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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
8
The front matter lists December 17 1908 date with publication details for The Boston Post. Subscription rates and office contact information are provided along with notice on payment and renewal procedures. Editor and publisher credit is given to B E A Grozier.
The new Boston Board of Aldermen may face a stalemate over selecting a permanent chair. The Post urges unity and warns the current spectacle could fuel moves to abolish the legislative branch entirely.
The article recalls Donald Grant Mitchell as a key figure among 19th century American prose writers and praises Reveries and Dream Life as influential works. It then discusses the Aldrich resolution in Congress aiming to probe secret service use and potential improprieties, with committees authorized to investigate and report before March adjournment.
Roosevelt plans an African hunting trip with his son Kermit and proposes the National Museum fund and send field taxidermists to accompany them. He would personally hunt the game while museum staff preserve and send back specimens for the collection. This offer could greatly benefit the museum, though concerns over authority and motives are noted.
A century and one year since John Greenleaf Whittier’s birth in Haverhill is celebrated. The essay praises Whittier as a patriot poet linking Eternal Goodness and Ichabod, holds Snow Bound as his best work and a cornerstone of American life.
The speaker reflects after a hard campaign in Chicago News expressing relief at defeat. He notes sore throat hands and pocketbook, no more cigars or drinks, no speeches, and plans to rest and recover from the exhausting race. He remains grateful despite the loss.
A quirky columnist notes odd lines about a fish that declines a catch and a hen crossing a barnyard fence. The piece uses present tense third person narration and playful wordplay, set in Gardiner Maine with Whit as a cultural aside.
A writer recounts returning to Boston after winter with his uncle at Rye Beach New Hampshire. A train derailment near Portsmouth is corrected by brakemen. the narrator visits a life saving station, drinks life savers, and ends up riding a sprinkling cart while recounting travel and misadventures in a humorous hometown note from Boston.
A Boston reader prays a fortune teller can read her future from a lock of hair. The reply mocks the request, notes the hair sent resembles animal remains, refuses to proceed without the sender’s own hair, and humorously warns of using a stamp and collecting locks to upholster a sofa pillow.
The Observant Citizen notes Miss Emma Keyes of the Somerville Associated Charities is fondly remembered for duty and service though health was affected. Dorchester residents plan a mass meeting to protest ash collection in Field's Corner after three weeks with ashes piling in rear yards near business offices. Mayor Grimmons and Building Commissioner Littlefield return from New York regarding the Central Hill soldiers and sailors monument project.
J H Barry, new Boston division superintendent of the New England Telephone Company, established a ground floor clearing house at 119 Milk Street to centralize contracts, billing, corrections, and complaints. The public opening drew praise for expert attendants and ready data for adjustments.
A shopper notes that a bag or suitcase reveals character and mood, but counters with remarkably low prices. The piece argues that affordable luggage lets any person present well without expense.
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