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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post announces its daily and Sunday subscription rates and office information. This 1908 notice lists price plans for daily and Sunday editions, Canadian copies, and payment terms with the editor and publisher credited.
Freudenstadt in the Black Forest is described as a tax free city with chemical works iron foundries and a modern fire department. It funds itself from franchise and wood sales and maintains a 6000 acre forest yielding timber profits while replants. The article promotes its civic model for small cities and critiques larger cities.
Voters cast a small tally in Boston’s off year election with Brock and Lee facing little opposition for the School Board. Captain John H. Dunn wins a seat on the Board of Street Commissioners while the Board of Aldermen remains seven Democrats and six Republicans. Dr. Galvin gains the largest Socialist School Committee showing in the city. A notable drop in license approvals accompanies a statewide trend.
Captain James H. Smyth urges abolishing the municipal printing plant after reforms show progress but doubt permanent viability. The Finance Commission advocates continuing with targeted administrative changes while Smyth warns of ongoing losses, estimating at least 100000 dollars per year and a million over eleven years.
The Boston Merchants Association endorses the wage earner savings bank insurance scheme now in Massachusetts under the recent Legislature. Directors at their last meeting unanimously approved the report and urged active cooperation, recommending a permanent committee to promote the move.
The movement to adopt life insurance and annuities gains momentum with bank and agency expansions. Whitman and People's Savings Banks run insurance departments while others transfer agencies to Whitman. agencies now reach Boston to Brockton and beyond, aided by worker education. Louis D Brandeis noted rapid wage-earner interest in insured options, with large shoe factories showing high enrollment in three to six months.
The piece accuses President Roosevelt of naming editors to a perceived enemies list and singles out Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World for harsh denunciation and calls for swift, extrajudicial action. It mocks delays in court and suggests immediate execution followed by imprisonment and trial.
A column parodies readers letters about reaching the South Station in Boston. It lampoons discussions on routes via Europe Bermuda and Panama, jokes about Back Bay blockades, and suggests humorous book titles about reaching the station with a family.
The Browning Society held its 187th meeting in Steinert Hall with a program themed Pippa Passes. John Beach presented A Day in Asolo for mezzo-soprano and piano, receiving mixed critique on unity though noting rich style and expressive music in parts.
The Rev Edward F E Braithwaite of West Congregational Somerville has been invited to lead North Church Toronto a move unwelcome to his parishioners. The Federal Council of Churches resolutions are praised by Rev Charles Stelzle, while Universalist lay organization grows. Rev W Lathrop Meaker resigns from West Somerville Unitarian to pursue independent work. The American Red Cross promotes double stamping of Christmas letters to fund tuberculosis fight with ornamental one cent stamps.
A witness describes a woman lifting a large wood bundle onto her head and marching away as traffic clears. The observer wagers she could carry the Ames building to Boston Common, praising the woman’s headstrong grit.
Mrs. William T. Bruce of Seattle was told by a telephone call that her husband and a mysterious lady friend were boarding a Chicago train. He denied the affair, claimed travel to buy goods, and fled to safety with the wife driving home as the other woman departed. The tale ends with a moral on telephones.
Morrison I Swift of Boston writes to Tufts College in December 1908 arguing that the Post misquoted Frederick W Hamilton. He urges public correction of views he calls anti liberty and asks for labor rights and legal equality for the poor and working class.
Two large bundles of Sunday Posts were lost last Sunday morning from Morse's paper store. An automobile was hired to send an out of town batch to Medford, making the trip in 26 minutes.
A humorous scene shows a hungry hobo asking a generous woman for food. He proclaims his need so dire he would fit on health food, prompting a quip about true hunger and kindness in a bygone day.
The Observant Citizen reports reduced Washington Street congestion during holidays with pedestrians and business traffic easing. It describes a Greek cantaloupe named Greece la crema de mint and mentions District stories about Richard Sherry on the Massachusetts training ship Enterprise, the Cambridge boot and shoe exhibition building, Judge Fessenden clamping down on court house loafers, and Julius Meyers’s twenty fifth marriage anniversary festivities.
A reader asks if she should confront a lover's mother about rumors after discovering the man favored another woman. The adviser condemns the correspondent, urges ignoring the gossip, and suggests sending the letters to the young man's mother to uncover the truth. The guidance praises ending the affair and clearing the mind.
Scribbles discuss a poem in Blank's Magazine prompting a critic to compare it to hash. The critic calls the piece a mysterious composition that defies investigation.
Spinster boarder notes contention over Neweds causing division among townsfolk. A scanty haired bachelor at the mahogany suggests some eccentric locals mind their own business as sides form over the dispute.
In a moonlit veranda scene, Marjory Atchison reunites with Jack Crawford after years apart. She recalls their childhood and a family bereavement, while he declares his love and asks her to marry him. Relationships and past connection drive a hopeful future.
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