid heat.
The 170 University of Vienna students led by Rector Magnificus Heinrich Swoboda toured Boston and praised the city as typical of the United States. Firefighter George Kewer from Pittsburg Street suffers a arm injury but smiles at the birth of his child. Boston plans a municipal gym on Paris Street East Boston set for October 1 with a city cost near 70000.
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