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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
8
The item is a brief masthead style notice dated December 1909 from Post Publishing Co Boston listing issue number volume and office address. It presents no events or named individuals beyond the publishing banner.
Rates show 3.00 for six months 1.50 for three months 75 cents for three months 25 cents for one month. Specific publication name appears garbled but indicates standard periodical pricing.
Subscription reminders from the Post warn dues must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration. Readers are asked to notify via mail if the Post is not available from dealers. Editor and Publisher BP A Groster signs the notice.
Intercollegiate Association physicians diagnose football as risky yet hopeful for life of the game. They urge the rules committee to implement measures reducing danger. Camp and every member push for reform to preserve and improve the great game.
Carl Zerrahn, longtime conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society, is hailed as a tireless promoter of art from coast to coast. His 42 years leading Boston’s ensemble left a lasting impact on the city’s musical culture and earned him enduring gratitude among Bostonians.
The prevailing tributes for William Ewart Gladstone mark his justice and sympathy for the oppressed. Nations from Greece to Armenia honor him as a friend who spoke truth to power. His intellect and oratory are praised while his goal remained service to mankind over titles.
The Oldest Inhabitant asserts the recent snow was among the worst in 40 years. streets remain decent by past standards while cleanup lags. New York touts rapid recovery led by Big Bill Edwards and a team of helpers as it boasts storm restoration.
The article contrasts highway handling with Gotham's approach, suggesting our city should not envy Gotham over cleanliness. It emphasizes local pride in municipal street upkeep and cautions against assuming Gotham outdoes us.
New York Attorney General probes two giant milk firms after a price hike from 8 to 9 cents a quart. One company shows 20 million capitalization with 15 million water alleged, others pay 22 percent earnings last year. State weighs possible action as public pressure grows.
The piece notes the shifting status of national tunes from Yankee Doodle to The Star Spangled Banner and beyond. It argues no single song fits all times and places and suggests no ordered replacement is possible.
The piece notes talks among East Coast railroads about boosting wages for workers, but warns any pay hike will likely be offset by higher freight rates. It argues the public ultimately bears the costs as consumer prices rise, doubting directors will sacrifice dividends to raise wages.
The article notes the President plans a Congress bound resource conservation message regardless of the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. It argues that land grabbing and water power abuses require full investigation before new statutes can be effective and questions Secretary Ballinger's awareness of the issues.
District Attorney Pelletier said he would not further prosecute the cases against the New England Structural Company the Pennsylvania Steel Company and others indicted last March for conspiring to cheat and defraud the city of Boston.
The author recounts a five cent jaunt to the Dudley Street terminal to sample the new transfer rules between elevated trains and surface cars. He describes chaotic scenes, puncturing humor with encounters with uniformed staff, a masked passenger, and a floor walker as he zigzags through stairs and tunnels, finally returning to Boston after a half day’s effort.
A compact item notes business hustling ethos with the line Success roosts on the shoulders of the hustler. The piece reflects on enterprise bravado and the drive behind small scale commercial effort.
In Melrose and Malden areas readers send in signs and phrases provoking answers. A Boston and Maine station sign reads Boots blacked on the inside. A Lebanon street garden sign warns No Trespassing Will be prosecuted by Lat.
Smart turbans crafted from seal and lynx pair with waists gaining emphasis this season. Hand some straw turbans, embroidered net tunics, and semi decollated frocks appear for spring evenings. Black satin gowns feature embroidered nets and jet accents with East inspired snake necklaces. Fur trim and real animal heads and tails decorate afternoon gowns.
Scenes along Franklin Park amid moonlit snows. damage to wires as a big storm hits Quincy Braintree and surrounding towns. Reports recount sleighs sent by New England Telephone to reach female workers, a child’s mock political salute to Fitzgerald, and a portrait of local life from Newton to Cambridge.
A medical student asks Miss Champagne whether a six year engagement to a 21 year old girl is right. The adviser says six years is too long to bind a promise, suggests remaining free of formal engagement, and argues true love should need no engagement.
In a rural home, Barbara sacrifices her Sunday to care for her invalid sister Fanny. Fanny clings to church doctrine and cribbage, while Barbara hides her own fatigue. The sisters clash over Sunday rules as Barbara at last agrees to play cards to soothe Fanny, ending with Barbara insomnia and quiet relief for Fanny.
One cup corn meal, one cup flour, one tablespoon sugar, rising with baking powder or sour milk, wet to griddle-cake consistency, fill half-full in gem pans, top each with raisin. Oyster filling combines chopped oysters, salt, pepper, red pepper, crumbs, butter, milk or cream, and an egg to thicken. Pie crust uses flour, salt, soda, cream of tartar, lard, boiling water to form a tender crust for three pies.
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