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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
8
The Boston Post issue from December 21 1910 announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It lists prices for 1 year, 6 months, 3 months and1 month, plus Canadian copy pricing and notices about renewal with no further notice on expiration.
The piece argues the current Congress will idle through a holiday recess with only routine appropriations. It notes the Sixty first Congress has been sidelined by November elections and predicts vigorous legislation when the Democratic Congress returns in two weeks.
A group of a thousand farmers visiting Ottawa urged direct taxation to replace indirect tariffs. They declare taxation should be on values to cover revenue losses and oppose tariffs that burden workers more than the wealthy.
The Baltimore mayor signs a segregation ordinance with immediate enforcement. It bans black residents from moving to white-majority neighborhoods and applies reciprocal rules to whites, a policy the piece condemns as a dangerous, unjust power over citizens. It urges test cases up to the Supreme Court to challenge the law.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will trial new Pullman sleeping car rates from January 20. The proposed maximum is 2 dollars for a 12 hour lower berth and 1.60 dollars for an upper berth. The reform aims to curb monopolistic charges, with the commission’s powers enabling lower fares than before. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
The passage argues that railroad travel reductions by the Pullman company are not a concession but an enforced change from extortionate practices. It notes that even with cuts the profits of the business remain tremendous and not fully justified by the current reductions.
The proposed compensation bill for workmen injured on the job would allow recovery regardless of negligence except for injuries tied to personal safety, intoxication, or law violations. It envisions weekly wage payments for total or partial incapacity and sets dependents of deceased workers to receive up to half the deceased’s average wages for 300 weeks. The plan would coexist with the old employers liability act with a choice of legal remedy, and warns of possible court challenges that could complicate applicability.
The Boston court sentenced "Big Bill" Kelcher to 18 years in State prison for his role in looting the National City Bank of Cambridge. The case closes a malodorous saga once feared to end in injustice as authorities faced scrutiny over earlier promises of action and the gang's leaders. The bank and Coleman did not recover the missing fortune, but justice was seen as served.
The Boston Home and School Association reports progress on penny lunches for public school children under Ellen H. Richards of MIT. Volunteers fund and manage cheap, hygienic meals while equipment is provided, with about 2000 Boston children currently buying lunches for one or two cents.
A newly found Chamberlain Falls in British Guiana is described as being as large as Niagara, highlighting its impressive scale and potential tourism interest.
Boston Post appeal urges readers to fund Santa Claus department to help poor children. It cites stockings left empty and asks business people to donate at No 277 Washington Street or by mail. The piece emphasizes immediate action to bring joy to kids and contrasts imagined loss with donor generosity.
A narrator describes a journey through a gloomy forest toward Plymouth seven houses lit like stars. He finds Captain Sitting alone in a martial mood, discussing campaigns in distant lands before asking for the latest tidings. To be continued in tomorrow's Boston Post.
Knights of Columbus councils across the city plan a Friday December 30 opera night at the Boston Opera House. Over 40 councils are represented and more than 600 members have shown intent to attend. District Deputy James A. Ryan of Allston leads the event and has reserved the upper level and many seats in the orchestra and boxes.
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