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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
8
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated December 14 1909 provides a brief city page header and publication details including office address in Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists Daily subscriptions at one year and six months with varying prices and a 1 month option, while the Sunday Post offers one year six months and three months rates. It also states Canadian delivery at 9c per copy, second class matter status in Boston, advice to avoid cash, and to make checks or money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without notice. If delivery fails from your newsdealer or newsboy, notify the Post by mail. FE A Grozipr serves as Editor and Publisher with listed office addresses.
The inventor of a remarkable aircraft that supposedly flew 434 miles Worcester to New York and back with a Boston stop on the return faces public skepticism. The era demands practical proof of how such wonders operate, much as Bell Edison Marconi and Wright were proven before belief.
An aged Cambridge couple died. authorities suggest starvation due to ignorance of their plight. The piece argues society bears responsibility only if help was not sought, urging charity and awareness to prevent such deaths.
The piece questions how House insurgents will respond to Gardner's public defection. It argues they are unable to expel him, calling their revolt against "Uncle Joe" futile as Gardner delays action until the 62nd Congress.
The editorial argues the real criminal may be the person higher up in the sugar frauds in New York. It notes six minor employees stand trial for fixing scales and false weights while profits amassed from the public. Henry O. Havemeyer is named as scapegoat though no living associates are named. justice is questioned if only the lower men are punished.
A New York court imposed a $5000 penalty on the Ice Trust, deeming it a meaningful enforcement of restraint of trade law. The decision rejects the statute of limitations defense, noting the conspiracy formed at a specific time and the subsequent acts. The ruling stresses the broader significance of enforcing antitrust statutes.
The article notes that conspirators form a continuing offence and, though only fined, establish a precedent about the accountability of nefarious combinations. This principle may guide federal prosecutors in pursuing similar monopolies.
The Dominion of Canada is closely tied to the United States in industry and population and should have an autonomous representation in Washington separate from Britain. The current setup hinders trade and fishery dealings, suggesting Canada needs a distinct envoy to advance its interests.
A discussion on why Offenbach Lecocq and Audran works fail to revive. The piece contrasts comic opera’s evanescence with grand opera’s enduring appeal and notes public taste shifts and the age’s fault in modern musical comedy’s lack of music and wit.
The Bureau of Insular Affairs and The Post urge granting Porto Ricans U S citizenship as justice. They argue statehood or territorial status matters less than recognizing loyalty under the flag and making citizenship an individual obligation. The Porto Ricans are described as peaceful and compliant, deserving formal duties and protection.
President Taft selects Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee for the Supreme Court seat succeeding Peckham. Lurton faces age objections and a history seen as unfriendly to organized labor, yet the choice pleases the South and aims for regional balance on the high court.
A reader laments tipping practices in hotels and eateries, recounting poor service when unable to tip and urging proprietors to pay fair wages. A Boston-letters response argues opinions vary on tipping and suggests choosing non tipping venues, noting price inflation if salaries rose.
A proverb framed as a business memo notes that merchants who stock goods long will still face consequences later. It emphasizes patience and prudent inventory in commerce.
Reports from Boston recount visits by Wellesley College students to the Observant Citizen s wharf and other busy spots. Highlights include Ivernia passengers heading to Liverpool for Christmas, street scene anecdotes, and civic events at Waban Hall Newton. A fire on Mansfield street prompts a rescue by Miss Annie Gordon.
Adams Dec 13 The Rev A B Mc Leod resigns after five and 12 years as pastor of the First Baptist Society to enter the Congregational Church and will lead the Durant Church at Millis starting January 1.
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